Tag: Migori County

Migori County assembly speaker arrested after he stormed county finance office, made away with computers

Migori County Assembly Speaker Boaz Okoth has been arrested. K24 Digital has established that the officers drawn from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) nabbed Boaz and seven other officials within the Assembly. A detective privy to the matter said that a night raid was staged inside the office of a senior official in the […]

Man trapped for 3 days in Migori gold mine recounts ordeal

A man who was trapped for three days in a gold mine at the Kapuodoho gold mine in Rongo, Migori County has come out to narrate the traumatizing ordeal. Noah Ogweno was rescued on Sunday, the fourth day since the Thursday collapse that left him trapped in the mine. According to the 23-year-old, Thursday was […]

Man disappears after cutting off wife’s hand in Migori

Police in Awendo Sub County, Migori County are in pursuit of a man who allegedly cut the hand of his wife. Dickson Adende allegedly differed with his wife Mercy Achieng Wambo at their residential house within Mabatini Area before he reached for a machete and cut her hand. “It was reported by one Lucas Oginga […]

Alarm in Migori as hyenas unearth graves, scavenge on bodies from crowded cemetery

Residents of Ragana in Migori County have raised alarm over the scavenging   of hyenas on poorly disposed bodies at Lichota cemetery. The residents also claim they have been forced to live with the stench from the decomposing bodies. “At night and each time the night falls in the village, the sound of howling hyenas […]

Man stabbed to death for defending mother during altercation in Migori

Police in Migori County are holding a 36-year-old fisherman for allegedly stabbing a man in the chest killing him on the spot. The suspect, Calvins Omondi Makaya, is said to have gone to the homestead of the deceased and started insulting the late’s mother. “The deceased confronted the accused resulting in a fight between the […]

Shock in Migori after man freed from jail arrives home to find family preparing for his burial

A man who was jailed for a period of two months was shocked when he arrived in his home in Rongo, Migori County only to find his family ready to bury a body they believed was his. Those who on Sunday saw Fred Ochieng walking home including neighbors and friends were shocked and started running […]

Obado barred from accessing office, granted bail

Governor Okoth Obado and his four children were slapped with varied cash bail terms, totaling Sh18.25 million.