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Fire ravages supermarket in Ruiru, property worth millions destroyed

Property valued at millions of shillings was destroyed in a fierce fire that gutted a supermarket in Ruiru town, Kiambu County on Monday morning August 26, 2024. The fast-spreading fire, which is said to have started at around 5 am, razed down a large section of the supermarket and destroyed items valued at millions of […]

KWS officers capture crocodile roaming in Ruiru

KWS officers capturing a juvenile crocodile in Ruiru. PHOTO/KWS/Facebook.

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers have captured a crocodile on the loose that was roaming in Ruiru, Kiambu County. KWS in a statement of Thursday, June 6, 2024, said the officers had responded to distress calls from a Ruiru resident identified as Samuel Kamau. Crocodile washed away The juvenile crocodile, according to KWS, found itself […]

Ruiru family appeals for help for one-year-old baby in need of open heart surgery

A family in Ruiru, Kiambu County is seeking assistance from well-wishers to help them raise Ksh2.5 million for the treatment of their kin. Keila Wanjiru, a one-and-a-half-year-old baby is set to undergo open heart surgery in India after she was found to be battling a complex congenital heart disease. According to her mother Ann Njoki […]

Ruiru families appeal for financial aid to bury victims of wedding tragedy

The families of seven people who perished when an underground water reservoir collapsed during a wedding ceremony in Ruiru last Saturday are appealing for financial support to bury their loved ones. They spoke even as Kiambu County leaders led by Governor Kimani Wamatangi, area MP Simon King’ara and Kiambu Woman Representative Ann Wamuratha donated more […]

Parking lot to cost Ksh200K in government’s affordable housing plan in Ruiru

The government has announced the sale of at least 1050 affordable housing units in Ruiru’s Ruiru Boma Estate. In a circular by the principal secretary for the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development Charles Hinga said that the housing units will be sold separately from parking bays. The houses have been developed […]

Police impound illicit brew, bhang in Ruiru

Police in Ruiru have impounded bhang that was being processed in a homestead near a school and arrested four suspects. The drug was among other items recovered, including illicit brews and 40 litres of ethanol that was being manufactured and packaged a short distance from Gatong’ora primary school and the newly opened Ruiru Vocational Training […]

Owner of collapsed Ruiru building remanded for 7 days

The owner of a building that collapsed in Ruiru, Kiambu County was arraigned in court but did not face formal charges. Ruiru Principal Magistrate Hon Ms JA Agonda allowed a miscellaneous application for the State to have Stephen Ngaruiya Gitau, the owner of the building, remanded for seven days for police to complete investigations. Making […]