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The government has spent KSh938 million on fuel stabilisation to shield Kenyans from even higher pump prices. For the August 15–September 14 pricing cycle, EPRA has retained Super Petrol at KSh214.03 per litre and kerosene at KSh191.38, while diesel has dropped by KSh5 to KSh217.86 per litre in Nairobi. The government says the KSh938 million intervention prevented petrol and kerosene prices from rising further. The reduction in diesel prices offers some relief to motorists, public transport operators, farmers, manufacturers and businesses that rely heavily on diesel, although the price remains above KSh200 per litre.

Bouncer Detained After 22-Year-Old Dies Following Lounge Fight in Kasarani A 22-year-old man identified as Joseph Gachuhi Kaburu has died after he was allegedly assaulted by a bouncer following a confrontation at a lounge along Kamiti Road in Kasarani, Nairobi. According to police, the incident began after Kaburu was questioned by a bouncer, leading to a disagreement that escalated into a fight. Police officers who arrived at the scene found Kaburu lying dead in the parking area. The bouncer was arrested and detained as detectives investigate the incident as a possible murder. The crime scene had reportedly been washed before investigators arrived, potentially affecting the collection of forensic evidence. Kaburu’s body was taken to Nairobi City Funeral Home pending a postmortem examination.

The Social Health Authority (SHA) has announced the disbursement of a second batch of payments for verified pending claims of Sh10 million and below owed to healthcare providers by the defunct National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF).

Amnesty Kenya condemns Homa Bay violence, attacks on journalists and disruption of broadcast, accuses security agencies of failing to protect citizens, demand probe.

Former LSK President Faith Odhiambo has called for an end to political violence, warning against the use of youths to fuel clashes during political campaigns. Speaking in Homa Bay amid tensions surrounding the Linda Mwananchi mobilisation, Odhiambo said Kenyans should not be encouraged to fight each other in the name of politics. “We cannot allow our blood to be the one that is poured. Today you are being told to take rungus and pangas and kill one another. That must come to an end,” she said. Odhiambo questioned the different approaches used to mobilise voters in various parts of the country, saying some communities receive material support while others are encouraged to engage in violence.

PLP leader Martha Karua has condemned the escalating attacks on the Linda Mwananchi faction, warning that the growing use of sponsored violence to disrupt political gatherings is an insult to Kenya's democracy. The PLP boss accused President William Ruto's administration of continuously encouraged attacks on his political opponents yet remained tight-lipped on upholding the dictates of democracy.

Gatundu South MP Gabriel Kagombe was heckled by residents in his constituency as he addressed a Democracy for Citizens Party rally, exposing the political difficulties facing his recent defection. The MP, who recently left the United Democratic Alliance, was immediately heckled as soon as he was invited to address the crowd by former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. Kagombe sought to win over the hostile crowd by presenting his move to DCP as a political transformation, likening himself to Saul, the biblical figure who became Paul after his conversion.

DCP leader Rigathi Gachagua welcomes Mercy Nashipai Legilisho, popularly known as Mercy Masai, to DCP as she prepares to contest for the Kajiado County Woman Representative position.

Jubilee Party has accused the Kenya Kwanza administration of promoting political intolerance, as tensions continue to emerge within the opposition ahead of the 2027 General Election. In a statement issued on Saturday, August 15, 2026, Jubilee Secretary-General Moitalel Ole Kenta said the party leader, the fourth President Uhuru Kenyatta, had faced what the party described as a coordinated campaign of attacks from senior government officials and their supporters online.

A grisly road traffic road accident reported opposite Chandarana Supermarket along Riverside Drive, Nairobi. According to eyewitness, a Range Rover which was allegedly over speeding and overtaking dangerously lost control and crashed into a boda boda rider before rolling several times. The boda boda rider and the driver are reported to have died at the scene, the other occupants of the vehicle,reportedly foreign nationals,were rushed to hospital for treatment.

National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula hosts a delegation of grassroots leaders from Chwele/Kabuchai Ward at his residence in Bungoma county to discuss the region's development priorities.

Former Interior CS Dr. Fred Matiang’i has accused the government of allowing political interests to drive the country towards instability, warning that Kenya is ‘destroying’ itself through political violence and the use of goons. Speaking to the media on Monday, Matiang’i, who is also the Jubilee Party presidential candidate, said the level of violence witnessed during political activities should concern every Kenyan, particularly as the country heads towards the 2027 General Election.

Police have arrested one suspect and seized 23 packages of suspected cannabis sativa and a motorcycle along Malenya border point in Busia county.

𝗖𝗬𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗦𝗨𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗜 𝗟𝗔𝗪 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧𝗦 A man arrested for cyber harassment on July 6, 2026, has been arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts following thorough investigations by detectives. Urbanus Kyalo Wambua was apprehended in Matiliku, Emali, before being escorted to Nairobi, where he was booked at the Muthaiga Police Station. After an extensive investigation, the case file was submitted to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), with detectives recommending charges against him for Cyber Harassment, in violation of Section 27(1) of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, No. 5 of 2018. During his court appearance today, August 13, 2026, Wambua pleaded not guilty to the charges. The court granted him a bond of Sh500,000, requiring two sureties of the same amount; alternatively, Sh200,000 cash bail with one contact person. The case is set for mention on August 24, 2026.

𝗧𝗪𝗢-𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗕𝗘 𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗞𝗖𝗦𝗘 𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗘 A two-year investigation into a forged KCSE certificate has finally caught up with a 54-year-old man, who was arrested yesterday in Changamwe, Mombasa County. Awange Oscar Akoth was nabbed by detectives following investigations into the alleged forgery and use of a fraudulent KCSE certificate in connection with his employment at the Kenya Railways Corporation. The case came to light after Kenya Railways undertook an authentication exercise of academic and professional certificates presented by its employees. During the exercise, Akoth’s KCSE certificate, purportedly issued by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), was flagged for further scrutiny. Verification by KNEC subsequently confirmed that certificate number 624785, purportedly issued in 1993, had been forged. Detectives established that grades in three subjects had allegedly been altered from D (Plain) to C (Plain), while the mean grade had also been tampered with, changing it from D+ (Plus) to C (Plain). Following the investigations, the case file was forwarded to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) for directions. Upon reviewing the evidence, the ODPP directed that Akoth be charged with Uttering a False Document, contrary to Section 353 of the Penal Code, and Fraudulent Acquisition of Public Property, contrary to Section 45(1)(a) of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act (ACECA). With the suspect having remained at large, detectives trailed him to Mombasa. Their efforts paid off when they finally caught up with and arrested him in Changamwe. Akoth is currently undergoing processing pending his arraignment before the Milimani Law Courts. #FichuaKwaDCI. Call 0800 722 203 (Toll-free) or WhatsApp at 0709 570 000 to report anonymously. Usiogope!

𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗟𝗘𝗡 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗔𝗞-𝟰𝟳 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗟𝗬 𝗠𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗞𝗢𝗦 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗧 An AK-47 stolen from a police officer during a daring armed attack in Mavoko has been recovered, nine months later and in the hands of a gangster who was shot dead in a fierce gun battle with detectives in Machakos County. The incident unfolded in the Mashokani area of Matungulu Sub-County, along the Koma–Kenol Highway, after detectives, acting on actionable intelligence, cornered a gang terrorising the area. The suspects were cruising in a Toyota Harrier when detectives flagged them down. Instead of surrendering, the gang opened fire, turning the highway into a scene of gunfire. Detectives returned fire, triggering a fierce shootout in which one suspect, armed with an AK-47, was fatally wounded. His accomplice, armed with a pistol, bolted from the scene and managed to escape. Detectives have since launched a hot pursuit to trail him down. Recovered from the fallen suspect was an AK-47 rifle, loaded with 11 rounds of 7.62×39mm ammunition. Preliminary investigation established that the rifle is the same firearm stolen from a police officer during a violent robbery in Mavoko in November 2025. During that attack, three armed men accosted the officer while he was guarding a residence in Athi River. They shot him on the chest and both legs before escaping with his AK-47 rifle, loaded with 30 rounds of ammunition, and his mobile phone. A search of the suspects’ Toyota Harrier yielded eight mobile phones, four balaclavas, crowbars and torches. Crime Scene Investigation detectives processed the scene, while the body of the deceased suspect was moved to Kangundo Level 4 Hospital mortuary pending autopsy. As the escaped suspect remains on the run, detectives are leaving no stone unturned in the hunt to bring him to justice and unravel the gang’s wider criminal network. #FichuaKwaDCI. Call 0800 722 203 (Toll-free) or WhatsApp at 0709 570 000 to report anonymously. Usiogope!

𝗠𝟭𝟲 𝗥𝗜𝗙𝗟𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗠𝗨𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗢 An M16 rifle suspected to have been used in a deadly trail of four murders across Isiolo and neighbouring Meru County has been recovered in an intelligence-led multi-agency operation in Isiolo. The firearm, loaded with five rounds of 5.56×45mm ammunition, was recovered at Kakili area in Burat Location by a joint team of police officers from Isiolo County, National Police Reservists (NPRs) and National Government Administration Officers (NGAOs). Acting on actionable intelligence, the team recovered the M16 rifle, believed to be linked to notorious bandit Aloise Lochuchu alias “Akoo,” who was recently charged with robbery with violence. The recovery has opened a can of worms, with detectives now probing the firearm’s suspected links to four separate murder cases. The cases include: January 26, 2025: Murder at Maili Tatu in Meru County; July 20, 2025: Murder of a businesswoman within Isiolo town CBD; December 24, 2025: Murder at Sakama Bar in Isiolo town, and February 18, 2026: Murder of a deputy principal at Leparua, Isiolo North Sub-County. The recovery is a breakthrough, giving detectives a crucial piece of the puzzle as they work to establish the firearm’s role in the four killings and determine whether it may have been used in other crimes. The rifle has been secured at the Isiolo Police Station armoury and will be forwarded to the National Forensic Laboratory for ballistic examination. The recovery once again underscores the power of actionable intelligence and community cooperation in tackling crime and making our communities safe. #FichuaKwaDCI. Call 0800 722 203 (Toll-free) or WhatsApp at 0709 570 000 to report anonymously. Usiogope!