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Stephen Okal

Also known as: Mwea East Sub-County Police Commander Stephen Okal

2026-04-262026-09-16

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  1. April 2026
  2. Citizen Digital

    Confirming the incident, Mwea East Sub-County Police Commander Stephen Okal said that the victims were rushed to hospital and the deceased’s body moved to the mortuary before traffic started.

    One dead, three injured after accident in Kirinyaga
Society

Murubara crash death toll reaches 10 on Mwea-Embu Highway

The News

A parcel truck rammed into a tuk-tuk transporting workers near Murubara on the Mwea-Embu Highway on August 1, killing 10 people—six women and four men, mostly casual labourers heading to rice farms. One passenger narrowly escaped after deciding to disembark before the crash.

4 August 2026 · Citizen Digital

Tuesday 4 August

  1. Murubara crash death toll reaches 10 on Mwea-Embu Highway

    A parcel truck rammed into a tuk-tuk transporting workers near Murubara on the Mwea-Embu Highway on August 1, killing 10 people—six women and four men, mostly casual labourers heading to rice farms. One passenger narrowly escaped after deciding to disembark before the crash.

    4 August 2026 · Citizen Digital

Saturday 1 August

  1. Truck-tuk-tuk collision kills eight farm workers in Kirinyaga

    A parcel truck collided head-on with a tuk-tuk at Murubara along the Mwea–Embu Highway in Kirinyaga County at around 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, killing eight people — seven women and one man — who were farm workers heading to the Mwea Irrigation Research area. Residents blamed the poor condition of the Murubara section of the highway.

    1 August 2026 · Citizen Digital

  2. Truck-tuk-tuk collision kills eight in Kirinyaga County

    A head-on collision on the Mwea-Embu highway in Kirinyaga County left eight people dead and three injured on Saturday morning, after a speeding parcel delivery truck collided with a tuk-tuk carrying agricultural laborers near Murubara.

    1 August 2026 · Citizen Digital

  3. Eight killed, three injured in Mwea–Embu Highway crash

    A parcel truck and tuk-tuk collided on the Mwea–Embu Highway in Kirinyaga County early Saturday morning, killing eight people—six tuk-tuk occupants and two pedestrians—and injuring three others. The truck driver was arrested as police investigate the circumstances of the accident.

    1 August 2026 · Capital News

  4. Eight killed in head-on truck and tuk-tuk collision in Kirinyaga

    A parcel truck travelling from Mwea towards Embu collided head-on with a tuk-tuk carrying farm workers near Murubara on the Mwea-Embu Highway. Eight people died at the scene — five in the parcel truck, one in the tuk-tuk, and two pedestrians — while three others sustained injuries.

    1 August 2026 · Citizen Digital

  5. Eight killed in tuk-tuk and lorry collision in Kirinyaga

    A lorry and tuk-tuk collided head-on at Murubara along the Mwea-Embu Road in Kirinyaga County on Saturday morning, killing at least eight people. The lorry swerved into the opposite lane to avoid potholes, striking the tuk-tuk which was carrying farm workers to a rice planting job.

    1 August 2026 · The Standard

Monday 20 July

  1. Police officer kills partner, then himself in Kirinyaga

    An administration police officer based in Mwea East Sub-County shot and killed his partner at their station house before turning the gun on himself. The officer fired five shots, hitting his partner four times in the chest before shooting himself once in the neck.

    20 July 2026 · Citizen Digital

  2. Director says teacher Albert Ojwang tortured and strangled to death

    The Director of Public Prosecutions Renson Ingonga told a Kibra court that evidence indicates teacher Albert Ojwang was beaten with a blunt object and strangled to death in a planned killing, contradicting initial claims he hit his head accidentally. Evidence shows CCTV footage at Nairobi's Central Police Station and data from the Independent Police Oversight Authority were deleted and formatted to hide evidence.

    20 July 2026 · The Standard

Friday 26 June

  1. Two women arrested at Gen Z candlelight vigil in Mwea

    Two young women were arrested during a candlelight vigil in Mwea, Kirinyaga County, held to commemorate Gen Z victims killed during anti-government protests. Police dispersed the gathering, destroyed candles, and arrested Margaret Wambui and Doreen Mworia; both were released later that night following intervention by a local ward MCA.

    26 June 2026 · Citizen Digital

Wednesday 10 June

  1. Kirinyaga man arrested with stolen cows in vehicle

    Police in Kirinyaga County arrested a 40-year-old man, Michael Ngure Maringa, after intercepting a Toyota Probox carrying two stolen cows near Wang'uru Police Station in Mwea East. Officers recovered items used in livestock theft and found a three-year-old boy in the vehicle, who was later reunited with his mother.

    10 June 2026 · Citizen Digital

Sunday 26 April

  1. One dead, three injured in Mwea-Embu highway collision

    Two vehicles collided head-on at Difathas area on the Mwea-Embu highway in Kirinyaga County on Saturday evening, killing one passenger and injuring three others. The accident caused a 10-hour traffic gridlock that was worsened by overlapping drivers and heavy rain.

    26 April 2026 · Citizen Digital

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