Property burns to ashes as Kirinyaga widow escapes with about 50% burns in suspected house arson
A 48-year-old woman has suffered a 46 per cent burn on her body during a dawn fire incident that razed her semi-permanent house to the ground in a suspected arson act at Mutungara village in Mwea Constituency, Kirinyaga County. Confirming the incident, Mwea East Sub-county Police Commander Daniel Kitavi said the woman escaped death by […]
Kirinyaga: Two men accused of threatening to kill their uncle, destroying properties arraigned
Two brothers from Gitonguini village within Kirinyaga County have been arraigned at a Kerugoya Court for threatening to kill their uncle and for malicious damage of property. According to the charge sheet seen by K24 Digital, the two are accused of threatening to kill their uncle, David Mararo Kabui, on May 2. In the second […]
Shock in Kirinyaga village after residents wake up to pieces of slaughtered cows
Shock has gripped farmers in Muthiigi village, Kirinyaga County who woke up on Thursday, July 15 morning to the carcasses of four cows slaughtered by a group of an unknown people. Confirming the incident, Mwea West Subcounty Police Commander Stephen Okal said the animals were stolen from the said village, slaughtered in a farm near […]
Body of infant allegedly killed by mother in Kirinyaga retrieved from pit latrine
The body of an infant that had disappeared mysteriously on July 5, in Gîchûgû Constituency has been found and retrieved from a pit latrine belonging to ACK Kîandaî Church, Kirinyaga County. Confirming the incident, Kirinyaga East Subcounty Police Commander Antony Mbogo said that it took the Kirinyaga county Fire Brigade more than five hours to […]
Newborn baby rescued from 80-feet pit latrine in Kirinyaga
A newborn baby boy from Kathitî village in Mutira ward Kirinyaga Central Sub County has been retrieved from an 80 feet deep pit latrine where the mother is suspected of dumping the infant before fleeing. While confirming the incident, Kirinyaga County Fire Department Director John Kiama, said he was told of the incident at around […]
Kirinyaga man arrested for sodomizing class two boy on his way to school
Police in Kirinyaga County have arrested a 28-year-old man accused of sodomizing a seven-year-old boy in Ngariama ward Gîchûgû Constituency. Confirming the incident, Kirinyaga East Subcounty police Commander Antony Mbogo said that the incident took place yesterday while the young boy was going home from school. “He is a grade 2 pupil, and he was […]
Kirinyaga residents combing river, latrine in search of newborn baby after mother confesses she killed the infant
Drama ensued at Kîandaî village in Gîchûgû Constituency of Kirinyaga County, as irate residents launched a search for a newborn baby that disappeared mysteriously. It is said that the baby’s mother, a 22-year-old lady, had sneaked out of Kianyaga Sub County Hospital yesterday, where she had delivered a baby girl on 3rd July of this […]