Police station in Nairobi where boda boda rider Eric Otieno died in custody in August 2026, sparking investigation by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority.
Audio By VocalizeSlain 19 year old Erick Otieno. [Courtesy] Rights groups have demanded an independent and transparent investigation into the death of Eric Otieno, a boda boda rider who died shortly after his release from Muthaiga Police Station. …
Audio By VocalizeThe Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has taken over investigations into the death of Mathare boda boda rider Eric Otieno, who allegedly sustained severe injuries while in police custody at Muthaiga Police Station. …
… The DCI told the court that Ngache was arrested on June 30 in Bamburi, Mombasa County, before being escorted to Nairobi and booked at Muthaiga Police Station. …
… DCI detectives from the Serious Crime Unit arrested an officer attached DCI's Anti-Terrorism Police Unit for attempted robbery with violence.Police said that corporal Kelvin Kiprotich Ndiema was arrested in Nairobi and is held at the Muthaiga Police Station where he is awaiting c …
… The suspects, identified as Nasiim Abdallah and Trevas Mungai Okoth, are being held at Muthaiga Police Station pending processing and arraignment in court. …
… Ozuchukwu was escorted to the Muthaiga Police Station where he was placed in custody and the suspected substances were escorted to DCI headquarters exhibit store for safe custody. …
Eight months after 25-year-old digital marketing manager Derrick Omanga Tom's body was found near Roysambu roundabout, a 26-year-old man was arrested in connection with the sale of Omanga's phone six days after he went missing in December 2025. Detectives made the arrest after months of digital tracking and surveillance, with a third suspect arrested earlier in Meru County helping lead investigators to the suspect.
Eight months after 25-year-old digital marketing manager Derrick Omanga Tom's body was found near Roysambu roundabout, a 26-year-old man was arrested in connection with the sale of Omanga's phone six days after he went missing in December 2025. Detectives made the arrest after months of digital tracking and surveillance, with a third suspect arrested earlier in Meru County helping lead investigators to the suspect.
The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA), working with the National Police Service, conducted intelligence-led operations in Nairobi's South B area that resulted in the arrest of two suspects and the seizure of 101 small sachets containing suspected narcotic drugs, along with related paraphernalia. NACADA's Legal Services Director warned drug traffickers that enforcement agencies are intensifying efforts to dismantle narcotics networks.
Two people were arrested in South B, Nairobi after NACADA and police recovered rolls and 101 sachets of suspected narcotic drugs, Rizla papers, and a digital weighing scale in a multi-agency operation. The authority says it is intensifying enforcement against drug abuse nationwide, with particular focus on the capital.
Makueni nominated MCA Urbanus Kyalo Wambua, accused of posting inciting remarks on TikTok, was released on Sh200,000 cash bail or alternative bond of Sh500,000 by a Nairobi court. The Wiper-linked politician is barred from contacting or interfering with prosecution witnesses in the cyber harassment case against Kibwezi MP Mutuse.
Kenya's Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja has ordered the immediate interdiction of officers on duty whenever a suspect dies in police custody, pending investigations. The directive applies to the Occurrence Book recorder, cell sentry, and duty officer, and follows the death of Gideon Makau at Kilungu Police Station in Makueni County.
Inspector General Douglas Kanja has directed the interdiction of police officers on duty whenever a suspect dies in police custody, with the officer handling the Occurrence Book, the cell sentry, and the duty officer to be held accountable during investigations.
The family of Eric Otieno, aged 19, who died under unclear circumstances while detained at Muthaiga police station following his arrest along Thika Road, is pressing the National Police Service to release CCTV footage from the station. Human rights activists are also mounting pressure on police to release the footage.
Communication strategist Odhiambo Otieno has criticised the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) for remaining silent following the death of 19-year-old boda boda rider Eric Otieno shortly after his release from Muthaiga Police Station. He warned that IPOA's silence on the matter encourages impunity within the police service and questioned why CCTV footage from the station had not been made public.
Eric Otieno, a boda boda operator, died after being arrested and detained at Muthaiga Police Station; an autopsy found he died from multiple abdominal injuries consistent with blunt force trauma. His family is demanding the arrest of officers allegedly involved and has called on the Independent Policing Oversight Authority to investigate what they describe as police brutality.
Rights groups have called for an independent investigation into the death of Eric Otieno, a boda boda rider who died shortly after his release from Muthaiga Police Station. A postmortem found he died from massive internal haemorrhage caused by injuries to his organs.
The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse arrested a 27-year-old suspect in Ruiru and seized 230 rolls of cannabis, 12 sachets of cannabis, 34 cookies, and six cakes suspected to be laced with narcotics, following raids at two locations linked to a suspected drug distribution network.
PC Rashid Charo, bodyguard to Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports Principal Secretary Fikirini Jacobs, was released on a personal bond of Ksh.20,000 pending investigation into the fatal shooting of Cecil Otieno Anyango in Kariokor on June 30. The case was mentioned at Makadara Law Courts and adjourned to August 10.
Halima Ngache, known online as "Princess Halima," was arrested by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations for operating an X account that published information tracking President William Ruto's flight movements. She was detained for three days and arraigned before Milimani Law Courts on investigation for cyber harassment under the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act.
A Kenya Defence Forces member, Lilian Kabengi, died while receiving treatment at Kahawa Barracks Hospital after allegedly falling from an undisclosed height. Police are investigating whether the death was a suicide or accident.
Anti-narcotics detectives arrested four suspects, including a Serbian man and a Tanzanian woman, at Denluck Apartments in Nairobi following an intelligence-led operation. Officers recovered suspected cannabis sativa and drug distribution equipment including weighing scales, packaging materials, and other items.
Detectives from the Anti-Narcotics Unit and Transnational Organised Crime Unit arrested two suspects, Nasiim Abdallah and Trevas Mungai Okoth, at an auto spare shop in Ruaka following a raid that recovered four bales of cannabis sativa, 12 carrier bags of bhang, and 26 zip-lock bags of bhang.
DCI officers arrested seven people across the country in four days and recovered suspected narcotics including cannabis sativa and skunk. In Mombasa, two suspects were arrested and narcotics worth Sh2.19 million were recovered; in Nairobi, a Nigerian national was arrested with narcotics of unknown value.
Detectives arrested 29-year-old Christian Ikechukwu Uzochukwu, a Nigerian national, following a raid on his Kabarnet residence along Ngong Road, where 33 sachets of bhang ready for distribution were recovered. Police say the suspect is in the country illegally.
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations arrested a 68-year-old woman and recovered packages of dry green plant material suspected to be narcotic drugs during an operation in Nairobi. Officers intercepted a motorcycle at Mutete Flats following a tip-off and later extended the operation to a residence where additional suspected narcotics and packaging materials were recovered.
Former Law Society of Kenya President Nelson Havi has claimed that government harassment, alleged interference in The Nairobi Hospital's management, and "trumped-up charges" contributed to the deterioration of veteran obstetrician Dr. Job Obwaka's health and his death at age 83. Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale paid tribute to Dr. Obwaka as a respected figure who advanced Kenya's healthcare system.
Dr Job Obwaka, a veteran gynaecologist and director of Nairobi Hospital, has died at age 83. He passed away at the hospital where he worked for decades, six weeks after his arrest over disputed charges of falsifying hospital records.