Kirinyaga: 65-year-old man buried inside his bedroom in bizarre send-off

By Johnson Muriithi,

Residents of Mutaga village in Gichugu constituency, Kirinyaga County flocked to the home of a 65-year-old man on Wednesday to witness a one-of-its-ki...

‘Don’t insult us, we are not contracting COVID-19 in bars,’ doctors insist

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has come out to strongly condemn claims that doctors are contracting COVID-19 outside healt...

KMPDU

Kirinyaga: OCS transferred after mysterious death of two suspects

By Johnson Muriithi,

The OCS at Wanguru Police Station in Kirinyaga County, Francis Bundi, has been transferred amid public outcry from residents who have been demanding j...

Wang'uru police station

Mwea ginnery set to be revived as farmers adopt BT cotton farming

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kirinyaga County Government is planning to revive Mwea Cotton Ginnery with the aim of supporting cotton farmers whose number has risen after the i...

ANNE WAIGURU , BT Cottton , Kirinyaga County.

Two remandees dead after testing positive for COVID-19 at police station in Kirinyaga

By Johnson Muriithi,

Two remandees died on Sunday after testing positive for COVID-19 at the Wang'uru Police Station in Mwea, Kirinyaga County. Speaking to Citizen Digi...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Kirinyaga County. , mwea , Wang'uru police station

Coronavirus: Kenya records 19 new deaths, 1,048 cases and 326 recoveries

By Tonny Ndungu,

The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country has hit 75,193 after 1,048 new infections were announced on Friday. The Ministry of He...

coronavirus

17 more patients succumb to COVID-19 as Kenya caseload surpasses 74K

By Citizen Reporter,

17 more people have succumbed to COVID-19 in Kenya as the country's caseload rose to 74,145. A statement from Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said 1,459 mor...

coronavirus

Kirinyaga County Assembly closed after several MCAs test positive for COVID-19

By Citizen Reporter,

Kirinyaga County Assembly has been closed for two weeks after several members and staffers tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement released on...

coronavirus , kirinyaga county assembly

Coronavirus: Kenya announces 2,616 new recoveries, 957 infections and 11 deaths

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health has announced 957 new cases of the novel coronavirus, tested from a sample size of 5,559. The new infections push the country...

coronavirus

250 Kirinyaga County staffers trained under World Bank-financed program

By Citizen Reporter,

Kirinyaga County Government has carried out a capacity building program for 250 members of staff through the Kenya Devolution Support Program (KDSP) i...

Coronavirus cases in Kenya hit 71,729 after 925 test positive

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health has announced 925 new coronavirus infections from the 5,559 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The total number of confirm...

coronavirus

18 dead as Kenya’s COVID-19 death toll hits 1,287

By Tonny Ndungu,

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country has risen to 70,804 after 559 people tested positive from a sample size of 3,074. This ...

coronavirus

Kirinyaga county offices closed over increasing COVID-19 cases

By Citizen Reporter,

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has announced the closure of the county's main offices after staff tested positive for COVID-19. According to her, ...

coronavirus , Kirinyaga , waiguru

Governor Waiguru urges Kenyans not to allow BBI debate divide them

By Johnson Muriithi,

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has urged Kenyans and particularly the Mt. Kenya Region not to allow the ongoing debate on Building Bridges Initiative...

26 more patients dead as Kenya records 1,216 new COVID-19 cases

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Twenty-six more patients have succumbed to the coronavirus disease in Kenya raising the death toll to 1,180. At the same time 1,216 people have tes...

coronavirus , COVID-19

24 dead as Kenya coronavirus cases soar to 64,588

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kenya's total coronavirus caseload has hit 64,588 after 1,344 cases were reported by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday. The new cases are from 7,16...

coronavirus

How Kirinyaga woman who got a lift from strangers lost Ksh.200K in minutes

By Johnson Muriithi,

A Kirinyaga woman is in disbelief after she lost Ksh.200,000 to fraudsters at the Ngurubani Trading Centre within a record 3 minutes. A 45-year-old...

conman , robbery

Kirinyaga MCAs pass Ksh.6B supplementary budget to boost county projects

By Johnson Muriithi,

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru’s flagship projects have received a boost after the County Assembly passed a supplementary budget of Ksh.6.7 billion...

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Coronavirus: Kenya records 719 new cases,8 deaths and 912 recoveries

By Tonny Ndungu,

The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country has hit 62,488 after 719 new cases were reported on Sunday. In a statement sent to m...

coronavirus

Terrible day at work: 3 fraudsters caught after withdrawing Ksh.70,000 from a victim in Kirinyaga

By Johnson Muriithi,

Three suspected robbers; two men and one woman met their match in Kirinyaga on Sunday after their victim-a 54-year-old woman- flipped tables, catching...

cyber fraud