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By Antony Gitonga

Police intercept Sh1m bhang in Naivasha

Police in Mai Mahiu Naivasha have seized bhang worth over Sh1m destined for Mombasa from Migori.

By By Antony Gitonga 10 years ago

Police intercept Sh1m bhang in Naivasha

Nakuru Governor Kinuthia Mbugua tells off senator over funds

Nakuru Governor Kinuthia Mbugua tells off senator over funds

By By Antony Gitonga and Leonard Kulei 10 years ago

One dead, 10 hospitalised after sip of death in Naivasha

One dead, 10 hospitalised after sip of death in Naivasha

By By Antony Gitonga 10 years ago

Leaders oppose attempts to scrap women’s seats

Leaders oppose attempts to scrap women’s seats

By By ANTONY GITONGA 10 years ago

Vets warn of dangerous meat in the market

The next time you want to buy meat from your local butchery, be warned because you could be putting your life at risk.

By By Antony Gitonga 10 years ago

Vets warn of dangerous meat in the market

Governors threaten civil cases over brew deaths

The Council of Governors now says it will demand for compensations of the people killed by lethal brews in parts of the country.

By By ANTONY GITONGA and KAMAU MAICHUHIE 10 years ago

Governors threaten civil cases over brew deaths

Ngilu, Swazuri threatened with censure

The Parliamentary Committee on Land has put on notice Lands Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu and the Chairman of the National Land Commissioner, Mohammed Swazuri, over their persistent squabbles.

By By ANTONY GITONGA 10 years ago

Ngilu, Swazuri threatened with censure

KenGen boss allays fears of power rationing

Kenya Electricity Generating company (KenGen) has allayed fears of power rationing in the coming days due to the failed April rains.

By By ANTONY GITONGA 10 years ago

KenGen boss allays fears of power rationing

Firm uses earthworms to manage waste

Naivasha based Oserian Flower Farm has introduced a new technology that involves the use of worms in tackling solid waste. ?

By By Antony Gitonga 10 years ago

Firm uses earthworms to manage waste

Inmates get baptised as part of church's Easter celebrations

It was song and dance at Naivasha G.K prison as more than 200 inmates, some serving death sentences, sought forgiveness for their crimes were baptised.

By By Antony Gitonga 10 years ago

Inmates get baptised as part of church's Easter celebrations

Six killed as speed dampens Easter

Six people travelling for the Easter break perished in a grisly road accident on the Nairobi-Nakuru highway, bringing a dull twist to the festivities.

By By ANTONY GITONGA 10 years ago

Six killed as speed dampens Easter

Six killed as speed dampens Easter

Six people travelling for the Easter break perished in a grisly road accident on the Nairobi-Nakuru highway, bringing a dull twist to the festivities.

By By ANTONY GITONGA 10 years ago

Six killed as speed dampens Easter

Nacada holds crisis talks over loss of Sh150m

The anti-narcotics agency has called for a crisis board meeting tomorrow to discuss the Auditor General’s report on the loss of over Sh150 million.

By By Antony Gitonga 10 years ago

Nacada holds crisis talks over loss of Sh150m

Kenya’s first prisoner for life to graduate next year

Around the high wall that is Naivasha GK prison stands hawked-eye warders armed with guns and binoculars.

By By Antony Gitonga 10 years ago

Kenya’s first prisoner for life to graduate next year

Over 10 men raid manyatta, slaughter cattle

Thugs raided a Maasai manyatta in Naivasha and drove away five head of cattle before slaughtering them a few metres away.

By By Antony Gitonga 10 years ago

Over 10 men raid manyatta, slaughter cattle

Ministry shuts school after principal was found cohabiting with student

The Ministry of Education has closed a secondary school in Naivasha a day after the principal was allegedly found cohabiting with one of his students.

By By Antony Gitonga 10 years ago

Ministry shuts school after principal was found cohabiting with student

First donkey abattoir in Africa set to open doors in Naivasha soon

Kenyans have been huffing and puffing, wailing and mourning every time donkey remains, freshly cleaned of their flesh by unscrupulous butchers are found dumped in open fields or by the roadside.

By By Antony Gitonga 10 years ago

First donkey abattoir in Africa set to open doors in Naivasha soon

Insecurity tops list of investors’ concerns

Swedish investors visiting Kenya have expressed confidence that the country has the potential for business ventures.

By By ANTONY GITONGA 10 years ago

Insecurity tops list of investors’ concerns

Panic in Gilgil over alleged water tanks poisoning by terrorists

There was a moment of panic in Gilgil town after reports went round that water from the main tanks have been poisoned by terrorists.

By By Antony Gitonga 10 years ago

Panic in Gilgil over alleged water tanks poisoning by terrorists

Fear as ‘murdered’ teenager reappears after five days

Fear has gripped Naivasha residents after a 17-year-old boy suspected to have been murdered by his older brother and his body hidden in a house for five days reappeared.

By By ANTONY GITONGA 10 years ago

Fear as ‘murdered’ teenager reappears after five days

Fear as ‘murdered’ teenager reappears after five days

Fear has gripped Naivasha residents after a 17-year-old boy suspected to have been murdered by his older brother and his body hidden in a house for five days reappeared.

By By ANTONY GITONGA 10 years ago

Fear as ‘murdered’ teenager reappears after five days

Fake cop Joshua Waiganjo admitted in hospital

Police imposter Joshua Karianjahi Waiganjo is admitted at the Naivasha district hospital in serious condition.

By By Antony Gitonga 10 years ago

Fake cop Joshua Waiganjo admitted in hospital

Suicide bid man says 15 hours in morgue taught him a life lesson

The sound of thunderstorm reverberated across the town as flashes of light hit sections of the streets forcing fearful residents to seek refuge.

By By ANTONY GITONGA 10 years ago

Suicide bid man says 15 hours in morgue taught him a life lesson

Shock as ‘dead man’ walks out of Naivasha hospital mortuary

Shock and disbelief engulfed Naivasha District Hospital when a man who had been certified dead walked out of the mortuary 20 hours after his “death”.

By By Antony Gitonga 10 years ago

Shock as ‘dead man’ walks out of Naivasha hospital mortuary

Two perish in road mishap, scores of others injured

Two people died and scores of others including a police officer were injured in a road accident involving three vehicles on the busy Nairobi-Nakuru highway.

By By ANTONY GITONGA 10 years ago

Two perish in road mishap, scores of others injured

Shock in Naivasha as allegedly dead man resurrects

The management of Naivasha district has launched investigations as to how a suicide victim was diagnosed as dead and dumped in the mortuary before ‘resurrecting’ 20 hours later.

By By Antony Gitonga 10 years ago

Shock in Naivasha as allegedly dead man resurrects

Middle-aged man locks himself in house and sets it ablaze

Residents of Kinangop in Nyandarua County are in shock after a middle aged man locked himself in his house and set it ablaze

By By Antony Gitonga 10 years ago

Middle-aged man locks himself in house and sets it ablaze

Man stabs room-mate and dumps his body over Sh1,500

Police are seeking a middle aged man who stabbed his room-mate twice before dumping the body in the nearby Lake Naivasha.

By By Antony Gitonga 10 years ago

Man stabs room-mate and dumps his body over Sh1,500

Revelers turn to Naivasha for Christmas

Naivasha played host to thousands of revelers who could not make it to Kenya’s Coast for Christmas holiday.

By By Antony Gitonga 10 years ago

Revelers turn to Naivasha for Christmas

Teenager burnt to death after petrol outlet burst into flames

A sixteen-year-old girl was burnt to death in Kinangop, Nyandarua County after fire broke out in a residential plot.

By By Antony Gitonga 10 years ago

Teenager burnt to death after petrol outlet burst into flames

Man killed after quarrel over cigarette

A fight over a cigarette in Mai Mahiu town Naivasha ended tragically after a man stabbed his colleague to death.

By By ANTONY GITONGA 11 years ago

Man killed after quarrel over cigarette

Two bodies dumped along Nairobi-Nakuru highway

Two bodies were Sunday morning found dumped along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway, a few kilometers from Gilgil town.

By By Antony Gitonga 11 years ago

Two bodies dumped along Nairobi-Nakuru highway

Man stabbed to death over cigarette

A fight over a cigarette in Mai Mahiu town ended tragically after a man stabbed his colleague to death.

By By Antony Gitonga 11 years ago

Man stabbed to death over cigarette

Police seeking granny who circumcised five girls in Nyandarua

Police are seeking a granny who circumcised five girls leaving two of them bleeding profusely in Kinangop, Nyandarua County.

By By Antony Gitonga 11 years ago

Police seeking granny who circumcised five girls in Nyandarua

Renew trade pact with European Union, State told

The Council of Governors has expressed concern over failure by the Government to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU).

By By ANTONY GITONGA 11 years ago

Renew trade pact with European Union, State told

Governor decries increase in poaching

Nakuru Governor Kinuthia Mbugua has expressed concern over the sharp increase in cases of poaching around Lake Naivasha.

By By ANTONY GITONGA 11 years ago

Governor decries increase in poaching

Farmer arrested after bhang was found in his greenhouse

Former head teacher in Engineer division, Nyandarua County has been nabbed growing bhang in a greenhouse.

By By Antony Gitonga 11 years ago

Farmer arrested after bhang was found in his greenhouse

Experts now caution lake could dry up

Experts are now warning that Lake Naivasha could in future dry up if the right conservation efforts are not put in place.

By By ANTONY GITONGA 11 years ago

Experts now caution lake could dry up

Experts now caution lake could dry up

Experts are now warning that Lake Naivasha could in future dry up if the right conservation efforts are not put in place.

By By ANTONY GITONGA 11 years ago

Experts now caution lake could dry up

Angry mob lynch man after he allegedly stabbed wife several times

A middle aged man was lynched by irate members of the public at Gichaka village in Nyandarua West Sub County after he allegedly stabled his wife several times following a domestic quarrel.

By By Antony Gitonga 11 years ago

Angry mob lynch man after he allegedly stabbed wife several times

Survey shows that fifty percent of liqour in the country has not been tested by KBS

A national survey conducted by NACADA on various forms of liquor indicates that fifty percent of them have not been tested by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KBS).

By By Antony Gitonga 11 years ago

Survey shows that fifty percent of liqour in the country has not been tested by KBS

Form two student raped, murdered and dumped by the roadside

Two people including a form two student were found murdered in two different incidents in Naivasha.

By By Antony Gitonga 11 years ago

Form two student raped, murdered and dumped by the roadside

Wiper seeks end to Mutua, Muthama spat

Wiper Democratic Movement now wants Machakos Senator Johnstone Muthama and Governor Alfred Mutua to stop discussing their differences in public.

By By ANTONY GITONGA 11 years ago

Wiper seeks end to Mutua, Muthama spat

Wiper Party: We will marshal CORD affiliated parties to reject Media Bill

The Wiper democratic movement party has said it will marshal all Members of Parliament affiliated to CORD coalition in rejecting the controversial media bill.

By By ANTONY GITONGA 11 years ago

Wiper Party: We will marshal CORD affiliated parties to reject Media Bill

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