Monday blackout to affect 4 counties
Kenya Power has announced a temporary blackout scheduled for Monday, September 9, 2024, affecting some parts of four counties. The planned blackout is set to affect various parts of Nairobi, Kiambu, Vihiga, and Kisii counties. The utility company cited routine network maintenance as the reason for the planned interruption. In Nairobi County, the power interruption […]
Parts of Kiambu, Bungoma counties to experience power outage on Saturday
Kenya Power and Lighting Company has announced power interruptions in parts of Kiambu and Bungoma Counties on Saturday, March 30, 2024. The interruptions, according to the utility firm, will run between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm, as a result of routine maintenance. The utility firm has been carrying out routine maintenance across the country, which […]
Kiambu bar owners warn against witchhunt in gov’t crackdown
Bar owners from Kiambu have cautioned some government officers against using the crackdown on illicit liquor to harass genuine traders. Kiambu Liquor Welfare Association Secretary Amos Kibe asked members not to panic following a directive by Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki outlining a series of measures to combat illegal alcoholic drinks and drugs including the […]
Kiambu squatters forced to bury loved ones in unmarked, makeshift graves
Squatters living on a 419-acre parcel of land in Kiambu Town constituency, Kiambu County, have to bury their departed kin in unmarked makeshift graves, fearing that the bodies may be exhumed later. Although the land that was once part of Kamiti Forest was hived off in the mid-1990s for the settlement of squatters, it has […]
20-year-old woman who went missing after being sent to buy sugar found murdered in Kiambu
A family in South Kinangop is mourning the death of their 20-year-old daughter whose body was discovered in Kariko area of Kinale forest in Lari Constituency, Kiambu county. Confirming the incident, Lari sub-county police commander Adamson Furaha noted that the deceased might have been raped and killed elsewhere before her body was dumped in the […]
4 arrested as police rescue car dealers from abductors in Kiambu
Police in Ruiru, Kiambu County, are holding four suspected carjackers said to have kidnapped two vehicle dealers after luring them by pretending to be customers. The four, among them a young woman, were arrested from their hideout in Juja nearly four days after allegedly abducting the traders and locking them in a building from where […]
Kiambu: Thieves break into Kerwa Catholic church, vandalise 2 high-end vehicles
Daring vandals on Monday night destroyed two luxurious vehicles belonging to the Kerwa Catholic Church in Kikuyu, Kiambu County. The criminals are reported to have scaled a perimeter wall to gain access to the church which also houses the parish’s priest father Vitalis Were. Father Were told the media that the facility’s watchman called him at about 5 am and informed him that a Toyota Vanguard and a Toyota […]