Articles by Bernard Rotich

Former Belgut MP Wesley Kimngeno Rono dies after short illness

2020, October 17, 2020 (EAT)

Former Belgut Member of Parliament Wesley Kimngeno Rono has died. Rono is said to have died in Kericho after a short illness. According to the s...

Panic as Elephant strays into homes in Kericho

1621, October 3, 2020 (EAT)

Panic gripped several villages in Tugunon, Chepseon and other neighbouring locations in Kericho County after a marauding elephant strayed into the vil...

Ruto vs Uhuru politics play out publicly as Rachel Shebesh,Kericho Woman Rep disagree

1152, September 10, 2020 (EAT)

Chief Administrative Secretary for Public Service and Gender Rachel Shebesh publicly differed with Kericho Woman Representative Florence Bore over J...

Kericho GK Prison on total lockdown after 48 test positive for COVID-19

1612, August 21, 2020 (EAT)

The Kericho GK Prison in Kericho town has been placed under complete lockdown after 48 members of staff and inmates tested positive for COVID-19. I...

Panic grips Kericho GK Prison after 48 inmates, staff test positive for COVID-19

726, August 21, 2020 (EAT)

Panic has gripped the Kericho GK Prison after 48 staff and inmates tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. The cases were from the 75 samples w...

Senior DCI officer among two killed after car swept by flash floods in Kericho

1152, August 15, 2020 (EAT)

A senior police officer attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is among two people who were killed after their car was swept by ...

Chopper that ferried Kagwe to Kericho develops mechanical problems

1712, August 10, 2020 (EAT)

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe was on Monday forced to abandon a chopper he was using while on official duty in Kericho County. Kagwe who ha...

No dope conspiracy against Kenya, AK boss Tuwei says

1022, July 24, 2020 (EAT)

Athletics Kenya (AK) president Jackson Tuwei has rebutted suggestions that there is an organised conspiracy to fix the country's sportsmen in doping c...

Report on resumption of sports to be ready in a week

1040, July 21, 2020 (EAT)

The Ministry of Sports is set to release protocols for the resumption of sports that had been disrupted by Covid-19 pandemic, Sports Chief Administrat...

Probox, houses and crops torched after court stopped funeral of woman reportedly bewitched by neighbour

1013, July 9, 2020 (EAT)

The burial of a woman who died a week ago over allegations of witchcraft in Kalyet location, Londiani sub-county was halted after two families failed ...

Sons kill father during brother’s burial

Two 6-year-olds in critical condition after neighbor hacked them for stealing maize

949, July 9, 2020 (EAT)

Two 6-year-old children from Kaplelwo village in Kiptere are nursing injuries at Sigowet Hospital after a 35-year-old man hacked and injured them for ...

Kericho: 6-year-old who was trapped in the sinking building found dead

1040, June 10, 2020 (EAT)

The 6-year-old child who could not be accounted for last night after a four-storey apartment sunk in Kericho town has been found dead. Kericho Coun...

Four-storey building collapses in Kericho town

2230, June 9, 2020 (EAT)

A four-storey building collapsed in Kericho town on Tuesday night. Tebs View Court that has 6 two-bedroomed houses sank at around 8pm. Most of t...

Kericho: Resident in shock after unknown people pour human waste into a water spring

1142, May 31, 2020 (EAT)

Residents of Ainapsosiot village in Buchenge sub-location, Kericho county are in shock after unknown people dumped human waste at a water spring tha...

First COVID-19 case confirmed in Kericho

1742, May 30, 2020 (EAT)

Health CAS Rashid Aman has confirmed the first case of COVID-19 in Kericho County. Speaking during the Press briefing on Saturday, Dr. Aman said 3...

Man who escaped from KMTC quarantine ‘used panya routes’ to get to Kericho

1623, April 23, 2020 (EAT)

One of the people who escaped from quarantine at Kenya Medical Training College has been found in Bureti, Kericho County. Area police commander Sil...

Three children killed in Kamasian, Kunyak landslides

1245, April 21, 2020 (EAT)

Three children were killed in landslides in Kipkelion, Kericho County on Monday night. Two children were confirmed dead at Nyagasakia village in Ka...

Patient isolated in Kericho tests negative for coronavirus

2112, March 18, 2020 (EAT)

A patient who had been isolated at Londiani Sub-county Hospital in Kericho after exhibiting COVID-19 like symptoms on Monday evening has tested negati...

Kericho: Brother kills pregnant sister in fight over land

1509, March 4, 2020 (EAT)

Shock and grief engulfed Bartera village in Kericho after a 25-year-old man killed his pregnant sister following a land dispute. Borowet location c...

Detectives: Man caught in viral video allegedly defiling a minor may walk scot-free

914, February 18, 2020 (EAT)

Police in Kericho are investigating an incident in which a man filmed himself while allegedly defiling a minor. Kericho County police commander Sil...

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