Shock as Kitale Women’s Prison Constable takes her own life using mobile phone charging cable
Shock and grief engulfed the Tumaini estate on the outskirts of Kitale town in Trans Nzoia County after a female prison Constable attached to Kitale Women’s Prison committed suicide inside her rented house where it is believed she committed the act some four days ago. Linda Machuma Wafula’s lifeless body was found Sunday evening leaning […]
Kitale: Suspect in police uniform arrested after robbing man of mobile phone
A 27-year-old man has been after vilently robbing a man in Kitale, Trans Nzoia county. According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Dan Muiruri was arrested by officers on patrol moments after the Sunday night incident. DCI said the man, who was dressed in a police smoke jacket, was in a group of five […]
24-year-old sentenced to 90 years in prison for raping, killing Swedish missionary
Kitale court on Thursday, January 5, 2023, found 24-year-old Chris Wanjala guilty of the gruesome murder of 74-year-old Swedish missionary Lilian Bourcart. Wanjala, who was employed by the Swedish Missionary, was found guilty of violently robbing, raping and killing his ex-employer. The convict committed the offence two years ago. The Swedish missionary managed a children’s […]
Police forced to shoot in air after mission to recover motorbike from loan defaulter turns chaotic
Police in Kitale were forced to fire at a crowd after a recovery mission by a team from a Mogo Credit microfinance institution turned chaotic. In a report by the DCI, the team had been dispersed to repossess a motorbike from a loan defaulter but his colleagues made it difficult for them to access the […]
Kitale: Drama as corpse ‘refuses’ to go home for burial
Businesses came to a standstill along Kenyatta Street in Kitale Central Business District (CBD) when a Mercedes Benz hearse carrying the remains of a prominent business person failed to move, attracting people who came to witness the bizarre event. Speaking to K24 digital, an eyewitness said the scene lasted for over thirty minutes and many […]
Kitale: ASTU officer kills police inspector over alcohol bill
An Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU) police officer Robert Mungei Nyakeri is being held at Kitale police station for killing an inspector of police – Kwanza Sub-County Police Commander has confirmed. Kwanza Sub-County Police Commander James Odera said the two police officers Nyakeri and the deceased Joseph Wanyangu quarrelled at a local entertainment joint over unpaid […]
Kitale: Students engage boda boda riders in running battle after deadly accident
Business in Kitale town, Trans Nzoia County was on Monday, June 6, 2022, morning paralyzed for over two hours after students from Kitale National Polytechnic staged a destructive demonstration against an incident where one of their own died after being knocked by a boda boda rider. Thousands of students engaged riders in running battle and […]