The good, the bad, and the ugly of 2022
2022 presented good vibes, terrifying news, and never-seen-before happenings in equal measure. Let’s take a look at what defined the year. THE GOOD 2022 was largely a peaceful year despite the rocky waves of politics ahead of the August polls. Unlike the previous electioneering years when politicians engaged in heavy exchange of dirty words, 2022 […]
Embu: Man sentenced to 20 years in prison for sodomizing his mentally challenged brother
A court in Embu has slapped a man with a 20-year jail term for sexually assaulting his mentally disabled brother. This was after the court found him guilty of the offence which he committed on April 3, 2020, in Njoguri village in Embu North. The accused who is also serving a three-year jail term for […]
Bundi family: Court orders the two children who survived grisly accident be allowed back in their parents home
Tononoka Children’s court in Mombasa has issued orders for two minors who survived a grisly road accident, that claimed the lives of their parents and three siblings, to be allowed to return to their parents’ house in Kisimani. Ronald Bundi, his wife Veronica Bundi and three of their children died in a road accident on […]
Kenyan atheists threaten legal action against Nairobi church over ‘morning glory’, ‘kesha’ noise pollution claims
Atheists in Kenya Society has threatened to take legal action against Nairobi-based Pentecostal Evangelistic Fellowship of Africa (PEFA) church over what it termed as noise pollution. In a letter dated Saturday, January 15, the society’s President Harrison Mumia says they are issuing an ultimatum of 14 days to allow the church to reduce the noise, […]
Four missing kids rescued alive in Thika
Four children from Gatuanyaga, Thika, in Kiambu County who mysteriously disappeared on Sunday, January 2 afternoon have been found. The two boys and two girls aged between seven and 12 years were playing in their home neighbourhood before they were allegedly forced into a vehicle whose other occupants are yet to be established. Former Gatuanyaga […]
‘Come help me sleep’ – Jowie Irungu’s lawyer links Monica’s death to a witness after she sent him ‘intimate’ text messages at night
A businessman has denied having had a sexual relationship with the late Monica Kimani in the ongoing murder trial of Joseph Irungu alias Jowie and former Citizen TV reporter Jackie Maribe. Antony Kariuki Kaaka while being cross-examined by Prof.Hassan Nandwa who is representing Jowie declined any intimate relationship with the slain business lady saying they […]
Shock as body of 2-year-old boy found dumped in stream three days after going missing
Residents of Kanjathara Kutus in Kirinyaga County are reeling in grief after the body of a 2-year-old boy was discovered floating in the water at a nearby stream. The body was found three days after the boy disappeared mysteriously from his home in Mjini area within Kutus town. His mother Caroline Wanjiru says his little […]