On the radar: Driver of bus in Mau Summit crash to be arraigned

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In Summary
  • Detectives are holding a key suspect in the murder of a first-year university student.
  • The student's body was on January 9, found in a house allegedly belonging to her boyfriend after a suspected murder.

The driver of a 14-seater bus involved in a crash that claimed 15 lives on the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway on Tuesday has been arrested.

According to NTSA, the driver is detained at the Mau Summit Police Station, awaiting to be arraigned on Thursday.

The bus was involved in the tragic incident on Tuesday at Twin Bridge.

Suspect in murder of university student arrested

Detectives are holding a key suspect in the murder of a first-year university student.

The student's body was on January 9, found in a house allegedly belonging to her boyfriend after a suspected murder.

Machakos head of DCI Nzioka Singi said Wednesday they arrested the boyfriend as a prime suspect in the murder.

Wahu murder: Police search house of key suspect Matara

Detectives on Wednesday searched the house where a prime suspect, John Matara in the murder of socialite Starlet Wahu lived in Nairobi’s Kahawa West area.

The team said they wanted to find more evidence in the ongoing probe into the murder.

NTSA records 84 road deaths in week one of 2024

Road accidents across the country have claimed 84 lives in the first week of 2024.

This is according to data from the National Transport and Safety Authority between January 1 to January 7.

The statistics are an increase compared to 72 recorded during the same period in 2023.

Donald Trump will not speak at New York fraud trial

Donald Trump will not speak during the closing day of his civil fraud trial in New York.

After speculation over whether the former US president would make a statement, the judge shared emails showing he had not agreed to limits on what he could say.

Mr Trump's team also asked the judge to postpone Thursday's hearing because of the death of Melania Trump's mother.

But Judge Arthur Engoran said he was "sorry" but the plans and schedules had already been set.

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