Articles by Namisi Cheptai

Massive 35KM traffic jam at Malaba border as Covid-19 testing for truck drivers begins

1702, April 27, 2020 (EAT)

Truck drivers plying the Kenya--Uganda route are now facing a nightmare having to endure a long wait as the government embarks on mass testing for Cov...

Man beats 3-year-old stepson to death for wetting the bed

1323, March 19, 2020 (EAT)

Police in Webuye, Bungoma County, are presently holding a man for allegedly beating his three-year-old stepson to death for wetting the bed. Witnes...

Waluke wants Jubilee to punish ‘rebel’ Kamanda for endorsing Imran Okoth

843, September 24, 2019 (EAT)

Sirisia MP John Waluke faulted his nominated counterpart Maina Kamanda over the endorsement of Imran Okoth for the Kibra by-election. Speaking over t...

Bungoma: University student killed in road accident

1345, September 22, 2019 (EAT)

A student at Kaimosi Teachers College in Bungoma County died Saturday night in a road accident on the Bungoma-Malaba highway. The student, who was ...

Handball giants Moi Girls have eyes on China

1630, September 12, 2019 (EAT)

The East African handball champions Moi Girls High School Kamusinga have began training in preparation for the inaugural World High School Games in Ho...

Family of Kenyan man who died in Malawi yet to bury headless body

1404, September 11, 2019 (EAT)

The family of a Kenyan man is in distress as they are yet to bury the body of their kin because the head is still missing. The deceased, Geoffrey K...

Three dead, 5 hospitalised after consuming concoction from herbalist

2057, September 5, 2019 (EAT)

Three people died and five others are admitted in hospital after consuming a concoction from a herbalist at Tabani Village in Tongaren Constituency, B...

Widow hacked to death, body tied to bed with leso

1308, August 23, 2019 (EAT)

A man from Bungoma County is said to have hacked to death a 42-year-old widow whom he had been living with. The man identified as 46-year-old Geoff...

Ugandan woman arrested after attempting to steal baby from Bungoma hospital

1333, July 10, 2019 (EAT)

Police in Bungoma are presently detaining a 22-year-old Ugandan woman who allegedly attempted to steal a baby from Lugulu Mission Hospital. Josephi...

Blow to wife as court rules man to be buried at his ancestral home in Kisumu

920, July 3, 2019 (EAT)

A Bungoma court on Tuesday ruled that a Kibabii University lecturer who died in a road crash be laid to rest at his ancestral home in Karabur, Kisumu ...

Ugandan High Commissioner to Kenya involved in road accident

2146, May 29, 2019 (EAT)

Ugandan High Commissioner to Kenya Phibby Otaala was on Wednesday morning involved in a road accident at Kimwanga area on the Eldoret-Malaba highway. ...

7 county officials charged with robbery with violence in Bungoma

2132, May 22, 2019 (EAT)

Seven Bungoma County Government officials were Wednesday arraigned and charged with robbery with violence and malicious damage of property. The sev...

Students sent home as fire burns Namwale High School dormitory

1747, May 21, 2019 (EAT)

Form One and Form Two Students at Namwale Boys High School in Bungoma County were Tuesday sent home after a fire set a blaze one of their dormitories ...

Bungoma County to build Sh650m stadium

1223, May 10, 2019 (EAT)

The County Government of Bungoma is set to begin construction of the Masinde Muliro Kanduyi Stadium with the two-phased project expected to cost an es...

Landlady allegedly kills man over Ksh.500 rent in Bungoma

1804, April 17, 2019 (EAT)

A landlady and her husband survived lynching in Bungoma County after the body of a middle-aged man was found inside their house on Wednesday. The i...

Man, expectant wife brutally murdered in Kakamega

2256, March 28, 2019 (EAT)

Police in Kakamega County are investigating the brutal murder of a man and his expectant wife who were killed on Thursday morning at their home in Pan...

Bungoma: Teacher in court for allegedly beating child to death over assignment

1656, March 5, 2019 (EAT)

A high school teacher was on Tuesday arraigned in a Bungoma court for allegedly beating a student to death for failing to finish a class assignment. ...

60 girls injured by lightning strike in Bungoma

1243, March 4, 2019 (EAT)

Sixty students of St. Brigid Nangwe Girls High School in Bungoma County were on Sunday night injured following a lightning strike. The students wer...

Drama as MP beats up man at funeral in Bungoma – VIDEO

1741, February 24, 2019 (EAT)

A burial ceremony of a prominent businessman in Mt. Elgon, Bungoma County, on Sunday turned chaotic after supporters of the area Member of Parliament ...