Topic: police
Court bans police officers from wearing face masks while quelling protests
Aug 14, 2024 at 05:36 PM
The High Court has issued a significant ruling prohibiting police officers from concealing their identities while handling public demonstrations....
President Ruto’s hasty about-turn on police brutality witnessed during demos
Aug 01, 2023 at 11:58 PM
President William Ruto on Tuesday seemed to have made an about-turn on commission of extrajudicial killings by police officers during the recent opposition anti-government demos....
MCK blasts policeman for masquerading as journalist to arrest Mathare protesters
Jul 19, 2023 at 09:24 PM
Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has condemned a police officer who was captured on video masquerading as a journalist before pouncing on a protester during the Wednesday demos in Nair...
TikToking police officer to be punished for ‘Ruto Must Go’ live session - VIDEO
Jul 19, 2023 at 06:53 PM
A police officer is facing disciplinary action from after he hosted a live session on popular social media platform TikTok in which his followers disparaged President William Ruto....
Babu Owino, 8 others are being held ‘incommunicado’ by police - Azimio
Jul 19, 2023 at 04:40 PM
Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition party accuses police of arresting and illegally detaining Embakasi East MP Babu Owino and 8 other key members of the coalition...
UN Human Rights Office wants police excesses during Kenyan demos probed
Jul 14, 2023 at 05:24 PM
The United Nations Human Rights Office has raised concerns over the escalating chaos and claims of use of excessive force by Kenyan police officers during opposition demos probed....
Police knock and injure pedestrian while driving car on the wrong side of the road
Apr 20, 2023 at 05:32 PM
Two police officers on Thursday found themselves in trouble with the public after allegedly knocking down a pedestrian while driving on the wrong side of the road in Nairobi County...
Ruto names new IGP, GSU boss in latest changes in the National Police Service
Apr 12, 2023 at 11:47 PM
In a statement released by Chief of Staff and Head of Public Service Felix Koskei, President Ruto said his decision followed recommendations made by the National Police Service and...
Policeman filmed brazenly firing teargas canister into vehicle carrying journalists is being investigated - IG Japhet Koome
Apr 04, 2023 at 01:31 PM
Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome has revealed that the officer who was filmed last Thursday firing a teargas canister into a vehicle carrying journalists is being investiga...
Closed shops, empty streets, security upscaled over anti-government demos
Mar 27, 2023 at 12:18 PM
There was heavy security presence on most of the streets in the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) as well as in the various densely populated estates across the city county....
IG Koome confirms withdrawing security for Azimio la Umoja leaders over demos
Mar 27, 2023 at 10:18 AM
Koome accused the said opposition leaders of inciting violence in the country and attacking the police while guarded by armed police officers during the countrywide Azimio demonstr...
Motorist who sped off causing the death of Mombasa traffic police officer arrested
Feb 28, 2023 at 03:10 PM
The suspect, who has been identified as Jama Abdi Osman defied stop orders by the traffic cop, now identified as Constable Julius Marwa, and sped off with him hanging on the door....
IG Japhet Koome denounces late night raid on ex-Interior CS Fred Matiang’i
Feb 09, 2023 at 10:52 AM
On Wednesday night, Omari had lamented that a contingent of police officers from an elite unit had been sent to apprehend the former CS, who was holed up in his Karen residence....
President Ruto inadvertently admits that he fired former DCI boss George Kinoti
Jan 04, 2023 at 11:49 PM
President William Ruto has inadvertently admitted that he indeed fired former Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss George Kinoti....
New Police IG Japhet Koome gives criminals one month to surrender guns
Nov 15, 2022 at 12:32 AM
The National Police Service has come under heavy criticism in the recent few weeks for failing to contain the spiking cases of criminal activities in Nairobi involving gangs of you...
Police officers break into Cleophas Malala's Kakamega home - VIDEOS
Sep 01, 2022 at 03:47 PM
A contingent of officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and regular police on Thursday afternoon broke into the home of former Kakamega Senator Cleophas Mala...
Police raise Sh200k to secure needy boy's Form One slot at Machakos High School
May 19, 2022 at 02:18 AM
Police in Machakos on Wednesday managed to raise Sh200,000 and rushed to the rescue of a needy student to ensure he did not miss his Form One slot at Machakos High School....
Four police officers and bar owner in custody over murder in Kakamega
Jan 21, 2022 at 10:38 PM
Four police officers and a man are in police custody following the murder of a man in Kakamega back on December 16, 2019....
GSU graduates in menacing viral video to face disciplinary action - VIDEO
Dec 08, 2021 at 11:05 PM
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Money Heist: Cops in fierce shootout with thugs at Equity Bank Kisumu - VIDEO
Nov 23, 2021 at 01:52 PM
Members of the public alerted police of the bank heist on Tuesday morning and the officers swung into action leading to the heavy shootout with the suspects....
