Also known as: GSU
General Service Unit — specialized security unit deployed by Kenya's National Police Service to escort vehicles and restore safety along the Mwingi–Garissa Road following bandit attacks.
Kenya Ports Authority lost 3-1 to Rwanda Energy Group in the quarter-finals of the CAVB Men's Club Championship in Kigali, ending Kenya's hopes for a maiden title as the last remaining Kenyan side in the competition.
12 hours ago · The Standard →
Kenya Ports Authority lost 3-1 to Rwanda Energy Group in the quarter-finals of the CAVB Men's Club Championship in Kigali, ending Kenya's hopes for a maiden title as the last remaining Kenyan side in the competition.
12 hours ago · The Standard →
The government deployed specialized security units (General Service Unit and Rapid Deployment Unit) to the Mwingi–Garissa road following unrest triggered by the killing of a 14-year-old schoolboy by suspected armed camel herders on Tuesday, and an earlier attack at Kwa Kamari trading centre on Saturday that killed seven people. The deployment aims to escort vehicles and restore safety along the busy route after residents protested, resulting in stone-pelting of buses and looting of shops.
12 hours ago · The Standard →
Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka accused Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale of spreading ethnic threats against the Kamba community and warned political leaders against fanning ethnic rivalry following clashes at the Garissa-Kitui border that killed seven people in Tseikuru, Kitui County.
30 April 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Health CS Aden Duale has appealed for peace and unity in Tana River and neighbouring counties following deadly inter-community attacks along the Kitui–Tana River border, urging political leaders to preach peace and security agencies to apprehend those responsible for killings.
30 April 2026 · Citizen Digital →
North Eastern Parliamentary Group lawmakers have condemned violent clashes along the Kitui-Garissa county boundary, saying the escalating tensions and skirmishes have resulted in loss of life, injuries, and property destruction, and threaten years of peaceful coexistence between neighbouring communities.
30 April 2026 · Capital News →
Kenya's National Police Service has deployed elite units, including the General Service Unit and Rapid Deployment Unit, to escort vehicles along the Mwingi–Garissa Road following attacks in Tseikuru and Ukasi areas along the Kitui–Tana River border. Police described the incidents as "isolated criminal acts" and called for calm among residents.
29 April 2026 · Capital News →
The National Liberal Party has called for escalating violence in Mwingi and along the Mwingi–Garissa Highway to be declared a national emergency, citing a pattern of retaliatory attacks that have killed at least 14 people in 30 days and warning of risk of inter-community conflict.
29 April 2026 · Capital News →
The National Liberal Party has called for a declaration of national emergency over escalating violence along the Mwingi–Garissa Highway, citing fresh attacks in Ukasi where a child was reportedly killed and recent deadly raids in Kwa Kamari village where seven people were shot and hacked to death by bandits, warning of risk of inter-communal conflict.
29 April 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Three Kenyan clubs—General Service Unit, Kenya Ports Authority, and Equity Bank—have advanced to the round of 16 at the 47th Confederation of African Volleyball Men's Club Championship in Kigali, where they must now navigate the knockout phase with no margin for error to reach the quarter-finals.
29 April 2026 · The Standard →
Kitui County Governor Julius Malombe has called on the national government to staff and operationalize six police stations constructed by the county along the Kitui–Tana River border, including Kwa Kamari Police Station in an area where a militia gang killed seven people on Saturday. Malombe emphasized that security is a national government function and called for multi-agency operations to address the security situation.
29 April 2026 · The Standard →