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Crime and justice in Kenya: courts, police, security and accountability stories. Fact-focused reporting for the public.
Kalonzo urges IG to disband police Operation Support Unit over intimidation claims
Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka asked the Inspector General to disband the Operation Support Unit, alleging it works with goons and militias against opposition figures, and said he sheltered a Makueni nominated MCA who feared abduction.
Seven years each for two men in Jomvu police AK-47 theft case
A Mombasa court jailed Pius Oketch and Kellas Wanyonyi for seven years after they were convicted over the night robbery of an AK-47 with 30 rounds from Police Constable James Kobia at Bonje Industrial Park in Jomvu.
Eastleigh security pact urges body cameras, CCTV and DCI crime unit
A GI-TOC Shared Security Pact for Eastleigh, built from five roundtables and UK FCDO funding, proposes police body-worn cameras with IPOA oversight, expanded CCTV, a DCI financial crime unit and tighter maslaha referral rules.
IPOA takes over probe after Mathare boda rider Erick Otieno dies post-custody
NPS said DCI handed the death of 19-year-old boda rider Erick Otieno to IPOA after he died at Mama Margaret Uhuru Hospital following detention at Muthaiga Police Station; autopsy reports cite blunt-force abdominal trauma.
MPs demand official Nairobi OCS list after viral fake postings spark uproar
After a viral document claimed transfers of more than 30 Nairobi OCS posts along ethnic lines, MPs pressed for an official National Police Service list; NPS and IG Kanja said the circulating paper was fabricated.
Panel awards Sh25.75m to 49 officers among protest-era rights claims
The Panel of Experts on Compensation of Victims of Human Rights Violations approved Sh25.75 million for 49 police officers (7 severe, 37 moderate, 5 minor injuries) while reporting Sh896.1m already disbursed across 680 processed claims.
Former Cheptais councillor Nathan Wasama shot dead at home in Tuikut
Assailants shot former Chesikaki councillor and 2027 Mt Elgon aspirant Nathan Wasama at his Tuikut, Cheptais home on Thursday night; he had survived a 2024 Kapcheshari ambush. Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa demanded a full DCI investigation.
115 years for Al-Shabaab membership and terror offences at Kahawa court
Principal Magistrate Gideon Kiage imposed a combined 115-year sentence on seven terrorism counts, including 20 years for Al-Shabaab membership, ordered concurrent terms and directed deradicalisation after a phone-forensics case from a September 2022 Eastleigh arrest.
DCI names PC Kimoi as alleged shooter in Dr Victoria Mutiso Upper Hill murder
DCI boss Mohamed Amin named PC Elijah Kibelion Kimoi as the officer who allegedly fired the fatal shots that killed mental health specialist Dr Victoria Mutiso in Upper Hill on 29 July, linking rogue officers and a land dispute file.