Crime

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Managing the pandemic, keeping up with the Commission of Inquiry, and overseeing changes within the public service made for a busy first year in office for Governor John Rankin. Mr. Rankin, a former Bermuda governor, recently sat down with the Beacon to share his experience serving as governor during such tumultuous times.

Shortly after the end of a year that saw frequent violence and a string of high-profile drug busts, Police Commissioner Mark Collins on Friday congratulated his officers for their hard work and outlined his plans for the new year.

Nairobi, Kenya, Dec 8- President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged police officers to seek alternative solutions to challenges facing them instead of resorting to the gun.

Kenyatta, who was speaking Wednesday when he commissioned new General Service Unit (GSU) recruits said that expressing oneself is one way of dealing with mental stress especially in the police force.

NAIROBI, Kenya Dec 8 – Five suspects have been arrested for allegedly defrauding a Koren national Sh2.9 million in a fake gold scam.

The suspects were arrested on Tuesday by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI)’s Serious Crimes Unit following a complaint by the victim identified as Song Sung.

Song told detectives that he was initially shown some well-packed bars that he was made to believe were genuine gold at a company in Karen.

“He was led to the establishment by proxies believed to have been working in cahoots with the

NAIROBI, Kenya Dec 7 – Chaos erupted in Kabete, Nairobi Tuesday following the killing of six people by a police officer.

The officer attached to Kabete Police Station is reported to have first shot his wife dead before he sprayed eight people with bullets and later committed suicide. Two of them are nursing gunshot wounds in hospital.

The officer was identified as Benson Imbatu.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi has blamed the killings on a love triangle.

NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 7 – A man was killed in Siaya County on Wednesday for mocking his neighbour that he was not good in bed.

The incident occurred in Yala, Siaya county where the victim identified as Marvin Onyango was beaten to death by George Onyango who is reported to have been angered by the remarks, according to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

The DCI has launched a manhunt for the man said to have fled after the incident.

Officers attached to the Drug Squad seized a total of 247 pounds of Cannabis within a 24-hour period on Wednesday, 29 and Thursday, 30 September 2021.

The illegal drugs which carry an estimated street value of $559,998 were discovered at Artiste Bay, La Poterie, St Andrew, and Petite Esperance, St David.

Charged with the seizure at St David are Shevon Charles, 30 years; Kimron Mc Donald, 28 years; Jamie Mc Donald, 23 years and Kwesi Abraham, 22 years, all unemployed residents of Byeland, St Andrew.