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 […]
Kiambu: Woman allegedly kills 5-month-old son
Police in Kikuyu, Kiambu County have launched a manhunt to arrest a 25 years old woman who is suspected to have killed her 5-month-old son. Metrin Chepkemwoi is believed to have hit her defenceless son with a blunt object on Monday night before fleeing and leaving him for the dead. According to Kikuyu Sub-County police […]
Kiambu: Tenant shoots dead 2 thugs in botched robbery
A licensed gun holder in Kiambu county on Tuesday night July 11, 2023, shot dead two robbers as two others escaped with gunshot wounds. The incident happened in the Kiriko area of Githunguri Sub-County where the robbers were caught red-handed vandalizing vehicles in an apartment after terrorising tenants. Confirming the incident, Kiambu County Commander Perminus […]
Kiambu Woman Rep demands justice for 35 women who were forced to undress at work
Kiambu Woman Representative Ann Wamuratha and human rights organisations have continued condemning the recent undressing of female workers at Limuru-based Brownscheese Company Limited by their bosses. Wamuratha, who spoke to the media in Limuru on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, urged the court to ensure that justice is served to all 35 victims. “We hope that the […]