Former Kisii Speaker David Kombo was arrested on Monday in Kajiado and transported to Kisii. [File, Standard] Former Kisii Speaker David Kombo and an assembly staff have been arraigned in court over alleged employment scandal. Kombo, who also served for two terms as South Mugirango MP, was arrested on Monday evening in Kajiado before he was…
The body of a man who was mistakenly buried in Wambasa, Usigu sub-county, is being exhumed. [Isaiah Gwengi]. George Oduor was only 27 when he left his rural home in Wambasa, Usigu sub-county, in 2015. For a decade, his family knew nothing about his whereabouts until Tuesday, April 1, 2025, when he showed up home…
Siaya County Assembly proceedings. [File, Standard] Siaya Members of County Assembly plan to impeach Trade CEC Grace Agola over alleged incompetence and violation of the Constitution has put them on a collision course with a section of the residents. The Motion, led by Fredrick Omoro of East Ugenya, has already garnered support from 32 out…
A private car involved in an accident in Kisii.[Sammy Omingo, Standard] Two people have been killed and three others injured in a road at Bobaracho on the Kisii–Sotik highway. The accident , which occurred around 7pm this evening, involved a trailer and a Subaru Forester with three occupants on board. Kisii County Police Commander Ronald…
Migori County Commander Francis Nguli and Kuria West Deputy County Commissioner Andrew Mwiti display bhang and explosives they impounded at Isebania town on March 18, 2025. [Anne Atieno, Standard] Police in Migori County have heightened surveillance at the Kenya-Tanzania border after bhang worth Sh13 million was found at a house. The officers also intercepted 23…
From left: Borabu MP Ben Momanyi, Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka and DAP-K leader Eugene Wamalwa pay their last respects to the late Chief Principal Ben Robert Onwonga at Nyaikuro Primary School on March 31, 2025. [Stanley Ongwae, Standard] Opposition leaders on Monday renewed calls for President William Ruto to withdraw the gazette notice authorising Kenya…
General view of Migori Law Court. [Courtesy Omwanza Ombati X] Migori Law Courts is today set to deliver a precedent-setting judgment in the case against three police officers who face charges of torture related to the alleged abuse of a suspect while in their custody. The Three, Peter Langat, Peter Nyakundi, and Gilbert Aleka, were…
Police officers at the scene of the accident that involved a matatu and a sugarcane truck in Nyakach, Kisumu county, on April 2, 2025. [Clinton Ambujo, Standard] Three students and a tout conductor died in a road accident in Nyakach, Kisumu county. The accident occurred after a 14-seater matatu rammed a stationery sugarcane truck. The…
Four people, including two students of Mbita High School, are nursing injuries after a vehicle veered off the road and rammed over them in Homa Bay. The pedestrians were trekking along Sindo-Mbita road in Mbita town when the accident occurred on Wednesday. Residents said the vehicle was speeding before the accident occurred. The injured persons…
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