Thika motorists, traders cry foul over blocked road
Motorists and traders in Thika town, Kiambu County are up in arms over stalled construction of a major road that has been causing serious traffic snarl-ups affecting operations. The section at the Kenyatta Road roundabout joining the busy town has been impassable as a result of a blocked drain and a burst water pipe about […]
Disbelief as crippled beggars in Thika take off to avoid arrest
Drama, shock and disbelief filled Thika town on Saturday during a mop-up exercise of physically challenged street beggars as 38 of them ‘woke’ from their wheelchairs and ran for their dear lives before they were arrested by the police. During the exercise, the street family beggars demonstrated how they faked injuries and impairments to solicit […]
Detectives commence investigations into demise of Ndarugo Plantations Director
Detectives have commenced investigations into the murder of a 66-year-old director of Ndarugo Plantations in Juja, Kiambu County. Sudhir Shah was reportedly sprayed with unspecified bullets on the head and stomach near the plantation on Saturday mid-day by an unknown gang riding on a motorbike. According to John Gachomo, the head of investigations at the […]
Man mauled to death by hyenas in Juja
In yet another scary incident, another middle-aged man has been mauled to death by a pack of hyenas at Athi village in Juja, Kiambu County. The 35-year-old Robert Mwangi was heard screaming for help at around 1:00 am on Thursday night but the neighbours were unable to save him from the crackle of about eight […]
Three men who left their homes in Mombasa for Thika to purchase a motor vehicle found dead
Three friends who on December 3, left their homes in Mombasa for Thika with the aim of purchasing a motor vehicle but disappeared have been found dead. The three who are members of two separate families based in Kisauni and Likoni are Fahmi Bakari, 21, Masuo Bakari, 51, and Hussein Mohamed Hussein, 26. Two of […]
Thika: Lynched man offered his wife chips, chicken before slitting her neck beside 4-month-old baby
Shock is still rife in the village of Gatuanyaga village, Kiambu County, as residents try to come to terms with the horrific murder of a middle-aged woman by her husband. However, it has now emerged that the man who allegedly killed his wife at Gatuanyaga enjoyed treasurable time together as a family before the husband […]
Armed prison warder who had travelled from Meru to kill wife in Thika arrested
Sleuths attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Wednesday, August 25, nabbed a prison warder who disappeared from duty in Meru while armed with a G3 rifle with a mission to kill his girlfriend. In a statement by DCI boss George Kinoti, the officer identified as Edwin Omuse, stormed out of Kangeta GK […]