Former cabinet minister in former President Moi’s regime James Maina Wanjigi this morning skipped a court session that he had been summoned to attend at a law court in Nyeri county to face charges of failing to keep safe his licensed firearm. Read More ...
Former cabinet minister in former President Moi’s regime James Maina Wanjigi this morning skipped a court session that he had been summoned to attend at a law court in Nyeri county to face charges of failing to keep safe his licensed firearm. Read More ...
KTN Newsdesk | Wednesday 28 Feb 2018 3:36 pm Two suspected gangsters were burned to death in Nyeri county.Two accomplices were arrested while another escaped unhurt.The officers are said to have been trailing the criminals since Monday after they were tipped-off by residents. Read More ...
Residents of Kirichu Village, in Nyeri County were left perplexed, after they discovered that robbers attempted to dig up a casket, bearing the remains of a 74 year old woman, who was buried last year. The thieves are believed to have tried to steal the casket and other valuables within it. NTV's Melita Oletenges reports. Read More ...
He said the government must invest heavily in technology such as drones to deal with terrorists, especially in Mpeketoni and Boni Forest. Loitiptip spoke on Tuesday at the burial of Jackline Njeri, 40, in Thunguri, Othaya, Nyeri. He was accompanied by Lamu West MP Stanley Muthama. Njeri was shot dead by al Shabaab militants 11 days ago. The mother of one encountered more than 50 militants, who had ambushed police officers escorting passenger buses in Nyongoro, Lamu county Read More ...
http://www.nation.co.ke A couple was Monday night rescued by police from abductors who had held them for more than four hours in Munungaini in Nyeri County. The kidnapping of Mr Wilson Kamami and his wife Ms Faith Munini Kamami from their home in Gitero area comes as an eerie reminder of a rise in cases of violent robberies in Nye. Read More ...
http://www.nation.co.ke Two children stabbed to death on Boxing Day were laid to rest in an emotional ceremony at their home in Rongai area, Nyeri County. Steve Mwangi and Maryanne Wanjiku aged 11 and five respectively were allegedly killed by their father in Kiganjo, Kiambu county after a domestic dispute between their parents. The mother Jane Ndegwa was overcome by grief as she came to terms with the death of her only children whose dreams were tragically cut short. Read More ...
A chief, her assistant and three Nyumba Kumi members are to face murder charges following the death of a suspected chang’aa dealer at a village in Nyeri county. The five appeared before Nanyuki principal magistrate Waititu Gichimu who directed they be detained at Nanyuki Prison until January 16, when they will plead. When they were arraigned in court yesterday, Caroline Muriu for the prosecution told the magistrate police had completed investigations and were now ready to prosecute the case Read More ...
A police officer in Nyeri county died on Thursday after choking on meat.Samson Nyakundi, of lthekahuno patrol base in Tetu, collapsed at the local shopping centre where he went to eat.Members of the public reported the incident at Giakanja police post.Officers who went to the scene found the constable in a stupor.He was rushed to Nyeri hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival Read More ...
A livestock farm supervisor in Nyeri County on Wednesday pleaded guilty to stealing and slaughtering his employer’s sheep to feast during Jamhuri Day holiday. Bedan Muriithi was convicted at his own plea of guilty after he admitted to the charges of stealing. Muriithi was convicted by Nyeri Resident magistrate Nelly Kariuki. The prosecution led by Catherine Mwaniki said Muriithi stole and slaughtered the sheep worth Sh6,000 at his home in Ikumari village within Mweiga Kieni on December 11, 2017 Read More ...
The Director of Public Prosecutions has Thursday ordered for the immediate release of the driver of the vehicle that killed the late Nyeri Governor Wahome Gakuru. The suspect, Samuel Kinyanjui who was to be arraigned in a Murang'a court on charges of causing death through dangerous driving, did not appear in court as highly anticipated after police failed to produce legal consent from the office of the DPP. This, as the nine Nyeri county executives who had earlier been sworn in, were again taken through the process for a second time under the leadership of the new governor in keeping with legal procedure, even as preparations for the saturday burial of the late governor entered the final stages Read More ...
IN SUMMARY A team of officers has been dispatched to Murang'a to establish the cause of the fatal accident Tyre manufacturer and car dealer will be roped in Police are probing the car crash that claimed the life of Nyeri Governor Wahome Gakuru. Initial reports indicated the accident was caused by a burst tyre but The Standard has learnt that the Police are leaving nothing to chance and have dispatched a team of detectives to Murang'a County to start the investigation Read More ...
Illicit brewers in Nyeri county seem to have taken their brewing business a notch higher to evade detection by police by fermenting the illicit liquor in pits covered with polythene papers, after their tools of trade were destroyed during previous raids. Acting on a tip-off from members of the public police led by Nyeri administration police commander Njue Njagi raided a Chang'aa den located on the banks of river Chania, destroying over 2,500 litres of the illicit brew. No arrests were made during the raid. Read More ...
Illicit brewers in Nyeri county seem to have taken their brewing business a notch higher to evade detection by police by fermenting the illicit liquor in pits covered with polythene papers, after their tools of trade were destroyed during previous raids. Acting on a tip-off from members of the public police led by Nyeri administration police commander Njue Njagi raided a Chang’aa den located on the banks of river Chania, destroying over 2,500 litres of the illicit brew Read More ...
Nyeri Town MP Ngunjiri Wambugu has been criticized for filing a petition seeking the removal of Chief Justice David Maraga following the nullification of the August 8th presidential election. Deputy Majority leader of the National Assembly Jimmy Angwenyi, is asking Ngunjiri to withdraw the petition which claims that Maraga was influenced by political utterances made prior to the filing of the presidential petition. But on what grounds can the Chief Justice be removed from office? Read More ...
Nyeri Town member of parliament Ngunjiri Wambugu has bowed to pressure from his party and abandoned his quest to see Chief Justice David Maraga out of the judiciary. This morning President Uhuru Kenyatta told Ngunjiri to leave the judiciary alone. Jubilee parliamentary leaders had earlier distanced the party from the petition filed at the judicial service commission, with National assembly majority leader Adan Duale and senate majority leader Kipchumba Murkomen saying there was no prior consultation within the jubilee party. Ken Mijungu reports Read More ...
Nyeri Town Member of Parliament Ngunjiri Wambugu has filed a petition at the Judicial Service Commission-JSC seeking the removal of Kenyan Chief Justice David Maraga from office following the nullification of the August 8th presidential election. In the 14-page petition, Wambugu claims that during the hearing and determination of the presidential petition, the Chief Justice was influenced by The National Super Alliance – NASA political utterances which were made prior to the filing of the presidential petition Read More ...
Chief Justice David Maraga is under siege after the Supreme Court quashed the re-election of President Kenyatta. On Thursday, Nyeri Town MP Ngunjiri Wambugu filed a petition before the Judicial Service Commission seeking the removal of Kenya’s top judge. In the 14-page petition, Mr Wambugu accuses the president of the top Court in the land of “gross misconduct”. The Jubilee lawmaker wants the Judicial Service Commission, the employer of judges and magistrates, to investigate the conduct of Judge Maraga since his appointment as Chief Justice. Read More ...
A voter has filed a petition at Nyeri High Court challenging the election of Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua.Michael Gichuru, who went to Court on Friday, wants the MP's election declared null and void.He wants the Court to compel Independent Electoral and Boundary Commission (IEBC) organise a fresh election.Gichuru says the August 8 poll was marred by irregularities including the use of fake ballot papers Read More ...
The High Court has stopped the swearing in of 14 nominated MCAs in Nyeri after a resident filed a case arguing that their selection was unconstitutional for failing to consider special interest groups. Duncan Maina sued the Jubilee Party and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission IEBC together with the county assembly and its clerk. He is seeking orders to compel IEBC and Jubilee Party to draw up a fresh list of nominees Read More ...
In Summary Justice Timothy Matheka has certified the matter as urgent. He has ordered an inter partes hearing on September 12, 2017. The High Court has stopped the swearing in of 14 nominated MCAs in Nyeri after a resident filed a case arguing that their selection was unconstitutional for failing to consider special interest groups. Duncan Maina has sued the Jubilee Party and IEBC together with the county assembly and its clerk Read More ...
There were gloomy faces in Nyeri on Friday after the Supreme Court nullified the reelection of President Uhuru Kenyatta. Residents pointed an accusing finger at the Court, saying the judgment was unfair. They said Uhuru won with more than 1.4 million votes against his rival Raila Odinga. Nyeri is one of the counties, which is Jubilee stronghold, where Uhuru garnered more than 95 per cent of the votes cast Read More ...
A Nyeri businessman and independent gubernatorial aspirant Thuo Mathenge will not be on the ballot paper during the August 8 polls. This follows a ruling by the high court in Nyeri which strike out a petition he had filed, terming it premature. In its ruling, the court noted the applicant ought to have exhausted Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) disputes resolution mechanism (DRC) before moving to court Read More ...
A security officer who sued Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) for sacking her for asking Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i to queue for a security check is now demanding Sh40,987,039. According to fresh documents filed at the Nyeri Labour Relations Court on July 5, Daisy Cherogony is claiming the money from KAA as compensation for alleged wrongful dismissal. She had earlier sought Sh2 Read More ...
Central police chief Larry Kiyeng and Mombasa's Philip Tuimur are among 24 senior officers moved in the latest shake-up in the service. Kiyeng will take over as Mombasa regional commander while Tuimur will be Embu regional boss. Eastern police boss Gideon Amalla has been moved to Nyeri to serve as Central region police chief. Top police commanders in Uasin Gishu and Trans Nzoia counties have been transferred in the reshuffle taking place just a month to the general election Read More ...
Police officers on leave have been recalled to beef up security during campaigns in central Kenya. Speaking during a strategy meeting at the Police Training Centre in Nyeri, Central Regional Police Commander Larry Kieng’ said all leaves had been cancelled as campaigns heighten ahead of the August polls. This, he said is part of their strategy to boost security during the campaigns and to prepare for the elections Read More ...
Police in Nyeri are looking for a man captured on camera stealing a car from a popular nightclub last week. In the CCTV footage released by the club, the man is seen making his way into the club premises at 8.45pm, then driving away in a white Honda Fit parked outside. The man enters the club, assesses the situation inside before making his way to the washroom Read More ...
Cases Of Vehicle Theft have been on the Rise in Nyeri County with the thieves becoming increasingly bold and elusive. Recently a Young Lady Maureen Makori Parked Her Car outside a popular Restaurant in Nyeri Town Only To Return 15 minutes and Find it Gone.Thanks To The CCTV footage at The Restaurant The perpetrators were captured in the act . NTV’s Melita Oletenges with that story. Read More ...
By JOSEPH WANGUI A female security guard has sued the Kenya Airports Authority for sacking her on claims of mistreating Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. According to documents filed at the Nyeri labour court, Daizy Cherogony claims her employment was terminated on May 11 for making the minister queue for a security check like other passengers Read More ...
According to documents filed at the Nyeri labour court, Daizy Cherogony claims her employment was terminated on May 11 for making the minister queue for a security check like other passengers. FLYING. She was issued with a dismissal letter signed by Managing Director Jonny Andersen on the grounds of misconduct. Dr Matiang’i was flying to Kisumu on the evening of April 5, 2017 and was accompanied by his security detail Read More ...
ALSO READ: A boy was clobbered to death after his erection was mistaken for a pistol A 32 year old man who was found guilty of stealing another man's underwear among other clothes by lower court in Nyeri and convicted to serve ten year jail term or Sh100,000 fine has lost appeal against the sentence in the High Court. Stephen Wambugu Thunguri was found guilty of burglary and stealing one underwear, pillow, bedding, trouser, sweater and other items all totaling to Sh40,000 properties of John Wambugu on the night of 3rd and 4th June, 2015 in Thunguri village In Nyeri county Read More ...
A 32 year old man who was found guilty of stealing another man's underwear among other clothes by lower court in Nyeri and convicted to serve ten year jail term or Sh100,000 fine has lost appeal against the sentence in the High Court. Stephen Wambugu Thunguri was found guilty of burglary and stealing one underwear, pillow, bedding, trouser, sweater and other items all totalling to Sh40,000 properties of John Wambugu on the night of 3rd and 4th June, 2015 in Thunguri village In Nyeri county Read More ...
Tetu MP Ndung'u Gethenji has vowed to take legal action against whoever is found responsible for disallowing him from attending Jubilee's rally in Nyeri. Hon. Gethenji who became an independent candidate after losing out in Jubilee party primaries allegedly received a phone call in the morning hours with instructions that he was not allowed to attend the rally led by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday Read More ...
Police shot dead a suspected robber after a daring robbery at Nyeri town's Mudavadi market. Two men walked into an M-Pesa shop and threatened the attendant with a gun before robbing her of an unknown amount of cash. The attendant, Nancy Muthoni, raised the alarm after the robbers left the shop and attracted members of the public including police officers on patrol Read More ...
Police on Wednesday night shot a suspected robber during a botched robbery in Nyeri town as a manhunt was launched for two other suspects. Police identified the killed man as Samuel Kahuthu, 32, who is said to have been in company of two accomplices, one of them a woman. According to police reports the gang was robbing an Mpesa shop a few minutes past 7PM along Kimathi way when the suspect was shot by administration police on patrol Read More ...
A 70-year-old man will serve 20 years in prison after a High Court in Nanyuki rejected his appeal and found him guilty of raping his step-daughter. His efforts to appeal the sentence were dealt a blow by Justice Mary Kasango after finding that a police report produced before Court revealed that the step-daughter, 19, was mentally challenged. He had been handed the sentence by Maralal Principal Magistrate Charles Ndegwa in March last year Read More ...
Two traffic police officers were on Friday arrested by anti-corruption detectives near Nyeri town on the Othaya - Nyeri road. Central region Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission deputy director Jackson Mue said the officers attached to Nyeri Central traffic base were arrested after graft allegations of soliciting bribes from motorists. The early morning incident attracted members of the public, who said the officers had been collecting bribes from motorists, mostly PSVs and boda boda operators, for long Read More ...
Security is tight at the Kabiru-ini stadium in Nyeri County where President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leaders will attend Madaraka Day celebrations. The gates to the stadium were opened at 5.30 am and guests were subjected to strict screening by security agencies led by the military. Regional Police Coordinator Larry Kieng has said no roads will be closed in Nyeri town to ensure smooth traffic flow Read More ...
A Primary school teacher accused of defiling and impregnating a 17-year-old virgin has been set free by the High Court in Nyeri. George Mwangi Murungi landed in Court in September 2015 after he was accused of defiling the said minor within Nyeri County. In the alternative charge, Murungi was charged with committing an indecent act with a child contrary to the law Read More ...
Police on Thursday arrested three men shortly after they had attended the burial of the suspected teenage gangster Claire Njoki Kiboi. Detectives raided the 18-year-old girl's home in Murang’a an hour after her tension-filled burial and arrested three men as mourners watched. The three were identified as Samuel Kiboi, Samuel Maramu and Amos Ngaire from Kayole, who are relatives of Kiboi Read More ...
