Articles by Johnson Muriithi

Police officer from Kirinyaga shoots himself in the head

1213, September 8, 2018 (EAT)

Panic gripped Kagio Police Station in Kirinyaga after an officer shot himself in the head on Saturday morning. Also Read: Cop shoots self after a...

Kirinyaga boy with unknown skin disease gets help after social media campaign

928, August 26, 2018 (EAT)

A Kirinyaga boy who was suffering from an unknown skin disease for three years is to be taken to Nairobi for treatment after a social media campaign h...

Waiguru to sue IPSOS over report ranking her second most corrupt

1857, August 22, 2018 (EAT)

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru says she will sue research firm IPSOS Synovate for releasing a survey report indicating that Kenyans perceive her as t...

Suspect’s mum lynched after Kirinyaga wife mutilated in horror attack

1547, July 27, 2018 (EAT)

Residents of Jerusalem village in Kirinyaga County have lynched the mother to the man alleged to have mutilated his wife. They stoned the 50-year-o...

Kirinyaga woman in hospital after husband mutilates her private parts

946, July 26, 2018 (EAT)

A 29-year-old woman from Kirinyaga County is nursing serious injuries after her husband used a knife to cut her private parts. Monica Mumbi was rus...

Three dead as boda boda rams into Probox

1100, July 9, 2018 (EAT)

Three people died and one was seriously injured in a road accident on the Sagana-Karatina highway in Kirinyaga County on Sunday evening. According ...

Two shot dead, others injured after thugs attack World Cup fans

1054, July 2, 2018 (EAT)

Two people were killed and two others were seriously injured after armed gangsters raided Ndindiruku shopping centre in Mwea, Kirinyaga County. The...

Waiguru: I will fire all lazy Kirinyaga County staff

1245, June 28, 2018 (EAT)

Kirinyaga County Governor Anne Waiguru has threatened to sack all non-performing County Executive Committee members. According to her, some of them...

Medic, 65, in jail after woman dies during abortion procedure

959, June 20, 2018 (EAT)

Police in Kirinyaga County have arrested a 65-year-old man following the death of a woman after an abortion procedure allegedly went awry. The acc...

Police barred from arresting Kirinyaga Woman Rep’s brother over illegal sugar

1928, June 18, 2018 (EAT)

A Kirinyaga businessman and his wife have obtained court orders barring police from arresting them over illegal sugar that was impounded in Ruiru, Kia...

Two killed as lorry, car collide in Kirinyaga – PHOTOS

1155, June 18, 2018 (EAT)

Two people died on Monday morning after a car they were travelling in collided head-on with a lorry on Makutano-Ngurubani road, Kirinyaga County. ...

Priest posing as NACADA officer attacked over Ksh.500

1649, June 16, 2018 (EAT)

A priest in Kirinyaga narrowly escaped death after an angry mob pounced on him for posing as an officer from the National Campaign Against Drug Abuse ...

Blow to Martha Karua as Court upholds Waiguru’s election

1529, June 14, 2018 (EAT)

Narc-Kenya Party leader Martha Karua has been dealt a blow after the Kerugoya High Court on Thursday afternoon dismissed her petition challenging the ...

Security heightened ahead of Waiguru-Karua ruling

1246, June 14, 2018 (EAT)

Heavy security has been deployed outside the Kerugoya Law Courts ahead of a ruling to determine whether Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru was validly el...

Three chiefs sacked for working and drinking with illicit liquor brewers

1910, June 4, 2018 (EAT)

The Kirinyaga County Government has sacked three assistant chiefs accused of working and drinking with brewers. The three administrators are Ndui-i...

Five killed in Kirinyaga road accident

1241, May 30, 2018 (EAT)

Five people, four women and a man, have been confirmed dead after a Tuesday night accident between a school bus and a pickup in Kirinyaga county. A...

Drama as Kirinyaga Woman-Rep is locked out of children’s home

1356, May 27, 2018 (EAT)

Drama unfolded on Sunday morning at Kianyaga Children's Home in Kirinyaga County after the area Women Representative, Purity Ngirici, who wanted to pr...

Irrigation board to fix Mwea canals ahead of rice planting season

1240, May 22, 2018 (EAT)

The National Irrigation Board (NIB) has begun an exercise to salvage rice paddies at the Mwea Irrigation scheme damaged by excess flooding. This af...

Three arrested over attempted arson at Mwea Boys High School

1009, May 21, 2018 (EAT)

Three students of Mwea Boys High School in Kirinyaga County have been arrested following an attempted arson attack on a dormitory at the school on Sun...

Rice shortage looms as Mwea water canals collapse

815, May 18, 2018 (EAT)

Kenya may face a shortage of rice following heavy rainfall experienced across the country. The rains have destroyed water canals at the Mwea Irriga...