Author: Wycliffe Nyamasege

A 34-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly beating and fatally injuring his drunk wife in Ugenya’s Jera village within Siaya County. The incident happened on Saturday after Onyango returned home and found the 42-year-old woman missing. After a frantic search, he found Emmaculate Mayavi at a chang’aa drinking den heavily intoxicated. She could barely stand on her feet. An infuriated Onyango descended on his wife with kicks and blows further immobilizing her. Read: Police Man, Wife Found Dead In Kwale In Suspected Murder-suicide According to the police, Onyango put the woman on a wheelbarrow and pushed her home where…

Security teams patrolling the disturbed area of Laikipia Nature Conservancy on Sunday arrested a man for illegal herding activities. Inspector-General of Police Hillary Mutyambai said the man identified as Mereluk Lemeron Ndupas was arrested for illegally grazing in a maize plantation of a local resident within the conservancy’s environs. Police also seized 20 cows the suspect was grazing. “He is in police custody to be arraigned in court tomorrow, 13th September 2021,” said the police boss. This comes four days after four other people were arrested within Marura farm by multi-agency security teams. Read: IG Mutyambai Warns Politicians Against Holding…

Deputy President William Ruto has reiterated that his bottom-up economic model stands to benefit all Kenyans. Addressing faithfuls at the Global Cathedral Church in Lang’ata on Sunday, the country’s second in command expressed his confidence that the ‘hustler movement’ will form government in 2022. He noted that the challenges he has faced due to his fallout with President Uhuru Kenyatta and the top Jubilee leadership had turned him into a survivor. “I have graduated from hustler to survivor because of the many challenges I have undergone. God has had to step in many times for us to be where we…

Inspector-General of Police Hillary Mutyambai has warned politicians against holding rallies in troubled areas of Laikipia County. In a statement to newsrooms through  Police Spokesperson Bruno Shioso, the IG said the areas are a no-go zone due to an ongoing security operation to flush out illegal herders and bandits. “Attention of the National Police Service is drawn to plans by some members of the public to conduct rallies including meetings in areas designated as disturbed by the Kenya Gazette within Laikipia county. “National Police Service wishes to remind the public that such designated areas are gazetted as disturbed areas with…

The formal process of distributing fortunes of former Cabinet Minister Simeon Nyachae has begun. Trustees of the multi-billion shillings estate issued a gazette notice on Friday, September 10, notifying individuals who believe they are entitled to a share of the late politician’s wealth to contact the family. “Those who think they are entitled should send their claim or interest on or before the expiry of two calendar months from the date this notice shall appear in the Kenya Gazette,” three of Nyachae’s children — Charles, Angela and Eric — notified the public. Upon expiry of the period, the trio said,…

Benson Melonyie ole Mungai, the prime suspect in the murder of four men in Kitengela, will remain locked up pending mental assessment, a judge has ruled. The suspect was arraigned at the Machakos High Court on Friday but did not take a plea as the court heard that the suspect is yet to take the mental examination. Justice David Kimei allowed the Kitengela police to continue holding the suspect pending the tests. The accused is scheduled to take plea at the Kajiado High Court on September 16 once the mental report is ready. Ole Mungai is accused of having masterminded…

The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has launched a probe into the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old boy in Nairobi’s Kiamaiko area. Haila Asanake died after allegedly being hit by a stray bullet discharged during an operation that police were conducting in the vicinity at around 1730 hours on Thursday. The officers from DCI Pangani had reportedly arrested a civilian in the area when they were attacked by locals forcing them to fire in the air. One of the bullets hit Sanake. He was rushed to Jumia Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. “Section 7 of IPOA  Act…

A family in Nairobi is crying for justice after their kin was reportedly abducted on Wednesday, September 8, in the City Central Business District. Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdiswamad, a Somali scholar, was reportedly accosted by four men along Turban road next to City Market and bundled into a stand by white double-cabin pickup at around 10am before being driven to an unknown location. Speaking to members of the press at their South C home on Wednesday, the family said the Horn of Africa analyst had no known enemies. The family urged the authorities to expedite the probe into the kidnapping incident.…

A woman has been arrested in Kitengela, Kajiado, County over the sudden death of her son. The mother was arrested on Thursday, September 9, after an autopsy report showed that the minor had been tortured leading to his death. According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Mercy Mlengeka Mwauli had lied to authorities that the son sustained head injuries after falling off a sofa set at their Ngewa Apartment on Wednesday. She reported the matter at Kitengela Police station at 7:30pm. The woman told the police at the station that the boy, Sunny Dickens Anjichi, was rushed to the…

Former Laikipia Member of Parliament Mathew Lempurkel was on Thursday charged with hate speech. Lempurkel was arraigned in court following his arrest at his home in Rongai, Kajiado County, on Wednesday. The charge sheet read that on diverse dates between July 11th and 17th this year, during a TV show aired by MAA TV, the former legislator made inciteful remarks against one of the communities in Kenya. According to the prosecution, Lempurkel referred to the community as “those people whose feet are infested with jiggers.” He added, “all conservancies and ranches within Laikipia belong to the Maa community and that the…

A police officer accidentally shot dead his colleague and injured another after a scuffle with a murder suspect in Turkana East on Wednesday. According to a police report seen by this writer, the officers had responded to a murder incident at Lokwii village in Lotubae sub-location after two young men engaged in a fatal fight. 28-year-old Kaachala Eiton is reported to have fatally injured Lowana Oyan aged 22 at about 2:30 am. Police officers from Lokori Police Station and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Turkana East rushed to the scene and found the suspect locked himself in a house…

Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Nelson Havi has announced plans to challenge the controversial Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) in court following concerns from some quarters. Havi, in a tweet on Wednesday night, said a petition challenging the new curriculum will be filed in court next week. This, he said, is following numerous complaints from parents, guardians and teachers over the education system said to be draining the parties. “I have heard your cries parents, guardians and teachers. The petition challenging CBC will be filed in Court next week. The education system in Kenya should not be an expensive, inefficient and…

Renowned politician Orie Rogo Manduli has died aged 73. Manduli passed on at her Riverside home in Nairobi on Wednesday, September 8. According to her personal Assistant Samuel Ndambuki, Manduli died suddenly as they prepared to go for a dental checkup. “We had gone for a checkup at Nairobi Hospital yesterday [Tuesday]. This morning we visited her brother at Embakasi and she was very normal. We had a dental appointment this afternoon and as she was doing her makeup, I noticed she leaned on one side,” Ndambuki told The Standard. Ndambuki disclosed that the deceased had been admitted at the…

Bandit attacks in troubled Laikipia County have claimed eight lives in the last one month, the government confirmed on Wednesday. Speaking to members of the press Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya said among those killed are three police officers enforcing security in the region and five civilians. Further, four civilians and two cops have been injured in the attacks. The police boss noted that the deaths happened before the state launched a major operation to flush out bandits from Laikipia Nature Conservancy and its environs on Tuesday. “No arson incident, injuries, displacements or deaths have been reported (since the…

Former Laikipia North Member of Parliament Mathew Lempurkel has been arrested over unrest in Laikipia Nature Conservancy. Lempurkel was arrested at his home in Rongai, Kajiado County, on Wednesday and whisked to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters in Nairobi for questioning. The county was recently declared a security zone following bandit attacks that have left residents displaced and several police officers injured. According to authorities, the heavily armed attackers, who are operating in the area with impunity are intimidating ranch owners and stealing their livestock. Pastoralists in the area claim that the huge tracts of land owned by…