KCSE 2024: One candidate tragically dies in Meru as 2 students sit exams in hospital after giving birth
As the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams kicked off nationwide today November 4, 2024, the day was marked by sorrow in some parts of the country following a reported death of a candidate. Meru County Commissioner Jacob Ouma while speaking to the press on Monday announced that one KCSE candidate had died in […]
Chuka University students protest over increasing cases of road accidents
A section of Chuka University students on Monday, October 28, 2024, staged demonstrations along the Meru-Nairobi Highway over the increasing cases of road accidents. Videos seen by K24 Digital show the agitated students marching peacefully to the highway as they chanted about their discontent with police for failing to take action after a colleague was […]
Three teenagers arrested for staging fake abduction and demanding Ksh6M
Three 17-year-olds believed to have faked their kidnapping in Kainginyo, Thimbi location in Meru County have been arrested. According to detectives who arrested them, the trio, two males and one female, staged an abduction of the female and used the scheme to demand a Ksh6 million ransom from her parents lest they make her disappear […]
Thursday blackout to affect 5 counties
Kenya Power has announced a planned blackout set to affect some parts of five counties on Thursday, September 5, 2024. The utility company attributed the temporary outage to routine network maintenance. In Nakuru County, the areas of Olrongai and Tulwobmoi will experience a power outage from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. The affected locations include […]
Meru: Residents burn down church, accuse pastor of sucking followers’ breasts during sermons
Irate residents of Kanjai in Nkomo Ward, Meru County have burned down a church after accusing it’s pastor of sucking women and children’s breasts during sermons. Residents who spoke to K24 Digital accused 43-year-old Pastor Daniel Mururu of practising cult-related incidences to unsuspecting hundreds of faithful for the last ten years. Janet Karimi, a former […]
Chaos at Meru Level Five hospital as strikes disrupt services
Agony marred Level Five Teaching and Referral Hospital in Meru on Thursday, August 1, 2024, as locals thronged the facility to withdraw their patients after doctors and nurses paralyzed services across the county. According to a spot check by K24 Digital, patients admitted in different wards were left unattended while others who also visited the […]
Impeachment motion against Meru governor Kawira Mwangaza dropped
Meru County Assembly has withdrawn the fourth impeachment motion against governor Kawira Mwangaza The new twist took place a day after the high court of Meru transferred the ouster motion to Njuri Ncheke’s council of elders. In the ruling dated Monday, July 29 2024, Justice Phogon Kassan directed governor Kawira, the MCAs and their lawyers […]