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A man suspected of being a serial killer has been arrested in Kenya following the discovery of several bodies in a quarry in Nairobi, police said Monday. Collins Jumaisi, a 33-year-old man living near the quarry in Mukuru neighbourhood in the south of the capital, was arrested early on Monday. …

Kenya’s police chief Japhet Koome has resigned, following weeks of violent protests against proposed tax hikes in which at least 40 people died. Human rights groups have accused police of shooting dozens of protestors, some of them fatally, and abducting or arbitrarily arresting hundreds more. The resignation comes a day …

Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday has sacked his entire cabinet apart from the foreign minister, bowing to pressure from nationwide protests that have created the biggest crisis of his two-year presidency. “I will immediately engage in extensive consultations across different sectors and political formations and other Kenyans, both in …

A police officer shot a magistrate, hitting her in the chest and hip, after she refused to release his wife on bail in Nairobi, Kenya, according to reports. The policeman, whose wife had pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining 2.9 million Kenyan shillings (around $22,700), entered the court through the entrance …

A senior police officer has been shot dead in Kenya after opening fire on a magistrate during a public trial in the capital Nairobi, local media reported. The chief inspector opened fire on Makadara Principal Magistrate Monica Kivuti shortly after she made a ruling in a case reportedly involving his …

Kenyan mountaineer Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui has been found dead after going missing on Everest, local media reported. Mr Kirui, 40, and his Nepali guide Nawang Sherpa, 44, disappeared on Wednesday while attempting to summit Everest without supplementary oxygen, reports said. The guide is yet to be found by the search …

The death toll from flooding caused by torrential rains that have persisted for almost three weeks in Kenya has risen to 267. “The death toll from the floods had risen to 267, while 188 others were injured,” Home Affairs Minister Kithor Kindiki The Kenyan minister also pointed out that 75 …

Four TikTokers have been charged in Kenya over publishing false information, after they were arrested for filming a video of a staged robbery outside a police station, local media reported. The content creators, including a 17-year-old boy, were arrested on Wednesday in Kilifi county after the video went viral on …

At least 45 people have died after a dam collapsed and dozens more are still missing after a wall of water swept away homes and cut off a main road in Western Kenya. “The Old Kijabe Dam, located in the Mai Mahiu area of the Great Rift Valley region that …

heavy rains disrupted the normal course of business, resulting in the destruction of property and the loss of 44 lives in Kenya, said Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS). According to the KRCS, the downpours have affected the life of about 60,000 people. In the Mathare slums of Nairobi, the country’s …