Articles by Allan Obiero

Uhuru to officially open Kisumu port on Tuesday next week

1425, January 9, 2020 (EAT)

The refurbished Kisumu port is set for commissioning next week Tuesday even as reports indicate that operations at the facility have already kicked of...

Parents who took daughter to jail over night dance return to horror of defilement claims

1418, January 8, 2020 (EAT)

A police officer, Stanley Kipsang, who is accused of defiling a 16 year old in Ratta, Seme has been released. The 32-year-old is said to have defil...

Kisumu: Man kills self after stabbing wife outside their son’s school

1526, January 8, 2020 (EAT)

A mother of one is receiving medical attention in Kisumu after she was reportedly stabbed and left for dead by her husband. According to the office...

Woman stabs 4 children, attempts suicide after husband married another wife

2110, January 7, 2020 (EAT)

A woman and her four children are admitted at a Kisumu hospital in serious condition following a botched suicide attempt resulting from a domestic squ...

14 injured after Simba Coach bus rams into lorry on Kisumu-Nairobi highway

1002, January 7, 2020 (EAT)

14 passengers aboard a Simba Coach bus were injured following an accident on the Kisumu-Nairobi highway. According to the Kenya Red Cross, the inju...

Gambling All Stars pick Arthur Opiyo as Omino’s replacement

921, January 7, 2020 (EAT)

Relegation threatened Kisumu All Stars has picked little known Arthur Opiyo as a replacement of sacked coach Henry Omino. Omino lost his job at the...

KCPE top performer pens suicide note as parents unable to raise Ksh.50K school fee

1856, December 27, 2019 (EAT)

A family in Nyalenda slums, Kisumu County, is on high alert after their 13-year-old child who scored 391 marks in the recently released Kenya Certific...

Estates, roads flooded as rains wreak havoc in Kisumu – PHOTOS

1539, December 26, 2019 (EAT)

Several families in Kisumu County are staring at displacement after heavy rains witnessed on Wednesday night left hundreds of residents trapped in t...

Kisumu public hospitals at standstill as doctors’ strike continues

1453, December 25, 2019 (EAT)

Patients in public health facilities in Kisumu County will spend their Christmas without doctors after talks to end their strike collapsed. Kenya M...

Ksh.3M ‘executive’ sofa sets, bed missing from Speaker’s house in Kisumu

917, December 18, 2019 (EAT)

Furniture worth Ksh.3million has reportedly disappeared from the Speaker's house that belongs to the Kisumu County Assembly. Also Read: EACC raids ...

Driver reveals how he found body of Justice Otieno Odek

1110, December 17, 2019 (EAT)

Police in Kisumu have launched investigations into the death of Court of Appeal Judge Justice Otieno Odek. He was found dead laying on his bed insi...

Blow to Kisumu Speaker Onyango Oloo as impeachment upheld

1135, December 10, 2019 (EAT)

Onyango Oloo suffered another blow on Tuesday after the Labour and Relations High court in Kisumu threw out a case challenging his impeachment. Acc...

Two more people killed by floods in Kisumu

1652, December 9, 2019 (EAT)

Two more people have been killed by floods in Kisumu County bringing the number of people reported dead in the county to four as heavy rains continue ...

Raila firm sued by ex-employees over Ksh.150M unpaid dues

1902, December 3, 2019 (EAT)

More than 100 employees of Spectre International Limited, a firm linked to Opposition chief Raila Odinga, have sued the company over unpaid dues total...

Workers demand 3-month dues as Nakumatt Mega City shuts down

1756, November 26, 2019 (EAT)

Nakumatt Mega City employees now want to be paid salaries dating back three months after the retailer shut down the Kisumu outlet on Monday. The 37...

Suspected kidnapper demands Ksh.100K ransom for 5-year-old girl in Kisumu

1400, November 17, 2019 (EAT)

A couple in Kanyawegi village, Kisumu, is in distress after their 5-year-old child was reportedly abducted by an unknown man. Speaking to Citizen D...

Acting Kisumu County Assembly Speaker Oraro in car accident

1420, November 15, 2019 (EAT)

Elisha Oraro, the Acting Kisumu County Assembly Speaker, narrowly escaped death after a car accident on the Kapsabet Road. His car is said to have ...

13yr-old girl gang raped in Kisumu, KCSE candidate among suspects

1214, November 6, 2019 (EAT)

Police are searching for four men who allegedly gang raped a 13-year-old girl in Kisumu East sub county. The four include a Form Four candidate at ...

Parents caught trying to buy KCSE papers

1422, November 4, 2019 (EAT)

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha has issued a stern warning over any attempt to cheat in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (...

Girl sits for KCPE exams after giving birth in Ahero

809, October 30, 2019 (EAT)

A Class 8 pupil who gave birth on Monday night sat for the KCPE exams in Ahero. She did the exam at Ahero sub-county hospital in Nyando Sub County....