Patient killed after ambulance overtaking saloon car lands in ditch

By Johnson Muriithi,

A patient died on Friday evening after an ambulance belonging to Kirinyaga County veered off the road and landed into a ditch. The accident occurre...

Kirinyaga

Kirinyaga: 7-year-old boy commits suicide over pencils

By Johnson Muriithi,

A 7-year-old boy is reported to have committed suicide on Monday after his elder sister denied him a chance to use pencils in Kiangwenji village, Gich...

Kirinyaga County. , suicide

Big win for Governor Anne Waiguru as Supreme Court dismisses petition

By Citizen Reporter,

Narc-Kenya Party leader Martha Karua has been dealt a blow after the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed her petition challenging the election of Kirin...

Governor Joseph Ndathi , Kerugoya High Court , KIRINYAGA GOVERNOR ANNE WAIGURU , NARC Kenya Party Leader Martha Karua

Two killed, 11 injured after matatu hits boda boda in Kirinyaga

By Johnson Muriithi,

Two people died and 11 others were seriously injured on Saturday evening in a road accident at Giacai along Kutus-Kerugoya road in Kirinyaga County. ...

Boda boda , Kirinyaga County.

Governor Waiguru gets green light to fire striking Kirinyaga County medics

By Martin Munene,

A Nyeri court on Thursday declared a strike by over 750 Kirinyaga medics as illegal, thereby paving way for disciplinary action against them by the co...

Governor Anne Waiguru , health workers strike , Justice Nzioki wa Makau , Kirinyaga County. , KMPDU

Kirinyaga health workers protest outside Waiguru’s office

By Johnson Muriithi,

There was drama on Thursday at the Kirinyaga County Government headquarters after hundreds of health workers threatened to storm the offices to get th...

Governor Anne Waiguru , Kerugoya , Kirinyaga County. , KMPDU

Waiguru threatens to sack all striking health workers as strike enters day 9

By Johnson Muriithi,

Kirinyaga Governor Ann Waiguru has issued a one day ultimatum to the over 1000 striking health workers or face the sack. Speaking on Wednesday at T...

Governor Anne Waiguru , kirinyaga health worker's strike

Patients in Kirinyaga still stranded as health workers strike enters day 8

By Johnson Muriithi,

Patients in Kirinyaga County continue to suffer with no solution in sight as the health workers strike entered the 8th day on Wednesday. The worker...

ANNE WAIGURU , Kirinyaga County.

Medical board gives Kerugoya Hospital clean bill of health

By Johnson Muriithi,

The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDB) on Wednesday gave the Kerugoya County Referral Hospital a clean bill of health, assuring th...

ANNE WAIGURU , Kerugoya hospital. , KMPDU

In Pictures: Health workers at a Kerugoya hospital on strike

By Johnson Muriithi,

Hundreds of patients at a Kerugoya hospital in Kirinyaga were left unattended after health workers downed their tools. According to the health work...

kerugoya hospital strike , Kirinyaga County Referral Hospital

Court suspends KMPDU 7-day strike notice in Kirinyaga

By Johnson Muriithi,

A strike notice issued to Kirinyaga County by the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has now suspended by the Employee...

Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentist Union , Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentist Union (KMPDU) , Kerugoya Referral Hospital , KIRINYAGA GOVERNOR ANNE WAIGURU , KMPDU , strike notice

All health workers withdrawn from Kirinyaga County-KMPDU orders

By Johnson Muriithi,

The Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has directed all health workers under the Ministry of Health to go home. S...

Church leaders give Kerugoya Hospital clean bill of health

By Johnson Muriithi,

A section of church leaders on Thursday visited Kerugoya County Referral Hospital in Kirinyaga County to assess the situation at the facility which ha...

ANNE WAIGURU , Kerogoya Hospital , Kirinyaga County.

Kirinyaga County Assembly approves Ksh.40M to pay sacked workers

By Johnson Muriithi,

The Kirinyaga County Assembly on Wednesday evening approved Ksh.40million in its supplementary budget to enable the Governor Anne Waiguru administrati...

Kerugoya hospital. , kirinyaga county assembly , waiguru

Governor Waiguru moves to remedy Kerugoya Hospital woes

By Citizen Reporter,

Hours after a report from a joint regulatory council’s inspection of Kerugoya County Referral Hospital, Kirinyaga county Governor Anne Waiguru said ...

Kerugoya County Referral Hospital , Kirinyaga County Governor Anne Waiguru

Kirinyaga: 2 sentenced to death for robbery with violence, kidnapping

By Johnson Muriithi,

Two men have been sentenced to death in Kirinyaga for robbery with violence, demanding money with menace, abduction, and handling a stolen phone. P...

abduction , death sentence , robbery with violence

Waiguru cites political sabotage in Kerugoya Hospital crisis

By Johnson Muriithi,

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has blamed the recent health crisis witnessed in the county on sabotage by senior medical officials and some politicia...

ANNE WAIGURU , Kerugoya County Referral Hospital , Kirinyaga County.

Vetting for Kirinyaga Health CEC on after criticism over hospital’s pathetic state

By Johnson Muriithi,

The vetting of the nominee for the Kirinyaga Health County Executive Committee (CEC) post began on Monday after the doctor's union threatened to withd...

Kerugoya Referral Hospital , waiguru

KMPDU threatens to withdraw doctors from Kerugoya Hospital within 72 hours

By Johnson Muriithi,

The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has now threatened to withdraw doctors from the Kerugoya Referral Hospital in ...

Governor Anne Waiguru , Kerugoya Referral Hospital , Kirinyaga County. , KMPDU

Governor Waiguru forms taskforce to clean up Kerugoya Hospital

By Citizen Reporter,

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has formed an emergency taskforce to oversee the immediate clean up of the Kerugoya County Referral Hospital which has...

ANNE WAIGURU , Kerugoya County Referral Hospital , Kirinyaga County.