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Kasarani Police Station

Kasarani Police Station — facility where suspects are detained during investigations, mentioned in Nairobi crime cases.

2026-05-052026-08-24

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  1. August 2026
  2. Citizen Digital

    The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Homicide Bureau filed a miscellaneous application seeking orders to detain Brian Mwendia Kinyua for 21 days at Kasarani Police Station as detectives complete investigations into the murder of Derick Tom Omanga.

    17-year-old suspect in Roysambu murder case arrested after victim's phone traced to Meru
  3. The Standard

    Audio By VocalizeChief Inspector Agnes Ndanu has been released from Kasarani Police Station, a day after her arrest in Matungulu over the alleged pushing of her girlfriend, Nicole Omondi, from the sixth floor of a Nairobi apartment.

    Chief Inspector Ndanu released after DNA tests in Omondi death probe
  4. Citizen Digital

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    Nairobi OCS arraigned after being linked to dramatic kidnapping, robbery syndicate
  5. The Standard

    Njiru painted a horrid picture of the holding cells at Kasarani Police Station.He claimed that the toilets are blocked, while the fouls smell reeks right inside the cells.

    Lawyer sues three police officers for alleged fabricated charges and bribery
  6. July 2026
  7. Citizen Digital

    According to a police occurrence book (OB) report from Kasarani Police Station, Inspector Kelvin Mwangi, the Deputy Officer Commanding Station (OCS) at Drive In Police Post, was arrested on Thursday night and is being held to assist with investigations into a kidnapping with inte

    Senior police officer arrested over links to kidnapping and extortion ring
  8. The Standard

    The officers fired warning shots into the air and managed to corner and arrest one suspect, Stephen Okello." Okello was escorted to Kasarani Police Station, where he allegedly told investigators that they were five suspects using his Toyota Axio during the operation.Police say fu

    Deputy OCS, three officers arrested over alleged kidnapping
  9. Citizen Digital

    The suspects were taken to Kasarani Police Station, where they remain in custody pending processing and arraignment.

    Three family members arrested, 5 women rescued as online sexual exploitation ring busted
  10. Capital News

    The three are being held at Kasarani Police Station pending processing and arraignment.

    Mother, daughter and son-in-law arrested as DCI busts alleged online sex trafficking ring in Embakasi East
  11. Capital News

    Posting on X, Njiru said officers from Kasarani Police Station arrested him but had not formally booked him at the time.

    Gachagua Ally Ndegwa Njiru Walks Free After Arrest Linked to Stalled Vehicle
  12. Capital News

    Shortly after his arrest, Njiru posted on his social media accounts that he had been taken to Kasarani Police Station after his vehicle developed mechanical problems and obstructed traffic along Thika Superhighway.

    Lawyer Ndegwa Njiru Arrested, Faces Drunk Driving Charge

Wednesday 19 August

  1. 17-year-old arrested in eight-month-old Roysambu murder case

    A 17-year-old suspect, Brian Mwendia Kinyua, was arrested in Meru after detectives traced a mobile phone belonging to Derick Tom Omanga, who was found dead near the Roysambu flyover on December 24, 2025. Kinyua has been detained for 21 days at Kasarani Police Station while investigations continue.

    19 August 2026 · Citizen Digital

Thursday 6 August

  1. Chief Inspector Ndanu released pending DPP decision on charges

    Chief Inspector Agnes Ndanu was released from Kasarani Police Station after DNA tests in the investigation of Nicole Omondi's alleged fall from a sixth-floor balcony in Nairobi. Investigators are awaiting the Director of Public Prosecutions' approval to file charges against Ndanu, who allegedly pushed Omondi, who survived but sustained multiple fractures and spinal injuries leaving her paralysed from the waist down.

    6 August 2026 · The Standard

Monday 3 August

  1. Nairobi police deputy officer arraigned for kidnapping and robbery

    Inspector Kelvin Mwangi Muraguri, Deputy OCS at Drive In Police Post, has been arraigned at Makadara Law Courts alongside Stephen Okello Obewa on charges of robbery with violence. They are accused of targeting online business vendors in a kidnapping, robbery, and extortion ring operating in Nairobi.

    3 August 2026 · Citizen Digital

  2. Lawyer sues police officers for fabricated charges, bribery

    Lawyer Ndegwa Njiru has sued three police officers — Inspector Nancy Chemelil Mwaura and Police Constables Geoffrey Cheruiyot and Victoria Nyambura — for alleged abuse of power after they detained and arraigned him following his vehicle stalling on Thika Road. The Director of Public Prosecutions declined to approve the charges and the court released him; Njiru claims the officers sought a Sh20,000 kickback and is seeking personal compensation, legal fees, and an order declaring them unfit for public office.

    3 August 2026 · The Standard

Friday 31 July

  1. Senior police officer arrested in Githurai kidnapping case

    Inspector Kelvin Mwangi, Deputy Officer Commanding Station at Drive In Police Post, was arrested on Thursday night in connection with a kidnapping and extortion incident targeting a couple in Githurai, Nairobi. The officer is being held to assist investigations while detectives pursue other suspects still at large.

    31 July 2026 · Citizen Digital

  2. Deputy OCS and three officers arrested over kidnapping

    A Deputy Officer Commanding Station at Drive In Police Station in Nairobi North and three other police officers have been arrested in connection with the alleged abduction of a couple in Babadogo and a demand for Sh1 million ransom. The complainants, who run an online business, were accosted while making a delivery and held at gunpoint; they managed to escape when the husband alerted bank staff at an Equity Bank branch in Githurai.

    31 July 2026 · The Standard

Tuesday 21 July

  1. Three arrested in Nairobi online sexual exploitation ring bust

    Detectives in Nairobi arrested three family members and rescued five women from an online sexual exploitation operation in Mihang'o, Embakasi East. The suspects allegedly lured victims with promises of employment before forcing them to produce online sexual content.

    21 July 2026 · Citizen Digital

  2. DCI dismantles online sex trafficking ring in Embakasi East

    Detectives arrested a mother, daughter, and son-in-law after rescuing five women allegedly trafficked through fake job offers and forced to produce explicit online content in Nairobi. The victims were found confined in a residential house, with the suspects accused of operating a family-run online sexual exploitation network.

    21 July 2026 · Capital News

Thursday 9 July

  1. Lawyer Ndegwa Njiru Released After Arrest Over Stalled Vehicle

    Lawyer Ndegwa Njiru was arrested after his vehicle allegedly broke down on Thika Highway; he was released after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions declined to approve charges. Njiru claimed officers from Kasarani Police Station tried to solicit a bribe and arrested him without formal booking.

    9 July 2026 · Capital News

  2. Lawyer Ndegwa Njiru arrested, charged with drunk driving

    Lawyer Ndegwa Njiru, a legal representative of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, has been arrested along Thika Superhighway and is expected to appear before Milimani Law Courts over allegations of driving under the influence of alcohol. Njiru has firmly dismissed the charges as false, claiming he has never consumed alcohol, though his initial account differed from the police allegations—he initially said his vehicle had mechanical problems.

    9 July 2026 · Capital News

Monday 6 July

  1. Woman injured in sixth-floor fall; family alleges assault

    A 25-year-old woman in Nairobi is hospitalized with severe spinal injuries after falling from the sixth floor of Father's Hub Apartment in Thome Estate. Her family alleges foul play in a domestic incident, claiming a female companion physically assaulted her before the fall and made threatening calls to her father.

    6 July 2026 · Citizen Digital

  2. Woman falls from sixth floor; family alleges assault preceded fall

    A 25-year-old woman is fighting for her life with severe spinal injuries after falling from the sixth floor of an apartment in Nairobi's Thome Estate. Her family alleges that a domestic altercation with her girlfriend, said to be a female police officer, preceded the fall, with the suspect allegedly calling the victim's father during an assault.

    6 July 2026 · Citizen Digital

Friday 3 July

  1. Nairobi police stations lose power over unpaid electricity bills

    Major police stations in Nairobi have been without electricity and water for months after accumulating unpaid utility bills, with arrears running into millions of shillings leading Kenya Power to disconnect supply at transformers.

    3 July 2026 · Citizen Digital

Friday 19 June

  1. Police retrieve child's body from Nairobi River after two weeks

    Residents of Mwiki in Kasarani, Nairobi, accused police of slow action after they recovered a decomposing body of a young girl from the Nairobi River on Thursday, two weeks after residents first reported spotting it. Residents said they repeatedly notified authorities but received little response before the retrieval.

    19 June 2026 · The Standard

Saturday 6 June

  1. KMTC student dies after allegedly thrown from matatu

    A 19-year-old Kenya Medical Training College student, Eugene Mutuku, died after allegedly being thrown from a moving matatu on Thika Road in Nairobi. The matatu driver and conductor remain at large, while police have arrested two officials of a Nicco Sacco over the incident.

    6 June 2026 · Citizen Digital

Wednesday 3 June

  1. Police officer's pistol recovered from supermarket luggage area

    A Ceska pistol belonging to a Security of Government Buildings officer, stolen during a massage session at a Nairobi spa, was recovered in a supermarket luggage section on Moi Avenue after DCI traced a suspect using CCTV footage. Two rounds of ammunition remain missing from the recovered weapon.

    3 June 2026 · The Standard

Monday 11 May

  1. Nairobi family left homeless after armed gang torches homes over land dispute

    A family in Kahawa West's Kamuthi village was left homeless after about 50 armed men demolished and torched their houses in an overnight attack linked to a dispute over a one-acre parcel the family claims is ancestral land. A victim said his pregnant wife was forced to flee and required hospital treatment after the attack.

    11 May 2026 · Citizen Digital

Tuesday 5 May

  1. Roysambu MCA charged over Northern Bypass barricade protest

    Roysambu MCA Sospeter Githahu Mumbi, former Mathare North MCA Jared Okoth Okode, and businessman John Muchiri Nyambura were charged with causing obstruction after allegedly mobilising demonstrators to barricade the Northern Bypass in Marurui on May 3, 2026, in protest against home demolitions on disputed land.

    5 May 2026 · The Standard

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