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Detectives have on Friday intercepted a consignment of banned polythene bags which is noted to be valued at Ksh 2 million. According to the police officers, the consignment was intercepted at Ngeria area in Uasin Gishu County. Three suspects were arrested and will be arraigned in court. Read: President Kenyatta Bans Single-use Plastics In Protected Areas In April, police also impounded at least 50 bales of polythene bags in an operation against contraband goods. The bags were discovered hidden among crates of eggs in a Kisii-bound vehicle. Busia Sub-county OCPD Josephine Mbane asserted that all vehicles from Uganda would from then…

The Machakos Court has released former Nyeri Senior Magistrate Pauline Chesang’ on a Ksh500,000 cash bail and a surety of Ksh1 million. She has been released pending the commencement of her husband’s murder trial. Ms Chesang had been detained for the last three months at Athi River Police Station cells following her arrest after her husband’s death. Read: Maisy Chesang Pleads With Court Not To Hold Her In Same Prison As Inmates She Convicted The former magistrate was detained to allow police to finalize on their investigations following the brutal murder of her husband. She was accused of paying police…

The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has issued tough guidelines on the inspection of vehicles in a bid to tame the perennial road carnage. Announcing the guidelines, NTSA director-general Francis Meja mentioned that under the new regulations, all private vehicles which are more than four years old will have to undergo inspection every two years. Meja noted: “All commercial, public service and driving school vehicles, [as well as] school buses shall undergo a pre-registration inspection and an annual periodic vehicle inspection thereafter.” Read: NTSA Suspends Green Line Bus Company Licence Following Deadly Crash The director general went ahead to…

Nyamira County Governor John Nyagarama has been accused of being an enabler of his top county officials in stealing county funds through illegal tenders. According to sources, the governor has failed to crack whip against senior county officials who have now turned contractors. It is reported that the unidentified officers have formed proxy companies through their cronies which they in turn use to loot funds from the county. Read: Nyamira County Government Officers Accused Of Diverting Public Funds To Personal Businesses  According to a source privy to the happenings in the county, the seniors officers are stated to range from…

The National Transport and Safety Authority has on Thursday announced the revocation of 51 driving schools licenses. Making the announcement, NTSA Director-General Francis Meja asserted that the schools were revoked due to failure to provide documents required for the validation exercise that commenced in April. Meja mentioned: “The authority has revoked their licenses and deactivated their access to the NTSA Driving School Portal.” Read: KURA To Close Down Section of Thika Super Highway For Three Months The director further noted that the schools are in various counties including Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, and Machakos. He also exclaimed that the licenses were…

Members of Parliament (MPs) were on Thursday left in shock after Wajir East MP Rashid Kassim slapped his county Woman Representative Fatuma Gedi. Gedi is reported to have been assaulted by Rashid while at Parliament’s parking lot where he had engaged her in a heated discussion. It is noted that the Wajir East legislator  was demanding to know why Gedi, who is a member of the budget committee, had not allocated any money to his Wajir East constituency. It was then that their argument got out of hand and Rashid physically assaulted the Woman Rep as legislators and security officers…

Kitui County boss Charity Ngilu was on Wednesday moved to tears as she testified in the murder case of her friend Martha Mwangangi, who was also the former Township Mayor. Appearing before Justice Lillian Mutende, Ngilu who took the witness stand narrated her last moments with Martha. Recounting how Martha met her death, Ngilu could not hold back her tears as she told the court about the events that led to her friend being killed. Read: Raila, Kalonzo and Ngilu Meet At The Launch Makau Mutua’s Kitui Villa Hotel The county boss mentioned that on the morning of December 16,…

Four family members were killed on Wednesday evening in a road accident at Nyakwere area on Katito Kendu Bay road, Homa Bay County. The four were in a pick-up heading towards Homa Bay, when they got involved into the gruesome accident that claimed their lives. Their pick-up is noted to have been involved in a head-on collision with a Probox that was heading to the opposite direction. Read: Two Police Officers Among Five Arrested For Masquerading As NEMA Officials To Defraud Public Confirming the incident, Nyanza traffic boss Andrew Naibei stated that the family members were a woman, her son and her…

A primary school teacher was on Wednesday killed and two Administration Police Officers seriously injured after bandits attacked an AP Land Cruiser. According to Turkana County Police Commander, Mr Samuel Ndanyi, the police vehicle was heading to Lokori trading center from Napeitom. He told the Nation: “The attack occurred at around 9.30am. A male Napeitom primary school teacher has been pronounced dead and two police officers were injured.” Read: Primary School Teacher Assaulted To Blindness By Parent, Son Seeks Justice The teacher, identified as Oscar Keya, is claimed to have sought a ride with the AP officer as the area…

Interior Security Cabinet Secretary (CS) Fred Matiang’i has ordered the deportation of Chinese nationals who are trading at Gikomba market. Speaking on Wednesday, the CS noted that it is unfortunate the Chinese nationals were in the country trading illegally. Matiang’i stated: “It is illegal for foreigners to engage in local trading in Kenya. We do not have a classification of foreign traders coming to Kenya to do hawking or local trading. We will escort them to the airport, bid them bye and ensure they have their dinner at their countries by tomorrow evening.” Read: Police Arrest Four Chinese Nationals For Assaulting…

Parents of Githunguri Primary School pupils on Tuesday stormed the institution demanding the arrest of the headmaster who is claimed to forcefully undress children. According to the parents, the headteacher, Mr James Mburu, had forced the pupils to take off any additional clothing they had worn underneath their school uniform. The angry parents, while in the institution found a room where the teacher is claimed to have kept all the clothing removed from the pupils. Read: Gatanga CCM School On The Spot Over Mysterious Death Of Student Speaking to the media, one parent expressed her concern, wondering what led to…

Billionaire Wilfred M’iti Murungi’s burial will be the talk of town for a while following the incidences that transpired on Tuesday when he was being laid to rest. The strange burial was reportedly attended by only eight members of his family, in a ceremony that lasted approximately one hour. According to reports, in life tycoon Murungi is claimed to have lived his life away from having interactions with his village-men in his Magutuni village in Tharaka-Nithi County. Read: ODM Wins Ksh4 Billion After 8-Year Court Battle With Parliament Over Arrears In death, a number of heavily armed men were stationed…

A 21-year old woman has died after a lorry crashed into their house in Mikindani, Mombasa County on Tuesday afternoon. According to reports, her husband and son suffered injuries and were rushed to hospital following the accident. The driver of the lorry is noted to have veered off the road along Aldina-Cabro road hence ramming into the home. Read: Nyamira County Officials Die After Speeding Lorry Crashed Their Car The area police stated that they collected the woman’s body on the road soon after they rushed to the scene of the accident. Following the incident, their was a traffic snarl…

33 witnesses have been lined up to testify against Jacque Maribe and Joseph Irungu popularly known as Jowie in the murder trial of Monica Kimani. According to the prosecution, four out of the 33 are protected witnesses by the state while five of them are expert witnesses. Appearing before Justice John Wakiaga on Tuesday, assistant director of Public Prosecution Catherine Mwaniki mentioned that the prosecution has secured air-tight evidence including photographs and digital records to prove their case. Read: Orders From Above? Mainstream Media Switches Off Live Coverage Of Jacque Maribe, Joseph ‘Jowie’ Irungu Case Proceedings Additionally, the prosecution objected…

Former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo has announced his intention to sue telecommunication companies over data bundles expiry date. According to him, customers should be free to use the bundles that they have purchased until completion. Terming the business approach as ‘economic servitude to customers’, Kabogo revealed that he had contracted a number of lawyers to draft a plan. Read: Government Set To Start Information Sharing Portal For Development Kabogo mentioned: “You cannot sell me sugar and then attach a condition that if I will not have consumed it within a specified time frame then you will come to repossess it…What…