Articles by Johnson Muriithi

Police officer arraigned for assaulting three people at Kirinyaga bar

1824, June 10, 2019 (EAT)

A police constable accused of assaulting three people at Kiamutugu trading center in Kirinyaga County was on Monday arraigned at the Gichugu Law Court...

Kirinyaga: Police officer arrested for assaulting three people in bar fight

1220, June 9, 2019 (EAT)

A police officer in Kirinyaga County has been arrested for allegedly assaulting three people at a local bar in Kiamutugu Trading Centre, Gichugu Sub-c...

Kirinyaga health workers protest outside Waiguru’s office

2033, June 6, 2019 (EAT)

There was drama on Thursday at the Kirinyaga County Government headquarters after hundreds of health workers threatened to storm the offices to get th...

Waiguru threatens to sack all striking health workers as strike enters day 9

1708, June 6, 2019 (EAT)

Kirinyaga Governor Ann Waiguru has issued a one day ultimatum to the over 1000 striking health workers or face the sack. Speaking on Wednesday at T...

Two-year-old boy killed in accident involving Kirinyaga County Gov’t vehicle

2034, June 5, 2019 (EAT)

A two-year-old boy died on Wednesday in a road accident at Kimbimbi Trading Centre along Mwea-Embu Road in Kirinyaga County. The boy together with ...

Patients in Kirinyaga still stranded as health workers strike enters day 8

1002, June 5, 2019 (EAT)

Patients in Kirinyaga County continue to suffer with no solution in sight as the health workers strike entered the 8th day on Wednesday. The worker...

Man strangles wife to death after fight over food

1515, June 2, 2019 (EAT)

Police on Sunday morning arrested a 47-year-old man for allegedly killing his wife at Rukanga village in Mwea-West Sub-County, Kirinyaga County. Co...

Medical board gives Kerugoya Hospital clean bill of health

2003, May 29, 2019 (EAT)

The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDB) on Wednesday gave the Kerugoya County Referral Hospital a clean bill of health, assuring th...

In Pictures: Health workers at a Kerugoya hospital on strike

2057, May 29, 2019 (EAT)

Hundreds of patients at a Kerugoya hospital in Kirinyaga were left unattended after health workers downed their tools. According to the health work...

Court suspends KMPDU 7-day strike notice in Kirinyaga

1546, May 25, 2019 (EAT)

A strike notice issued to Kirinyaga County by the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has now suspended by the Employee...

Two pupils injured in Mwea West after school gate collapses on them

1606, May 24, 2019 (EAT)

Two pupils in Mwea West, Kirinyaga County were seriously injured after their school gate collapsed. According to the evening guard Albert Muriithi,...

Kirinyaga: Man arrested after posing with G3 gun on Facebook

1531, May 23, 2019 (EAT)

Police in Kirinyaga County on Thursday arrested a man who posted a photo on Facebook while holding a G3 rifle two days ago. Gichugu OCPD Anthony Mb...

Two killed, 3 injured after lorry transporting miraa rams into matatu

1127, May 20, 2019 (EAT)

Two people were on Monday morning killed and three others injured after a lorry transporting miraa collided with a matatu on Mwea-Embu road in Kirinya...

All health workers withdrawn from Kirinyaga County-KMPDU orders

1901, May 29, 2019 (EAT)

The Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has directed all health workers under the Ministry of Health to go home. S...

KDF soldier killed, 3 others injured after vehicle overturns in Kirinyaga

2117, May 16, 2019 (EAT)

A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier was on Wednesday crushed to death and three others seriously injured when their vehicle overturned at Riandira on...

Church leaders give Kerugoya Hospital clean bill of health

1934, May 16, 2019 (EAT)

A section of church leaders on Thursday visited Kerugoya County Referral Hospital in Kirinyaga County to assess the situation at the facility which ha...

FILE PHOTO | Members of the Kirinyaga County Assembly after a past meeting with Senator Charles ...

Kirinyaga County Assembly approves Ksh.40M to pay sacked workers

1001, May 16, 2019 (EAT)

The Kirinyaga County Assembly on Wednesday evening approved Ksh.40million in its supplementary budget to enable the Governor Anne Waiguru administrati...

Kirinyaga: 2 sentenced to death for robbery with violence, kidnapping

1008, May 15, 2019 (EAT)

Two men have been sentenced to death in Kirinyaga for robbery with violence, demanding money with menace, abduction, and handling a stolen phone. P...

Waiguru cites political sabotage in Kerugoya Hospital crisis

2133, May 14, 2019 (EAT)

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has blamed the recent health crisis witnessed in the county on sabotage by senior medical officials and some politicia...

A file image showing the situation at Kerugoya County Referral Hospital in Kirinyaga County. PHOTO| ...

Vetting for Kirinyaga Health CEC on after criticism over hospital’s pathetic state

859, May 14, 2019 (EAT)

The vetting of the nominee for the Kirinyaga Health County Executive Committee (CEC) post began on Monday after the doctor's union threatened to withd...