The Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE), Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST), Kenyatta University (KU) and the Kenya School of Technical, Vocational, Education and Training (KSTVET) have announced several job opportunities. The institutions announced the vacancies through notices issued on Tuesday, with applicants required to submit their applications before the respective deadlines. KISE is recruiting for several positions, including Assistant Director Research, Consultancy and Partnership, Assistant Director Assessment and Outreach, Principal Hospitality Officer, Senior Therapist and Psychological Counselor. The institution is also seeking to recruit an Assistant Office Administrator, Pharmaceutical Technologist, Senior Marketing Officer, Principal Administration Officer,…
Author: David Wafula
The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) has released a list of approved Grade 11 textbooks and literary texts ahead of the rollout of Grade 11 in 2027. In a notice issued on Tuesday, KICD Chief Executive Officer Prof. Charles O. Ong’ondo cautioned schools against using textbooks that have not been approved by the institute. KICD said the use of unapproved textbooks contravenes Section 27 of the KICD Act, 2013, warning that those found violating the law would face legal action. “The Institute has released the list of approved Grade 11 textbooks and literary texts in readiness for the Grade…
A fuel tanker exploded shortly after midnight at Sachangwan along the Salgaa-Nakuru stretch of the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway, leaving at least two people injured. The incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, prompting a multi-agency emergency response to contain the resulting fire. Emergency teams attended to the two casualties as firefighters and other agencies worked to put out the blaze. Police said the fire had been contained by Tuesday morning. The cause of the explosion was not immediately established, with experts expected to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident. Police said the highway had been closed at Kibunja and the…
A murder suspect who went on the run after the brutal killing of a Form Four student in Molo was arrested, following a sustained manhunt by detectives, police said. The suspect, Walter Kipkoech, 23, was traced to a hideout in Lagwenda village, Kuresoi North, where detectives from Molo, alongside their counterparts from the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB) at the Regional Criminal Investigations Headquarters, Rift Valley, smoked him out of his hideout. Kipkoech had reportedly fled immediately after the killing of 18-year-old Joy Wangui, a Form Four student at Molo Secondary School, whose lifeless body was discovered inside a…
Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) has given members of the public seven days to identify and collect 85 unclaimed bodies held at its Farewell Home mortuary. In a notice issued on Tuesday, the hospital urged relatives and other interested members of the public to identify the bodies and make arrangements for their collection within the stipulated period. KNH warned that failure to collect the bodies within seven days would prompt the hospital to seek court authorisation for their disposal. The hospital said the notice was issued in accordance with the Public Health Act, Cap 242, and the Public Health (Public Mortuaries)…
A 30-year-old man died after falling into a 100-foot-deep water well while cleaning it at his family compound in Lugose Village, Kakamega East Sub-County. The deceased was identified as John Brian, a resident of Lugose area. According to police, the incident was reported at Khayega Police Station at about 12:35pm on October 5, 2026. Police officers visited the scene and, with the assistance of family members and members of the public, retrieved the man’s body from the well. Preliminary investigations established that Brian had entered the well to clean it when he slipped and fell to the bottom, where he…
A police officer is feared to have drowned after his body was found floating in River Abundas in Tinderet Sub-County, Nandi County. The body, believed to be that of Police Constable Obadiah Nyametia, was discovered at around 2pm on October 5, 2026, in Chepsweta Sub-Location, Chemase Location, police said. According to police, Nyametia had not been seen since the morning of the same day, prompting concerns over his whereabouts. A team visited the scene and recovered the body. The body was subsequently moved to Kapsabet Referral Hospital Mortuary, where it will undergo a postmortem examination to establish the cause and…
Two men in their 30s died in Pokot Central Sub-County, West Pokot County, following an altercation that escalated into a suspected murder and a subsequent mob killing. According to police, Kibet Siwatany and Danford Psorot, both male adults, had an argument at around 8pm on October 4 in PKSA Village, Cheptulel Location. The disagreement reportedly turned violent, with Psorot allegedly striking Kibet on the head with a sharp object, leaving him unconscious. Kibet was rushed to Endough Health Centre and later referred to Iten Mission Hospital for further treatment. He succumbed to his injuries at around 4am on October 5.…
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Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have intercepted a vehicle suspected of transporting illicit second-generation alcohol from Uganda. The operation was conducted by officers from DCI Kiminini and DCI Chwele following intelligence that the alcohol was being transported through the area. According to the DCI, the officers pursued a Toyota Wish from Kiminini to the Mali Saba (Emuro) area, where the driver and a passenger abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot after realising they were being pursued by police. The vehicle was left running before it hit a roadside structure and came to a stop. A search…
A guitar which originally belonged to Noel Gallagher has been sold for £12,000 at auction. The limited edition Epiphone instrument in Manchester City blue was one of a number of items put up for sale by the son of Huw Richards, a former front-of-house sound engineer with the band. Another of the items in his collection, a Kangol rain jacket produced for the band’s touring personnel, sold for £2,000. But a set of unheard Oasis recordings valued at between £1.2m and £1.6m were pulled from the auction last week, after the band filed an injunction. That collection of recordings, known…