Articles by Eric Wenga

‘Car grant to MCAs was ill-timed’ says Council of Churches

1701, February 18, 2021 (EAT)

National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) has questioned the timing by government in approving car grant for MCAs who are tasked with debating the ...

University of Nairobi’s Ken Ouko dies from COVID-19 complications

1514, August 1, 2020 (EAT)

University of Nairobi lecturer Ken Ouko has had succumbed to COVID-19 related complications. According to the university's Communications Director ...

Over 50 people arrested in Nairobi during Saba Saba protests

1710, July 7, 2020 (EAT)

More than fifty people were on Tuesday arrested in Nairobi following the Saba Saba demonstrations. The protesters engaged police in running battles...

AP officer shoots boda boda rider dead at Mama Lucy Hospital

1718, February 18, 2020 (EAT)

An Administration Police officer manning the gate of Mama Lucy Hospital in Nairobi on Tuesday shot and killed a boda boda rider following a confrontat...

Kibra woman electrocuted to death while taking a shower

1037, December 25, 2019 (EAT)

A middle-aged woman was on Wednesday morning electrocuted to death in Lain Saba within Kibra slums in Nairobi. The woman is said to have met her un...

Mbadi accuses DP Ruto of misusing State resources for Kibra campaign

1250, October 29, 2019 (EAT)

National Assembly Minority Leader John Mbadi now wants legal action taken against DP William Ruto for allegedly misusing public resources. Speaking...

Raila hits out at DP Ruto over corruption remarks

1630, March 1, 2019 (EAT)

ODM leader Raila Odinga has hit out at Deputy President William Ruto over his recent corruption remarks. Speaking after the party's National Execut...

Kivutha Kibwana speaks on resignation from Wiper party

1049, February 4, 2019 (EAT)

Makueni County Governor Kivutha Kibwana has finally spoken out on his alleged resignation as Wiper Democratic Movement Party Chairman. Speaking on ...

Fuel prices go up in new ERC price review

MPs want gov’t to reconsider new tax on fuel products

1244, August 27, 2018 (EAT)

Three legislators now want the government to reconsider the new tax levy on fuel products as it would hurt Kenyans immensely if implemented. Gilgil...

Panic in Kibera as houses demolished, hundreds homeless

1450, June 21, 2018 (EAT)

Hundreds of families in Nairobi’s Kibera estate were left homeless on Wednesday morning after police evicted residents who had settled near the rail...

Man shot dead in Nairobi’s Ngumba estate

1007, May 14, 2018 (EAT)

A 31-year-old man was Sunday night shot dead by suspected gangsters at Ngumba estate in Kasarani, Nairobi. It is reported that the victim was accos...

Mutula Jr says NASA split to benefit Jubilee

1524, March 8, 2018 (EAT)

Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo Jr has urged NASA principals Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka, Musalia Mudavadi and Moses Wetangula to stay together ahead...

GE, SHOFCO partner against maternal deaths in Kibra

953, September 14, 2017 (EAT)

American multinational conglomerate corporation General Electric (GE) has now partnered with community based organization Shining Hope for Communiti...

ODM’s Kisumu Central repeat polls marked by low voter turnout

1928, May 16, 2017 (EAT)

A spot check by Citizen Digital Tuesday morning revealed that voter turnout in Manyatta,Kisumu Sports Ground, Kosawo Primary and Kondele polling sta...

KCPE candidate found dead four days after going missing

1154, February 18, 2017 (EAT)

Police in Kisumu are investigating an incident where a standard eight pupil was found dead in a school pond after being reported missing for four day...

MP forced to flee venue as youth stone his vehicle

1556, January 26, 2017 (EAT)

Kisumu Central Member of Parliament, Ken Obura, was on Wednesday, January 25 forced to scamper for safety after youth pelted his car with stones in Ki...

KNEC officials, teachers to blame for exam cheating – Magoha

1723, November 30, 2016 (EAT)

Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) Chairman Prof George Magoha has blamed teachers, parents and a section of KNEC officials for exams irregular...