Articles by Anthony Ndwiga

Panic in Embu as bedbugs overrun Dallas estate

1648, February 21, 2020 (EAT)

Residents of Dallas estate residents in Embu town are crying for help in the wake of what they term as bedbugs invasion that has made their lives a ni...

Embu MCAs ask speaker to ‘touch’ female MCA to check if her tight pants are appropriate

1227, February 21, 2020 (EAT)

There was drama at the County Assembly of Embu when the Speaker was challenged to touch a Ward Representative to ascertain whether she was properly dr...

Embu county recommends 24-hour alcohol consumption

1346, January 21, 2020 (EAT)

Embu Ward Representatives have revised the official alcohol consumption hours in the county from 5pm to 3pm from Monday to Friday in a bid to curb the...

Embu: Man charged with stealing 200 bags of cement

1827, January 20, 2020 (EAT)

A 32-year-old man was on Monday arraigned at the Embu Law Courts for allegedly stealing 220 bags of cement estimated to be worth Ksh.132,000 Patric...

Embu MCAs push for introduction of two ‘alcohol free’ days

1248, January 20, 2020 (EAT)

A section of Embu Members of County Assembly (MCAs) now want at least two alcohol free days set aside weekly to encourage sobriety and reduce the wide...

Joy, shock, confusion as Embu man believed to be dead ‘resurrects’

2044, January 9, 2020 (EAT)

Residents of Mbita village in Mbeere, Embu County, were left in shock after they found out that a man they thought was dead is actually still alive an...

Man slashes father with panga in fight over motorbike

1920, December 30, 2019 (EAT)

A middle-aged man was on Monday arraigned at the Embu Law Courts for allegedly attacking his father with a machete at Gicherori village in Embu County...

Man kills sister-in-law before committing suicide in Embu

1331, December 29, 2019 (EAT)

A 37-year-old man stabbed his brother's wife to death on Friday evening before committing suicide at Runganga Village in Embu North Sub-county. Th...

Inmate serving life sentence at Embu prison commits suicide

1746, December 27, 2019 (EAT)

An inmate serving a life sentence at the Embu GK Main Prison has committed suicide inside the facility. The deceased, Silas Kirimi Ntimwamba, was ...

Embu: Ex-convict hacks wife to death after she refused to reconcile with him

1855, December 27, 2019 (EAT)

A man only recently released from prison has allegedly hacked to death his 40-year-old wife at Kibugua village in Ngadori, Embu County, after she repo...

Embu couple that dated using only text messages, exchanges vows in silence

1119, December 10, 2019 (EAT)

An Embu couple that dated through text messages exchanged wedding vows over the weekend. Boniface Muchangi, 27, and Christine Wawira, 26, met three...

Embu: Mother, daughter accused of assaulting husband with panga

927, December 10, 2019 (EAT)

A mother and her daughter were on Monday arraigned at the Embu Law Court and charged with assaulting the husband at Thingingi village. Also Read: T...

Mother pleads with Embu court to have son see psychiatrist

905, December 10, 2019 (EAT)

A mother of a 26-year-old man pleaded with an Embu court to help her secure an appointment for her son with a psychiatrist. Mary Kariuki raised her...

Embu: AP officer who shot dead 10 people jailed for 20 years

1910, December 5, 2019 (EAT)

An Administration Police (AP) officer who shot and killed 10 people at Siakago town in Mbeere North, Embu County in 2010 has been sentenced to 20 year...

One person killed, 29 injured in grisly Embu accident

1246, December 5, 2019 (EAT)

One person has been confirmed dead following an accident involving two matatus at Rupingazi bridge on the Embu-Meru highway. Embu County Commisione...

34 orphans with no place to call home: Children Welfare Society land saga

840, December 3, 2019 (EAT)

The Environmental Land Court in Embu has directed that National Land Commission to revoke a title deed belonging to the Children Welfare Society of Ke...

Two sisters, their mother and Ksh.5K: Murder case of Embu man unravels

1634, November 29, 2019 (EAT)

Two sisters were on Friday arraigned in court over the murder of their father in Embu. Esther Kagendo Mwangi, 28, and Emily Wanjira Mwangi, 24, app...

Machakos priest murder: Suspects freed on bond without taking plea

2128, November 28, 2019 (EAT)

The High Court in Embu has freed on bond three suspects arrested in connection with the murder of Machakos Catholic priest Michael Kyengo Maingi. A...

Embu man jailed for stealing coffee berries worth Ksh.600

938, November 27, 2019 (EAT)

An Embu man has been sentenced to one year in jail with an option of paying a Ksh. 20,000 fine for stealing coffee berries. Stephen Kariuki Ndwigah...

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

1505, 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....