Articles by Violet Auma

Class 6 pupil takes poison, dies after uncle beat him over Ksh.100

1517, February 26, 2020 (EAT)

A Class Six pupil from Eshiruli Primary School in Khwisero is suspected to have drank poison after he was beaten for losing Ksh.100. Ehiruli town w...

Woman burns house down after husband brought new wife

1157, February 11, 2020 (EAT)

A woman in Emaondo village, Kakamega County, on Monday burnt down her house after her husband brought home a new wife. The woman’s husband – Sa...

Police ban Mudavadi-Wetangula meeting ahead of BBI forum in Kakamega

1858, January 15, 2020 (EAT)

Police have cancelled permits for two meetings that were scheduled to be held in Kakamega County concurrently with the Building Bridges Initiative (BB...

MP Savula: Luhya community will produce President Kenyatta’s successor

1513, December 27, 2019 (EAT)

A section of politicians from Western Kenya, led by MPs Ayub Savula (Lugari) and Tindi Mwale (Butere), have expressed optimism that the Luhya communit...

Man, wife among 5 dead in road accident while travelling home for Christmas

1229, December 24, 2019 (EAT)

A man and his wife are among five people killed on Tuesday morning following an accident at Mwiwondwe bridge on the Ekero-Buyangu road. Five other ...

Ex-Masinde Muliro University VC Fredrick Otieno dies in Eldoret

1136, December 17, 2019 (EAT)

Ex-Masinde Muliro University VC Fredrick Otieno has died. According to family, Otieno succumbed to stroke at a hospital in Eldoret on Tuesday morni...

Man, 76, hacks son to death over maize in Kakamega

939, August 19, 2019 (EAT)

Police in Kakamega County on Sunday arrested a 76-year-old man who is alleged to have hacked his son to death following a fight over maize at their ho...

11 Mirere students suspended over suspected devil worship

1326, July 31, 2019 (EAT)

11 students of Mirere Secondary School in Kakamega County have been suspended for allegedly being devil worshippers. Some of the students are alleg...

Two suspects charged with murder of 7-year-old boy in Kakamega

1957, May 21, 2019 (EAT)

Two suspects were on Tuesday arraigned at the Kakamega Law Courts for allegedly stabbing a 7-year-old boy to death in Matungu, Kakamega County. App...

7-year-old boy stabbed to death in Matungu, Kakamega

1243, May 20, 2019 (EAT)

A seven-year-old boy was Sunday night murdered in cold blood by unknown assailants at Panyako village in Matungu Constituency, Kakamega County. The...

Form Two student hacked to death in Kakamega

1007, April 29, 2019 (EAT)

Police in Kakamega County are investigating the death of a Form Two student who was found murdered at Namasanda village in Matungu Constituency. Th...

Woman who gave birth to 5 babies dies at Eldoret hospital

1600, April 7, 2019 (EAT)

A 28-year-old woman from Sisokhe Village, Kakamega County, who last month delivered five babies died on Sunday in hospital. Evelyn Namukhula report...

Girl who carried her dead baby for 5km to mortuary now goes back to school

912, March 14, 2019 (EAT)

A 16-year-old girl who hit headlines after carrying the body of her dead baby for about 5km to a mortuary after officials at a city hospital refused t...

Michael Kulundu, the acting Managing Director of Nzoia Sugar Company. Photo/COURTESY

Nzoia Sugar boss Michael Kulundu dies

1245, March 7, 2019 (EAT)

Michael Kulundu, the acting Managing Director of Nzoia Sugar Company is dead. Family members on Thursday said Mr. Kulundu succumbed to injuries in...

Butere Girls High School. Photo/VIOLET AUMA

Form Three student ‘commits suicide’ at Butere Girls

2017, February 16, 2019 (EAT)

A Form Three student has allegedly committed suicide at Butere Girls High School in Kakamega County. Her body was found hanging in the dormitory on...

Sugarcane farmers fault DP Ruto over factory remarks

1242, February 2, 2019 (EAT)

The Kenya National Sugarcane Farmers Union has criticised Deputy President William Ruto after he asked them not to supply the produce to factories tha...

Police officers arrested ferrying illicit alcohol in gov’t vehicle

1817, January 13, 2019 (EAT)

Two Administration Police (AP) officers were Sunday arrested in Mumias, Kakamega County, after they were caught allegedly ferrying illicit liquor in a...

Two allegedly shot by police in Kakamega

1311, December 4, 2018 (EAT)

Police are suspected to have shot two residents of Kakamega on Ekero Buyangu road. Idris Nambwayo and Hamisi Were were on Monday evening travellin...

Mumias CEO fights off ‘termination’

1920, July 16, 2018 (EAT)

Drama and confusion reigned at Mumias Sugar on Monday as suspended chief executive officer Nashon Aseka made a rather unsuccessful return to work. ...

One injured after rival youths clash in Kakamega

1334, June 30, 2018 (EAT)

One person was injured after youths reportedly linked to Sports CS Rashid Echesa and Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala clashed in Kakamega. The man ...