The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is expanding its partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to leverage artificial intelligence and digital forensics in combating corruption and economic crimes.

• The collaboration will focus on enhancing investigative capacity through advanced technological tools.
• Key figures include EACC Director of Investigations John Lolkoloi and FBI representative Andreas Aguirre.
• The renewed cooperation was affirmed during the launch of upgraded interview facilities in Isiolo on August 7, 2026, aimed at improving the quality of investigative interviews.

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has recovered stolen Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) fence gates and a significant quantity of other goods during an operation along the Northern Bypass.

• Recovered items include SGR fence gates, scaffolding equipment, steel rail bars, pipes, and various industrial lubricants.
• The operation was linked to an ongoing investigation into a businessman charged with obtaining goods by false pretences.
• The recovery followed a complaint involving goods allegedly obtained fraudulently from a supplier, with detectives tracing paint products to the storage yard.

A 35-year-old man lost an arm when a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) detonated in his hands on Friday evening in Mandera Town, Kenya. The incident triggered a significant security response as authorities investigate.

• A man lost an arm in the blast.
• The Counter-Terrorism Bureau in Mandera is leading the investigation.
• This explosion follows another suspected IED attack in the county the previous day that injured six people, raising security concerns along the Kenya-Somalia border.