Articles by Namisi Cheptai

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 ...

Man beaten to death by his wife and sons in Bungoma

2115, January 22, 2019 (EAT)

A 55-year-old man died on Tuesday morning after he was assaulted by his two sons on Monday night following a domestic squabble with his wife. Patr...

Three children die in Bungoma fire

1915, January 3, 2019 (EAT)

A family in Banantega village, Bungoma County was left in shock and grief after three siblings died in a fire that broke out in their house on Wednesd...

KCPE candidate sits exam in hospital after going into labour before kick off

1602, October 30, 2018 (EAT)

A Class Eight candidate from Mikuva Village in Webuye East Constituency, Bungoma County, on Tuesday sat her Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KC...

Wetangula threatens to call for protest against 16% fuel tax

1650, September 9, 2018 (EAT)

Bungoma Senator and FORD-Kenya Party leader Moses Wetangula has threatened to call for a protest against the 16 percent value added tax (VAT) imposed ...

Deputy OCS lynched after killing bodaboda rider

2031, July 4, 2018 (EAT)

A senior officer was on Tuesday evening lynched by residents of Binyenya Village in Tongaren Constituency, Bungoma County, after he reportedly shot an...

Contraband sugar worth Ksh.250M nabbed in Bungoma

1918, June 14, 2018 (EAT)

A consignment of contraband sugar worth Ksh.250 million was on Wednesday impounded in the warehouses of Panafrican Paper Mills in Webuye, Bungoma Co...

Student allegedly raped at Moi Girls Kamusinga

1102, June 6, 2018 (EAT)

Police in Kimilili, Bungoma County, are looking for a teacher from Moi Girls' Kamusinga School who is alleged to have fled after sexually assaulting a...

Mt. Elgon killing ‘masterminds’ accuse MP Kapondi of incitement

1921, May 31, 2018 (EAT)

Alleged masterminds of the Mt. Elgon killings now want area MP Fred Kapondi and former Cheptais Deputy County Commissioner Stephen Momanyi in court be...

Bungoma leaders in near fistfight over Nzoia Sugar

1713, March 24, 2018 (EAT)

A meeting ended in disarray after a fight almost ensued between two Bungoma leaders over government plans to privatise Nzoia Sugar. Sirisia MP John...