Articles by Aly Abich

Policewoman nursing bullet wounds after Kisumu gun drama

1508, November 20, 2019 (EAT)

A police officer is nursing bullet injuries in a Kisumu hospital after she was shot on Wednesday morning. Another officer was also admitted after h...

Gun drama as Kisumu police officers busted taking bribes, one escapes

1107, November 20, 2019 (EAT)

There was gun drama on Wednesday morning between traffic police officers and anti-corruption sleuths on the Kisumu-Kakamega highway. Detectives fro...

Strange phone call that led parents to missing Form 1 student in Rongo

933, November 19, 2019 (EAT)

A Form One student in Ndhiwa who went missing over a month ago under unclear circumstances has been found in Rongo. Rongo is approximately 44 minut...

Homa Bay MCA detained for allegedly assaulting County Assembly clerk

1904, November 14, 2019 (EAT)

A Homa Bay court has detained a Member of the County Assembly pending investigations into allegations of assault against the assembly clerk. Kojwac...

KCSE candidate dies in Homa Bay hospital

1418, November 13, 2019 (EAT)

A candidate sitting this year's Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination died on Tuesday night in Homa Bay County after a long batt...

18 KCSE candidates from Kobala Secondary detained for sneaking out

1047, November 12, 2019 (EAT)

18 students from Kobala Mixed Secondary School who are sitting for this year's KCSE exam were detained for hours at the chief office. It is alleged...

Homa Bay County Assembly. Photo/Courtesy

Stolen county containers worth Ksh.700K found in man’s house, two years later

804, October 15, 2019 (EAT)

Police in Homa Bay have recovered two county containers worth Ksh 700,000 that were stolen from the county's department of roads two years ago. The...

Anglican Archbishop Ole Sapit raises concern over gov’t debt

723, October 14, 2019 (EAT)

The Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) wants the government to slow down on foreign borrowing as well as stop imposing more taxes on citizens. ACK Archbi...

Six injured after matatu transporting body overturns in Homa Bay

1346, October 13, 2019 (EAT)

Six people on Saturday night sustained minor injuries after a matatu transporting a body was involved in an accident at Chabera trading centre on the ...

Two suspects arrested after women raped in Homa Bay

1906, October 10, 2019 (EAT)

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the raping of two women at Kojwang sub-location in Rachuonyo North, Homa Bay County. The suspect...

Kaluma urges Homa Bay MCAs to reject Punguza Mizigo Bill

1526, September 15, 2019 (EAT)

Homa Bay Town Member of Parliament Peter Kaluma has urged Members of the County Assembly to reject Third Way Alliance party leader Ekuru Aukot's Pungu...

Man dies inside bus while traveling from Mombasa to Homa Bay

1425, September 4, 2019 (EAT)

A man has died under mysterious circumstances inside a bus that was headed from Mombasa to Homa Bay County on Tuesday night. Elisha Anyonyi, 23, wa...

Security guard charged over theft of school digital learning gadgets

2115, September 3, 2019 (EAT)

A security guard at Shauri Yako Primary School in Homa-Bay town constituency was on Tuesday arraigned in court for allegedly abetting a gang in the th...

Homa Bay Governor Awiti resumes duty with strict orders to CECs

2034, August 29, 2019 (EAT)

Homa Bay County Governor Cyprian Awiti on Thursday returned to the county offices with a stern warning against his alleged lazy County Executive commi...

12-year-old girl dies after quarry collapses on her in Homa Bay

2119, August 28, 2019 (EAT)

A 12-year-old girl died on Wednesday after walls of a quarry at Lwala village in Suba North, Homa Bay County caved in, burying her alive. The Class...

93 tablets, laptops, KCPE Certificates stolen from school in Homa Bay

2027, August 28, 2019 (EAT)

Electronic gadgets for the government's school Digital Literacy Program were stolen from Shauri Yako Primary School in Homa Bay Town constituency on W...

Homa Bay man in court for chasing away census officer

1541, August 28, 2019 (EAT)

A middle-aged man was arraigned at Homa Bay Law Courts for chasing away a census officer who had gone to his home to enumerate his family on Saturday ...

Man killed by his brother after travelling home for Census

2042, August 27, 2019 (EAT)

A 56-year-old man in Homa Bay County was on Tuesday killed by his younger brother following a tussle over a piece of land at Kamato Pundo village in S...

Ex-Homa Bay County official arrested over Ksh.1.4M missing containers

2028, August 26, 2019 (EAT)

A former Homa Bay County government official and a roads inspector have been arrested over the loss of two containers belonging to a Mombasa-based shi...

Census official sent home after skipping duty to ride boda boda

2042, August 26, 2019 (EAT)

A census enumerator at Kigoto village in Homa Bay County was on Monday disqualified from the ongoing exercise after he absconded duty. Speaking to ...