Articles by Martin Munene

Kiunjuri dismisses resignation calls, insists on plan to import maize

1959, July 14, 2019 (EAT)

Agriculture Cabinet secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri has come out to defend himself from allegations of creating an artificial maize shortage in the country ...

83-year-old granny pleads guilty to possession of Ksh.500 bhang

1325, July 11, 2019 (EAT)

An 83-year-old grandmother on Thursday pleaded guilty to charges of being in possession of 600 grams of bhang worth Ksh.500. Lydia Mumbi, a banana ...

60-year-old man arrested for allegedly defiling Class 3 girl in matatu

1735, July 9, 2019 (EAT)

A 60-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 9-year-old girl while travelling in a matatu in Nyeri. The girl's grandmother claims t...

Governor Waiguru gets green light to fire striking Kirinyaga County medics

1834, July 4, 2019 (EAT)

A Nyeri court on Thursday declared a strike by over 750 Kirinyaga medics as illegal, thereby paving way for disciplinary action against them by the co...

Stepfather cuts son’s penis for allegedly stealing Ksh.50

1345, June 10, 2019 (EAT)

A 10-year-old boy is nursing injuries at the Nyeri County Referral Hospital after his stepfather vigorously pulled his penis for allegedly stealing Ks...

DP William Ruto engaging residents of Githurai, Kiambu County on June 2, 2019. PHOTO | DPPS

Stop disrespecting the President, DP Ruto told

1036, June 8, 2019 (EAT)

Kikuyu council of elders have accused Deputy President William Ruto of disrespecting his boss in his own backyard. Through their secretary Peter Mu...

Three people trapped as pit latrine collapses in Nyeri

1651, June 5, 2019 (EAT)

Three people are trapped in a pit latrine at Kiandu Secondary School in Nyeri County. The three were digging the pit latrine when the walls caved i...

Nyeri: Woman jailed for 30 years over bhang worth Ksh.2,000

1949, May 22, 2019 (EAT)

A Nyeri court on Wednesday sentenced a woman to 30 years in jail after she was found guilty of trafficking bhang worth Ksh.2,820. The accused; Rose...

PHOTOS – Ivy Wangechi’s burial underway

1438, April 18, 2019 (EAT)

Ivy Wangechi, the Moi University student who was brutally murdered in Eldoret, last week is set to be buried in her parents' rural home in Mahiga, Nye...

Man arrested in Nyeri over uninspected meat

1338, April 16, 2019 (EAT)

A man was arrested in Nyeri town after police and public health officers found meat that had not been inspected inside a residential house. The sus...

Woman, 25, stabbed to death by estranged husband in Nyeri

1428, April 15, 2019 (EAT)

A 25-year-old woman was on Monday stabbed to death by her estranged husband in Nyaribo, Nyeri County. David Karuru reportedly followed Mary Wangui,...

Nyeri woman survives after being stabbed 17 times by husband

1641, April 12, 2019 (EAT)

A 30-year-old woman is receiving life saving treatment at the Karatina sub county hospital after she was allegedly stabbed by her husband 17 times dur...

Form Four student from Chinga Boys allegedly commits suicide

1237, April 2, 2019 (EAT)

A Form Four student from Chinga Boys High School in Nyeri allegedly committed suicide on Monday night. According to the school principal Kiringo M'...

Martin Thumbi, an administration police officer at the Nyeri Court accused over tge murder of ...

Police officer remanded for allegedly killing shamba boy in Nyeri

1624, March 29, 2019 (EAT)

An administration police officer has been remanded for seven days at the King'ong'o Maximum Prison for allegedly killing his shamba boy. Martin Thu...

Late Nyeri Governor Gakuru death inquest to start afresh

2028, March 21, 2019 (EAT)

Nyeri Chief Magistarte Wendy Kagendo has ordered that the inquiry into the death of former Nyeri Governor Wahome Gakuru be started afresh. Kagendo ...

Ruto warns schools against sending children home for ‘food money’

1031, March 9, 2019 (EAT)

Deputy President William Ruto has warned school heads against sending children home over failure to pay money for lunch and other projects. Dr. Rut...

Health CS Sicily Kariuki during a tour of the medical laboratory at the Nyeri County ...

Health CS says nurses to be hired on contracts

923, March 5, 2019 (EAT)

Health CS Sicily Kariuki has said any new nurses joining the government will be on a contract basis. According to her, this will standardise hiring...

(Centre) CS for devolution Mwangi Kiunjuri at a church service in Murang'a

Blame game over graft begins, CS Kiunjuri defends self against maize scam

1241, March 2, 2019 (EAT)

Even as Kenyans continue to pile pressure on President Uhuru Kenyatta to fire Cabinet Secretaries whose dockets have been tainted with corruption, Agr...

Nderitu Gachagua medical camp in Karatina

Thousands turn up for Nderitu Gachagua memorial service

2017, February 24, 2019 (EAT)

Thousands of residents turned up for a memorial service in honour of the late Nderitu Gachagua who was the first Governor of Nyeri County. Deputy P...

Explosives scare in Nyeri as police arrest student

1755, February 15, 2019 (EAT)

A student from Nyeri Polytechnic is in police custody after he was arrested near Dedan Kimathi University on suspicion of wearing explosives. Accor...