Author: Eva Nyambura

The search is on for a 45-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting his mother in Mbooni, Makueni County. Patrick Mumo is said to have committed the beastly act against his aging mother before taking off. The 90-year-old victim was found in her bedroom writhing in pain by her youngest son. https://twitter.com/DCI_Kenya/status/1451421410505674758 “The woman in her sunset years was found in her bedroom by her eldest son writhing in pain, complaining of waist pains,” said DCI boss George Kinoti. “She tearfully narrated her harrowing ordeal in the hands of her younger son Patrick Mumo, 45, who forced his way into her…

There was drama at a local Kakamega club after a male friend of former Sports CS Rashid Echesa inappropriately touched a police officer’s girlfriend. Rajab Munyendo told the police that they were having drinks at Jos Lounge Bar when he touched a woman in the company of Shianda Police Station OCS, Mr Mwita. It was after he made a move on the unidentified woman that a scuffle ensued. Read: Ex-Sports CS Rashid Echesa Arrested In Kakamega Mr Munyendo claimed that Mr Mwita damaged his motor vehicle, a Mercedes-Benz (Reg. No KCY 105W) white in colour. OCS Mwita allegedly damaged the front…

Bars and restaurants will now close at 11 pm, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has said. This was after President Uhuru Kenyatta vacated the nationwide dawn till dusk curfew that began in March 2020. “With the removal of the curfew, we are reverting to closing bars and restaurants at 11pm or the time allowed by licensing authorities,” said CS Kagwe. The CS did, however, note that the hand washing and social distancing protocols would still be in play. Read: Bars Should Close By 7PM – Police On Wednesday evening, however, the police said the Covid-19 protocols not altered by the head of…

The family of a prison warden is seeking justice after their kin was allegedly killed in Thika. Muuo Muthengi, 31, police said, was attacked by a mob on October 11 in Thika’s Makongeni area. The deceased’s family want his death looked into by the National Police Service Internal Affairs Unit (IAU) and the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA). The family has been reading foul play into their kin’s sudden death. Their doubts were cemented by the outcome of an autopsy exam conducted by government pathologist Dr Johansen Oduor. Read: Family Cries Foul As Kin Goes Missing After Arrest By Anti-Terror Police…

Lamu senator Anwar Loitiptip is on the spot, again, for allegedly assaulting a man eyeing his seat in the upcoming general elections. The legislator who is not new to drama is said to have put his hands on Francis Mugo at the Manda Airport Jetty on Tuesday evening. The incident took place immediately after Deputy President William Ruto who was on a tour of the area, boarded his plane. Mugo allegedly suffered injuries to his right hand, left eye and hip. Read: Sonko’s Daughter Saumu No Longer With Senator Loitiptip After He Allegedly Assaulted Her (Photos) It is said that Loitiptip…

Activist Boniface Mwangi’s family home in Lukenya, Machakos County has been blown up. According to Mwangi who shared his tribulations via social media, the home which was still under construction was bombed by state operatives linked to Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua. “The state working for @DrAlfredMutua have bombed my family home in Lukenya, Machakos county and robbed my employees. They realised hashtags can’t scare me and they’re now using explosives. I still don’t fear because the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want, He shall protect me,” said Mwangi. https://twitter.com/bonifacemwangi/status/1450929462435061762 The “Unbounded” author claimed Dr Mutua was responsible for…

Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) will be a success, President Uhuru Kenyatta has said. Addressing the nation during the Mashujaa Day Celebrations in Kirinyaga County, the head of state said there was a looming crisis as the first cohort prepares to transition to Junior High. He directed Education, Interior and Treasury ministries to to come up with a framework for the construction of 10,000 classrooms. Read: Raila Voices Support for CBC Curriculum, Terms Discussions About the System as Healthy “These structures are needed to provide the additional learning space for the 1 million new students set to join junior secondary,” said the…

A policewoman is nursing stab wounds after being attacked on her way home on Sunday. Janet Chepkorir who is attached to the Kenyatta International Conference Center (KICC), was attacked at Ngomongo area within Stadium Police Station. She was on her way home from work. Read: Police Officer Attached to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Attacked by Boda Boda Riders After Hitting Two Pedestrians “It was reported by the Chief Controller that today October 17, 2021, at around 1920hrs, a police officer was stabbed at Ngomongo area within Stadium Police Station,” read the police report. Chepkorir is said to have lost her police…

Gikomba traders are in anguish again, after a fire reduces their property to ashes on Wednesday morning. The fire is said to have started from the southern part of the market opposite the jua kali section and adjacent to Muthurwa Primary School. “Fire fighters from various government units including the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) are on the ground battling to bring the blaze under control,” said Kamukunji MP Yusuf Hassan. The cause of fire is yet to be determined. https://twitter.com/MPyusufhassan/status/1450571079907483655 Read: Gikomba Traders Threaten to Sue Nairobi County Government Over Perennial Fires In August, another fire broke out affecting traders…

The family of late Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen wants the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to remove Justice Sankale ole Kantai from office. In a petition filed by Cohen’s sister, Gabriel van Straten, the family wants the judge removed over gross misconduct. “The investigations carried out by the DCI linked the judge to the murder of the late Cohen,” reads the petition. Through lawyer Danstan Omari, Ms Straten argues that the judge could have had a hand in her brother’s death, as was evident in the investigating officer’s testimony. Read: ODPP Never Received Evidence Linking Justice Sankale Kantai To Tob Cohen’s Murder…

In the first episode of the music drama series Famous, now streaming first on Showmax, a young star (Nikita) struggles to remain relevant in an industry that is too eager to move on to the next best thing, and to remind her that she wouldn’t be as successful without Magic (Khula Budi), her famous rapper-producer boyfriend. Michelle Tiren, the newcomer who plays Nikita, struggled to find her character at first. “I just thought she was doing the most. But then I realised that I was judging her as someone else instead of just being her,” Tiren admits. “Once I understood…

Police are investigating a case in which a German national is suspected to have taken his life at his Nyeri home. Weise Klaus Armin, 75, was in a heated exchange with his spouse, Rosemary Wangui, 38, before his lifeless body was found in their master bedroom at their Muhasibu Estate home. According to Wangui who filed a report at Central Police Station, Nyeri, on October 15, she had visited her mother in Othaya earlier on in the day. https://twitter.com/DCI_Kenya/status/1450321803801399297 But when she returned home, she found an irate Armin who was accusing her of infidelity. The deceased, DCI said,…

A family in Moi’s Bridge is in distress after losing contact with their kin who left to work in Saudi Arabia. Cheruto Mutai left the country on October 6 after landing a house cleaning job in the Arab country through an agency. Two days later she contacted her sister, Sarah Ruto, through social media. She confirmed that she had landed in the foreign country safely. Later, she sent her brother an audio message via WhatsApp claiming that their host was mistreating her and the women with whom she had traveled with. “Hello brother, here in the office we were kept…

A court has ordered murder suspect Jowie Irungu to obey bail terms requiring him to reside in Nakuru. “I hereby issue a warning against the respondent to abide by the orders issued by justice Wakianga in respect to the area of domicile. He is required to work within the domicile area (Nakuru),” ruled justice Cecilia Githua. Justice Githua, however, declined to cancel Jowie’s bail after he allegedly attacked a man at a Nairobi night club on March 7, 2021. The judge noted that no charge on the matter had been brought forward by the prosecution. Read: Court Asked to Cancel Jowie’s…

One of three suspected robbers was on Saturday fatally stabbed in a theft gone wrong in Kiambu’s Gachie area. According to a police report, Evans Atuya, 35, and two of his accomplices broke into a residential home in the wee hours of Saturday morning. “The three had stormed into Godwin Wanyama’s house at 2am by knocking his door to the ground using a huge rock, rudely awakening him from his slumber,” the report reads in part. A scuffle ensued between Mr Wanyama and Atuya leading to the latters dispossession of a knife. Read: Unidentified Woman Among Two Gangsters Killed In Shootout…