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A notorious sim swap fraudster was Wednesday arrested by Thika-based detectives. The swindler was arrested right in the act after presenting himself to a Safaricom shop for sim replacement services while using a forged ID waiting card and a police abstract form purportedly issued by Central Police Station-Nairobi. Upon interrogation, Emmanuel Kiprono led detectives to a house in Zimmerman where a mobile phone used for sim registration, assorted sim replacement cards, forged police abstract forms and waiting cards bearing different names, an M-Pesa till number application booklet, several ID cards among other items were recovered. His arrest follows a similar…

National carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) has increased flights to London to 14 times on a weekly basis up from 10 flights. The carrier on Thursday announced that customers will effective October 29 fly to London twice a day. “The airline’s customers can now choose between a morning flight via KQ100 and an evening flight via KQ102 allowing more travel options, convenience and flexibility,” said KQ in a statement. “Kenya Airways has been operating flights to London since its inception as a gateway to the United Kingdom (UK) for business travel, leisure travel, trade and education travel.” Read: KQ Increases Flights to…

A form two student was electrocuted after she touched a naked live wire in Emorjoi village, Mulot, Narok County. The student at Emorji Day Secondary School was heading home when she accidentally touched a Kenya Power live wire, which had fallen down due to a heavy downpour on Tuesday, September 26 evening. Witnesses said she was badly burnt before she was rescued. She was rescued and rushed to Baraka Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival. Read: Tuk-tuk Driver Electrocuted at Diani Carwash The body was moved to a mortuary in the area. Officials from police and KPLC are investigating…

History was made at the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) following the commissioning of the facility’s CyberKnife radiotherapy services on Wednesday. Following the launch of the CyberKnife System, the first and only fully robotic radiotherapy device for cancer treatment last May, the first patient has undergone treatment today, in a trailblazing move geared at expanding access to advanced Cancer care in Kenya. Through KUTRRH, Kenya became the first country in sub-Sahara Africa to acquire the CyberKnife, making it possible for local patients to obtain access to the extremely precise stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiation therapy…

The University of Nairobi Council has rejected the return of vice-chancellor Prof Stephen Kiama from sabbatical. Council chair Prof Amukowa Anangwe in a letter dated September 22 instructed that Prof Kiama concludes all his pending leave days. Anangwe said a Council resolution made on July 31 granting Kiama leave had not been vacated. “Therefore you are still deemed to be on the said leave and thus you must not discharge the duties of the vice-chancellor with effect from September 25 until your leave lapses,” the letter reads. Anangwe also disregarded a letter written by Kiama on September 1 announcing his…

A student at Strathmore University in Nairobi died by suicide after he jumped off the fifth floor of a mall in Syokimau area, Machakos County. Police and witnesses said Basil Nyaga Mbugua, 22, went to the rooftop of the Gateway Mall where he jumped off to the ground floor on Tuesday evening. He died instantly, police and medical experts who responded there said. The motive for the incident was not immediately established. The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other procedures. Witnesses said Mbugua was alone at the time of the incident. Read: Shock as Patient Dies by…

The judge in Donald Trump’s federal election meddling case has said she will not recuse herself, despite the ex-president’s requests she step aside. His legal team argued some of her past comments create a perception of bias against the former president. She has now ruled his lawyers failed to present evidence of those claims. Judge Tanya Chutkan is overseeing the federal case in which Mr Trump is accused of a conspiracy to overturn his 2020 election loss. Mr Trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges in the case, which is being brought by special counsel Jack Smith. Last month’s…

US soldier Travis King, who fled from South to North Korea in July, is in American custody after being expelled by Pyongyang, officials say. Pvt King was transferred into US custody in China before being flown to a US military installation. The 23-year-old reconnaissance specialist illegally crossed into North Korea in July. North Korean media said he had fled because of “inhuman treatment” and racism within the US military. A senior administration official said on Wednesday that after months of “intense diplomacy” Pvt King had been returned to US hands and had spoken to his family. “We can confirm Pvt…

A Milimani court Wednesday allowed police to hold the primary suspect in the murder of Nairobi Hospital Finance Director Eric Maigo for 21 days to conduct investigations. The teenager, who had been evading authorities since September 15, was captured in Kibera by officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). A miscellaneous application filed by Corporal Patrick Boge said that she was arrested following a report of murder at Woodley annex in Kibra within Kilimani area. He told Milimani principal magistrate Zainab Abdul that on September 15, 2023, a report was made by one Amina Komara at Kibra Police Station…

Three people have been charged with smuggling of 400 bags sugar worth Sh3 million labelled as TPC brown sugar from a neighbouring country, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has said. Police from Namanga Station intercepted the goods at Kiluani area in Oloililai Sub County within Kajiado County during a night patrol on September 22 while being transported in two trucks. The owner of the goods, Pius Mbugua, was charged with the offence of being in possession of uncustomed goods while the two truck drivers; Sospeter Theuri and John Kihara were separately charged with the offence of conveying uncustomed goods. Read: Suspect…

President Joe Biden’s younger dog, Commander, bit another US Secret Service agent at the White House Monday evening, CNN has learned, the 11th known biting incident involving the 2-year-old German Shepherd. “Yesterday around 8 p.m., a Secret Service Uniformed Division police officer came in contact with a First Family pet and was bitten. The officer was treated by medical personnel on complex,” USSS chief of communications Anthony Guglielmi told CNN in a statement. The injured officer spoke with Secret Service Uniformed Division Chief Alfonso M. Dyson Sr. on Tuesday and is doing OK, Guglielmi said. Commander has been involved in…

The hat that Michael Jackson wore just before performing his signature moonwalk dance for the first time sold at an auction in Paris on Tuesday for 77,640 euros (Sh12.14 million). The black fedora had been estimated at 60,000 (Ksh.9.4 million) to 100,000 (Sh15.6 million) euros by the Hotel Drouot auction house. It was the highlight among around 200 items of rock memorabilia, though the top price went to a guitar owned by the legendary bluesman T-Bone Walker, at 129,400 euros. Jackson whipped off the hat while breaking into his hit “Billie Jean” during a televised Motown concert in 1983, at…

Police are investigating an incident in which the body of a woman was found in a lodging in Emali, Makueni County. The body of the woman was found in one of the rooms of Sweet Waters Club and Lodging. Police said they were called and informed the management found the body was found in one of the rooms at the club. Officers who visited the scene said the woman aged about 33 was found lying naked with a towel tied around her neck. According to police, blood was oozing from her nose, and the door was found wide open. An…

Nairobi Hospital CEO James Nyamongo Tuesday recounted his last moments with the late Nairobi Hospital Acting Finance Director Eric Maigo. Maigo was found dead in his Woodley estate house with 25 stab wounds on September 15. Investigations into the murder are ongoing and a prime suspect in the same was Tuesday arrested in Kibera slums, Nairobi. Speaking on Citizen TV’s The Explainer Show on Tuesday, Nyamongo said he was one of the last persons to interact with the deceased before he was later discovered dead. Nyamongo said on Thursday, September 14, a day before he was found dead, they had…

At least 100 people died and 150 others injured after a fire broke out at a wedding in northern Iraq, state media reported. The bride and the groom are reported to be among the victims, according to local media. The fire happened in the district of Al-Hamdaniya in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province late on Tuesday evening. It is not yet clear what caused the blaze, but early reports say it broke out after fireworks were lit. A photo posted by Iraqi news agency Nina showed dozens of firefighters battling the fire, and pictures from local journalists on social media show…