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Eldoret Court was on Tuesday treated to disbelief after the chief magistrate learnt that a suspect who had been held in female remand cells was a man. The suspect, who was identified as Shieys Chepkosgei was charged with impersonation after he was arrested at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH). According o reports, the suspect was working as a female nursing student despite not being attached there. Following his charge, he was taken to the Eldoret Women Prison as he awaited further directions by the court as he had been arraigned as a woman. Read: SportPesa, Betin Sue KRA…

Nandi Police Commander Thomas Ngeiywa has been recalled to police headquarters in Nairobi a week after he failed to arrest Governor Stephen Sang . He has since been replaced by Mr Samuel ole Kine who had reportedly been redeployed from Trans Nzoia to the headquarters. Mr Kine served in similar position before he was transferred. Officer Ngeiywa has been faulted for failing to take action against Nandi Governor Sang when he invaded a tea estate linked to former minister Henry Kosgey. Read: Nandi Governor Sang Charged, Released On Sh1 Million Bond Governor Sang is noted to have destroyed the tea…

High Court judge Justice James Wakiaga has declined a bail application filed b Joseph Irungu alias Jowie in Monica Kimani murder case. Delivering the ruling, Justice Wakiaga noted the application for the bail is premature and lacks merit. Additionally, he ordered for a pre-bail report and directed that all witnesses should be placed under witness protection program. Read: 33 Witnesses Line Up To Testify Against Maribe, Jowie In Monica Kimani’s Murder Case Justice Wakiaga affirmed that the witnesses will testify first before the court can consider the bail application. Last week the prosecution notified the court that they have lined…

Police officers have on Tuesday morning arrested one suspect and seized bhang worth Ksh800,000 in a sting operation. According to the police, the officers seized 3,296 rolls of the narcotics which was hidden inside a building in Majengo Kanamai in the outskirt of Mtwapa town. Speaking on the operation, Kilifi South Sub-County Police Commander Mr Esau Ochokorodi noted that the suspected owner of the drugs was arrested by the detectives. Read: Kenyan Student Norah Jelagat Found Dead At Stanford University USA He was arrested as he attempted to evade the detectives. Officer Ochokorodi mentioned: “The suspect was arrested as he…

Two people have been killed and three others severely injured in a grisly accident along the Kajiado-Namanga Highway. The accident which happened on Monday night occurred five kilometers from Kajiado town. It involved a Nissan X-trail vehicle and 52-seater passenger bus which was heading towards opposite directions. Read: One Killed, 11 Others Injured In Nakuru-Eldoret Highway Accident Speaking on the incident, Kajiado OCPD Issa Mohamud noted that the driver of the X-trail who was headed towards Namanga lost control of his vehicle which then rammed into the bus which was headed for Nairobi. The private car then veered off the…

Rongo Senior Magistrate Raymond Langat has on Monday sentenced a house help to life in prison for defiling a six-year-old boy. According to the Senior Magistrate, the woman who goes by the name “aunty” defiled her employer’s child infecting him with STI on March 30. Magistrate Langat affirmed that he handed the maximum sentence as the suspect abused her position and harmed the minor. He also noted that the suspect abused the child “despite knowing her health status exposing the minor to serious health risks.” The woman’s lawyer asked the court for leniency in their sentencing, explaining that she is…

Inspectors from the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) have on Monday raided Kamirithu Herbal Clinic in Ngara and Ruiru, Nairobi seizing herbal medicine. According to reports, the medicine which were in powder form, included some alleged to cure cancer, gynecological complications and detoxification agents. The pharmacy board raided the drug manufacturing plant  on claims that the clinic has been violating set standards. Among the irregularities found were lack of dates indicating when the drugs were manufactured, the expiry dates and the ingredients used to prepare them. Read: DCI Arrest 65-Year-Old Man Who Ruthlessly Whipped Man In Viral Video In Kajiado…

Former political detainee and human rights activist Onyango Oloo has passed on. According to his sister, Ms Ruth Oloo, the activist passed on in Nakuru on Sunday night. Oloo, who was also a founder of Jukwaa political blog, had travelled to Nakuru to pick up 15 copies of Miguna Miguna’s book, Treason, when he fell sick and succumbed. Miguna is reported to have sent the human activists the books as a gift from Canada. Writing to his fellow activists, his sister mentioned: “Please hold our hands in this time of need and give OO (Onyango Oloo) a befitting send off. …

Six finance officers have resigned from Kiambu County government over disagreement with Governor Ferdinand Waititu over county funds. According to the officials, they resigned over Ksh900 million pending bills to county contractors. The officers who quit include, chief finance officer Faith Harrison Njeru, four senior accountants and a procurement officer. Their resignation followed a reshuffle of top county officers that Governor Waititu announced last Friday. Read: Raila Openly Clashes With Governor Waititu During Kiambu Visit They accused the county boss of having a preferred list of companies, who had been awarded tenders, to be paid first and which the officers…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) have arrested a 65-yer-old man for allegedly being among three others who ruthlessly whipped a man in Kajiado. The man is noted to have been assaulted within Sajiloni area of Dalalekutuk ward in Kajiado Central. “65-year-old Joseph Pasile Mulata was Today arrested by DCI Detectives following a viral video of a man being ruthlessly whipped by a group of about FOUR men within Sajiloni area of Dalalekutuk ward in Kajiado Central,” the DCI stated. Read: DCI Raid Godown In Parklands, One Arrested For Repackaging Sugar In Naivas Labelled Packets https://twitter.com/DCI_Kenya/status/1140294229530427392 According to…

Residents of Matayos village in Busia were shocked on Saturday after a pastor jumped off a moving bodaboda into a river. According to reports, the pastor is claimed to have leaped to his death on the bridge linking Busia and Kisumu. He is noted to be heading to Busia Town from Matayos Market when the incident happened. Read: Fake New Currency Notes Hit streets As Taxi Driver Falls Prey In Moyale According to those who witnessed the incident, the pastor dropped his Bible and Ksh40 as he ran towards the bridge. Speaking on the incident, the police told journalists that…

Kakamega girls, Sharon Mathias, and Melon Lutenyo, who became the talk of town following their striking resemblance two months ago have finally received their DNA results. According to the tests conducted at Lancet Kenya, the two girls, Sharon and Melon, are indeed twins. The two who were raised by different families had traveled to Nairobi on Friday to receive their much-awaited results. Read: Kakamega Twins Finally Undergo DNA Test to Solve Identity Puzzle It is however unclear on whether they are related to Melvis Imbayi. The girls’ mother is Rosemary Khaveveli Onyango. Sharon and Melon were born at the current…

Dennis Kapchok Ruto, popularly known as Mulmulwas has declined a job offer that was given to him by Deputy President William Ruto. During his visit to West Pokot on Friday, the DP offered Dennis a job on condition that he should cease opposing all government projects in the area. Addressing the residents, the DP mentioned: “Huyu kijana anaitwa mulmulwas atatafutiwa kazi lakini awache kupinga miradi ya serikali lazima akome (I want to say Mulmulwas will be given a job but first he must stop opposing government projects. He must stop). “Kuzuia sewage system isijengwe si kazi, hiyo ni upuzi! (Blocking the construction of a sewage…

Three people have been killed and several others injured in a Saturday morning accident along the Kitui-Machakos highway. Confirming the incident Mwala sub-county police commander, Ronald Kirui, stated that the accident happened at Ghetto area just a few kilometers from Wamunyu shopping center. At least ten other passengers have been rushed to Machakos level 5 hospital with serious multiple injuries. Read: Man Shoots His Six Children After Fight With Wife According to the officer, the passengers were administered first-aid treatment at Mwala level 4 hospital. The accident involved a matatu trading under Kinathi Sacco which overturned. The matatu tyre is…

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko on Saturday excited netizens as he drafted a heart-warming birthday message to his adopted son Gift Osinya as he turned 18 years old. Posting on his Facebook page, Sonko expressed his gratitude to God for preserving Gift’s life as he was a victim of a terror attack that happened in Likoni. The 2014 attack saw Sonko’s now adopted son rescue his younger brother who was then eight-months-old after their mother succumbed in the attack. Read: Slain Monica Kimani’s Brother Angry With Friends Celebrating Jowie’s Birthday Sonko exclaimed: “5 years ago he rescued his younger brother Satrin…