Kirinyaga: Pastor, wife arrested for living with dead mother for over a month praying she resurrects
A pastor and his wife have been arrested after a woman’s decomposing body was found in their house in Kirinyaga. James Muchira, 45, his wife, and another woman were arrested on Monday, July 4, 2022, and are being held at Kiamachiri Police station. It is alleged that the man of the cloth, who ministers at […]
Kirinyaga: Body of renowned cigarette vendor found floating in river
Police in Kirinyaga are investigating the death of 46-year-old Daniel Maina whose body was retrieved from River Rigati. “It was reported that a dead body believed to be Maina aged 46 was seen floating in the river. It was confirmed and upon retrieving the body had already decomposed,” the police report read in part. Maina […]
Kirinyaga: Irate residents torch car suspected to ferry beef from stolen livestock
Irate residents of Gacharu village in Ndia Constituency, Kirinyaga West torched a car believed to have been used by suspected thieves to steal livestock from the village. According to the residents, cattle theft has been on the rise in recent days. Unknown people raid homes at night and steal mature cattle which they slaughter on […]
Ex-convict pardoned by Uhuru kills mother in Kirinyaga
Police in Kirinyaga County are pursuing an ex-convict suspected of killing his mother in cold blood on Sunday, June 12, 2022. The assailant was among 3,908 petty offenders pardoned by President Uhuru Kenyatta during this year’s Madaraka Day celebrations. In an incident that has left Njoga residents in shock, the man hacked Grace Muthoni Ndambiri […]
Kirinyaga University students engage police in running battles after colleague is killed by thugs
Kirinyaga University students went on a rampage Sunday evening, June 12 2022, to protest against the rise of insecurity within Kutus town in Kirinyaga County. Initially, the students had planned a candlelit vigil to mourn a colleague who passed away following an alleged attack last week along the Kutus Kagio road. However, hell broke loose […]
Worry as Kirinyaga man torches house in suspected suicide attempt
Property worth thousands of shillings was reduced to ashes following two fire incidents in different locations within Kirinyaga county on Tuesday, May 24. Kirinyaga fire department confirms According to John Kiama, the head of the Fire department in Kirinyaga County, the first incident happened in Waigiri village, Inooî ward in Kirinyaga Central where a man […]
45-year-old Kirinyaga man killed, body stashed in sack then dumped at river bank
Police in Kirinyaga County have launched investigations to establish how a 45-year-old man was murdered and body dumped at the banks of River Nyamindi in Mûrûri, Mwea Constituency. Confirming the incident, Mwea East Subcounty Police Commander Daniel Kitavi said that the body which had been stashed in a sack had multiple injuries in the head. […]