Well-wisher comes to the rescue of 70-year-old man living in Embu forest
A 70-year-old man from Mbuguri village in Mbeere North Subcounty in Embu county, who has been living in a dilapidated condition in a privately owned forest, has finally received help from a well-wisher. Findesio Ngari has been living in abject poverty for years after he was allegedly neglected by members of his family. He has […]
Drama as Embu traders forcefully reopen recently renovated bus park
There was drama in Embu town when traders staged demonstrations over the delayed re-opening of the recently renovated Embu Bus Park. The traders blocked the Embu-Kiritiri highway paralysing transport, before forcing other traders who had opened their businesses to close them down and join them in the push to have the bus park reopened. Police […]
Embu: Learning paralysed after parent bites headteacher, 2 pupils
Drama ensued at the Kirigi primary school when a parent went berserk and bit the headteacher and two pupils on their fingers in a dramatic scene that paralysed learning for some hours. While confirming the incident, Lincoln Kithaka, chief of Gandori South location, said the suspect Charity Wanja had been summoned by the teacher in the school after her […]
2 families cause drama at Embu mortuary as they fight over child’s body
There was drama at Embu Level Five Hospital after two families differed over who should bury a three-year-old boy whose body was retrieved from Rupingazi River after he was reported missing for some days. This was after the two families failed to agree on whether to bury the child in accordance with Muslim law according […]
Embu county gov’t rules out cholera outbreak even as 20 students are treated for diarrhoea
About 20 students from Karagari secondary school in Evurori in Mbeere North have received medication at Ishiara level 4 hospital exhibiting diarrhoea with the county health department ruling out cases of cholera in the area. The students who are said to have had diarrhoea were treated and released back to school. While speaking to the […]
Embu: Class 8 pupil takes own life hours after he was sent home to collect fees
Police in Embu county have launched investigations after a 14-year-old boy allegedly took his own life after being sent home to collect fees. Dickson Mwenda was a candidate for this year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exam at Kiriari Primary School in Kigumo village. While confirming the incident the area chief Nelson Muturi said […]
Embu: Chief, 8 Nyumba Kumi elders arrested over arson claims
A Chief alongside eight Nyumba Kumi elders is currently being held at Manyatta Police Station in Embu county over arson and assault allegations. In a report by DCI, the suspects who hail from the Kirigi sub-location have been accused of arson where on Christmas eve – December 24, 2022, they stormed one of the villager’s […]