Tag: Machakos County

Murdered 8-year-old baby Shantel to be laid to rest on June 12

Shantel Nzembi, an eight-year-old girl who was kidnapped and subsequently murdered in Kitengela, will be buried on June 12 at Mawele village, Mwala sub county in Machakos County. Shantel’s mother, Christine Ngina says preparations to bury her daughter are underway and as a family, they have decided to bury her at her rural village. “The […]

Machakos Governor Mutua risks six-months jail term for contempt of court over dumping wastes on private land

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua risks 6 months jail term for contempt of a High Court order barring him from dumping wastes on a businessman’s land in Machakos County. The court had also directed the Governor and his county government to remove wastes dumped into the parcel of land. Businessman David Gitau Thairu had moved to […]

Man serving life in Kamiti for defiling daughter ordered freed

Machakos High Court judge George Odunga set aside the life imprisonment imposed on the man by Kithimani court.

Mental test ordered for Class Eight girl alleged to have strangled fellow teen to death over a boyfriend

The suspect was arrested on Saturday after she allegedly strangled another girl aged 14 over what the detective suspect is a love triangle.

Elderly man set on fire after attacking daughter-in-law, 2 children with machete

The 70-year-old mans allegedly slashed with a machete his daughter-in-law and two children in a fit of drunken rage.

KCPE candidate raped, strangled to death in Wamunyu, Machakos

According to the chief, the girl had been sent to Ndituni market by her parents on Sunday evening but never made it back home.

Machakos official raises the alarm over rising incestuous defilement cases

Machakos County Commissioner Fredrick Ndunga raises the alarm over increasing incestuous defilement and suicides in the region.