Tenants of a 10-storey apartment building along Kabiria Road in Riruta Satellite, Dagoretti South, were forced to flee their homes after a loud bang on the seventh floor raised fears that the structure could be unsafe.The incident occurred after residents discovered a huge crack on one of the building’s walls, prompting them to raise the alarm and report the matter to Riruta Police Station and Nairobi City County officials.
Category: Society
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Six Arrested as Police Investigate Death of 86-Year-Old Woman at Loresho Home
Police in Gigiri have launched investigations into the mysterious death of 86-year-old Dorita Macharia, who was found dead inside her home in Loresho on Friday.Six people of interest have been arrested in connection with the incident and are being held at Gigiri Police Station as detectives work to establish the circumstances surrounding her death.
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Riruta tenants allowed back Into condemned building to collect belongings
Tenants evacuated from a condemned residential building in Riruta Satellite, Nairobi, have been allowed to collect their belongings in phases under close supervision as authorities investigate cracks in the property.Nairobi County Disaster Management Chief Officer Bramwell Simiyu said the controlled access was being coordinated by a multi-agency team comprising county and national government officials to ensure tenants’ safety.
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FWAMBA: Being your brothers’ keeper: A lesson from drunkards
Something crossed my mind tonight. If human beings looked out for one another with the same sense of responsibility that some drunkards demonstrate towards their drinking companions, perhaps the world would be a better place.I was driving home tonight when, while leaving a supermarket to rejoin the road, I noticed a car approaching from the opposite direction.
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6 peope die in road accident on Narok-Nakuru highway
Six people have lost their lives following a horrific road accident on the main Narok-Nakuru highway near Enengetia center in Narok South constituency.According to a police report, the accident occurred on Monday morning after an Isuzu FRR lorry heading towards Narok lost control and hit the road guardrails.
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More Than 150 Homes Reportedly Damaged as Anti-Oromo Violence Erupts in Borama
Borama (HOL) — More than 150 homes belonging to Ethiopian residents in Borama have reportedly been damaged or looted amid attacks targeting the city's ethnic Oromo community, prompting arrests and warnings from Somaliland authorities against allowing violence in neighbouring Ethiopia to spread across the border.The attacks involved groups of youths who vandalised, looted and set fire to homes occupied by Oromo residents, including families who had lived in the city for many years.
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WhatsApp funeral scams: How mourning families lose money
A young man was buried in Homa Bay County on October 6, after dying in Nairobi in September. The sombre burial slammed shut the chapter of a rising star.As his family pursues closure, it is experiencing pain from at least two fronts. One, their son died suddenly in his prime.
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Speed up probe into construction tragedy
Nearly 10 days after an 18-storey building under construction collapsed in Eastleigh, Nairobi, rescuers have found a woman’s dismembered body in the debris, but 16 people are still missing. Phone-signal tracing has placed at least nine of them at the site.DNA analysis will establish the woman’s identity and trace her relatives.
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Police probe death of 86-year-old woman in Loresho, relatives among arrested suspects
Police in Gigiri have launched investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of 86-year-old Dorita Macharia at her home in Loresho on Friday.According to the deceased’s lawyer, the woman was allegedly fatally attacked inside her home and died shortly afterwards.Six people of interest have been arrested and are being held at Gigiri Police Station.
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Turkana Residents Decry Disarmament by Govt after Gunmen Raided Village Killing 2, Injuring Others
Two people were killed, including a seven-year-old child, when suspected bandits stormed Loporna Fora village in Loiyangalani Sub-County, Marsabit County, on October 29.
The attackers also wounded three residents and drove away a large herd of livestock before a gunfight erupted between the raiders and security forces.
The other person killed was identified as 70-year-old Ekuwom Roniokou. Police said the suspected bandits were heading towards Arapal when they ran into an ambush set by Kenya Police Reservists and herders at Lardapach, forcing them to abandon the stolen animals.
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Security teams recovered 1,964 sheep and goats and 25 donkeys, which were returned to their owners.
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Officers from multiple agencies responded to the raid, including the regular police, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, the Administration Police, the Anti-Stock Theft Unit, and National Police Reservists.
Police have not formally named the attackers, and investigations are ongoing.
Fatuma Kakwana, a resident of the area, said her community feels specifically targeted.
The government has not responded to that claim. Kakwana also questioned how armed attackers continue to breach the area despite a visible security presence.
"We have the police, the GSU, and the military, yet how do these people manage to get through and open fire on us?" she asked.
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Residents marched to the local police station following the attack but later dispersed after the livestock was returned, acknowledging the security response.
The three wounded residents received initial treatment at Loiyangalani Hospital before being referred to Marsabit County Referral Hospital.
Kakwana raised concerns about how the Social Health Authority scheme functions in such emergencies.
Kakwana's account of where the injured were taken differs slightly from the police version, and the discrepancy could not immediately be resolved.
She also warned of the knock-on effects that livestock losses have on education. Families who lose goats, she said, can no longer afford secondary school fees since animals are their primary source of income.
Addressing President Ruto directly, she said:
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Marsabit and Turkana are among seven counties covered by Operation Maliza Uhalifu, a government programme targeting banditry.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has previously stated that the long-term strategy includes empowering communities to participate in combating livestock theft. Security teams have pledged to intensify patrols in the area.
Source: TUKO.co.ke