Residents decry losses after heavy night rains pound Homa BayÂ
Over eight families have been affected following heavy downpours that pounded Kamasimbi Village in the Sindo Kaksingri sub-location last night causing massive destruction of property. The residents woke up to find their possessions completely submerged due to floods that also endangered their lives and that of their children. However, it is reported that no life […]
Homa Bay ECDE teachers threaten to down tools
Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) teachers in Homa Bay county have threatened to down their tools following the cut in their monthly salaries by the county government. The teachers’ threat follows the alleged new directives by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) which gave directives to the Council of Governors (CoG) on the grading and […]
Homa Bay: Missing sugarcane farmer found dead, eyes gouged out
A 45-year-old Sugar cane farmer from Dago village, West Kanyamwa Location Kosewe ward, Ndhiwa sub-county who went missing on Friday has been found dead. The body of Stephen Odoyo Oluoch was found by a close relative dumped in a sugar cane plantation next to their home on Monday morning. According to his younger brother Ben […]
School closed in Homa Bay over poor hygiene
Learning has been disrupted at Ogada Primary School in South Kabuoch, Ndhiwa Sub County, Homa Bay county due to poor hygiene in the institution. Learners were sent home and studies suspended after a directive from public health officers declared the school unfit for habitation. The officers aimed to avert an outbreak and spread of waterborne […]
Missing 70-year-old widow found murdered on river bank in Homa Bay
A body of a 70-year-old widow was on Saturday, January 7, recovered by a herdsman on the banks of river Awach along Ringa-Oyugis road within Homa Bay County a day after she went missing. The woman identified as Rosalia Ngeso was a resident of Kojuok B village in Kojwach Kawere Sub-location, Kojwach location in Rachuonyo […]
Homa Bay: 19-year-old woman kills husband over plans to marry second wife
Residents of Miyoro Village in Ndhiwa Sub-county, Homa Bay county, are reeling in shock after a 19-year-old woman stabbed her husband to death over plans to marry a second wife. The suspect identified as Lucy Anyango surrendered herself to area Assistant Chief Enosh Nyawade to escape the wrath of a mob that was baying for […]
Homa Bay: 19-year-old woman kills husband over plans to marry second wife
Residents of Miyoro Village in Ndhiwa Sub-county, Homa Bay county, are reeling in shock after a 19-year-old woman stabbed her husband to death over plans to marry a second wife. The suspect identified as Lucy Anyango surrendered herself to area Assistant Chief Enosh Nyawade to escape the wrath of a mob that was baying for […]