A police officer died by suicide near his house in Turbi, Marsabit County. Officials ask the deceased’s body was found hanging from a tree on Sunday May 5 at 6 a.m. No suicide note was found, and the circumstances surrounding the death could not be immediately established, police said. His colleagues said the deceased had been from rehabilitation and resumed duty one month ago, his colleagues said. The body was moved to the Marsabit Referral Hospital morgue, awaiting autopsy. This is the latest suicide incident to involve a police officer. Police say cases of suicide among police officers are on…
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Brazilian police said they thwarted a bomb attack planned for Lady Gaga’s concert on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. The Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro state, in co-ordination with the justice ministry, said suspects had recruited participants to carry out attacks using improvised explosives and the plan was aimed at gaining notoriety on social media. The person responsible for the plan and a teenager were arrested, the police said on X. A crowd of more than two million people gathered for the concert, which was free to attend. Police said the group that planned the attack…
One of the four suspects detained in the murder of Kasipul Member of Parliament (MP) Charles Ong’ondo Were is a serving police officer. He is the one who pulled the trigger that killed Were on April 30, 2025 along Valley Road near City Mortuary in Nairobi. He was arrested on Sunday morning alongside three other suspects. The motive of the murder is yet to be determined, police said. He was yet to disclose where he hid the killer weapon. President William Ruto vowed to ensure that those involved in the assassination of Were will be brought to book. Speaking in…
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Sunday defended former President Uhuru Kenyatta against attacks from other political leaders. He called out President William Ruto and his allies for what he termed as a sustained campaign of political disrespect. He made the remarks during a thanksgiving service at his Wamunyoro home in Nyeri County. Gachagua accused key members of Ruto’s inner circle, including State House operative Farouk Kibet and National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah, of being used to attack Kenyatta. “You have sent your attack dogs Farouk and this other called chung’wah, to abuse our son fourth president. They should…
At least three suspects were Sunday arrested after a man hurled a shoe at president William Ruto in Kuria West, Migori County. The incident happened as Ruto addressed residents of the Kehancha area on Sunday. Police said investigations are ongoing and that more suspects are being pursued. Preliminary findings suggest the incident may have been politically motivated and possibly premeditated ahead of the President’s visit. The incident, which briefly disrupted the event, occurred while the President was on his tour of Migori. A short five-second video captures the moment when a person from the crowd listening to Ruto as he…
President William Ruto was hit by a shoe that was hurled at him while on a tour of Migori County. He had to block the shoe with his arm while addressing a large crowd on Sunday, May 4, in Kehancha, Migori County. The motive of the incident is yet to be determined. Detectives swung into action immediately after the shoe was hurled as the president stopped talking briefly. It is not clear if the man behind the incident was arrested. But officials said they were pursuing the man. In a viral video seen, the Head of State can be seen…
Detectives from Naivasha Police Station swooped in like hawks, busting a gang of seven linked to a string of robberies in Naivasha town and beyond, recovering a Retay Falcon Pistol. The seven Patrick Handi 45, David Muchina, 34, Grace Wanjiru, 33, Erick Kabiru, 32, Hassan Jamal, 32, Christopher Kimani, 30, and Ronny Muturi, 30, were intercepted in Naivasha town, cruising in a grey Mazda Demio like they owned the streets, police said. But their joyride came to a screeching halt when the officers closed in. Upon a quick search, their weapon of choice, a sneaky Retay Falcon Pistol, was recovered…
The Director of Public Prosecutions(DPP) Renson Igonga recommended that six Kenya Wildlife Service officers linked to the disappearance of a Nakuru fisherman be charged in court. They were arrested on May 2 and processed before being released on bond pending prosecution. The DPP directed that the six be charged with abduction to confinement, as they were in contact with Brian Odhiambo before he went missing. Odhiambo went missing on January 18 after he was allegedly arrested by KWS officers. The six officers stationed at the Lake Nakuru National Park are Senior Sergeant Francis Wachira Gachoki, rangers Abdulrahman Ali Sudi, Isaac…
A total of four suspects are in custody over the murder of Kaspul Member of Parliament Charles Were. They were arrested Sunday morning in a hideout in Dandora. “Additionally, some of the suspects arrested are members of organised criminal gangs, such as “Mjahidin” , which has been linked to armed robberies in the Eastlands area of Nairobi,” said police spokesman Michael Muchiri. He said NPS investigators and the technical team are working tirelessly, leveraging their expertise, to establish the motive behind the fatal shooting and to bring all those involved to justice. “As a service, we urge the public to…
A missile fired from Yemen landed near the main terminal of Israel’s Ben Gurion airport on Sunday morning, Israeli authorities said. Unverified footage posted online appeared to show drivers on a road nearby pulled over to take cover as a projectile lands, creating a plume of black smoke near the airport, which is on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. Four people were injured by the blast, with another two injured on their way to a shelter, Israeli media reported, citing emergency services. Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, said in a statement: “Anyone who hits us, we will hit them seven…
A night-time collision between a packed minibus taxi and a pick-up truck has killed 15 people in rural South Africa, a transport official said on Sunday. Five people were in hospital with serious injuries after the crash at around midnight on Saturday to Sunday near the Eastern Cape town of Maqoma, about 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) south of Johannesburg, provincial transport spokesman Unathi Binqose official told broadcaster Newzroom Afrika. The drivers of both vehicles were among the dead and an inquest would be opened to determine what happened, Binqose said. The victims included 13 passengers in the minibus, which was…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott was to sign a law on Saturday making more than 5 million students eligible to use state funds for private schools, a watershed moment in the conservative campaign to remake public education in America. Texas is allocating Ksh.129 billion for the first two years of the program to offer parents vouchers to pay for school. It is the 16th state to make all students eligible to receive public funds for private education. The so-called universal school choice programs are all in states whose legislatures are dominated by Republicans, who for years have accused public schools of…
At least seven people were killed after a hospital and market were bombed in South Sudan, a medical charity has said, as fears grow of a return to civil war. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said helicopter gunships dropped a bomb on the pharmacy of the hospital it runs in Old Fangak, Jonglei state, burning it down, before firing on the town for 30 minutes. A drone then bombed a local market, MSF said. The hospital is the only one in Fangak county, which has a population of more than 110,000 people, MSF said, and all its medical supplies were destroyed.…
Warren Buffett has announced he will retire as chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway at the end of the year. The veteran investor, known as the Oracle of Omaha, told his company’s annual meeting he would hand over the reins to Vice-Chairman Greg Abel. “I think the time has arrived where Greg should become the chief executive of the company at year end,” said Buffett, 94. Mr Buffett, who has built Berkshire Hathaway from a failing textile maker into an investment juggernaut with a market capitalization of $1.16tn (£870bn), is arguably the world’s most successful investor. Berkshire Hathaway owns more than…
The Trump administration sent termination notices late on Friday to employees of a worker health and safety agency that provides research and services for coal miners, firefighters and others, despite appeals by a lawmaker from Trump’s Republican Party to preserve its programs. Employees of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health received reduction-in-force notices that said the job losses were necessary to reshape the workforce of the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a copy of the notices reviewed by Reuters. Nearly all NIOSH employees were placed on administrative leave in February but around 40 who worked…