Tag: Kakamega news

Woman who was remarried after husband disappeared for 47 years wants to go back to her ‘original’ man

A woman in Kakamega whose husband had left her for a total of 47 years after he told her he had gone to seek green pastures is contemplating going if approached well. The 84-year-old man sent social media ablaze after he opened up about his bitterness on returning home after 47 years, only to find […]

Irate residents lynch rape suspect in Kakamega

A middle-aged man suspected to have been involved in a series of rape cases of schoolgirls and old women in Irenji area, Ikolomani constituency in Kakamega County has been lynched. The suspect, identified as Carey Akosa, is believed to be a serial criminal who has been terrorizing women and young girls in the area. According […]

Man suspected of supplying fake money narrowly escapes death in Kakamega

Police in Kakamega have rescued a suspect who is said to be part of a syndicate that is supplying fake money to business premises within Ikonyero area, Kakamega County. Ann Ndung’u, a shopkeeper in the area, says the suspect came to her shop a few minutes to seven o’clock when she was preparing to close […]

Kakamega man, 25, dies, two others faint after inhaling teargas smoke

A 25-year-old man from Kakamega on Tuesday suffocated to death after police hurled teargas at traders in an open-air market in Mumias.

Dowry paid, rituals performed for Kakamega corpse that ‘refused to be buried’

Traditional rituals had to be performed on Friday to “appease” a dead Kakamega woman, 34, who “refused to be buried”.