Govt announces new polio vaccination drive amid reports of deaths, severe side effects
The government has announced a new polio vaccination drive despite several reports of severe side effects related to the vaccine. On Friday, November 8, 2024, the Ministry of Health confirmed two fatalities following its investigation into the adverse events reported after the October 2024 polio vaccination campaign. The new drive will be conducted from November 9 […]
One dead, 46 injured following train accident in Kajiado
One person has died and 46 others sustained injuries after a commuter train was involved in an accident at KMQ, Kajiado on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. The Magadi-Kajiado commuter train rolled backwards along a steep stretch, leaving its occupants nursing injuries, with one reported dead on the spot. The train was headed towards Kajiado town […]
Kajiado: Mob lynch man after he hacked to death 2 grannies
Three male adults were brutally killed and two others seriously injured in a tragic incident that occurred on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at Ololua village, Olkeriai, Ilbisil division in Kajiado Central Constituency. Police are investigating the circumstances in which an unidentified man hacked two men aged 69 and 67 years before he was lynched by […]
Kajiado: Persons with hearing impairment take stock of progress, challenges facing them
Persons with hearing impairment in Kajiado County are still facing discrimination owing to traditional misconceptions that the disability is a curse. This has emerged during the marking of World Hearing Day celebrations commemorated at Magadi on Sunday, March 3, 2024. Under the theme, Ear and Hearing Care for all, tens of persons with hearing impairment […]
Kenyan driver found ferrying 90 Ethiopian nationals arrested in Kajiado
Detectives in Kajiado are pursuing a racket of human trafficking syndicates believed to be luring young men to non-existing jobs before forcefully trafficking them to various unidentified countries. A suspect identified as Geoffrey Kinuthia is being held by police to aid in investigations after he was arrested ferrying 90 males of Ethiopian origin. The suspect […]
2 reported dead in Kajiado after taking adulterated liquor
Police in Isinya, Kajiado County are investigating two deaths feared to have been caused by adulterated liquor. The two deaths occurred on Friday, February 9, 2024, and today Sunday, February 11, 2024, respectively within Kitengela town in Kajiado. In the first incident, 41-year-old Dominic Muna is reported to have died hours after he consumed liquor […]
Kajiado: Student dies, 4 others critically injured in road accident
A 19-year-old male student died on the spot and four other people were critically injured in a fatal road accident along the Nairobi-Namanga highway near Kajiado town. The student had hiked a lift with his two other colleagues on a lorry ferrying river sand when the accident occurred on Sunday evening – police have confirmed. […]