Juja: Man attempts to take own life after stabbing wife as residents watched in horror
A man fatally stabbed his wife in public in the Mirimaini area of Juja, Kiambu County before he attempted to take his own life. Police confirmed the horrid incident saying that the suspect was arrested and rushed to the hospital after suffering self-inflicted wounds. According to witnesses, the man attacked his estranged wife on Saturday, […]
Juja residents stage protests over bad road which they blame for diminishing sexual life
Boda boda operators and residents of Kimbo area in Juja, Kiambu County, are up in arms over the deplorable state of a six-kilometer road, claiming that it has affected their sexual life due to bumpy rides. The protestors who included Tuk Tuk operators blocked the Kimbo-Matangini road with burning tyres and stones for more than […]
Suspected armed robber gunned down in Juja
Police in Juja have gunned down a suspected armed robber, who was in the company of his two other accomplices. According to reports by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), two others were arrested in Theta area within Juja Sub-County in Kiambu. The three, according to DCI, accosted a male victim who was driving home […]
Polygamous Juja tycoon will now be buried in first wife’s compound with head facing second wife’s home
Two widows of the late Juja businessman Christopher Mbote have finally agreed to bury the deceased in the first wife’s compound after a protracted row that saw the matter taken to court. Mbote, 78, will now be laid to rest in Margaret Waithira’s compound, but next to the entrance of the homestead of the second […]
Juja ranked top with highest alcohol consumption in Central Kenya
Juja has been ranked as the top in alcohol consumption among 37 sub-counties in Central Kenya, according to area MP George Koimburi. While regretting the unflattering and unenviable distinction, the lawmaker said he is saddened by the statistics released to a caucus of legislators from the area. “It is very disturbing that our constituency is […]
Juja: Shock as Hyenas maul 9-year-old to death
Shock has hit Nyacaba village in Juja, Kiambu County after a pack of hyenas mauled a nine-year-old child to death sending locals into panic mood. The deceased, a grade 3 male pupil at a private school in the village, was reported missing on Thursday evening only for his clothes to be found dumped in a […]
Irate Juja residents demand footbridge as they protest removal of highway bumps
Angry residents of Juja are calling on the government to erect a footbridge at an accident blackspot along the Thika superhighway where speed bumps were recently removed. The residents mainly from Gachororo and Highpoint areas decried the frequency of accidents in the area in which a number of pedestrians have lost their lives after being […]