… Mwea-West Sub-County Police Commander Millicent Ngugi confirmed the accident, saying the Probox was travelling to Nairobi from Meru while the lorry was headed towards Ngurubani. …
… Mwea West Sub-County Police Commander Millicent Ngugi said the case is being investigated by officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). …
… inesses in case of future unrest. “They destroyed the biggest nightclub, and they also attempted to vandalize the Kagio Business Centre building before police officers intervened,” Kibara said, referring to the response led by Mwea West Sub-County Police Commander Millicent Ngugi …
… Mwea West Sub-County Police Commander Millicent Ngugi said the child was playing with two other children near the water when the accident happened. …
… Mwea West Sub-County Police Commander Millicent Ngugi confirmed that a suspect had already been arrested and remains in police custody pending arraignment. …
… Mwea West Sub-County Police Commander Millicent Ngugi, who visited the scene with detectives, urged residents to remain calm as investigations continue. …
… Mwea West Sub-County Police Commander Millicent Ngugi confirmed that investigations are underway, even as residents vowed to continue searching for the missing twins until they are found and the suspect is brought to justice.
A 48-year-old man was buried alive at a quarry in Mutithi Ward, Mwea, prompting quarry workers in Kirinyaga County to raise safety concerns as the rainy season approaches. Workers say quarrying is physically demanding with significant risks, particularly during heavy rains, and that many residents depend on it for their livelihoods.
A 48-year-old man was buried alive at a quarry in Mutithi Ward, Mwea, prompting quarry workers in Kirinyaga County to raise safety concerns as the rainy season approaches. Workers say quarrying is physically demanding with significant risks, particularly during heavy rains, and that many residents depend on it for their livelihoods.
A 28-year-old miraa driver died and two others were seriously injured when his Probox collided head-on with a sand-carrying lorry near Mutithi Trading Centre on the Mwea-Embu Highway in Kirinyaga County on Friday. The crash occurred hours after a joint burial mass for ten people who died in a Murubara road accident the previous Saturday.
A 53-year-old woman, Peris Njoki Wanjohi, died from stab wounds sustained during a domestic dispute with her husband at Kiandegwa Village in Mwea, Kirinyaga County. Police arrested her husband, Alexander Chomba, in connection with the case; authorities allege a kitchen knife was used in the incident.
Traders and residents in Kagio town are assessing losses and considering enhanced security measures following two days of unrest linked to a matatu strike over fuel prices, which saw clashes between protesters and police and damage to businesses including a nightclub and attempted vandalism of a business centre.
A five-year-old PP1 pupil drowned on Tuesday after slipping into an unfinished irrigation furrow at Kandongu in Mwea West Sub-County, Kirinyaga County, near where Governor Anne Waiguru was holding a public baraza. Residents had been raising concerns over the stalled irrigation project linked to the Thiba Dam.
Residents in Kirinyaga County disrupted the burial of 30-year-old Martin Kara, carrying his casket to a police station in protest and demanding prosecution of a church bishop they accuse of hiring men to assault him. The community vowed not to rest until those responsible are prosecuted.
Angry residents in Mwea West Sub-County, Kirinyaga County, stormed a police station carrying the body of Martin Kara, demanding the arrest of a church bishop they accused of hiring assailants to kill him. Police confirmed the bishop had already been arrested and was detained for 10 days pending investigations.
Angry residents in Mwea West Sub-County, Kirinyaga County, destroyed the Ambassador for Christ Ministry Church and torched a cleric's homestead, accusing him of being linked to the death of a 30-year-old man reportedly killed over claims of stealing rice and a chicken. Another church belonging to the cleric in Kiandegwa village was also destroyed, and security officers were unable to contain the crowd during the unrest.
Angry residents in Mwea, Kirinyaga County torched the home of Bishop Simon Wachira of Ambassadors for Christ Ministry Church and looted property after a 30-year-old man named Martin Kara died. Residents accused the bishop of hiring three men, including two of his cousins, to assault Kara, allegedly over accusations that Kara had stolen a 90kg bag of rice and a chicken from the bishop's property.
12-year-old twin boys from Kiandegwa village in Mwea West, Kirinyaga County, disappeared on Sunday after a man allegedly threatened them over a damaged television set and demanded KSh 30,000 compensation. Residents are demanding the suspect's arrest and accusing police of negligence, while investigations are ongoing.