Articles by Peter Mwangi

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...

Catholic bishop calls for scraping of single-sex schools

1627, October 28, 2018 (EAT)

A Catholic bishop in Nyahururu, Nyandarua County has decried rising cases of domestic violence in the country attributing the vice to lack of social s...

Gov’t rolls out Ksh.1.3 billion Last Mile connectivity program in Nyandarua

2045, October 8, 2018 (EAT)

The government has rolled out the third phase of the Ksh.1.3 billion Last Mile Connectivity program in Nyandarua County. Energy Cabinet Secretary C...

Nyandarua County Assembly. PHOTO| COURTESY

Drama as Nyandarua MCAs plan to oust Speaker over Majority Leader

1306, September 28, 2018 (EAT)

Nyandarua MCAs want to impeach their Speaker after he failed to recognise the "newly elected" Majority Leader. Some of them are accused the incumbe...

The mangled vehicle that had five family members on-board. The five were all killed in ...

5 family members killed in grisly Kianugu accident

1112, August 17, 2018 (EAT)

5 people died and three others seriously injured after another Kianugu accident in Ndaragwa area on Thursday evening. The accident involved a perso...

Former Nyandarua Governor Daniel Waithaka Mwangi in the dock. Photo/PETER MWANGI

Ex-Nyandarua Governor Daniel Waithaka Mwangi arraigned

1308, July 27, 2018 (EAT)

Former Nyandarua Governor Daniel Waithaka Mwangi and two others appeared before a Nyahururu Court accused of abuse of office and corruption. Mwangi, ...

Contraband sugar nabbed during sting operations which are said to contain mercury and copper.

3 prominent businessmen arrested over illegal sugar in Nyandarua

1136, June 19, 2018 (EAT)

Police in Nyandarua County have seized over 5,000 bags and arrested three suspects found in possession of contraband sugar. According to County Com...

30 supermarket employees caught repackaging ‘poisonous’ sugar

1940, June 17, 2018 (EAT)

Police have seized an unknown number of bags of illegal sugar in a warehouse in Ol Kalou town, Nyandarua County. Following the Sunday afternoon rai...

Laikipia Governor Ndiritu Muriithi is installed as an elder. PHOTO/PETER MWANGI

Laikipia Governor Ndiritu Muriithi installed as a senior elder

1313, June 17, 2018 (EAT)

Laikipia Governor Ndiritu Muriithi has been installed as a senior elder of the Agikuyu Community at a cultural fete held at Rumuruti trading center i...

Teacher arrested over brutal beating of 6-year-old boy

1356, May 27, 2018 (EAT)

A teacher has been arrested in connection with the brutal beating of a Class One boy at Kamukunji Primary School in Ol Joro Orok area, Nyahururu, Nyan...

Teachers from hell: Boy,6, in hospital after brutal beating

1135, May 26, 2018 (EAT)

A six-year-old has been hospitalised in Laikipia following a brutal beating allegedly by three teachers at the Kamkunji Primary School. The child w...

Tension in Laikipia as police torch houses, churches to flush out bandits

1911, April 29, 2018 (EAT)

Tension is high at Kisiriri village in Laikipia West Constituency, after police officers allegedly burnt down tens of houses during an operation to f...

Man stabs father to death in Nyandarua

1247, April 8, 2018 (EAT)

Police in Ndaragwa, Nyandarua County are holding a 34-year-old man who stabbed his father to death on Saturday evening. John Waithaka is said to ha...

Declare cancer a national disaster, Gov’t urged

901, April 4, 2018 (EAT)

A section of leaders from Nyandarua County is calling on the government to declare cancer a national disaster. Nyandarua County Women Rep Faith ...

Building on fire at Laikipia University on Sunday, March 11. PHOTO| PETER MWANGI

Property worth millions burnt down at Laikipia University

848, March 12, 2018 (EAT)

Property worth millions was on Sunday, March 11, reduced to ashes after a fierce fire broke out at the main campus of Laikipia University in Nyahururu...

DP Ruto’s message to Kalonzo, Mudavadi and Wetangula

2017, March 10, 2018 (EAT)

Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday, March 10, extended an olive branch to NASA co-principals Kalonzo Musyoka, Musalia Mudavadi and Moses Wetang...

Former Laikipia North MP Lempurkel arrested over incitement

1240, March 8, 2018 (EAT)

Former Laikipia North MP Matthew Lempurkel, was on Wednesday evening arrested over incitement allegations. The former lawmaker was arrested at Rumu...

Police officer on the run after killing wife and daughter

1410, February 28, 2018 (EAT)

A police constable in Subukia reportedly shot dead his wife and four-year-old daughter after a domestic wrangle. Constable Cosmas Kipchumba Biwott ...