Man boils to death after falling into boiler at steel factory in Thika
A 25-year-old man died yesterday evening after he was trapped inside a boiler at Blue Nile, an established steel manufacturing facility in Thika, Kiambu County. In what stalled all activities at the mega factory, Caleb Otieno, who had been working at the boiler’s section was ‘accidentally’ liquefied to death leaving family and fellow workers in […]
Notorious gangster shot dead in Thika town
Police in Thika on Wednesday evening gunned down a notorious gangster who tried to rob Mount Kenya University students. According to the police, the two students were walking on the Kiang’ombe-Railway road at around 9:00 pm when they were confronted by the thugs. “The students who later told detectives that they were going to buy […]
Bishop Gakuyo finally apologises to women over his ‘demeaning’ remarks
Controversial bishop and businessman David Kariuki Ngari popularly known as Gakuyo has finally bowed to pressure and apologised for hateful statements he allegedly made last week and which were perceived as demeaning to women. Gakuyo who is reported to have made scathing remarks against former Thika town MP Alice Ng’ang’a had earlier maintained that he […]
Angry mob lynches man who slit woman’s neck in Thika
A man suspected of slitting the throat of a woman at Gatuanyaga village in Thika has been lynched by an angry mob. The murder suspect is said to have been smoked out of a nearby bush after irate residents combed the area in search of her killers. The unidentified man was beaten by the rowdy, […]
8-month-old baby admitted with broken leg and hand as police hold parents for the vice
Police in Thika are holding a couple for allegedly torturing their 8-months old baby in Kiganjo estate. Thika town police boss Mohammed Kofah said that the couple was nabbed immediately after they took the minor to the hospital. “It is really absurd that the couple did that to their own kid. The two will be […]
Empty shelves, broken seals greet magistrate in visit to Humphrey Kariuki’s factory
Africa Spirits and WOW Beverages firm vandalized, goods stolen despite factory being guarded by GSU and regular police.
Three men drown after plunging into a deep well in Thika town
Two of the men plunged to their deaths while trying to save a colleague who slipped into the well while repairing an underground water pump.