Articles by Martin Munene

Nyeri residents hold protests for businessman killed by attackers hired by his father

1639, February 25, 2021 (EAT)

Residents of Mweiga in Nyeri county went to the streets in a peaceful procession demanding justice for Daniel Mwangi, the slain businessman who is sai...

Family in agony as Outspan Hospital detains body over Ksh.2 million bill

1136, February 6, 2021 (EAT)

A family in Kiambagathi, Kirinyaga County is unable to bury their loved one a month after her death over a huge hospital bill that has seen her body d...

Man who was killed by VIP convoy near Sagana State Lodge laid to rest

1722, February 5, 2021 (EAT)

The funeral service of Chris Nderitu , the disabled man killed by a VIP convoy in Nyeri county last Saturday near the Sagana state lodge was temporall...

Nyeri: Woman arrested for allegedly killing her two children

1204, January 14, 2021 (EAT)

Police in Mukurweini, Nyeri County have arrested a 28-year-old woman in relation to the mysterious death of her two children whose bodies were found o...

Kieni MP Kanini Kega in a past briefing. [Photo/Courtesy]

MP Kanini Kega to DP Ruto: Resign and popularise your 2022 political party

1630, December 29, 2020 (EAT)

Kieni Member of Parliament Kanini Kega has dared Deputy President William Ruto to leave the Jubilee party if he feels it is too small for him. The s...

Man who left Othaya in 2007 returns home

556, December 29, 2020 (EAT)

There was song and dance at a home in Othaya, Nyeri County as residents gathered to celebrate the return of a man who left home 13 years ago. Wawer...

Ventilators donated today by the U.S. Government to Nakuru, Isiolo, Busia and Nyeri counties ...

Nyeri, Nakuru, Busia, Isiolo counties receive 32 ventilators from USAID

1551, December 17, 2020 (EAT)

The war against COVID-19 in Nyeri, Nakuru, Busia and Isiolo got a boost after the counties received a total of 32 portable ventilators from the Americ...

Interior PS Kibicho says gov’t will revive all stalled development projects

1106, October 16, 2020 (EAT)

Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho on Thursday led a high level government delegation of 12 principal secretaries on an inspection tour of n...

‘You will answer for Kenol deaths at ICC,’ DP Ruto allies tell IG Mutyambai

1502, October 13, 2020 (EAT)

Political leaders allied to Deputy President William Ruto have hit out at Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai telling him to prepare to take...

Nyeri residents to pay for public hospital visits as county seeks to raise Ksh.1B revenue

1036, October 7, 2020 (EAT)

Nyeri County will start collecting hospital charges after a two-year break that saw the Universal Health Coverage Program financing the hospital bills...

Court frees 11 Endarasha Boys High School students charged with murder

1518, October 2, 2020 (EAT)

Eleven former Endarasha Boys High School students accused of setting a dormitory on fire that killed two fellow students in 2010 have been set free by...

Mwangi Kiunjuri: Uhuru &Ruto betrayed Kenyans

1716, September 11, 2020 (EAT)

Former Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri has hit out at President Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto for abandoning their pledge to keep...

EACC starts probe into corruption claims against Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru

1733, June 10, 2020 (EAT)

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is looking into corruption allegation claims from impeachment documents presented against Kirinyaga G...

Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga under fire for pit latrine billboard

1345, June 5, 2020 (EAT)

Nyeri County Governor Mutahi Kahiga is once again facing criticism over what a section of residents view as unnecessary and extravagant branding. G...

Police question Nyeri MCA in connection with wife’s death

1352, May 27, 2020 (EAT)

A Nyeri Member of County Assembly (MCA) has been questioned by detectives in connection with his wife's death. Konyu Ward MCA Eric Wambumbi spent t...

Two people escape from quarantine facility in Nyeri

1612, April 28, 2020 (EAT)

Police in Nyeri County have launched a manhunt for two people who escaped from a mandatory quarantine facility. Speaking to Citizen Digital, County...

Family parades coffin on donkey back to raise Ksh.1.3M funeral fee for kin who died in January

1048, March 4, 2020 (EAT)

A family in Nyeri has resorted to parading an empty coffin on donkey back in the streets of Nyeri town hoping to raise enough money to bury their kin....

Ex-KDF officer Peter Mugure denied bail in Syombua murder case

1230, February 21, 2020 (EAT)

Former KDF officer Peter Mugure will remain in custody throughout his trial after the High Court in Nyeri denied him bail. The main suspect in the ...

Five gangsters operating in Nyeri, Kiambu and Nairobi arrested

1743, December 28, 2019 (EAT)

Police in Karatina, Nyeri County on Saturday arrested five suspects believed to be part of a criminal syndicate operating between Nyeri, Kiambu and Na...

Postmortem reveals what killed Joyce Syombua and her two children

2002, November 20, 2019 (EAT)

Joyce Syombua died from injuries on her head and brain inflicted by a blunt object while her two children were strangled with a rope to death, postmor...