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Ben Kirui

2026-04-282026-08-09

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  1. August 2026
  2. Citizen Digital

    Victoria Mutiso murder were promised Ksh.1.5M By Ben Kirui August 08, 2026 08:09 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize Fresh details have emerged indicating that those involved in the murder of

    Revealed: Police officers linked to Dr. Victoria Mutiso murder were promised Ksh.1.5M
  3. Citizen Digital

    Victoria Mutiso's family forgives her killers By Ben Kirui August 06, 2026 11:28 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize The body of slain psychiatrist Dr.

    'God will avenge for us': Dr. Victoria Mutiso's family forgives her killers
  4. Citizen Digital

    DCI hunts alleged drug trafficker who vanished with rented car By Ben Kirui August 05, 2026 08:44 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations

    DCI hunts alleged drug trafficker who vanished with rented car
  5. Citizen Digital

    Victoria Mutiso's murder By Ben Kirui August 01, 2026 09:45 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize Investigators probing the murder of clinical psychologist and researcher Dr Victoria Nthunya Mut

    Detectives search for Toyota Prado linked to Dr. Victoria Mutiso's murder
  6. July 2026
  7. Citizen Digital

    10 arrested in Nairobi as police block Saba Saba protests By Ben Kirui July 07, 2026 09:51 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize Police have arrested 10 people within Nairobi's Central Business

    10 arrested in Nairobi as police block Saba Saba protests
  8. Citizen Digital

    Abductees say they were left out of compensation list By Ben Kirui July 04, 2026 09:40 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize Victims of the 2024 and 2025 anti-government protests have raised con

    Abductees say they were left out of compensation list
  9. May 2026
  10. Citizen Digital

    Autopsy confirms Gospel singer Rachel Wandeto died from burn injuries By Ben Kirui May 22, 2026 09:35 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize An autopsy on the body of Gospel musician Rachel Wande

    Autopsy confirms Gospel singer Rachel Wandeto died from burn injuries
  11. Citizen Digital

    Over 100 families displaced as multi-million homes demolished in Marurui land row By Ben Kirui May 05, 2026 07:58 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter A house being demolished in Marurui, along Northern Bypass.

    Over 100 families displaced as multi-million homes demolished in Marurui land row
  12. April 2026
  13. Citizen Digital

    Transport paralysed on Mwingi–Garissa Road as residents protest killings By Ben Kirui April 29, 2026 09:16 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize Transport along the Mwingi–Garissa Road was broug

    Transport paralysed on Mwingi–Garissa Road as residents protest killings
  14. Citizen Digital

    Calm returns to Tseikuru as GSU deployed after deadly Kwa Kamari attack By Ben Kirui April 28, 2026 08:00 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize alm is gradually returning to Kwa Kamari village i

    Calm returns to Tseikuru as GSU deployed after deadly Kwa Kamari attack

Yesterday

  1. Police officers linked to Dr. Mutiso murder promised Ksh.1.5M

    Investigations into the murder of Dr. Victoria Mutiso have revealed that those involved were promised Ksh.1.5 million to carry out the killing. Detectives are pursuing two police officers who fled after being linked to the murder, with senior security officers intensifying efforts to trace their movements and conducting searches at police posts.

    13 hours ago · Citizen Digital

Thursday 6 August

  1. Psychiatrist's family forgives killers at memorial service

    Dr. Victoria Nthunya Mutiso, a slain psychiatrist, was remembered at a memorial service at CITAM Valley Road Church in Nairobi on Thursday. Her husband, Prof. David Musyimi Ndetei, told mourners he had chosen forgiveness and would leave vengeance to God, while their children delivered emotional tributes.

    6 August 2026 · Citizen Digital

Wednesday 5 August

  1. DCI searches for suspect linked to vehicle theft and drug trafficking

    Detectives are pursuing Samuel Omondi Audi, who disappeared with a rented Mazda CX-5 a week after claiming he needed it for a 10-day trip to Mombasa. The vehicle owner discovered the GPS tracking device had been removed, prompting investigations to trace the suspect and recover the vehicle.

    5 August 2026 · Citizen Digital

Saturday 1 August

  1. Detectives link missing Toyota Prado to psychologist's murder

    Investigators probing the murder of clinical psychologist Dr Victoria Mutiso have linked a Toyota Prado believed used in her fatal shooting to a vehicle that disappeared during a court-ordered demolition of her Mlolongo home in February. Detectives believe the missing vehicle could provide a breakthrough in the investigation into the well-coordinated attack in which Mutiso was shot three times in Nairobi's Upper Hill.

    1 August 2026 · Citizen Digital

Tuesday 7 July

  1. Police arrest ten during Saba Saba protests in Nairobi CBD

    Police arrested 10 people in Nairobi's Central Business District during Saba Saba protests on Tuesday, with the Inspector General arguing the demonstrations were unlawful due to lack of legally required notice. Civil rights groups condemned the arrests as a denial of the constitutional right to peaceful assembly, with activists saying they intended to present a petition to Parliament for compensation for victims of last year's Saba Saba protests.

    7 July 2026 · Citizen Digital

Saturday 4 July

  1. Protest victims claim exclusion from Kenya compensation program

    Victims of 2024 and 2025 anti-government protests have raised concerns about exclusion from the second phase of a compensation programme for affected individuals. Some victims, including those allegedly abducted during the demonstrations, say they registered with the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights but were omitted from beneficiary lists without explanation.

    4 July 2026 · Citizen Digital

Friday 22 May

  1. Autopsy confirms gospel singer Rachel Wandeto died from burns

    An autopsy has confirmed that gospel musician Rachel Wandeto died from severe burn injuries sustained in an attack in Mwiki, Kasarani Sub-County; she had burns covering about 85 per cent of her body. A suspect, taxi driver Josiah Njeru Njiri, has been granted 10 days of continued detention by homicide detectives investigating the case.

    22 May 2026 · Citizen Digital

Tuesday 5 May

  1. Over 100 families displaced in Marurui land demolition

    More than 100 families lost their homes after bulldozers demolished multi-million-shilling houses on disputed land in Marurui along Nairobi's Northern Bypass. A court had found the land had been unlawfully subdivided and sold to unsuspecting buyers by a private company.

    5 May 2026 · Citizen Digital

Wednesday 29 April

  1. Transport halted on Mwingi–Garissa Road amid killing protests

    Residents barricaded the Mwingi–Garissa Road on Wednesday to protest the recent killing of eight people in Mwingi North and Mwingi Central, attributed to suspected camel herders. The disruption triggered running battles with police, looting, and heightened tensions between communities.

    29 April 2026 · Citizen Digital

Tuesday 28 April

  1. GSU deployed to Tseikuru after deadly Kwa Kamari inter-community attack

    Seven people died and scores were injured in an inter-community attack in Kwa Kamari village, Tseikuru sub-county, Kitui County; GSU and police have been deployed to restore order, while officials report 12 deaths total from retaliatory attacks along the Kitui–Tana River border.

    28 April 2026 · Citizen Digital

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