Guilty 'witch' leaves skull, note on road
A repentant ‘witch’ has begged for forgiveness, leaving a skull and a confession in Thakwa village, Gatundu district. The skull pierced with 47 pins – one for each person she allegedly cursed – was...
View ArticleMurang'a county government says there's no money to employ striking medics
THE Murang’a government does not have money to re-employ striking health workers, the county Public Service executive Nyambura Macharia has said. She said the government offered to extend the contracts...
View ArticleAthi water boost for 300,000 residents
CLOSE to 300,000 residents of Murang'a county will receive water from three new water projects, Athi Water Services Board's executive director Malaquen Milgo has said. Athi Water Services board is...
View ArticleMP warns CDF team on cards
KIRINYAGA Central MP Gachoki Gitari has warned the constituency's development fund officials from demanding voter’s cards for bursary fund applicantion. "I am investigating the issue after I was given...
View ArticleBus conductor, driver arrested
POLICE in Murang'a have arrested a bus driver and a conductor for allegedly conning passengers using President Uhuru Kenyatta's name. Police sources said Daniel Thuo, the driver and conductor Joshua...
View ArticleMP Kahangara reopens Lari public dispensary after 26 years closure
MEMBERS of Parliament from Kiambu have been urged to work together to improve residents' living standards. Lari MP Mburu Kahangara said MPs shoudl initiate projects that benefit residents. He said...
View ArticlePassenger dies in Magina crash
A passenger died in an accident involving a motorcycle and a car on the Nairobi-Nakuru highway. The Monday night accident occurred at Magina area in Lari constituency. Speaking to the press on the...
View ArticleSecurity dogs to be handed over on Thursday.
THE four dogs bought by the Laikipia government last year to boost security will be handed over tomorrow. The dogs have been undergoing training in Nakuru. County Security executive Agnes Keshine said...
View ArticleThree shot as youths fight cop in Laikipia
THREE youths from Samburu sustained gunshot wounds following a scuffle with police. The incident occurred at Rumuruti livestock market in Laikipia county on Monday. Witness Pastor Joseph Lenontari said...
View ArticleMP bails out 14 Chuka elders held for trespass
Chuka Igambang’ombe MP Muthomi Njuki on Monday bailed out 14 elders arrested for illegally erecting tents in Kiamuriuki, Mount Kenya East Forest. They had failed to pay Sh50,000 bond or Sh20,000 bail....
View ArticlePolice probe theft of computers in Mwingi
Police in Mwingi are investigating the theft of four computers in a government office. The computers were stolen from the registrar of persons and education offices, within the compound of the deputy...
View ArticleSearch on for two in embu boat tragedy
THE search is on for a boatman and a passenger who drowned in a dam in Embu county on Sunday. David Mbugua was ferrying four passengers across Ithaha Dam in Ugweri, Embu East subcounty, on Sunday when...
View ArticleResidents find man's body hanging from tree
The body of a man was found hanging from a tree in Embu East subcounty on Monday. Joseph Macharia’s throat had been slit. Embu East police boss Njoroge Mbugua said they suspect he may have been...
View ArticleCops probe man's death
THARAKA NITHI Police are investigating the death on Sunday of a mentally ill man in Ciakariga, Tharaka constituency. Erick Murithi, 25, was arrested after he allegedly hit an officer in the head. He...
View Article1,000 shafts to increase water
machakos The county government is exploring borehole sites to improve the county’s water security. Water chief officer Lemi Muia said the programme will supplement surface water with ground water to...
View ArticlePhones held in Wambora case
EMBU A court in the county yesterday granted police consent to withhold a student’s mobile phones after she denied abusing Governor Martin Wambora on Facebook. Acting senior resident magistrate...
View ArticleVarsities urged to honour Kiraitu
CENRAL Imenti MP Gideon Mwiti has urged Meru universities to grant Senator Kiraitu Murungi and Njuri Ncheke chairman Paul M’Ithinkia honorary degrees. Speaking at a public forum in Nkubu, Mwiti...
View ArticleEmbu pupils pass time in cyber cafes
PUPILS and students in Embu town are watching games in cyber cafes a s the countrywide teachers’ strike entered its second week . Others are reading on their own in the town's only public library as...
View ArticleYatta MP backs Jubilee for development funds
YATTA MP Francis Mwangangi has said he will stay in the Jubilee administration because his constituency has gained the most in development funding. Distributing bursary cheques at Kithendu Secondary on...
View ArticleIsiolo governor pulls down illegal fence, warns grabbers
ISIOLO Governor Godana Doyo has put on notice individuals who have encroached on land belonging to a public primary school in Isiolo township. He spoke on Monday when he led wananchi in pulling down...
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