Egerton student who confessed to killing girlfriend after breakup to serve 10 years in jail
A man who hacked his girlfriend to death in 2018 has been sentenced to 10 years in jail. Edmond Ruto,28, confessed to having stabbed his university girlfriend to death in a suspected love triangle while he was a fourth-year student at Egerton university. While appearing before Nakuru High Court judge Joel Ngugi, Ruto in his […]
16-year-old girl takes own life after being asked to shave her hair as punishment
A Form three student at Langalanga Secondary School in Nakuru reportedly took her own life after a teacher asked her to shave her hair. Reports indicate that the teenager identified as Shamamcy Wanjiru committed suicide on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, at their home in Kaloleni. Her family say, prior to the unfortunate occurrence, she had, […]
Nakuru: Police forced to shoot in the air to disperse residents uprooting fences at Kedong Ranch
The ownership of Kedong Ranch, an expansive prime land tucked between Narok, Nakuru and Kajiado counties took a fresh twist on Saturday after a section of the Maasai community protested blocking access routes to the ranch. They invaded the ranch and vandalized barbed wire mesh fences along the Narok-Maimahiu road in what they termed a […]
Nakuru: Police inspector kills girlfriend, shoots himself
A police inspector attached to Mau summit, Kuresoi North Sub-County is nursing serious injuries at the Nakuru Provincial General Hospital after shooting himself in the head shortly after he shot dead his girlfriend. According to a police report seen by K24 Digital, Joseph Lourien Akorot shot his girlfriend identified as Janet Chebet after she dropped […]
Motorists travelling to Nakuru cautioned to use alternative routes
The Kenya National Highways Authority(KeNHA) has urged motorists headed to Nakuru to be cautious following heavy gridlock that saw commuters and motorists get stranded overnight. The heavy traffic was particularly noted in a section of the Northern Corridor, between Naivasha and Nakuru near the rail over the road bridge between the Gilgil turn-off and the […]
Health department allays fears of Swine flu outbreak in Nakuru
The Nakuru County Department of Health has responded to media reports about an outbreak of the H1N1 flu, commonly known as swine flu. Swine flu is a human respiratory infection caused by an influenza strain that started in pigs. Swine flu was first recognised in the 1919 pandemic and still circulates as a seasonal flu […]
Naivasha: Police launch probe after officer manning tallying centre attempts to kill self
Police in Nakuru have launched investigations into an incident where an officer manning the Naivasha Sub-County tallying centre attempted to kill himself. According to a police report seen by K24 Digital the officer identified as Corporal George Morara was in the company of his colleagues as they were waiting to be transported to the tallying […]