Man sets ablaze his estranged wife at her workplace
A woman is fighting for her life at a Nyeri Hospital after her estranged husband poured petrol on her and set her ablaze following a marital dispute.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 10 years ago
Man sets ablaze his estranged wife at her workplace
Witness reveals con plot by police imposter
A Nyeri court was Tuesday told how police imposter Joshua Karianjahi Waiganjo used the name of retired President Mwai Kibaki to con people in Othaya.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 10 years ago
Witness reveals con plot by police imposter
Visit disputed land before ruling, judge asked
A group of 400 farmers want a Nyeri court to visit a contentious piece of land they claim was stolen from them during the colonial regime.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 10 years ago
Visit disputed land before ruling, judge asked
Form One students turned away over court order
Tens of Form One students were turned away when they arrived at a Nyeri secondary school, which is among the ten restrained from admitting fresh students.
By By MURIMI MWANGI and MOHAMED DOYO 10 years ago
Form One students turned away over court order
Nyeri County Government sues Kaimenyi over selection flaws
The Nyeri County Government has sued Education Cabinet Secretary, Jacob Kaimenyi and his Principal Secretary Richard Belio Kipsang over alleged flawed Form One selection.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 10 years ago
Nyeri County Government sues Kaimenyi over selection flaws
85 grannies finally granted 240-acre land
A Nyeri court has declared 85 elderly people as the legitimate owners of 240-acre land that had been in contention.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 10 years ago
85 grannies finally granted 240-acre land
Tea farmers told to prepare for reduced bonuses this year
Tea farmers have been asked to brace themselves for reduced bonuses this financial year ending June 2014.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 10 years ago
Tea farmers told to prepare for reduced bonuses this year
Scholars clobber each other in pub over a theory
Revelry and merrymaking at a popular restaurant in Kerugoya town, Kirinyaga County came to a standstill, when two professors got into a fierce fist fight after they differed over a theory.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 10 years ago
Scholars clobber each other in pub over a theory
Drunks’ jeers stop man from buying ‘mtumba’ underwear
In his last-minute Christmas shopping, a smartly dressed man unsuccessfully attempted to ignore two drunks who mocked him endlessly as he tried to buy a mtumba underwear along the busy Gakere Street in Nyeri Town.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 10 years ago
Drunks’ jeers stop man from buying ‘mtumba’ underwear
‘Boda boda’ rider confiscates pregnant goat from Sh50 debtor
A boda boda operator shocked residents of a village in Kirinyaga County last Sunday, after he stormed his debtor’s home and impounded a pregnant goat.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 10 years ago
‘Boda boda’ rider confiscates pregnant goat from Sh50 debtor
Family ordered to exhume man’s remains and bury them afresh
The High Court has ordered the exhumation of a man buried last month. The court ruled that Muchemi Mutune’s burial was irregular and ordered that his body be exhumed within the next 30 days.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 10 years ago
Family ordered to exhume man’s remains and bury them afresh
Drunk graduates excited as rain beats them
Graduates from a local university shocked revellers at a bar in western Kenya, when they got too drunk to notice they were being rained on.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 10 years ago
Drunk graduates excited as rain beats them
Special police squad to fight coffee theft
A special police squad dubbed the Anti-Coffee Theft Unit will be established in Nyeri County to tackle stealing of the produce.
By By MURIMI MWANGI and JOB WERU 10 years ago
Special police squad to fight coffee theft
Guitarist quits church for spiritual nourishment at a bar
Barely a month after Crazy Monday reported that a church pianist from Kagumo town in Kirinyaga County eloped with the pastor’s daughter; another church instrumentalist from the area has hit the headline for ditching the word of God for booze.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 10 years ago
Guitarist quits church for spiritual nourishment at a bar
Court answers pastor’s prayer, orders woman’s body exhumed
An Othaya-based pastor has convinced a Nyeri court to order the body of a woman buried on a piece of land whose ownership he is contesting, dug up.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 10 years ago
Court answers pastor’s prayer, orders woman’s body exhumed
UK to compensate more war heroes
Kenyan freedom fighters have welcomed plans by the UK government to freshly compensate Kenyans it mistreated during the colonial regime.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 10 years ago
UK to compensate more war heroes
Househelp fined Sh200,000 for stealing from employer
A Nyeri court has fined a househelp Sh200,000 or in default be jailed for three years for stealing items from her employer.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 10 years ago
Househelp fined Sh200,000 for stealing from employer
Chief in abduction saga expresses interest to withdraw case
The case in which two men are charged with abducting a Nyeri chief has been postponed to January next year.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 10 years ago
Chief in abduction saga expresses interest to withdraw case
Court yet to determine 1997 civic poll petition
As Kenyans laud the Judiciary for timely disposal of the 188 electoral petitions filed after the 2013 General Election, a suit emanating from a disputed 1997 civic election is still pending in court.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 10 years ago
Court yet to determine 1997 civic poll petition
Optimism high as inmates, private students sit exam
Seven inmates at King’ong’o Maximum Prison in Nyeri are among the 449,246 candidates sitting KCSE exams. The inmates sat their first paper at 9am in a classroom constructed within the prison premises, and exuded confidence they would finally triumph.
By By MURIMI MWANGI and BONIFACE GIKANDI 11 years ago
Optimism high as inmates, private students sit exam
Four arraigned in court for handling 23 rolls of bhang
Four middle aged men who were among people who recently appeared in the media advocating for the legalisation of bhang have been arraigned before a Nyeri court and charged with being in possession of the drug.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 11 years ago
Four arraigned in court for handling 23 rolls of bhang
Church pianist elopes with pastor’s daughter
Members of a church in Kagumo town, Kirinyaga County are still in shock after the church pianist took off with the pastor’s daughter.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 11 years ago
Church pianist elopes with pastor’s daughter
Robbers break into houses, steal electronics
Armed robbers Tuesday night broke into two houses at Ruring’u area in Nyeri County and stole phones, electronics and money.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 11 years ago
Robbers break into houses, steal electronics
Court upholds election of Othaya MP Mary Wambui
The High Court in Nyeri has upheld election of Ms Mary Wambui as MP for Othaya Constituency in Nyeri County.
By By Murimi Mwangi 11 years ago
Court upholds election of Othaya MP Mary Wambui
Double trial as senior lands official charged with fraud in two courts
A senior lands official who is currently on trial before a Nairobi court for alleged abuse of office has been arraigned before a Nyeri court on similar charges.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 11 years ago
Double trial as senior lands official charged with fraud in two courts
Furious man storms pastor’s home to get back offering
A peasant farmer from Kiamuruga area in Kirinyaga County recently stunned residents when he stormed the homestead of a local pastor to repossess a young calf his wife had ‘sowed as a seed’ in church.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 11 years ago
Furious man storms pastor’s home to get back offering
Man jailed 50 years for defiling daughters
An HIV-positive man was jailed for 50 years by a Nyeri court for defiling his two daughters. He did this in the presence of their ailing mother.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 11 years ago
Man jailed 50 years for defiling daughters
Varsity to start fish farming courses next year
A university plans to launch a fisheries curriculum to boost fish farming in Central Kenya.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 11 years ago
Varsity to start fish farming courses next year
Mum busts son in bar trading her stolen cock for beer
Residents of Kamuiru town in Kirinyaga central were recently treated to an entertaining spectacle, when an elderly woman stormed into a bar and caused a scene embarrassing his son whom she caught attempting to trade her stolen cock with frothy drinks.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 11 years ago
Mum busts son in bar trading her stolen cock for beer
Police recruit in phone theft arraigned in court
A female police recruit has been arrested by police after she was caught with two mobile phones stolen from her colleagues.
By By Murimi Mwangi 11 years ago
Police recruit in phone theft arraigned in court
Barefoot village soccer celebrity with toes of steel
A grassroots soccer player from Karia in Kirinyaga Central, has not only earned himself stripes as a ruthlessly efficient defender in the area, but is also a celebrity of sorts due to his unique approach to the much loved game.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 11 years ago
Barefoot village soccer celebrity with toes of steel
Ballot paper mix-up made me not to even vote for myself, says petitioner
Nyeri residents are awaiting the ruling of a unique election petition challenging the election of Governor Nderitu Gachagua.
By By MURIMI MWANGI 11 years ago
Ballot paper mix-up made me not to even vote for myself, says petitioner
Man tells magistrate he lost precious stones worth Sh10m
A man narrated to a Nyeri court how his 50kg of Rubis (precious stones) valued at Sh10 million were stolen.
By By Murimi Mwangi 11 years ago
Man tells magistrate he lost precious stones worth Sh10m
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