Tag: Migori

Outrage in Migori after governor aspirant shelves political ambitions after residents contribute money for his campaigns

Migori County secretary Christopher Rusana is on the spot after it emerged that he shelved his political ambitions to run for governorship after holding a fundraiser where he collected millions of shillings. Locals now want the politician to return the money they had collected for him after dropping out of the political race. Rusana has, […]

Police officer arrested after threatening to kill civilian he accuses of influencing his wife

Police officers in Suna East, Migori County are detaining their colleague who threatened to end the life of a woman who he accuses of inciting his wife to leave him. In a police report seen by K24 Digital, Eric Ochieng’, a police constable threatened to end the life of Lucy Atandi a resident of Police […]

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 […]

Area Chief reports wife to police for forcing daughter to undergo FGM in Migori

Police officers in Kuria West, Migori County have arrested Veronica Mahati Ghati who is the wife of Kombe Location Chief for allegedly forcing her daughter to undergo Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Interestingly, authorities were tipped by the Chief himself. “The matter was reported to the police by the girl’s father (the Chief), who got annoyed […]

Police impound maize illegally imported from Tanzania

Police in Migori have seized maize illegally imported from Tanzania. Through a multi-agency operation led by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) and Agricultural Food Authority raided several stores in Kuria West and impounded the illegal maize. Speaking after the raid, the Migori County Police Commissioner Boaz Cheruiyot noted that the […]

Deploy military on Kenya-Tanzania border to fight Covid-19, Migori residents urge Govt

Residents say border requires modern surveillance system to assist in closing all illegal routes into Kenya.

Of a Migori school where human faeces smeared on walls makes learning unbearable

By Dolphas Ochola. Pupils at Rayudhi Primary School in Migori County were on Thursday morning sent home after human faeces were found smeared on classroom walls, a habit which has allegedly persisted at the learning institution for three years now. The learners were asked to return to school later in the day accompanied by their […]