Articles by George Amolo

ODM MPs hit out at DP William Ruto over BBI

1137, October 21, 2019 (EAT)

A section of Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party have lashed out at Deputy President William Ruto for allegedl...

Post-mortem results released as Mariam Kighenda’s family vows to sue Kenya Ferry Services

2157, October 16, 2019 (EAT)

A post-mortem was on Wednesday conducted on the bodies of Mariam Kighenda and her 4-year-old daughter Amanda Mutheu, who drowned at the Likoni Ferry C...

Head teacher arrested for failing to register KCPE candidates

1836, October 15, 2019 (EAT)

The Head teacher at Zedekiah Oduma Academy in Bondo, Siaya County has been arrested after his school failed to register some of their KCPE candidates ...

Confusion in Siaya school as KCPE candidates discover they were not registered

1942, October 14, 2019 (EAT)

Parents and pupils at Zedekiah Oduma Academy in Bondo, Siaya County were left in shock after it emerged that some Class 8 pupils expecting to sit thei...

Police crime scene marking. Photo/Courtesy

Girl locks herself in neighbour’s house, attempts to kill self and children

1414, October 14, 2019 (EAT)

Police in Siaya County on Sunday arrested a 19-year-old girl who is alleged to have attempted to kill herself together with two of her neighbour's chi...

Okoa Wazazi: Man drafts Bill for Kenyans to give 20pc of wealth to parents

923, October 11, 2019 (EAT)

A 65-year-old man from Ugenya has drafted a private 'Okoa Wazazi' Bill seeking to amend the Property Ownership Act. Mzee Odhiambo Ogutu Randiga wan...

Three men killed as gold mine collapses in Siaya

1708, October 10, 2019 (EAT)

Three people including a secondary school student and a university student died on Thursday after a gold mining shaft caved in and covered them at Nan...

Woman hawking her children for Ksh.115K ‘had sold two others in Kisumu’

1651, October 5, 2019 (EAT)

A middle-aged woman was arrested while allegedly trying to sell her two children in Bondo town on Thursday. The woman, identified as Zaidi Hassan, ...

Why discos have been banned in Bondo

1007, October 1, 2019 (EAT)

Club music and dance parties have been banned in Nyang’oma division, Bondo. Assistant County Commissioner for Nyang’oma Division Samson Akach s...

Parents protest over teachers Ksh.150 demand for CBC brooms

1256, September 20, 2019 (EAT)

Primary school headteachers have been warned against asking parents Ksh.150 for the CBC assessment. County Director of Education Joseph Wamocho acc...

Siaya County adopts world’s first malaria vaccine

1046, September 20, 2019 (EAT)

The Siaya County government has begun to administer the world's first malaria vaccine. It will be administered in Gem, Rarieda and Ugenya sub-coun...

Missing Form 3 student found dead in Siaya

1554, September 20, 2019 (EAT)

A Form Three student from Barding Boys High School in Siaya County who had been reported missing has been found dead. The body of Kevin Otieno Musu...

Teacher stabbed in class as children scream for help

1105, September 18, 2019 (EAT)

A primary school teacher from Bondo is nursing knife wounds after she was allegedly attacked by her husband on Tuesday evening. Everline Akinyi Oti...

ODM Kibra nominations were not ‘bungled’, Gem MP says

911, September 17, 2019 (EAT)

A lawmaker allied to the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has refuted claims that the party's nomination exercise for the Kibra by-election was interf...

16-year-old girl arrested for cohabiting with boda-boda rider in Siaya

1915, September 5, 2019 (EAT)

A 16-year-old girl was on Thursday arrested in Rarieda, Siaya County for allegedly failing to report to school and instead cohabiting with a boda boda...

60-year-old woman, nephew found hacked to death in Siaya

1248, September 1, 2019 (EAT)

Police in Siaya County have launched investigations into an incident where a 60-year-old woman and her 13-year-old nephew were found murdered at Umala...

Siaya Governor Rasanga sued over recent Cabinet reshuffle

1209, August 27, 2019 (EAT)

A resident of Siaya County has sued Governor Cornel Rasanga and three other parties over the recent Cabinet reshuffle. George Ochieng is suing Rasa...

Police seize suspected illegally imported sugar in Siaya

2008, August 20, 2019 (EAT)

Police in Siaya on Tuesday impounded sugar suspected to have been illegally imported from Uganda. Siaya Sub-county Police Commander Justus Kucha sa...

Siaya: Man arrested for allegedly attempting to defile 7-year-old girl

1233, August 18, 2019 (EAT)

Police officers in Siaya County on Sunday arrested a 39-year-old fisherman accused of attempting to defile a 7-year-old minor at Ndeda Island. Conf...