Nairobi City Mortuary — facility where bodies from criminal cases and disasters are processed for identification, including victims from the 2026 Eastleigh building collapse.
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Citizen Digital
… DNA testing and post-mortem examinations are underway at the Nairobi City Mortuary to help establish the identities of some of the recovered bodies, which were reportedly severely decomposed. …
Police call off Eastleigh building search as three people remain missingCitizen Digital
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Eastleigh building collapse: Rescuers discover three more bodies in rubbleCitizen Digital
… :51 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize The identification of two bodies recovered from the rubble of the collapsed building in Eastleigh is scheduled for Thursday at the Nairobi City Mortuary …
Eastleigh building collapse: At least 10 feared trapped as rescue operation enters day 13The Standard
… Nairobi North County Commissioner Simon Osumba says the body of an adult female was retrieved at around 6:30am this morning and has since been transferred to Nairobi City Mortuary for further processing and identification.National Disaster Management Unit Director and Incident Co …
Eastleigh building collapse: One body retrieved as rescue enters day 8The Standard
… dy at about 1am yesterday in Kamandura area along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway, the officers held on to the body as the management declined telling the officers that the morgue does not receive unidentified bodies.They were then forced to transport the body to Nairobi City Mortuary …
Police face hard time while booking body at Tigoni mortuaryCitizen Digital
… Five days later, on July 11, his body was identified at the Nairobi City Mortuary, where it had been taken after officers from Kiamumbi Police Station recovered it along Kamiti Road near Woodcreek Academy on July 7. …
Suspect arrested over murder of TUK lecturer Edgar MokuaCapital News
… Five days later, his body was recovered near Woodcreek Academy by officers from Kiamumbi Police Station before being moved to the Nairobi City Mortuary, where relatives identified his remains. …
DCI arrests prime suspect in murder of TUK lecturer Edgar MokuaCapital News
… His remarks come just days after the bodies of four unidentified men were exhumed in Tyaa, Mwingi, and transferred to the Nairobi City Mortuary as investigations into the deaths continue. …
NLP leader gives govt two-week ultimatum over rising killings in farmer-herder clashesCitizen Digital
… Just two days ago, the bodies of four unidentified men were exhumed in Tyaa, Mwingi, and transferred to the Nairobi City Mortuary as investigations into the mysterious deaths continue. …
Gov't given 14-day ultimatum to halt killings in Kitui or face fresh protestsCapital News
… A search conducted on the fatally injured suspect led to the recovery of a Tokarev pistol loaded with two live rounds of 9mm ammunition, a military knife and two mobile phones The scene has been processed, and the body has been moved to the Nairobi City Mortuary pending identific …
Police recover Tokarev pistol in DandoraAfter 15 days of search and rescue operations at the site of an 18-storey collapsed building in Eastleigh, Nairobi, authorities have called off the mission. Eight bodies have been recovered and four people rescued alive, but three people initially reported missing remain unaccounted for.
18 hours ago · Citizen Digital →
After 15 days of search and rescue operations at the site of an 18-storey collapsed building in Eastleigh, Nairobi, authorities have called off the mission. Eight bodies have been recovered and four people rescued alive, but three people initially reported missing remain unaccounted for.
18 hours ago · Citizen Digital →
Rescue teams searching the rubble of a collapsed building in Eastleigh, Nairobi, have discovered three additional bodies—two on Wednesday night and one on Thursday morning—nearly two weeks after the incident. The search and rescue operation continues on its 14th day with families of missing persons still awaiting news at the scene.
5 November 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Rescue teams continue searching for at least 10 people believed trapped in the basement of the collapsed Eastleigh building on day 13 of operations. Two female bodies recovered from the rubble are scheduled for identification at the Nairobi City Mortuary on Thursday, while four survivors have already been pulled alive.
4 November 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Search and rescue operations at the collapsed Eastleigh building entered their eighth day, with the recovery of one adult female body and sixteen people still missing. The operation is approximately 85 per cent complete, with DNA testing underway to identify the deceased.
30 October 2026 · The Standard →
Police from Limuru faced difficulties on Friday morning while attempting to book an unidentified body at Tigoni mortuary in Kiambu County. After spending more than nine hours searching for a facility willing to admit the body, they encountered refusals from Tigoni mortuary and Nairobi City Mortuary before the body was eventually accepted at Tigoni following a confrontation with hospital management.
25 July 2026 · The Standard →
Homicide detectives arrested Richard Gikuhe Mbugua in connection with the murder of Technical University of Kenya lecturer Edgar Mokua, whose body was discovered along Kamiti Road after he disappeared from his Lavington home on July 6.
22 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Homicide detectives arrested Richard Gikuhe Mbugua as the prime suspect in the murder of Technical University of Kenya lecturer Edgar Mokua, following forensic evidence linking a grey Toyota Ractis to the dumping of his body. Mokua went missing on July 6 from his Lavington residence and his body was recovered five days later near Woodcreek Academy.
22 July 2026 · Capital News →
National Liberal Party leader Dr. Augustus Kyalo Muli has given the government a two-week ultimatum to address rising killings and insecurity in Kitui County linked to farmer-herder clashes, warning of fresh demonstrations if the state fails to take decisive action. The ultimatum follows recent discoveries including four unidentified bodies exhumed in Tyaa, Mwingi, and five murdered women found in Kitui Central Sub-County.
12 June 2026 · Capital News →
National Liberal Party Leader Dr Augustus Kyalo Muli led a peaceful protest in Kitui Town and issued a two-week ultimatum demanding the government take decisive action to end killings in the county, warning of renewed demonstrations if concrete measures are not taken.
11 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Dandora police officers encountered a three-man gang robbing members of the public along Councillor Opundo Road. During the confrontation, one suspect drew a Tokarev pistol and fired at officers, leading to a response in which the suspect was fatally injured. Officers recovered the loaded pistol with ammunition, a military knife, and two mobile phones; two accomplices escaped.
1 May 2026 · Capital News →