A suspect who killed an 8-year-old boy and injured a lady in the Ndenderu area has been taken into custody by Kiambu County police.

The boy, who lives with the man’s ex-lover, was reportedly waylaid by the suspect outside the gate.

The man entered the house, according to the police, and killed the youngster by hacking him to death. He also made an attempt to kill the house girl, who had set off an alarm to alert the neighbors.

When the suspect tried to run away, he fell into a pit, and police and Kiambu firefighters had a hard time getting him out.

The man’s ex-lover, who was also inside the residence, escaped the attack and filed a police statement.

The boy’s body was taken to the Kihara Hospital Mortuary for an autopsy, and the injured woman is being treated at Kiambu Level 5 Hospital.

On Monday, two individuals were accused of killing Meru blogger Daniel Muthiani Benard, also known as “Sniper.”

Following a mental evaluation to be eligible for trial and plea negotiations, Vincent Muriithi Kirimi, also known as Supuu, and Kenneth Murangiri Guantai, also known as Tali, entered not guilty pleas in the murder case before Lady Justice Dorah Chepkwony at Kiambu High Court.

The two were accused of murder in violation of Penal Code Section 203 as well as Section 204.

According to the charges, the deceased was murdered on dates between December 2, 2023, and December 16, 2023, near River Mutonga in Chiakariga Sub County, within Tharaka-Nthi County, in collaboration with others, neither in front of the court.

The state prosecution protested to the motion to deny the accused person’s bond, claiming that they had a strong case to keep the accused person behind bars.

However, the defense team, lead by Elias Mutuma for the second accused, argued that Article 49 of the Constitution grants the accused the right to be released on bond in the absence of a sufficient reason, as stated by the prosecution.

Within seven days, the defense must file their submission and serve the prosecution, according to Lady Justice Chepkwony’s ruling.

She further ordered that the first accused be taken to Mama Lucy Hospital for a liver operation tomorrow and held in detention at Industrial Remand until the 29th of February for mention and trial for bail.

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) concluded their investigation and declared four of the accused innocent early last week.

After Monday’s intense rains, more than fifteen households in Nyandarua’s Bongo area are now without a place to live.

Witnesses claim that at least 15 houses were destroyed when at least 5 trees were uprooted by the intense rains and equally strong gusts and fell on residential areas.

The area MCA said that a cow was killed by a fallen tree during an incident caused by the rains, which also caused havoc on crops.

“We are very shocked at the damage that the heavy rains have caused here. One woman’s house was completely destroyed by the rains, and we do not know what to do now that she is homeless,” Nyakio Ward MCA Zack Njeru told the media on Monday.

The MCA asked well-wishers to assist people who had been made homeless as quickly as possible, as they could have to spend lengthy, chilly nights outdoors.

Following the discovery of a 20-year-old lady who had gone missing from her house two weeks prior, found raped and murdered in the Kinare bush, fear has descended upon Kinare village in Lari, Kiambu County.

According to police, the girl’s body was discovered in the forests, drenched in blood, and bearing signs of sexual abuse.

Her remains were taken to the mortuary of the Naivasha District Hospital.

Locals have voiced complaints about the forest, citing the murder scenarios they have seen there as evidence that it has become a haven for criminal activity.

A fifty-year-old woman was discovered dead in River Awach within the constituency, and police officers in Kabondo Kasipul are looking into the situation.

After going missing for two days, Caroline Akoth was discovered dead under mysterious circumstances.

Akoth disappeared from their home on Friday while going to work her land in Ogenga village, Kasewe.

Prior to the discovery of her body, her family claimed that she went missing.

Nobody has known what happened to her up until now.

According to Dickson Samba, location the chief for Kasewe, the police have been notified of the situation and will be conducting investigations to determine the cause of the woman’s death.

Following an accident involving a bus and a lorry at the Othoo locality in Nyando sub-county along the Kisumu – Nairobi Highway, eleven deaths have been officially reported.

After the 2:30 am accident, several additional passengers were admitted to Ahero Sub-county Hospital and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH), according to Nyanza Regional Traffic Enforcement Officer Allan Mwangi, who confirmed the occurrence.

Two ladies, eight men, and a teenage boy are among the deceased. 53 passengers have been injured in all as a result of the collision.

The bus was trying to overtake an approaching lorry when it crashed head-on, killing all 11 people instantaneously, according to Mwangi. The vehicle was heading towards Nairobi.

Tow trucks have taken the two vehicles to the police station in Ahero.

The strange circumstances surrounding the grisly death of a 47-year-old man in Senator Boni Khalwale’s home in Malinya, Ikolomani, are presently being looked into by detectives in Kakamega.

According to sources, the victim’s body was found by detectives on Sunday inside the senator’s bull stable. It appeared that the bull horns had caused multiple injuries to the victim.

The deceased, whose name was Kizito Moi, worked for Senator Khalwale and was responsible for the legislator’s renowned fighting bulls.

In an interview, Senator Khalwale described the occurrence as accidental.

He speculated that the deceased might have been drunk at the time of the occurrence, which might have caused one of the bulls—named “Inasio” in particular—to react aggressively.

Senator Khalwale posted a video in which he claimed to have speared the bull to death, following tradition.

Videos from the Sunday, January 28 event showed the senator surrounded by his relatives and brandishing a spear.

“My champion bull, Inasio, has attacked and instantly killed Kizito Moi Amukune. Moi has been the caretaker of my fighter bulls for over 20 years, In keeping with our culture, I have today speared bull Inasio to death.” Khalwale stated on X

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Since then, the deceased’s body has been sent to the Kakamega County General Hospital mortuary while an autopsy is conducted.

Authorities at the Kiogoro police station in Nyaribari Chache are hunting out a pastor who is suspected of defiling a 10-year-old girl on Sunday in the village of Riangombe Nene.

The police report filed by Terasa Moraa states that her daughter was violated early on Sunday morning by Duke Moranga, the pastor of the Myabunda PAG church, as she was on her way to deliver breakfast.

Upon telling the police that she had sent her daughter to deliver breakfast, Moraa subsequently disclosed that she had been invited by the pastor inside his house on the church grounds, where he had violated her.

The child told her mother about the incident when she got home, and her mother went to the local Kiogoro police station to file a report.

The young girl told her mother that the pastor gave her Ksh. 5 and wiped her with a damp cloth after the act before allowing her to leave for home.

By the time the responding officers reached the area, the preacher had already left.

After the youngster was transferred to a nearby hospital for treatment, a damp towel and a one-liter bottle of black tea were discovered at the scene and kept as evidence.

The Emmanuel Kirima family is at the Kilungu Level Three Hospital in a somber, bewildered, and furious state.

It’s still not quite real that their 15-year-old son passed away. On January 15, Emmanuel enrolled at Kilungu Boys High School in Form One. Ten days later, the school administration called Emmanuel’s parents to ask them to come to the mortuary at Kilungu and identify their relative’s body.

The news and the possibility that the situation involving their son’s health was not handled properly have devastated the parents, according to them. Emmanuel’s family was initially informed that he had been sent to the hospital on account of a stomach complaint.

However, the family claims that upon examining Emmanuel’s body, facial injuries were apparent, particularly on his forehead. Before he was sent to the hospital, the school refused to tell the family if the injuries were from a fight, a fall, or bullying.

The 15-year-old student was transferred to Kilungu Level Three Hospital after being taken to a private hospital, where he was declared dead, as reported by Citizen TV.

Goeffrey Muema, the head teacher at Kilungu Boys High School, claims that they followed protocol when the student became unwell. He claims that when the hospital notified the school administration that the youngster had passed away, they were equally shocked.

In order to determine the cause of death, a post-mortem will be performed on Monday at Chiromo Mortuary, where the family has chosen to move the body.

Meanwhile, detectives have started looking into what caused the tragedy.