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Murkomen orders full transfer of Keringet police station staff in drug crackdown
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Murkomen orders full transfer of Keringet police station staff in drug crackdown

Interior CS Murkomen ordered every long-serving officer at Keringet Police Station (Kuresoi South) transferred, promised 20 new officers plus a special anti-drug team under Rift Valley RPC Samuel Ndanyi, and cited goon arrests in Nakuru, Busia and Kitale.

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IG Kanja: VIP police who are misused will be withdrawn immediately
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IG Kanja: VIP police who are misused will be withdrawn immediately

In Keringet, IG Douglas Kanja warned that officers on VIP protection will be pulled if politicians misuse them — after Gachagua and an NTV probe linked legislator aides and security details to Ol Kalou disruption and attacks on journalists.

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48 women rescued from sexual exploitation in Kajiado County operations
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48 women rescued from sexual exploitation in Kajiado County operations

Forty-eight women have been rescued in two Kajiado operations targeting alleged sexual exploitation and commercial production of obscene content — another large rescue that must end in prosecutions, device forensics and survivor care, not only body counts.

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Ol Kalou families demand answers as they mourn by-election violence victims
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Ol Kalou families demand answers as they mourn by-election violence victims

Families mourning those killed or hurt in Ol Kalou by-election violence say they want answers, while political figures including Gachagua have urged regional musicians to commemorate victims — grief that will not close without charge sheets and a public accounting.

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DCI deploys specialised border officers against smuggling and trafficking
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DCI deploys specialised border officers against smuggling and trafficking

Kenya has deployed a newly trained specialised police unit under DCI frameworks to combat human trafficking, migrant smuggling and related cross-border crime — a capacity boost that will be measured in disrupted networks, not only graduation parades.

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NGEC hails Obado conviction in Sharon Otieno murder: no one above the law
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NGEC hails Obado conviction in Sharon Otieno murder: no one above the law

The National Gender and Equality Commission has welcomed the conviction of former Migori Governor Okoth Obado in the Sharon Otieno murder case, saying it shows no one is above the law and underscoring the devastation of gender-based violence.

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DCI rescues 30 women from Ongata Rongai house, seizes seven laptops
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DCI rescues 30 women from Ongata Rongai house, seizes seven laptops

Detectives rescued 30 women during a night raid on a house in Rimpa, Ongata Rongai, seizing mobile phones, seven laptops and other items — a trafficking and exploitation probe that will be judged by charges filed, not only rescue photos.

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Former Garissa Speaker reports missing firearm in Nairobi as police open probe
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Former Garissa Speaker reports missing firearm in Nairobi as police open probe

Former Garissa Assembly Speaker has reported a missing firearm in Nairobi, telling police he met two women along Wabera Street before the gun went unaccounted for — a firearms-control case that will test how seriously VIP gun losses are investigated.

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Uncle lures two boys to al-Shabaab father in Somalia, terror probe widens
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Uncle lures two boys to al-Shabaab father in Somalia, terror probe widens

What looked like a routine school pick-up has become a cross-border terror investigation after an uncle allegedly lured two boys to join their father linked to al-Shabaab in Somalia — a family-route radicalisation case that freezes every parent’s blood.

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