Kirinyaga County receives COVID-19 kits from the Safaricom Foundation

By Citizen Reporter,

Kirinyaga County Governor Anne Waiguru has cautioned the county residents against ignoring the laid down COVID-19 prevention guidelines saying that ev...

ANNE WAIGURU , Kirinyaga County.

Authorities burn Ksh.2M bhang haul at Kerugoya stadium

By Boniface Thuku,

Central region security team led by central Region Commissioner Wilfred Nyagwanga have destroyed a bhang haul with an estimated street value of Ksh.2M...

Kerugoya stadium

46-year-old woman jumps into a 50-foot well after row with husband in Kirinyaga

By Johnson Muriithi,

Residents of Mukinduri village in Kirinyaga had an uphill task on Friday afternoon while trying to rescue a 46-year-old woman Jane Wanjiku who had jum...

Kirinyaga County to spend Ksh.142 million on Kerugoya/Kutus Municipality facelift

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kirinyaga County Government is set to spend Ksh.140 million on a facelift of Kerugoya Kutus Municipality which hosts the county headquarters. T...

Governor Waiguru terms Kirinyaga rice husks factory a milestone development

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Kirinyaga County Governor Anne Waiguru has termed the construction of a rice husk factory in the county as a milestone development that will bring a m...

Kirinyaga , Rice Husks

Four arrested with elephant tusks worth over Ksh.9 million in Kirinyaga

By Johnson Muriithi,

Police in Kirinyaga County are holding four men who were nabbed with four pieces of elephant tusks worth over Ksh.9 million. The four were arrested...

.poachers , Elephant Tusks , Kirinyaga County.

Kirinyaga MCAs finally reach agreement with Governor Waiguru

By Johnson Muriithi,

Kirinyaga Members of County Assembly (MCAs) have agreed to work with Governor Anne Waiguru after reaching a consensus on the 2020/2021 County Budget. ...

Governor Anne Waiguru , kirinyaga MCAs

COVID-19: KNH holds infection prevention and control training in Kirinyaga

By Johnson Muriithi,

About 170 health workers from Kirinyaga County have over the last one week been trained on Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) as a way of combatin...

Kenyatta National Hospital , Kirinyaga

Man takes poison after wife allegedly kills his suspected lover in Kirinyaga

By Johnson Muriithi,

A 37-year-old woman was on Saturday killed while her daughter watched in what is suspected to have been a love triangle gone sour at Kwa V trading cen...

Kirinyaga County. , Love Triangle , suicide

COVID-19: Kirinyaga County sets up 200-bed isolation centre

By Johnson Muriithi,

The National Government COVID-19 technical assistance team has lauded the Kirinyaga County Government’s efforts towards preparedness for the coronav...

Isolation , Kirinyaga

Panic as 4 officers, 12 suspects test positive for COVID-19 at police station in Kirinyaga

By Johnson Muriithi,

Kianyaga Police Station in Gichugu, Kirinyaga County, is in a state of panic after it emerged that 4 officers as well as 12 suspects presently under l...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Fumigation , Kianyaga Police Station , Kirinyaga County.

48-year-old man confesses to killing Kirinyaga MCA’s mother-in-law

By Johnson Muriithi,

Police officers in Kirinyaga County are holding a 48-year-old man who reportedly confessed to killing Mutira MCA David Kinyua Wangui’s mother-in-l...

Kirinyaga County. , MCA David Kinyua Wangui , Mutira Ward , Police Commander Doly Odour

Governor Waiguru’s deputy says Kirinyaga county not ready to fight COVID-19

By Johnson Muriithi,

Kirinyaga County Deputy Governor Peter Ndambiri on Saturday confessed that the county is not ready to fight coronavirus pandemic. He was speaking a...

coronavirus

Ndambiri says Kirinyaga not ready to fight COVID-19, blames it on row between Waiguru and MCAs

By Johnson Muriithi,

Kirinyaga Deputy Governor Peter Ndambiri has revealed that the county is not ready to fight coronavirus pandemic. He attributed the problem to the ...

coronavirus , Kirinyaga , ndambiri , waiguru

Kirinyaga man who killed lover in ‘illuminati ritual’ jailed for 30 years

By Johnson Muriithi,

The High Court in Kerugoya has handed a 30-year jail term to Simon Murimi who pleaded guilty to killing his lover,Eunice Wambui on June 23. Murimi ...

Illuminati , Kirinyaga

Armed thugs kill guard in Kirinyaga, steal 2 shovels and car batteries

By Johnson Muriithi,

Armed gangsters killed a night guard during a raid a sewerage construction site in Ndomba, Kutus in Kirinyaga. The thugs who were armed with crude ...

Kirinyaga

Blow to Governor Waiguru as Kirinyaga MCAs shoot down Ksh.5.6 billion budget

By Johnson Muriithi,

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru suffered a major blow after the county assembly on Wednesday rejected her memorandum thereby blocking her 2020/2021 Ks...

ANNE WAIGURU , Kirinyaga governor

Fresh trouble as Kirinyaga MCAs begin collecting signatures to dissolve County Gov’t

By Johnson Muriithi,

Kirinyaga Members of County Assembly have set the stage for a renewed battle with the County Executive after they began collecting signatures to disso...

Kerugoya MCA Kamau Murango , Kirinyaga County.

Four suspects hacked to death for attempting to steal goats in Kirinyaga

By Johnson Muriithi,

Four suspects were on Monday morning hacked to death by residents of Mithuthi-ini village in Kirinyaga County after they were allegedly found stealing...

Kirinyaga County. , Mithuthi-ini village , Police Commander Lucas Chebet

Kirinyaga: Man who killed, buried girlfriend in shallow grave arrested

By Johnson Muriithi,

Police in Kirinyaga County have arrested a 34-year-old man who allegedly killed his girlfriend and buried her in a shallow grave in his compound at ...

Commissioner Daniel Ndege , Kirinyaga County. , murder