Articles by Peter Mwangi

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...

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...