Articles by Anthony Ndwiga

Two women convicted after plucking black-jack for rabbits at Embu farm

1650, June 30, 2020 (EAT)

Two middle-aged women will serve two-months non-custodial sentences after they were found guilty of trespassing into a shamba and picking black-jack (...

Former Embu North DCIO Jerevasio Njeru charged with raping suspect at his office

2002, June 9, 2020 (EAT)

Former Embu North DCIO Jerevasio Njeru was on Tuesday charged with raping a suspect inside his office. Njeru who appeared before Chief magistrate M...

Hands tied, mouth gagged and throat slit: Embu land officer’s foul murder

1327, May 23, 2020 (EAT)

Police in Embu West have launched investigations into the death of a 57-year-old woman who was murdered and her body left inside her car. The body ...

Elders in Embu ask President Uhuru to sanction research into herbal coronavirus cure

1153, May 4, 2020 (EAT)

Embu County Council of elders has asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to sanction medical experts and scientist for research in rural Kenyan to find herbs ...

Doctor in Embu embarks on making high-tech face masks using sanitary towels

1449, April 30, 2020 (EAT)

As youth in the country embark on using their skills to help in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus, in Embu, a youthful doctor has embark...

Embu: Seven arrested over string of burglaries during curfew hours

1342, April 19, 2020 (EAT)

Police in Embu County are holding seven suspects said to be behind a series of burglary incidents that have been taking place during the dusk to dawn ...

Embu residents now forced to eat locusts since the govt’ has abandoned them- MCAs say

1013, March 22, 2020 (EAT)

Embu Ward Representatives have expressed disappointment with the National Government’s saying it has completely abandoned the fight against desert l...

Acute water shortage hits parts of Embu town

1633, March 17, 2020 (EAT)

An acute water shortage has hit some parts of Embu town with residents being forced to dig deeper into their pockets to buy the precious commodity. ...

Embu Deputy Speaker calls for research on whether eating locusts increases ‘nguvu za kiume’

2132, February 26, 2020 (EAT)

Embu County Assembly Deputy Speaker on Wednesday called for research to be conducted on desert locusts to determine whether eating them could increase...

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...