Author: Wycliffe Nyamasege

Police on Monday rescued three victims of armed robbery in Mlango Kubwa area, Nairobi. During the incident, the police fatally injured two of the gangsters, while one escaped unhurt. According to the Directorate of Acrimony investigations (DCI), the armed men refused to surrender, prompting the officers to open fire. Reports indicate the officers were doing their normal patrol when they responded to distress calls from the neighborhood. “Officers on patrol Today responded to screams of help from 3 victims of #robbery at Mlango Kubwa area.The gang refused to surrender-two fatally injured;1 Escaped,” DCI said in a tweet. Read:Armed Gangsters Rob…

A second suspect linked to the murder of Nakuru GK Prison warder Caroline Jepchirchir Chesire was on Monday handed over to authorities after spending days on the run. Reports indicate Raymond Kiplimo was handed over to authorities by his family. Nakuru DCIO Mr David Wangai confirmed that the suspect was presented at Nakuru Main Prison at around 5pm. Shortly after, Kiplimo was handed over to detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), who have been trailing him soon after the murder was reported on April 3. He is set to be arraigned after interrogations. Kiplimo and his colleague Joseph…

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha on Monday raised alarm over irrelevant degree courses offered in Kenyan Universities that no single student selected during the University and College placement exercise. Speaking during the release of 2019/2020 universities and colleges student placement results, the CS noted that 98 programmes offered by at least 40 universities did not get any placement. Although there were applicants, no student was selected to pursue the courses since they either did not qualify or were placed to one of their other choices. He ordered the review of the university curriculum to do away with such courses, adding…

Detectives from the Flying Squad unit have arrested six people in connection to 50 kilograms of fake gold busted at Yaya Centre in Kilimani, Nairobi. Kilimani OCPD Michael Muchiri  has confirmed the Monday incident. Last month, another bunch of suspected fake gold was recovered in a safe box at Queens Way Barclays branch, Nairobi. Eric Adede, the owner of the safe box containing Sh2 billion suspected fake currency, has since been charged along side four other suspects. Read:Adede Man Behind Barclays ‘Fake’ Sh2 Billion Now Wants DCI To Produce It In Court, Claims It’s Genuine The other suspects were identified…

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has raised alarm over irrelevant university courses offered in Kenya. Speaking on Monday during the release of 2019/2020 universities and colleges student placement results, the CS noted that over 100 university courses did not enroll any candidate. He ordered the review of the university curriculum to do away with such courses, adding that  universities must be market oriented. “I might be forced to shut some public universities this year and send some lecturers home. We cannot continue having irrelevant courses in our institutions that no single student has chosen for years,” Magoha said during an…

A flight from Nairobi to Kabunde Airstrip in Homa Bay County was on Monday morning delayed for more than an hour following protests by local residents. The plane from Wilson Airport, which was scheduled to land at 7.15am, touched down at 8.30am. Residents living around the airstrip protested delayed land compensation by the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA), paralyzing activities at the airstrip. The locals accuse the management of failing to compensate over 120 families whose land was used during the expansion of the airstrip. They linked their misery to the poor management at KAA. Read:KQ Passengers Left Stranded In Kisumu…

Two Cuban doctors posted in Lamu county have left the county abruptly following the recent abduction of their colleagues in Mandera. Reports indicates the doctors cited insecurity as the reason for their move. Lamu county boarders neighbouring Somalia country. On Friday, two Cuban medics posted in Mandera were abducted and their bodyguard shot dead by suspected Al Shabaab militants. The gunmen are said to have crossed over to neighboring Somalia country with the doctors identified as Landy Rodriguez (a surgeon) and Herera Correa (general practitioner). Following the incident the government recalled Cuban doctors based in Garissa and Wajir counties over…

A third-year student at Pwani University in Kilifi County is fighting for her life in hospital after she was wounded by a man alleged to be her ex-lover. Nancy Chepkemboi, who is currently admitted at Coast General Hospital, sustained serious injuries on her chest. The attacker has been identified as Henry Kipkoech, a student at Kenyatta University student. Reports indicate Kipkoech stormed Chepkemboi’s room in the school hostels carrying a bag containing three knives. He attacked the girl severally. Chepkemboi’s distress cries raised alarm waking her colleagues who came to her rescue. Kipkoech was arrested and booked at Kilifi Police…

Deputy President William Ruto has rubbished COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli’s claims that he will not be on the presidential ballot in the 2022 elections. Speaking on Sunday in Kakamega County, DP Ruto termed the remarks witch craft, adding that people who shared such sentiments need prayers. “In this country right now, the contest is between two groups; those who believe in God and those who believe in witchcraft. When you hear someone saying that he has been told by witch-doctors that a certain person will be on ballot and the other will not… it tells you a lot about…

Kapseret Member of Parliament Oscar Sudi has rubbished claims that he was in a romantic relationship with slain Moi University medical student Ivy Wangechi. Ms Wangechi, was killed last week by a man identified as Naftali Njami Kinuthia outside Moi teaching and Referral Hospital MTRH, where she was taking her final year practicals. Following her death which has overly been linked to love gone sour, screenshots were shared online claiming Oscar Sudi was one of her lovers. In a long Facebook post, the legislator termed the claims barbaric, immoral and immature. “Given that today is a Palm Sunday, i choose…

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has declined to reschedule the Gor Mahia match against RS Berkane on Sunday night over quorum issues, sources say. Reports indicate only eight players, who left Nairobi on Friday, have reached Berkane, Morocco ahead of tonight’s CAF Confederation Cup quarter-finals return match. 12 other players plus the head coach, Hasan Oktay, who travelled in a different flight from Nairobi on Saturday, arrived in Casablanca early morning on Sunday but are yet to reach Berkane, about 650KM away. The match is scheduled to kick-off at 8.00pm local time, 10.00pm Kenyan time and the players could…

A General Service Unit officer is now living hand to mouth after his plan to land a better job overseas backfired. Patrick Otieno Osore, 28, resigned in 2016 in search for a job in South Korea. The officer,  enlisted in the service on July 12, 2013, recently told a local daily, that a relative based in South Korea had promised him a security job in the country. To land the job, Osore had to tender a resignation letter to his employer, National Police Service Commission (NPSC). However, to his dismay, the job promise never materialized. He divulged to The Standard…

Siaya Senator James Orengo has appealed to President Uhuru Kenyatta to take Uganda to International Criminal Court (ICC) over disputed Migingo Island. Speaking in Migori County on Saturday, Orengo cited continuous harassment of local fishermen by Ugandan authorities. He blamed the government for laxity on the contentious issue on the ownership of Migingo. “The question of the Island called Migingo which is in the territory of Kenya is undisputed as part of Kenya. That issues should be resolved and I am advising President Uhuru Kenyatta that the matter should be taken to the ICC,” said Orengo. For years, local fishermen…

The Government of Kenya has recalled Cuban doctors based in Garissa and Wajir counties over safety concerns. This follows the Friday 9.am incident where two Cuban doctors were kidnapped and their bodyguard shot dead by suspected Al Shabaab militants. The gunmen are said to have crossed over to neighboring Somalia country with the doctors identified as Landy Rodriguez (a surgeon) and Herera Correa (general practitioner). Further, the government has intensified security in the region as the search for the two medics continue. Speaking to a local daily on Saturday, Garissa OCPD Aaron Morasae confirmed that the medics from Garissa left…

Naftali Njami Kinuthia,the man who attacked medical student Ivy Wangechi, has been discharged from Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret. Kinuthia, an employee of betting firm Sport Pesa, was admitted at MTRH on Tuesday after he was attacked by local boda boda riders following the murder of the sixth-year Moi University School of Medicine student. Reports indicate Kinuthia, 28, killed Ms Wangechi using an axe. Moi hospital Chief Executive Officer Wilson Aruasa confirmed that Kinuthia was discharged on Friday evening. Following his discharge, police have revealed that the man will be held at undisclosed location before he’s arraigned on…