Author: Ephantus Maara
Kikuyu: Residents call for rituals to pave way for cutting of fallen mugumo tree inside school
Ephantus Maara
Residents of Kikuyu, Kiambu County have appealed to the Kikuyu council of elders to perform rituals to pave way for cutting of a fallen mugumo tree in Kinoo.Two classrooms in Kinoo Primary School where the tree was located were damaged.
Keep his body, we can’t afford to pick it for burial- Kiambu family to KUTRRH
Ephantus Maara
A family in Gitaru village of Kabete Constituency in Kiambu County have given up all hopes of according their depart
Tattered wheel chairs fastened with barbed wire: The sorry state of Kihara Level 4 Hospital, Kiambu
Ephantus Maara
In Kiambaa Constituency of Kiambu County, there's an important but little known Level 4 hospital that has gained infamy for the wrong reasons. Kihara Level 4 hospital has become a byword for dilapidation -with everything about it from the
Tessie Mudavadi commissions modern Obstetric Ward, machines at Jacaranda Hospital
Ephantus Maara
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi's wife Tessie has commissioned a modern obstetric ultrasound ward at Jacaranda Maternity Hospital, Kiambu County. Mrs
Two people killed at Dagoretti Market; one stabbed, perpetrator stoned by angry traders
Ephantus Maara
Two people were on Monday, April 3 morning killed in
Kiambu: Three suspected robbers arrested, guns, motorbikes seized
Ephantus Maara
Police in Kikuyu, Kiambu County have arrested three suspected robbers. Four guns and three motorcycles were also seized from the suspects. A fifth suspect was attacked by a mob and killed after a robbery attempt went awry.Kiambu
Chinese national in court for allegedly stealing goat testicles worth KSh6 million
Ephantus Maara
A Chinese national was on Friday March 10 charged before a Kiambu court for allegedly obtaining goat testicles worth
Lari: Woman who 'strangled' son, 2, to death to be detained for 15 days
Ephantus Maara
Jane Muikia, the 24-year-old woman accused of strangling her one-and-a-half-year-old son to death in Lari Sub-County will remain in police custody for 15 more days.
Kiambu: Major crisis looming as water companies close due to drought
Ephantus Maara
The prolonged drought some parts of the country are experiencing has put more than four water companies in Kiambu County at risk of closing down in three weeks time. This is after rivers and dams started drying up.In Kikuyu Constituenc
Kiambu: Church, 13 houses reduced to ashes in mysterious fire
Ephantus Maara
A church in Limuru, Kiambu County, has been reduced to ashes. The African Divine Church and 13 houses were burnt in the Friday evening inferno. Limuru sub-County Deputy Police Commander Paul Yator told TV47 Digital that the
Four students arrested as dormitory at Kijabe Boys goes up in flames
Ephantus Maara
Detectives from Lari sub-County, Kiambu County, have arrested four students from Kijabe Boys High School for allegedly torching a school dormitory. Property worth millions of shillings was destroyed in the Tuesday night inferno. Learni
Ebbie Samuels murder case: Court orders mental test for ex-Gatanga CCM Deputy Principal
Ephantus Maara
The Kiambu Law Court on Monday, January 30 granted the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) homicide detectives to detain former Deputy Principal of Gatanga CCM Secondary School for seven more days.Elizabeth Wairimu Gatimu - who appe
Kenya Power on the spot over increased transformer vandalism in Limuru
Ephantus Maara
Five villages from Ndeiya Sub County in Limuru Constituency are living in darkness after more than 20 transformers were vandalized by criminals in a span of a month.
Lari: Woman, 74, beheaded; perpetrators vanish with the head
Ephantus Maara
Residents of Escarpment village in Lari Constituency in Kiambu County woke up to horrific scenes on Wednesday, January 25 morning after a 74-year-old woman was brutally beheaded by unknown persons.Women - mostly widows, the elderly and sin
Three children killed in separate house fires in Kabete
Ephantus Maara
A sombre mood has engulfed Uthiru, Mûthûre and Wangige villages in Kabete Constituency, Kiambu County, after three children lost their lives when their houses were razed down by fire.Romano Gakenia (9) and Obadiah Maina (4) from Uthiru vi
MCA, driver escape death by a whisker as car collides with another
Ephantus Maara
Lari Kirenga MCA Josphat Kinyanjui and his driver escaped death by a whisker after his car collided with another at Rukuma area in Lari Constituency, Kiambu County, on the busy Nairobi-Nakuru Highway.A bodaboda rider and a pillion pass
Hillary Matindwet, suspected mastermind of notorious 'Mulot SIM swap' syndicate freed on KSh300,000 bail
Ephantus Maara
David Mutai alias Hillary Langat Matindwet, the suspected mastermind of the infamous 'Mulot SIM swap' syndicate was on Friday, January 6 released on bail by Kiambu Law Court.Kiambu Principal Magistrate Meresia Opondo freed Matindwet on a ca
Kiambu: New Year tragedy as two children are killed, bodies dipped in water as mother watches
Ephantus Maara
Two children aged 7 and 3 years have been killed in bizarre fashion at Kerwa village, Kikuyu constituency, Kiambu County. Kikuyu sub-County Police Commander Catherine Ringera says the two were inside their house together with their mot
Kiambu: Mother, teen daughter die in dawn house fire
Ephantus Maara
A sorrowful mood has engulfed a village in Kiambu County after a mother and her teen daughter died in an early morning house fire.
Nyoro, Gakuyo and other Kiambu Azimio leaders jump ship to President Ruto's camp
Ephantus Maara
Several political leaders in Kiambu County who lost in the August 9 general election have now pledged their support for President William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua. Former Kiambu governor James Nyoro, former Deputy Governor