Articles by Martin Munene

Four dead after lorry rams into a house in Nyeri

2127, November 14, 2018 (EAT)

Four people died after a truck ferrying ballast veered off the road and rammed into a home in Mukurwe-ini, Nyeri County, on Wednesday evening. Conf...

Royal Media Services pilot Patrick Mugane laid to rest

1604, October 26, 2018 (EAT)

Rtd Major Patrick Mugane, who was a pilot with Corporate Helicopters, an affiliate of Royal Media Services, was laid to rest at his home in Kirinyaga....

Chief Justice David Maraga at the Supreme Court of Kenya Photo Courtesy

Court cases older than 5 years to be expedited: Maraga

657, October 12, 2018 (EAT)

Chief Justice David Maraga has said that cases that have stayed in court for over five years will be hastened in a bid to reduce the load of unheard c...

Chief Justice Maraga: Hiring new judges derailed by lack of funds

2036, October 11, 2018 (EAT)

Chief Justice David Maraga has complained of lack of adequate funds to tackle the shortage of Environment and Land Court (ELC) judges in the country. ...

Court allows five Nyeri officials charged with corruption to discharge duties

1118, October 9, 2018 (EAT)

A Nyeri court on Tuesday allowed five members of the Nyeri Public Service Board to discharge their duties pending the hearing of a corruption case aga...

Nyeri County celebrates maiden commercial flight

1902, October 6, 2018 (EAT)

Travellers can now fly to Nyeri from Nairobi following a successful maiden commercial flight to Nyaribo airstrip on Saturday. The flight took 25 mi...

Five Nyeri County officials released on Ksh.500K bond

1608, September 26, 2018 (EAT)

Five Nyeri county officials who were arrested over corruption allegations have been released on Kshs. 500,000 bond each. Also Read: 5 Nyeri Count...

Chinese national, Kenyan woman arraigned for operating illegal tea processing plant

2045, September 18, 2018 (EAT)

A Chinese road contractor and a Kenyan woman were on Tuesday arraigned for allegedly operating an illegal tea processing plant at a construction site....

Gangsters linked to murder of Nyeri chief gunned down

1138, September 5, 2018 (EAT)

Three suspected gangsters linked to the murder of Kamakwa Chief Peter Kimiti were shot dead in Nyeri on Wednesday morning. An AK 47 riffle and nine...

Water CS Simon Chelugui inspecting River Sagana on August 22, 2018.

Mt Kenya water abstraction licenses suspended for two weeks

927, August 22, 2018 (EAT)

Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui has suspended all Mt. Kenya water abstraction licenses from rivers in the region for 14 days effective immediately. ...

Five arrested over murder of Nyeri chief

1601, August 1, 2018 (EAT)

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i on Wednesday said five suspects have been arrested in connection with the shooting of Mr. Peter Kimiti, a ch...

Othaya Level 6 hospital that will be renamed Mwai Kibaki Teaching and Referral Hospital. PHOTO| MARTIN ...

Top hospital named after former president Mwai Kibaki

1719, July 31, 2018 (EAT)

Othaya Level 6 hospital will be renamed Mwai Kibaki Teaching and Referral Hospital in honour of former President Mwai Kibaki. This was announced b...

Former Nyandarua Governor Waithaka Mwangi. Photo/MARTIN MUNENE

Former Nyandarua Governor Waithaka Mwangi arrested

1500, July 26, 2018 (EAT)

Former Nyandarua Governor Waithaka Mwangi has been arrested. Waithaka was arrested alongside former Water CEC Grace Wanjiru and former county offic...

Ole Sapit: Anglican bishops to lose jobs if convicted of homosexuality

2031, July 17, 2018 (EAT)

Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit has urged courts not to interfere with the running and administration of churches in the c...

55-year-old man sodomised in Nyeri

1710, July 10, 2018 (EAT)

A man is nursing injuries after he was sodomised in Gacatha Village, Nyeri County on Sunday night. The 55-year-old man said he was on his way home ...

Karua challenges Waiguru election win for the third time

1649, July 10, 2018 (EAT)

NARC-Kenya Party leader Martha Karua has again moved back to court challenging Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru's 2017 General Election win. Karua f...

Laikipia Governor Ndiritu Muriithi to know his fate on July 31

1347, July 10, 2018 (EAT)

The determination of an appeal case challenging the election of Laikipia Governor Ndiritu Muriithi has been set for July 31. The three-judge bench...

Nyeri County Speaker escapes attack as thugs raid his home

911, June 25, 2018 (EAT)

Nyeri County Assembly Speaker John Kaguchia and his family narrowly escaped an attack by unknown assailants who raided their home early Monday morning...

Capt. Barbara Kamau and First Officer Jean Mureithi were killed in the plane crash last ...

Fly SAX co-pilot Jean Mureithi buried in Nyeri

1354, June 15, 2018 (EAT)

First Officer Jean Muthoni Mureithi who died in the Fly SAX plane crash has been buried in Nyeri. The 25-year-old first was eulogized as beautiful,...