Tag: West Pokot County

Alarm as man hangs himself using bedsheet in West Pokot

A 29-year-old man has committed suicide at Sunflower area of Makutano township within West Pokot county. The man whose body was found in his house on Monday morning hanged himself on the roof of his rental house using a bedsheet. Confirming the incident, West Pokot County Police Commander Jackson Tumwet said the body of Felix […]

Tears in West Pokot after man commits suicide following his brother’s death

A middle-aged man from Chesta village West Pokot county has committed suicide after his brother passed on. Confirming the incident, West Pokot County police commander Jackson Tumwet said the deceased David Kortini, 39, committed suicide by hanging himself using a lesso on a tree at Maisha Kamili area in Pokot Central sub-county. Tumwet added that […]

16-year-old boy charged with defiling 6-year-old girl in West Pokot

A teenage boy aged 16 years old who is alleged to have defiled a six years old girl was on Friday charged with the offence at Kapenguria law court.            The suspect is accused of committing the offence in the Murkwijit area within West Pokot County on June 28, 2021, at an unknown time.            Appearing before […]

West Pokot leaders fault principals’ move to send students home over fee arrears, claims students are exposed to sex pests

Leaders from West Pokot County have decried the move by the school heads to send away students over fee arrears saying it has led to multitudes of them loitering in major towns in the county. Led by Masol nominated MCA Grace Rengei, the leaders said the move had led to an increase of cases of […]

51-year-old woman found dead behind her house with sharp knife stuck in her throat

A 51-year-old woman is suspected to have committed suicide in Kitoyo area Muino sub-location, West Pokot county. Ripongura Chepotula Chemworan, a mother of seven, sent her young kids to a shopping centre on Wednesday evening before she took her life. Her lifeless body was discovered behind her house lying in a pool of blood by […]

Kapenguria MP charged with destruction of Sh7.9m property over 2017 incident

Moroto was arrested on Sunday after visiting families that were evicted in a settlement scheme on the West Pokot and Trans-Nzoia counties.

Stray buffalo shot dead after killing a woman taking her 7-month-old baby to the clinic

Stray buffalo tracked and killed by KWS rangers after it gored to death a woman who was taking her seven-month-old baby to a clinic.