Articles by Anthony Ndwiga

83yr-old granpa sentenced to 30 years in jail over grabbed Embu land

1334, November 21, 2019 (EAT)

An Octogenarian has been jailed for 30 years with an option of paying a Ksh.1.2 million fine for grabbing land he claimed to have bought 51 years ago....

Audit queries raise red flag over 19 ‘secret’ bank accounts linked to Embu County Gov’t

1450, November 20, 2019 (EAT)

A report has revealed how the Embu County Government operated 19 allegedly secret bank accounts, which are suspected to have been used to pilfer milli...

Embu University students take to the streets, barricade highway

1111, October 31, 2019 (EAT)

Embu University students took to the streets in protest over alleged proposed fee increment. On Wednesday, the students claimed that the institutio...

84-year-old granny allegedly raped in Embu, police hunting for suspect

1236, October 25, 2019 (EAT)

An 84-year-old granny is recuperating at Embu Level five hospital after she was allegedly attacked and raped. She told police on Thursday that the ...

Embu EWASCO boss, two others in court over sewage discharge

953, September 19, 2019 (EAT)

The Embu Water and Sanitation Company(EWASCO) Managing Director and two senior officials were arraigned over alleged sewage discharge. The three ap...

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Ndiwa, Cherono rule in Embu Red Cross Half Marathon

1428, September 9, 2019 (EAT)

Robert Ndiwa and Judith Cherono emerged winners of the Embu Red Cross Half- Marathon fourth edition on Sunday, with the homegrown athletes failing t...

ICU equipment worth millions ‘disappears’ from Embu Level Five Hospital

1431, September 3, 2019 (EAT)

It has now emerged that the only two Intensive Care Unit (ICU) facilities at the Embu Level Five Hospital have been closed following the disappearance...

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All bars to remain closed over the weekend for census, Matiang’i orders

1443, August 21, 2019 (EAT)

Interior CS Fred Matiang’i has ordered the closure of all bars countrywide for two days starting Saturday for the national census exercise. "We a...

Embu: Man sentenced to 5 years in jail over possession of bhang

1926, August 20, 2019 (EAT)

A 37-year-old-man in Embu was on Tuesday sentenced to five years in jail or pay a fine of Ksh 400,000 after he was found guilty of being in possession...

Embu MCA wants cheap milk from Uganda banned

1043, August 20, 2019 (EAT)

An Embu MCA has called for a ban on sale of milk from Uganda to cushion the county’s dairy farmers from huge losses and exploitation by local creame...

Embu: Court frees woman accused of killing her husband’s lover

1807, August 14, 2019 (EAT)

The High Court in Embu on Wednesday acquitted a woman accused of stabbing her husband's lover to death in 2013. Judge Florence Muchemi set Benedit...

13 couples tie the knot in Embu mass wedding ceremony

1340, August 11, 2019 (EAT)

Thirteen couples on Saturday tied the knot in a colorful mass wedding at Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Embu town. Father Stephen Kinyau...

Man arraigned for allegedly raping 5-year-old niece in Embu

1149, August 1, 2019 (EAT)

A 28-year-old man was this week arraigned at an Embu court for allegedly raping his five-year-old girl niece. Patrick Gitonga Rwire reportedly wayl...

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Two teens charged for stealing macadamia worth Ksh. 700

1023, July 19, 2019 (EAT)

Two teenagers were on Thursday arraigned in Embu court for stealing macadamia nuts from the assistant chief's farm. James Mugambi Mugo and Brian Mu...

Kenya's new currency. The Ksh,1000 note which will now be legal tender from October 1, 2019

New currency: Three people busted with Ksh.100K fake notes in Embu

1902, July 12, 2019 (EAT)

Police in Embu North have arrested three suspects who were found with fake Ksh. 100,000 notes. Embu North Sub County Commander Godfrey Kere said th...

Embu County to be probed over alleged payment of Ksh.500M to ghost workers

2050, July 11, 2019 (EAT)

Embu County Assembly's Committee on Health is set to carry out a probe to determine the possibility of the County Government losing close to Ksh.500 m...

Missing fisherman found dead at River Nyamindi in Mt Kenya forest

2132, July 10, 2019 (EAT)

The body of a 56-year-old man who disappeared two weeks ago was on Wednesday discovered at the banks of River Nyamindi in Mt. Kenya forest. Samuel ...

66-year-old woman killed, body dumped outside her house in Embu

1547, July 8, 2019 (EAT)

The body of a 66-year-old woman was on Monday found dumped outside her house in Macumo Village in Embu East Sub-county. The mutilated body of the w...

Top Kenya Cup sides set for Embu 7s as National sevens circuit looms

1645, June 29, 2019 (EAT)

The fourth edition of Embu 7s was on Saturday launched at Njukiri Showground in Embu- one week to the showpiece. Embu 7s will be held on Saturday J...

3 suspects linked to watchman’s murder at Embu hotel

736, June 29, 2019 (EAT)

A hotel watchman was hacked to death allegedly by people posing as clients on Thursday night at an Embu hotel. The three visited the Slopes hotel o...