A 70-year-old man is being held by the police on suspicion of killing his 32-year-old son in Kirinyaga during a land dispute.

Francis Njagi, the suspect, was taken into custody in connection with the incident that took place in Gwama village within Karumandi Ward, according to Gichugu police chief Johnson Wachira.

It is reported that the suspect, who is being detained at the Kianyaga police station, got into a fight with his son James Mwobe about a plot of land.

The suspect’s wife, Irene Njagi, stated that their son intended to plant macadamia trees on the land.

After the fight became more heated, the suspect stabbed his son, who was later declared dead at the Kianyaga Sub County Hospital.

“After the mother of the deceased called in a distress, a neighbor rushed him to the hospital,” the police reported.

The deceased body was taken to the Kerugoya Mortuary. The suspect will be arraigned following the conclusion of the ongoing investigations.

Adan Haji Sheikh, the former Mandera South MP, has been summoned by the Mombasa Anti-Corruption Court to appear before it on February 13th in order to respond to allegations of corruption.

The former MP is charged with failing to disclose his affiliation with Lofta Resort Limited, a hotel that was prequalified and granted contracts to provide accommodation and conference services to Kwale County Government on various dates between May 10th, 2013 and May 2017, according to investigations carried out by the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC).

After additional investigations, it was discovered that Haji, his wife Fatuma Ibrahim Roba, and his son Alibashir Adankhalif were listed as directors of Lofta Resort Limited. During the time under investigation, Lofta Resort Limited got Ksh. 51, 456,006 shillings from the Kwale County Government.

Section 42 and 48 of the Anti-corruption and Economic Crimes Act, 2003 were found to have been violated by Haji for neglecting to declare a conflict of interest during the tendering procedure.

The former lawmaker has reportedly been avoiding arrest since December 2023, according to the anti-graft agency, after the director of public prosecutions approved the EACC’s recommendations to bring charges against Adan Haji before the Mombasa Anti-Corruption Court.

After he vanished, the EACC filed the charge sheet with the Mombasa court, and they have now obtained a summons requiring the former lawmaker to appear therein on February 13, 2024.

According to police sources, the prison officer committed suicide inside her rented house at Tumaini Estate, Kitale.

On Sunday, Linda Machuma Wafula’s body was found after her neighbors complained about a bad smell emanating from her residence.

Ms. Wafula was last seen at her house on February 1, according to a police complaint, and her body wasn’t found until Sunday.

After learning of the reports, officers went to her residence on Sunday and found her body leaning against a double-decker bed.

It was found that the electric cord they said she used was still tied around her neck.

No suicide note was found in her residence during a later investigation; crime scene detectives investigated the scene and her body was taken to the mortuary of the Cherangany Nursing home.

A 47-year-old man from Mung’ang’a, Miambani in Kitui County passed away on Sunday while undergoing treatment for injuries from a machete that he apparently received during a land fight.

The man was being treated at the Kitui Level 4 Hospital after having been taken there by his family, according to Muthoka Kilonzo, the area chief.

“He cried for help but by the time his family arrived at the house, he had been attacked and the perpetrators fled. We suspected the attack is linked to a land tussle but we are investigating and urge members of the community to help us with any information they might have,” the chief said.

As an investigation into the circumstances behind the incident began, three individuals were taken into custody.

Nestled in the center of Kenya, Isiolo County has long struggled with ongoing water scarcity, which has posed major challenges to agricultural output.

The county’s proposed Sh30.9 billion dam project may provide a long-term fix for the area’s water issues.

The proposed dam’s site was inspected last week by Irrigation PS Ephantus Kimotho and Governor Abdi Hassan Guyo of Isiolo.

Guyo predicted that the Crocodile Jaw dam will significantly increase the county’s level of food security.

According to the county executive, when the dam is full, it is expected to retain 315 million cubic meters of water.

“The dam is a game changer in supporting food security with continuous cropping and livestock value chains in the wake of climate change… The project will also improve climate resilience and improve the livelihoods of the people of Isiolo county,” Guyo said.

The governor stated that the main goal of the Crocodile Jaw dam was to solve Isiolo’s urgent problems with insufficient irrigation and water scarcity.

He emphasized the many advantages the project seeks to bring to Isiolo, including the provision of fresh water, irrigation support, and energy.

An earlier attempt by the National Water Conservation to build a massive dam close to the Ewaso Ng’iro River was unsuccessful.

The Crocodile Jaw dam will add 58,473 cubic meters of additional water to the daily supply for industrial and residential purposes. For irrigation, an additional 46,656 cubic meters will be utilized.

The project will be carried out by the National Water Harvesting and Storage Authority.

According to Guyo, one important benefit of the dam project is that it will give Isiolo and the surrounding area a gravity-fed water supply.

In order to address concerns about public participation and other issues, Governor Guyo also visited with contractors at the site.

He gave them his word that the residents’ best interests were taken into consideration when designing the project.

The Crocodile Jaw dam has the potential to drastically alter Isiolo’s agricultural environment.

The Crocodile Jaw dam is part of Kenya Kwanza’s ambition to construct 100 mega and 1,000 small dams around the country.

Guyo stated in December 2023 that the procedure to prepare 290 acres for irrigation was nearing completion. Guyo reported allocating 290 acres for the irrigation projects of Malkadaka, Bulesa, and Ngaremara.

193 irrigation projects that received Sh5.5 billion have been put on hold nationwide, according to the National Treasury.

Ezekiel Kiche, the Tseikuru subcounty police chief in Kitui county, stated on Sunday that a policewoman who died while visiting her fiancé died of natural causes that are still being looked into.

“We will know exactly what the policewoman was suffering from once the postmortem is conducted. I cannot disclose more details at the moment,”  Kiche stated over the phone on Sunday morning.

According to a Tseikuru police report, the deceased officer was a drill instructor and constable who had been visiting her fiancé at Kaningo village when the tragedy occurred.

On January 27, the deceased made his way to the house of his fiancée, a fellow police officer in Kaningo.

The report also stated that when she got to her fiancé’s house, the deceased started complaining of excruciating headaches and started throwing up.

She was brought to a Mumoni Nursing Home in Tseikuru Township the next day, where she received care before being released.

She was brought back to the medical center on February 1st, though, when her illness returned, and this time she was well enough to be released.

The police report further states that the day after, her condition deteriorated and she was returned to the assisted living facility, where she died while receiving care.

While the district directorate of criminal investigation carried out further inquiry, the body was sent to the Kyuso Level IV hospital.

A 48-person Tahmeed bus headed for Malindi caught fire and quickly burned to the ground after all of the passengers were evacuated on Sunday morning.

The event, according to police and the bus management, took place a few kilometers from Voi town on the Nairobi-Mombasa route.

The police have confirmed that every passenger was successfully evacuated prior to the bus catching fire, even though the cause of the incident is still being investigated.

All 48 passengers were safely evacuated thanks to the efforts of the bus management. The bus was traveling from Kitale to Malindi when the tragedy happened on Sunday at around four in the morning. The fire started close to the Voi area.

“Fortunately, all 48 passengers onboard were evacuated safely and promptly. We are grateful for the swift action that ensured everyone’s safety. Our teams assisted these passengers with completing their journey on alternative buses. We understand this event may have caused significant inconvenience and distress, and we sincerely apologize for any impact it has had on our passengers.,” said part of a statement from the company.

Both the management and the police stated that they are currently looking into the cause of the incident.

In the past year, there have been two instances of this kind in the same vicinity.

In January 2023, a different business bus which was carrying forty-two passengers to Mombasa caught fire in the same location.

It will now be required of parents of students enrolled in public schools to pay their children’s fees via the government’s online portal, eCitizen.

The heads of all national schools were instructed to provide the State Department’s Director General’s office with information about their school bank accounts by Tuesday, February 6, 2024, in a memo dated January 31, 2024, and signed by Basic Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang.

According to the PS, this is a component of the government’s initiative to improve service delivery by integrating all government services onto the e-Citizen platform.

“The directorate of e-Citizen in partnership with the Information Communication Technology Authority (ICTA), Ministry of Information, Communication and the Digital Economy and the National Treasury have been coordinating the onboarding of all government services onto the eCitizen platform to enhance service delivery. As part of compliance with the requirements it is directed that parents/guardians make fee payments for their learners in your institutions through this platform,” the circular read in part.

The platform will be used to pay school fees as part of a strategy to make it the most recent addition to the more than 5,000 government services available on the eCitizen portal, which President William Ruto redesigned and introduced in June 2023.

The Ministry of Education has also instructed school administrators to stop imposing additional fees to parents beyond what is permitted in order to close all loopholes.

PS Kipsang stated in a February 2 circular that since the ministry covers elementary and junior secondary school tuition requirements through capitation, there should be no additional expenses.

He gave the order to take action against head teachers, the board of management, and school principals who impose unlawful fees.

As the school lunch program is optional, the PS went on to say that no child should be denied an education for not being able to afford it.