Articles by Allan Obiero

Woman arrested with bhang worth Ksh.400,000 in Kisumu

1735, October 10, 2019 (EAT)

Police in Kondele, Kisumu County are holding a woman who was arrested on Wednesday evening with bhang worth a street value of Ksh.400,000. Accordin...

13 dead after bus, trailer accident in Awasi

1351, October 4, 2019 (EAT)

Thirteen people have been confirmed dead following a grisly road accident involving an Eldoret Express bus and a trailer at Pala area in Awasi, Kisumu...

Kisumu DG faces eviction from posh Milimani house

1053, October 2, 2019 (EAT)

Kisumu Deputy Governor Mathew Owili is facing imminent eviction from his house in Milimani Estate over an alleged Ksh. 3.5million in rent arrears. ...

5 Kisumu MCAs wanted at DCI office over alleged assault

832, September 24, 2019 (EAT)

Five Kisumu MCAs have been summoned over violence that rocked the county assembly leading to the assault of a Sergeant at Arms. The five MCAs are ...

Hotel manager accused of shooting driver over parking space detained

715, September 24, 2019 (EAT)

A hotel manager accused of shooting a man dead over parking space in Kisumu will remain in police custody. Daniel Yona Jaoko, who was a manager at ...

Kisumu County Assembly Speaker Onyango Oloo. PHOTO| COURTESY

Onyango Oloo impeached? Kisumu MCA insists required majority voted

1221, September 19, 2019 (EAT)

Kisumu County Assembly reportedly voted to impeach embattled Speaker Onyango Oloo after a day of running battles with police. Kondele MCA Joachim O...

DCI to probe break-in at Cuban doctor’s house in Homa Bay, police say

824, September 19, 2019 (EAT)

Police in Homa Bay are investigating a burglary incident in Homa Bay involving a Cuban doctor. Thugs are suspected to have gained entry into the co...

Police lob teargas canisters at Onyango Oloo, supporters

1027, September 18, 2019 (EAT)

Embattled Kisumu Speaker Onyango Oloo was on Wednesday morning repulsed by anti-riot officers as he attempted to enter the County Assembly. His all...

Kisumu: Two-year-old finds mother dead, body burnt with acid

1650, September 14, 2019 (EAT)

A two-year-old child was discovered at a Kisumu home where the body of the mother lay doused in acid. Neighbours at Sinyolo village, North Kapuonja...

Kisumu Speaker Onyango Oloo surrenders to police in Mombasa

1809, September 7, 2019 (EAT)

Kisumu Speaker Onyango Oloo has surrendered to police a day after an arrest warrant was issued over the inflated Lake Basin mall tender. He present...

Footballer collapses and dies in Kisumu

1728, September 2, 2019 (EAT)

A 16-year-old footballer collapsed and later died while being taken to hospital during a local soccer tournament at Ragumo Primary School in Kisumu-Ea...

Man, wife arrested for beating up census team in Kisumu

1125, August 26, 2019 (EAT)

A man and his wife are being held at Kisumu Central Police Station after attacking a chief and village elder who had accompanied census officers at th...

Five people arrested for impersonating census officials

1604, August 25, 2019 (EAT)

Police in various areas in the larger Nyanza region are holding five people arrested for masquerading as census officials. Speaking to Citizen Digi...

Two arrested over Maseno census enumerator gang rape incident

1605, August 25, 2019 (EAT)

Police in Kisumu County are presently holding two people suspected to have gang raped a census enumerator in Maseno on Saturday night. Speaking to ...

Census enumerator gang raped in Maseno

1256, August 25, 2019 (EAT)

A census enumerator attached to Maseno, Kisumu County, has been hospitalized after she was on Saturday night gang raped and robbed by unknown attacker...

Nandi Senator Cherargei freed on personal bond after grilling at DCI

2009, August 20, 2019 (EAT)

Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei was Tuesday evening released on a personal bond after being interrogated by Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI)...

Hotel manager who shot matatu driver dead over parking space detained

1736, August 19, 2019 (EAT)

A hotel manager who is alleged to have shot and killed a matatu driver following an argument over parking space at Polyview Estate in Kisumu has been ...

Man, 63, arrested after allegedly defiling 11-year-old girl in Kisumu

2034, August 13, 2019 (EAT)

Police officers in Nyando, Kisumu County, are presently detaining a 63-year-old man alleged to have defiled an 11-year-old Class Six pupil in Kodeyo v...

Lake Region Economic Bloc CEO resigns

1331, August 13, 2019 (EAT)

Lake Region Economic Bloc Chief Executive Officer Abala Wanga has resigned. Abala Wanga, who has been the acting CEO of the body bringing together 14...

Kisumu: Assistant chief arrested for demanding bribe to award census job

1047, August 10, 2019 (EAT)

Detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) in Kisumu on Thursday arrested an assistant chief for allegedly soliciting a Ksh.1,50...