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1 week ago | 
nation.africa | Mwangi Muiruri |Kamore Maina
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Tuesday reiterated allegations of a plot to assassinate him and asked Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja to reinstate his security. In a letter dated April 15, 2025, the former DP has cited incidents in which his meetings were marred with violence that he noted threatened his security, that of his family and supporters.
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2 weeks ago | 
nation.africa | Kamore Maina |Kevin Cheruiyot
At least five political allies of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua have been summoned by police over violence at a Mwiki church on Sunday, as PCEA elders blamed security authorities for failing to prevent the chaos. The summonses were issued after initial investigations linked Mr Gachagua’s entourage to a group of individuals that violently disrupted a church service and fundraising event.
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1 month ago | 
nation.africa | Brian Wasuna |Kamore Maina
Campbell Scott intended to mix business with pleasure, much like anyone else, when he arrived in Nairobi for a week-long trip on February 16, 2025. The plan was simple: Prepare for business meetings, then knock back a few cold beers. Launch a product his company, FICO, developed in conjunction with TransUnion, one of only three licensed credit reference bureaus in Kenya, and then go see some sights.
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1 month ago | 
nation.africa | Steve Otieno |Kamore Maina
Head and soft tissue injuries found on British national Campbell Scott’s body, which police initially linked to torture, are too minor to have caused his death, Chief Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor has confirmed. A postmortem done on Scott’s body Thursday afternoon returned an inconclusive result, leading pathologists to take samples for further tests, including a toxicology screening, to determine the cause of death.
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1 month ago | 
nation.africa | Steve Otieno |Kamore Maina
A taxi driver and a waiter have been arrested in connection with the murder of British national Campbell Scott as police attempt to find out who may have wanted the 58-year-old dead, and why. The taxi driver and the waiter are among the last people who saw Campbell Scott alive before he vanished six days ago, and police believe that they hold crucial information that could lead to the Briton’s killers.
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2 months ago | 
nation.africa | Kamore Maina |LILYS NJERU
What you need to know:A kitchen knife dropped on the roof of the hospital's first floor, which is believed to be the murder weapon, is among the evidence crime scene investigators have collected for fingerprint analysis. There is also the question of how the murder could have taken place in such a heavily guarded place, if the possibility of another suspect, who was neither a patient nor a member of the hospital staff, is to be believed.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
nation.africa | Brian Wasuna |Kamore Maina
It started as an act, then became a habit. That habit seems to have become character, and risks becoming destiny. While Ralph Waldo Emerson intended that evolution chain to inspire and better humanity, it has shown a morbid side, as Kenya grapples with a steep rise in murders targeting women. In the first 22 days of the year alone, at least 15 women have been murdered, in what seems to be a continuation of a trend for close to 10 years.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
nation.africa | Kamore Maina
Adamson Bungei, the Nairobi police chief who led his colleagues against anti-government protests in 2024, has been transferred following administrative changes by Inspector-General Douglas Kanja. Police spokesperson Dr Resila Onyango has also been moved in what Mr Kanja describes as routine changes. Mr Bungei, a career Administration Police officer, becomes the director of police operations at Vigilance House. This means he will oversee all police operations across the country.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
nation.africa | Kamore Maina
Former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga has never cut a definite political cloth, often playing a wildcard role in successive election periods. Nearly 20 years after announcing that he had cut ties with the outlawed group that killed dozens, Njenga has revealed that he will try his hand in elective politics, with the first foe in his new chapter shaping up to be former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
nation.africa | Sam Kiplagat |Kamore Maina
When an overzealous police officer fired a tear gas canister at Davji Atellah, the secretary-general of the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) in February 2024, he probably had no idea of the Pandora's box the move would open for his colleagues and bosses.
