Nyeri deputy governor Caroline Karugu loses her mother
The mother of Nyeri Deputy Governor Caroline Karugu is dead.Jacinta Wanjiku Karugu died on Wednesday, January 19 the family said in a statement. “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the sudden transition of our mother and best friend. We are distraught and shuttered but comforted by the words of Deuteronomy 31:8. Eternal […]
Joy as DCI detectives rescue Nyeri minor from captor in Tanzania
A 14-year-old juvenile who had been abducted from her parents home in Nyeri County on August 25, 2021, has been rescued by detectives from her captor. The minor was rescued at Mto wa Mbu town in Tanzania, 514-kilometers away from her parents’ home and the main suspect Alex Jonathan Malel, 19, arrested. Before her disappearance, […]
Parents storm school in Nyeri, flush out principal accused of sodomizing students
Parent’s and residents of Bondeni village in Mweiga, Kieni constituency stormed Bondeni Secondary school and paralysed examinations exercise as they flushed out the school principal over sodomy allegations. According to the parents, the principal has been threatening the students in case they revealed his behaviour to anyone. The irritated parents and villagers stormed the school […]
Body of missing 13-year-old girl found in Nyeri river
The body of a missing 13-year-old Form One student at Ngamwa secondary school in Mukurwe-ini constituency was on Monday 20, 2021 found stashed in a sack and dumped in River Rwarai near her home in Kabuta village. The late Mary Waithera Mbaire reportedly went missing on August 29, 2021 at around 6:00 pm, shortly after […]
Nyeri man kills his elder brother over ownership of sitting chair
A 36-year-old man from Kamakwa Location in Nyeri County on Tuesday, September 31, hacked his brother to death after a confrontation ensued between them over a three-seater couch. According to a report by the DCI, Joseph Maina Kariuki was embroiled in a scuffle with his brother Elias Muriithi Kariuki resulting in him brandishing a machete […]
One person commits suicide every two days since June in Nyeri – police data
At least 30 people have committed suicide in the last two months in Nyeri County with Mukurweini Sub County topping the list of sub counties with the highest suicide cases, police data has revealed. Nyeri county commander Adiel Nyange has said that out 30 suicide cases, 25 are male accounting to 83 percent while five […]
Police officer commits suicide by setting himself ablaze at his home in Nyeri
An administration police officer attached to Ngethu Water Treatment plant in Kiambu on Monday, August 9, committed suicide by setting himself ablaze. According to a police OB report filed at Endarasha, Kanyagia Police Patrol Base in Nyeri County, Mwihoyo Location Chief Lydia Wambui reported that James Mwangi Nderitu had committed the act at his rural […]