Articles by Philip Kipsongok

DP Ruto supporters who blocked Senator Gideon Moi's convoy in Nandi on January 2, 2021. PHOTO | PHILIP ...

Youths block Senator Gideon Moi from meeting Talai elders

1612, January 2, 2021 (EAT)

Youths blocked Baringo Senator Gideon Moi from meeting Talai elders in Nandi County on Saturday. Also Read: ‘Ruto’s coronation as Kalenjin king...

Kenya's Conseslus Kipruto celebrates after winning the final of the men's 3,000m steeplechase athletics event ...

Olympic champion Conseslus Kipruto freed on bond after denying rape charges

2158, November 16, 2020 (EAT)

Olympic champion Conseslus Kipruto was on Monday freed on Sh200,000 bond by a Kapsabet court after pleading not guilty to rape charges. Kipruto, 25...

Nandi County Assembly shut down after MCA tests positive

1620, August 22, 2020 (EAT)

All operations at the Nandi County Assembly offices in Kapsabet have been suspended after one of the members tested positive for COVID-19. Tinderet...

Man, 30, arrested for defiling 6-year-old daughter

1703, January 23, 2020 (EAT)

A 30-year-old man from Kapkwenio village in Tinderet, Nandi County, was on Thursday arrested after allegedly defiling his 6-year-old daughter. Conf...

Woman who allegedly killed daughters ‘for lover’, dumped them in pit latrine arrested

1035, October 1, 2019 (EAT)

A woman suspected to have killed her daughters two months ago in Tinderet and disappeared has been arrested. Floxy Cheptoo allegedly killed 11-year...

Mother allegedly kills and dumps her two children in pit latrine

2058, July 11, 2019 (EAT)

Police in Nandi County are pursuing a 32-year-old woman accused of hacking her two children to death in Kapkawa Village. Kabolebo Sub-location Assi...

Nandi Governor Stephen Sang up in arms over his security detail

1551, June 29, 2019 (EAT)

Nandi Governor Stephen Sang has criticized the Interior Ministry over claims that his security detail has been withdrawn. Sang said police officers...

Student stabbed in Kaiboi as she queued for breakfast

946, February 19, 2019 (EAT)

Students from Kaiboi Technical Institute in Nandi North Sub County engaged police in running battles following the death of one of their colleagues on...

Cop accused of killing wife, daughter commits suicide in Nandi

1350, January 31, 2019 (EAT)

A 24-year-old police officer attached to the Weseges Anti-Stock Theft Unit on Wednesday committed suicide by slitting his throat in Nandi. The dec...

The Principal however denied committing the alleged offense at Mosa location in Kitui.

Eldoret: Manhunt on for rapist father who impregnated his two daughters

1230, January 31, 2019 (EAT)

Police in Eldoret are on the hunt for a rapist father who allegedly been defiling his daughters and impregnating them on two different occasions. H...

Wreckage of the 14-seater matatu after an accident at Kona Nyanyaa area along Nandi Hills ...

Five killed, 10 injured in Nandi road accident

1729, December 29, 2018 (EAT)

Five people died and 10 others were injured on Saturday in a road accident involving a 14-seater matatu at Kona Nyanyaa area on the Nandi Hills - Kimw...

KNUT wants gov’t to ensure heavy rains don’t affect KCSE exams

1203, November 6, 2018 (EAT)

Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has urged the government to maintain a watchful eye to avoid disruption of the ongoing Kenya Certificate of Se...

Assistant Chief found dead inside borehole

1916, April 10, 2018 (EAT)

An Assistant Chief in Nandi Central Sub-county died on Tuesday after allegedly slipping into a borehole as he was trying to draw water in Kabrer Villa...

14 mourners escape unhurt in Nandi road accident

2029, March 24, 2018 (EAT)

A matatu carrying a body for burial was involved in an accident in Nandi leaving two passengers seriously injured. The driver who was headed to Ahe...