Drama as man mistakenly declared dead ‘resurrects’ inside mortuary

By Bernard Rotich,

Drama unfolded at Kapkatet Hospital in Kericho County after a 32-year-old patient who had been mistakenly transferred to the mortuary regained conscio...

Kapkatet Hospital , Kericho county

22 women jailed for undergoing FGM in Kericho

By Ian Omondi,

Twenty two women were on Friday jailed for four months by a Kericho court for undergoing the prohibited practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). ...

FGM , Kericho , Kericho GK Women Prison , Magistrate Elizabeth Karani

Bomet County in frantic search of 7 passengers who interacted with a COVID-19 patient

By Citizen Reporter,

Health officials in Bomet County are up for an uphill task of tracing eight passenger who travelled with a COVID-19 positive case from Nairobi in a pu...

coronavirus

11 hospitalised in Bomet after suspected Anthrax outbreak

By Paul Ruto,

Eleven people in Emitiot Village in Sotik, Bomet County were rushed to Kapkatet and Longisa Hospitals after coming into contact with the carcass of a ...

Man hacks sons to death after fight with wife over 4kg unga

By Citizen Reporter,

A middle-aged man is reported to have hacked his two sons to death in Konoin, Bomet County on Friday evening, after a quarrel with his wife over maiz...

Bomet , hacks

Kenya Power announces power outages across the country from tomorrow

By Wangui Ngechu,

The Kenya Power Company has announced interruption in electricity supply across the country beginning tomorrow. In a statement to newsrooms, the co...

kenya power company

Pregnant Form Three student found dead in Narok lodging

By Andrew Langat,

A Form Three student has been found dead at a lodging in Narok County. Confirming the incident, area chief Titus Tonui identified the girl as a stu...

abortion , Kisiara Secondary School , Narok FGM , Natembeya , teen pregnancy

Matiang’i fires 2 chiefs after children get drunk on chang’aa

By Citizen Reporter,

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has fired Mogosiek Location chief and his assistant after five children were reported to have drank chang'...

CHANGAA , Fred Matiang'i , Mogosiek Location

Former Under-20 athlete Chepngetich is dead

By Charity Wanja,

Shock and grief has hit the Kenyan athletics fraternity following the death of Eugene World Under-20 1500m bronze medallist ​​Sheila Chepngetich K...

Sheila Chepngetich , Sheila Chepngetich Keter

7-month-old foetus found floating in Kericho river

By Bernard Rotich,

A seven-month old foetus was found floating along Kapetele River in Sosiot village, Kericho County over the weekend. Kapsogut Chief Elijah Korir sa...

Foetus found floating , Kapetele River , Kapkatet District Hospital mortuary , Kapsogut Chief Elijah Korir , Kericho county , Liten Police Station , Sosiot village

Driver accused of defiling Class One pupil

By Citizen Reporter,

By Martin Kosgey A case has been filed against a school driver who is said to have allegedly raped a class one pupil from Chebwagan Village. The...

Chebwagan village , Kapkatet sub-county hospital , Post Rape Care (PRC) form , School driver , statutory rape law

Cop shoots self after argument with boyfriend

By Bernard Rotich,

A police officer attached to Litein AP camp Kericho county is reported to have turned an AK 47 on herself dying on the spot after an alleged argument ...

AK 47 , argument , boyfriend , commit suicide , junior officers , Kenya Wildlife Service , Liten AP Camp , Shoots self , warden

Two killed, five injured in Bomet grisly road crash

By Paul Ruto,

Two people died on the spot and five others critically injured in a grisly road accident involving a Nissan matatu and private saloon car at Kamureito...

accident , Bomet , five injured , Jonathan Ngala , Kamureito , Kaplong Mission Hospital , Kisii , Nissan , private car , Two Killed

11-year-old boy drowns at hydro-electric plant

By Bernard Rotich,

An 11-year-old boy drowned at Iria Maina hydro-electric plant in Cheptabach village, Boito location, Konoin sub-county on Saturday, February 10. Co...

Boito location , Cheptabach village , chief John Cheruiyot , hydro-electric plant , Iria Maina , Kapkatet District Hospital , Konoin sub-county

3 members of one family die, 12 injured in grisly road crash

By Paul Ruto,

  Three people died while 12 others were injured in a grisly road accident involving a Nissan matatu and a bus at Kamureito area along the Bom...

road accident , road crash

Two sisters buried alive in Kericho County

By Lucy Akinyi,

Two sisters were buried alive on Wednesday evening when a quarry they were excavating clay soil from collapsed at Chepkongony Village, Bureti Sub-Coun...

Ali Abdullahi , Bureti Sub-County , Chepkongony village , Litein Mission Hospital

One killed, another injured in Narok attacks

By Paul Baraza,

One person died while another one sustained serious injuries Saturday night following what has been termed as a retaliatory attack by one of the commu...

Moffat Kangi , Nakwenyi village , Narok County , Njipship location

Four year old drowns in a borehole in Bomet County

By Treeza Awuor,

A four-year-old girl drowned in Siriat area, Bomet County while drawing water from a borehole on Thursday evening. It is alleged that the decea...

Bomet County. , Bomet OCPD , disaster management , drowning , Sotik village

Two policemen killed, 11 prisoners injured in Sotik road accident

By Wangui Ngechu,

Two police officers died on the spot while three others are fighting for their lives at Tenwek Mission Hospital in Bomet County after the vehicle they...

accident , Bomet County. , dead Sotik , Injured , killed , NTSA , policemen , prisoners , Tenwek Mission Hospital

Mother and infant die in crash involving boda boda

By Joy Chelagat,

A mother and her one-week-old infant were killed in a grisly accident involving a lorry, saloon car and motorcycle on Kericho-Ikonge road on Monday. ...

accident , Boda boda , crash , NTSA