𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚. 𝐈𝐧 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲.
In October 2013, a man called Bogonko Bosire disappeared. Bogonko, previously a writer with Agence France-Presse, became a blogger for hire after losing his job. He ran a website, Jackal News, where it is said he would post articles for a round of beer. One of the posts he was hired to publish was a leak of the names of witnesses lined up to testify against then President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy, William Ruto, at the International Criminal Court (ICC), for their alleged roles in the 2007-2008 post-election violence.
Not long after - probably because of the incriminating knowledge he possessed - Bogonko mysteriously disappeared from the face of the earth. He was abducted, murdered, and his body was never found. Three months later, in December the same year, Albert Muriuki went missing from State House, Nairobi. Muriuki had worked as an intern at the International Criminal Court (ICC) before being appointed to State House. Bogonko and Muriuki were “disappeared” after finishing their dirty job of publicly exposing ICC witnesses.
Many of the witnesses recanted their testimonies after being threatened, while others were paid off. A killer police squad called Kwekwe was formed to hunt down and kill the stubborn ones who refused to recant. The ICC suspects knew who to kill or target because they had a hit list The Kwekwe squad officers were also eliminated after killing the witnesses. The ICC suspects hired a “cleaner” to eliminate the men they had used to do their dirty job.
While Bogonko and Muriuki likely got what they deserved for sleeping with the devil, there are four women who dared to resist the rich and powerful and did not deserve to be murdered.
Nancy Waithera, an employee of the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF), was taken out by a sniper as she walked along Kaunda Street in Nairobi on February 17, 2023. She was a whistleblower in a Ksh 1.1 billion scandal involving NHIF CEO Geoffrey Mwangi, who had initially been suspended but returned after he was cleared by the court. Her killers are still walking scot-free.
On July 15, 2021, 67-year-old environmental activist Joannah Stutchbury was shot six times outside her Kiambu home as she got out of her car to clear the driveway, which had been blocked by tree branches. At the time, the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI), George Kinoti, said preliminary investigations indicated that Stutchbury might have been killed for her resistance to the encroachment and illegal construction of a road, and the grabbing of Kiambu forest.
Earlier in March of the same year, the body of a senior officer with the National Land Commission (NLC), Jennifer Itumbi Wambua, was discovered in a field in Ngong after she had been reported missing on March 12. Wambua was a key witness in a case where a deputy governor and a former top civil servant were charged with conspiring to defraud the government of Ksh 122.3 million.
Recently, another mysterious disappearance has hit the headlines. Esther Wairimu is the most senior legal officer at Kenya Forest Service HQ on Kiambu Road. She has served in the position for over 10 years.
On Tuesday, June 9, 2026, she reportedly arrived home from work and told her family that she was feeling uncomfortable after being asked to sign certain documents in the office. She vowed not to return to work.
Nevertheless, she reported to work at approximately 10 a.m. the following day and worked until around 2 p.m. when she left for her home in Juja. Upon reaching Juja town, she alighted from the vehicle she was travelling in and went into Senate Hotel to check out the gym, and disappeared.
For the past three weeks, search efforts by her family, friends, and colleagues have yielded no results. They combed the area around Juja on foot, by vehicle, and even with drones, but to no avail. She disappeared at a time when there are many attempts to grab public land, including inside the forest where she worked, Karura Forest. Yesterday, her decomposing body was found in a forest in Gatundu. She had been abducted and murdered.
In July 2022, two Indian nationals, Mohamed Zaid Sami Kidwai and Zulfiqar Ahmed Khan, alongside their Kenyan taxi driver Nicodemus Mwania Mwange were shot and killed by the police. When Ruto became president, he ordered the police officers charged with the killing to be prosecuted. Officers from the Special Service Unit who had abducted the three men, and those from the National Intelligence Service who had helped do the tracking, were arrested. Additionally, Kenya Wildlife Service officers who had helped dispose of the remains where they would be eaten by wild animals, were also charged. So, to the men and women carrying out abductions and assassinations on orders from above, you will face your day in court.
“The signs that we are seeing, including these goon attacks in different places, obviously point towards a violent election.
And we are telling Kenyans please don’t sit quiet as politicians take us towards that direction, if this trend continues, it is evident that Kenya will not have free, fair, and peaceful elections.
We must stop this in it's track. We must make sure that this goonism culture is eliminated immediately. Otherwise, the 2027 elections promise to be extremely violent if we don't stop this culture.”~ @husskhalid
A woman (someone’s mother probably) went on live television and told men they can rape women but not kill them. She literally told them to enjoy what they want to enjoy but to spare the lives of the women. In her head, rape is okay and can be tolerated,she doesn’t care about what happens to the victims of rape, because it’s a ��safer’ option! Oh and she’s an MCA btw!!! Nancy Matara wherever you are, you’re a monster!!!
When I came back, Sammy had sadly passed on.I will never forget the face of that doctor, I begged him to save that little boys life. He died because of 900/= that I had and was willing to pay. He died because of bureaucracy, because bills have to be cleared before treatment begin
About two months ago, I rushed my neighbours epileptic son to General Hospital after a bad fall. He had lost a lot of blood from the fall already and nobody was home.
We got into the emergency room and he was given a bed to rest. I told the nurses about how much blood he'd...
❗️A scene has unfolded at Kenyatta Hospital last night, a young boy called Driffel alias Driffo from Katwekera, Sarang'ombe Ward ward passed on at the hospital unexpectedly 😳. He had been rushed there by his friends after being attacked earlier in the night, Despite having SHA, Kenyatta National Hospital declined to attend to him, demanding for upfront payment before being admitted to ICU, having failed to raise the money, his poor parents started calling friends and relatives to chip in and help as the poor boy remained on the Accident and Emergency bed writhing in pain. By the time his friends and relatives arrived, he had passed on since no care was offered. His friends started agitating and demanding for answers, Kenyatta National Hospital security responded by detaining them, but as the crowd increased, they were released and decided to take the body with them. Kenyatta National Hospital management must tell Kenyans if it is a money making facility or an Hospital 🤔🤔. His friends arrived late to save him😭😭😭. Why decline SHA if it is working? This is totally unacceptable @KNH_hospital
I wonder why.
No recent terror attacks, Iran War is over and Gulf airlines are back.
Let me see. What has Kenya been associated with recently that would make tourists want to keep away.
Anyone wants to guess?
Na next year ni elections so same same.
Her journey is making me know so much things that i didn't.
In Kenya, the whole of Kenya, there's only 2 PET scans!!! In Aga Khan and KU!!! How is this possible buana???
Na Ruto was busy talking about chapati machines, mara sijui affordable housing. The dad stayed in KU jana all day coz people even from Msa were there. Like ilikuwa mfuriko wa watu. And it's like that everyday.
Health CS Mko busy kuleta facility ya Ebola while hamna capacity ya kuhandle things @HonAdenDuale wth...do we need to be complaining and reminding you daily what you are supposed to do..na kama wewe una support hii government wewe ni mbwa...@WilliamsRuto kazi nikutishia innocent citizen kama halima juu "ameonyesha "vile unarandaranda..mafala nyinyi
Obsession. The growing feeling of cringe, creepy, unease etc. 👏🏾Inde Navarrette. Then Ian with the billion dollars was so funny coz I'd just thought he'll make a stupid money related wish.
What happened to the urgent need to quarantine Americans exposed to Ebola at Laikipia Air Base? Ama the minerals from Congo already left via the base?
Thought we were told this was an emergency that couldn’t wait..our guys were even ready to defy court orders 😳😳
So what changed? Has the emergency suddenly disappeared? Or was the urgency only there until whatever needed to happen had already happened?
Uzeni hii nchi kabisa, ata mkitaka uzeni pia zile vijiko ndogo zimebaki za chai🚶🏿♀️🚶🏿♀️
Someone tell the NTV Murder Tapes guy that a great narration voice can only carry a story so far. The research feels lazy, and the story structure is sloppy.
As a writer, I'm often asked on my travels why there aren't more Kenyan authors' works on sale on Amazon. As per Amazon's agreement with GoK, KRA takes 40% of royalties remitted to any bank account in Kenya.