Author: Violet Auma
Kakamega: 68-year-old man accused of defiling girl, 9, arraigned
Violet Auma
A 68-year-old man has been arraigned at Kakamega law courts for allegedly defiling a 9-year-old girl, along with four others not before the court.Appearing before Chief Magistrate Joseph Ndunduri, the court heard that Isaac Anyula - from Ma
'Dead' Kakamega man returns home two days after his 'burial'
Violet Auma
A family in Shamsinjiri village, Khwisero constituency, Kakamega County was left in shock after their kin who had been presumed dead and buried returned home yesterday. Joseph Alucheri, 49, returned home two days after ‘his burial'.
Deceased 19-year-old woman 'refuses' to be ferried home after dispute over dowry
Violet Auma
Residents and passers-by at Mwitoti market, Mumias East, Kakamega County, were stunned after a dead body 'refused' to be transported to her in-laws for burial after a dispute over unpaid dowry.
Duo on boda boda crushed to death by sugarcane truck along Kisumu-Kakamega Road
Violet Auma
Two people died on Sunday evening after a boda boda they were riding on was involved in an accident with a sugarcane truck at Ilesi along the Kakamega-Kisumu Road. A third passenger was seriously injured. According to eye witnesses
KANU's Yassin Muchelule clinches Mumias North MCA seat
Violet Auma
Yassin Waluchio Muchelule of Kenya African National Union (KANU) Party is the MCA-elect of Mumias North Ward in Kakamega County.Muchelule won the seat after garnering 1,525 votes in a by-election that was marred by incredibly low voter t
Vibrant ODM MCA dies a month after swearing in
Violet Auma
ODM Nominated MCA in Kakamega County Assembly, Phaustine Werimo, is dead. Werimo died on Thursday, October 27 evening, exactly one month and 6 days after she was sworn into office.Close family members told TV47 Digital We
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"Wajackoyah wa Shianda": Man, 67, who can pull a car using his dreadlocks; has 5 wives, 19 children
Violet Auma
In Shianda, Mumias East, Kakamega County, 67-year-old Andrew Musungu entertains the crowd by demonstrating his uniq
'We'll embrace international curriculums if Ruto's gov't scraps CBC,' private school directors warn
Violet Auma
Directors of private schools in Kakamega County have vowed to embrace international curriculums if the new Kenya Kwanza government scraps the Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC).This comes just days after an outcry from a section of leaders a
Kakamega: Mother of two electrocuted to death while hanging clothes
Violet Auma
A 32-year-old woman has been electrocuted to death in Shingoto village in Shinyalu Constituency, Kakamega County.It is reported that the deceased Maureen Iminze, a mother of two, was hanging clothes on a wire that was tied near the electric
Three-year-old dies, family hospitalised after consuming 'poisonous' cassava
Violet Auma
A three-year-old baby has died while his four family members have been hospitalized after consuming boiled cassava believed to have been poisonous in Khalaba village, Matungu Constituency, Kakamega County.The children along with their grand
IEBC reshuffles Presiding Officers ahead of Monday's poll
Violet Auma
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has reshuffled the Presiding Officers who'll be involved in the Monday, August 29, gubernatorial poll in Kakamega County. Half of the officers have been dropped due to alleged electoral m
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Drama as Kakamega man is blocked from burying son after selling all his share of land
Violet Auma
A man in Butere, Kakamega County has been forced to take his son's body back to the morgue after his siblings rejected his appeals to bury him in their land.
Tragedy as Mumias Sugar worker dies in factory tank accident
Violet Auma
A labourer at Mumias Sugar Company has died after sliding and falling into a tank. Dickson Inganga, 54, was washing the syrup tank in the company of co-workers when the accident happened. Inganga's family who reside at&
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The Kakamega ODM wave: Provisional results show party clinching 9 of 12 constituencies
Violet Auma
Outgoing Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya has delivered for ODM Party and Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition in his home-turf, if provisional results of the August 9 2022 General Election are anything to go by.The results of different m
Ikolomani MP candidate Hamisi Butichi arrested
Violet Auma
Ikolomani parliamentary candidate Hamisi Butichi has been arrested. Butichi, who is running on an ANC party
Election for MCA seat postponed as candidate dies in a road accident
Violet Auma
Residents of Mumias North Ward in Kakamega County will have to wait a bit longer to know their next Member o
Kakamega: Kenya Kwanza to hold "The Last Dance" rally even as Bukhungu venue remains in doubt
Violet Auma
Political temperatures are high in Kakamega town today ahead of the Kenya Kwanza's final campaign rally in the County. Dubbed 'The Last Dance', the rally will be held at the Bukhungu Stadium at 2pm. Yesterday, Mumias East Member of
Shock as Kakamega woman keeps maggot-ridden corpse in her house
Violet Auma
It is believed that Shamimo Kahevere had kept the decomposing body of her brother for six days.
MCA nursing injuries following brutal night attack
Violet Auma
The Member of County Assembly for East Wanga War