Articles by Peter Mwangi

Student handed 18-month non-custodial sentence for assaulting a teacher

935, February 17, 2021 (EAT)

A 20-year-old student has been handed an 18-month non-custodial sentence by a Nyahururu court after he was found guilty of assaulting his teacher. ...

Autopsy reveals Nyahururu cop David Murai was poisoned, strangled

1505, October 28, 2020 (EAT)

Police Constable David Murai who was reported to have committed suicide at his house in Nyahururu, was murdered, an autopsy has revealed. Also Read...

Section of Kikuyu elders disown delegation that visited Raila Odinga’s rural home

1436, October 18, 2020 (EAT)

A section of elders from the Kikuyu community have distanced themselves from elders who visited former Prime Minister Raila Odinga'a Bondo home last w...

Athlete attacked by hippos in Nyahururu

1247, September 29, 2020 (EAT)

The Trabzon Half Marathon champion Edwin Mokua sustained injuries on his back and left shoulder after he was attacked by marauding hippos at the spraw...

Nyandarua County Assembly closed down after a staffer contracted COVID-19

1021, July 21, 2020 (EAT)

Nyandarua County Assembly has been closed indefinitely after the confirmation of a COVID-19 case at its premises. The Assembly Speaker Ndegwa Wahome ...

Man goes on hunger strike, wears sack clothes after wife forcefully quarantined

1628, April 25, 2020 (EAT)

A middle-aged man in Ol Kalou town, Nyandarua County, has now gone on a hunger strike and resorted to wearing sack clothes to protest the forceful qua...

Egg on face of Nyandarua MPs locked out of Uhuru’s events

1149, February 1, 2020 (EAT)

Elected leaders from Nyandarua were on Friday locked out of President Uhuru Kenyatta's functions at the county. The Head of State was touring Kinan...

Shattered dream for top KCPE candidate who was to join Lenana School

710, January 13, 2020 (EAT)

The dream of a top KCPE candidate from Mungetho village in Ndaragwa constituency to join Form One at Lenana School hangs in the balance. Gerald Wan...

Samburu circumcision: Of sheep skin cover, ostrich feathers and the cut

1002, November 14, 2019 (EAT)

In the Samburu culture, this is the time of the year when most young boys across the country have to pass through circumcision. The community is ho...

Laikipia leaders dismiss referendum as plot to scuttle Ruto’s 2022 presidential bid

1359, September 8, 2019 (EAT)

A section of leaders from Laikipia County have dismissed calls for a referendum claiming it is aimed at scuttling Deputy President William Ruto’s 20...

Animal activists want slaughter of donkeys banned over low numbers

1150, August 27, 2019 (EAT)

Animal rights activists are calling on the government to ban the slaughter of donkeys in the country claiming the practice was decimating the number o...

Laikipia West MP Mariru caught in Nyahururu land row

1701, July 11, 2019 (EAT)

A dispute has erupted between Laikipia West MP Patrick Mariru and Lusogwa Cooperative Society over land in Nyahururu. The MP is said to have built ...

Three children drown at dam in Nyahururu

1055, February 4, 2019 (EAT)

A swimming expedition turned tragic after three children drowned at a dam in Nyahururu town. The trio, all aged between 11 and 15 years, were swimmin...

Agony as expectant mothers at JM Kariuki Hospital forced to share beds

1129, January 8, 2019 (EAT)

Anguish and pain are what expectant and newborn mothers are going through at the JM Kariuki Memorial Hospital in Nyandarua County. The hospital, wh...

KUPPET dismisses teachers strike calls

1435, December 31, 2018 (EAT)

As the Kenya Union of Teachers stands firm on the looming teachers strike this week, rival union KUPPET has distanced itself from the move saying ther...

Bedan Karoki wins the men's 2017 RAK in the UAE. PHOTO/Organisers

Karoki, Chepkemoi win Nyahururu AK race

1528, December 30, 2018 (EAT)

The 2016 World Half Marathon silver medalist Bedan Karoki and Beatrice Chepkemoi are the winners of the inaugural Nyahururu AK Branch 10 Championships...

DP William Ruto at Ol Kalou, Nyandarua County on November 27, 2018. Photo/DPPS

Ruto likens opposers of gender Bill to ‘wakoloni’

908, November 27, 2018 (EAT)

Deputy President William Ruto has criticised MPs opposed to the Gender Bill saying their actions are similar to those of "wakoloni". Speaking during ...

Suspected poachers arrested with 54kgs of ivory

1142, November 13, 2018 (EAT)

Five suspected poachers were arrested in Laikipia West and ivory weighing 54.7 kilograms impounded. According to Laikipia West Deputy County Commis...

Lovers’ fight for Ksh.300M Kiambu hotel lands woman in court

2033, November 5, 2018 (EAT)

A 28-year-old woman was on Monday arraigned at the Engineer Law Courts in Nyandarua County for allegedly forging documents to claim ownership of a mul...

Woman shot dead in renewed Laikipia banditry attacks

1120, November 1, 2018 (EAT)

Tension is high at Ol Moran area in Laikipia County over renewed cattle raids in the area with the latest incident leaving one person dead. Alice M...