Articles by Simon Ngure

GSU officer detained after allegedly defiling minor for 4 days

1750, November 19, 2018 (EAT)

A General Service Unit (GSU) officer is being held at the Njoro Police Station in Nakuru after he allegedly defiled a Form Three student. Bernard K...

Teachers arrested for offering holiday tuition in Nakuru

1345, November 16, 2018 (EAT)

Two teachers were arrested while offering holiday tuition to over 200 students at Pioneer School in Langa Langa, Nakuru County. According to area c...

Nakuru MCA charged with malicious damage to property, incitement

1709, November 8, 2018 (EAT)

A Member of County Assembly (MCA) was on Thursday arraigned in a Nakuru court for allegedly inciting local residents to demolish a perimeter wall belo...

Two charged with trafficking ivory worth Ksh2.6M

1445, November 7, 2018 (EAT)

Two suspects were on Wednesday charged with trafficking ivory worth Ksh.2.6 million in Nakuru town. The suspects; Samuel Wahome and Hillary Kiplaga...

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta at the new maternity wing within Nakuru Level 5 Hospital

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta opens Kenya’s 2nd largest maternity wing

1242, October 17, 2018 (EAT)

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has officially opened a Ksh.500million state of the art maternity wing in Nakuru. The facility within Nakuru Level Fiv...

Drama looms in Nakuru County Assembly over nominated MCAs

901, October 17, 2018 (EAT)

Conflict is looming in the Nakuru County Assembly following a move to have all nominated MCAs removed from various committees. According to reliabl...

Blame game over Kericho accident that killed 55 people

1123, October 11, 2018 (EAT)

The Kericho accident that claimed 55 lives is now being blamed on alleged corruption among traffic police officers, negligence and disregard for the l...

Narok clashes: More injured, houses torched

2229, September 25, 2018 (EAT)

The government has declared a dusk to dawn curfew at Olposimoru village in Narok County, amid the escalation of tribal clashes. The clashes on Tues...

4 killed, 18 injured after prison lorry overturns in Nakuru

1750, September 24, 2018 (EAT)

Four people died and 18 others were injured on Monday in a road accident involving a lorry belonging to the Kenya Prisons department. The lorry was...

Man in Nakuru lynched for burning son

1708, September 21, 2018 (EAT)

Residents of Kamara Village in Nakuru lynched up a man and burnt him down after the man is said to have burnt up his three year old son in a charcoal ...

Nyandarua County Assembly. PHOTO| COURTESY

Nyandarua MCAs impeach majority leader, deputy and chief whip

1621, September 10, 2018 (EAT)

Nyandarua Members of County Assembly (MCAs) on Monday impeached the majority house leaders accusing them of non-performance. Majority Leader Peter ...

David Mwai was buried in Nakuru on Friday. Photo/COURTESY

Wife of suspect in Idris Mukhtar attempted murder case still missing

1158, September 8, 2018 (EAT)

David Mwai, the prime suspect in the attempted murder of former Garissa Finance Executive Idris Mukhtar, was buried in on Friday, even as his wife rem...

Salgaa residents accuse police of assault during fuel crackdown

1347, August 22, 2018 (EAT)

Residents of Salgaa centre have expressed concerns over the arrest of more than 50 people during a crackdown on illegal fuel pumps by the Energy Reg...

Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui. Photo/KNA

Nakuru Governor, NLC order those on riparian land to move

1646, August 10, 2018 (EAT)

The National Land Commission (NLC) and the Nakuru County Government have warned that those who have encroached on riparian land in Naivasha must vacat...

Patient goes missing from Nakuru Level Five Hospital

2120, August 8, 2018 (EAT)

A patient who was admitted at the Nakuru Level Five Hospital a week ago has reportedly disappeared under unclear circumstances. Julius Waithaka Mwa...

The body of the newborn baby that was found in Nakuru. Photo/SIMON NGURE

Body of Nakuru baby dumped near railway station

1107, August 8, 2018 (EAT)

The body of a newborn Nakuru baby dumped within a trash site has left residents in shock. Street urchins discovered the body wrapped with a piece of ...

Nakuru boy, 5, mauled by dogs allegedly owned by military officer

1712, August 4, 2018 (EAT)

A five-year-old Nakuru boy is nursing serious injuries after he was mauled by two dogs. David Travis, a pupil at Shammah College Junior school, had...

Arrest men who impregnated 24 Narok school girls: Gov’t

1756, July 28, 2018 (EAT)

Men who impregnated 24 Narok school girls now face arrest and prosecution following a directive from the Government. Patrick Ole Ntutu, Interior Mini...

Police net bhang worth Ksh.1.2 million in Nakuru

1540, July 24, 2018 (EAT)

Administration police officers in Nakuru have netted a consignment of bhang with an estimated street value of Ksh.1.2 million. The officers from th...

Nakuru: 9 children die as Kanitha wa Ngai sect members shun hospitals

1137, July 20, 2018 (EAT)

The burial of a 14-year-old boy at Nakuru South Cemetery turned into chaos after relatives and residents of Kwa Wanyama village in Pipeline, Nakuru co...