According to the weatherman’s most recent prognosis, the rains that have been falling for the entire month will persist in several areas of the nation, including Nairobi.

This indicates that although there will be brief dry moments, March will be unusually moist.

The head of the meteorological department, Dr. David Gikungu, predicted that there will be sporadic periods of intense rain in certain locations.

According to him, March is projected to bring above-average rainfall to the majority of the country.

He mentioned that flash floods constitute a serious threat, especially in the coastline region, the low-lying sections of the northern regions, the southeast lowlands, the Central and South Rift Valleys, and metropolitan areas with insufficient drainage.

According to the weatherman, farmers continue to communicate with their local agriculture extension agents to determine the best time and type of plants to plant.

A week after publishing a rain forecast for the entire month of March through May that showed above-average heavy rains, Dr. Gikungu released the particular forecast for March.

Important information about the distribution of rain in the counties can be found in the updated March forecast.

In the highlands of the Rift Valley and the area surrounding Lake Victoria, the rains are predicted to persist throughout the month.

These regions include the following counties: Migori, Laikipia, Nakuru, Narok, Kericho, Bomet, Kakamega, Vihiga, West Pokot, Nandi, Siaya, Kisumu, Busia, Homa Bay, Nyamira, Trans Nzoia, Baringo, Uasin Gishu, Elgeyo Marakwet, and Bungoma.

In the Central and surrounding regions of the Rift Valley, rain is also anticipated throughout the month; however, there may be a brief period of dry weather during the third week.

Nairobi, Kiambu, Nyeri, Nyandarua, Murang’a, Kirinyaga, Embu, Meru, and Tharaka Nithi counties are all included in this region.

With sporadic pauses, the rains will also persist in the counties of Kajiado, Kitui, Makueni, Machakos, and Taita Taveta.

But in the coastal counties of Mombasa, Tana River, Kilifi, Lamu, and Kwale, the first part of the month will still be sunny and dry.

The northeastern counties of Mandera, Marsabit, Wajir, Garissa, Isiolo, Turkana, and Samburu will see plenty of sunshine and dry weather, although near the end of the month, some of these locations may get scattered rainfall.

Nonetheless, residents in this area should anticipate more rain than the long-term average.

According to Dr. Gikungu, there is a possibility of lightning strikes in the area of Mount Elgon, including Kisii, Kisumu, Nandi, Kakamega, and Bungoma.

He cautioned the people not to seek shelter from the rain beneath trees or next to metal structures.

Kenya will see temperatures that are higher than usual for March despite the rain.

The current El Niño weather phenomenon, which affects worldwide weather patterns and can result in warmer temperatures in some places.

A GSU officer is being held by Mount Elgon police on charges of defiling a 17-year-old girl in her native village of Chepkurkur in the Kopsiro area.

The girl, a Chepkurkur Secondary School Form Two student, was reportedly discovered in the act of having sex with an officer in a brothel.

After the girl was sent home to pick up her school fees, police reports state that the girl’s uncle learned that her niece remained at a neighboring brothel with the cop.

Anger-filled locals dashed the brothel after the incident, and frog matched both of them to the Kipsigon Police Station.

The authorities feared for the two’s safety and later moved them from the station to Kopsiro.

OCPD Kopsiro Justus Njeru verified the event and stated that an investigation is being conducted to determine whether the cop abused the girl.

After two planes collided in midair in Nairobi, two deaths have been officially reported.

According to reports, the deceased were an instructor and trainee pilot who were flying in a Ninety-Nines Flying School Cessna. Both of them immediately passed away when the plane crashed into Nairobi National Park.

Safarilink Aviation Limited, the owner of the second aircraft, a Dash 8, has recently stated that the flight, carrying 39 passengers and 5 crew members, was bound to Diani when it was hit by “a loud bang soon after take-off.”

There were no confirmed injuries from the Safarilink aircraft.

“Safarilink Aviation wishes to report that this morning at 9:45 Local Time our flight number 053 with 39 passengers and 5 crew on board headed to Diani experienced a loud bang soon after take-off. The crew decided to immediately turn back to Nairobi-Wilson Airport for further inspection and assessment and landed safely. There were no casualties reported,” said Safarilink in a statement.

Since then, the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has started looking into what caused the incident.

“Investigations have commenced through various agencies led by the Air Accident Investigation Department (MID) and the National Police Service to establish the cause of the accident,” said the Authority.

Following the implementation of new charges by the Ministry of Interior on March 1, Kenyans requesting services at the Department of Immigration and Citizen Services will have to pay more.

The Department of Immigration and Citizen Services has implemented the updated fees, charges, and levies that were issued on November 14, 2023, for its services.

According to a February 29 memo from the Interior Ministry to Regional Coordinators, Kenyans who previously applied for a free identity card would now have to pay Ksh. 300 shillings.

The fee to replace a lost ID card has increased from Ksh. 100 to Ksh. 1,000.

The cost of a birth or death certificate has increased to Ksh. 200 from Ksh. 50, and the late registration fee has increased from Ksh. 150 to Ksh. 500.

The cost of obtaining a new passport has increased by 75%. Previously, a standard 34-page passport would have cost Ksh.4,500; now, a new applicant will now need to spend Ksh.7,500.

The cost of a 50-page passport booklet is Ksh. 9,500 from Ksh. 6,000, while a 66-page passport booklet costs Ksh. 12,500 from Ksh. 7,500.

An express passport will cost Ksh.30,000, while a lost or damaged passport would cost Ksh.20,000 from Ksh.12,000 and Ksh.10,000, respectively.

According to the updated fees, it will now cost ten times as much—from Ksh. 5,000 to Ksh. 50,000—to reclaim citizenship after renouncing.

Renunciation and obtaining citizenship for a spouse from an East African Community member state will both cost the same sum.

A single admission visa will now cost $100 US for visitors, up from $50 previously, and a multiple entry visa will now cost $500 US from $100 previously.

The cost of a transit visa has increased from $20 to $50.

Kenyan residents’ spouses will forfeit Ksh.150,000 from Ksh.50,000 when applying for permanent residence, while Kenyan children born abroad and in nations that forbid dual citizenship must pay Ksh.750,000 from the present Ksh.500,000.

On Monday, four more suspects were arraigned at the Eldoret Law Courts for allegedly obtaining public sector posts through the use of fraudulent credentials.

The suspects, Jackson Kipkosgei, Eddah Cheptanui Boit, Celestine Cherop Chepsoi, and Bethwel Kipkoech, have been charged by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) of forging credentials in order to obtain employment at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital.

They were accused of forging documents, forging academic credentials, speaking false statements, and obtaining public property via deception.

The defendants refuted the allegations and were let free with a Ksh. 100,000 cash bail or a Ksh. 300,000 bond.

These arraignments follow a related incident in which Joash Kirwa, an official of the Ministry of Education, was accused of forging academic transcripts and a degree certificate from Moi University in order to obtain employment at the State Department of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).

On February 15, Kirwa was charged with five counts of forgery for falsifying academic credentials. He was charged and then arraigned at Eldoret Law Courts.

After entering a not guilty plea, he was freed on a Ksh. 200,000 cash bail.

In the Thome area of Kasarani, Nairobi County, a woman died after falling from a ten-story apartment. Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations are looking into her death.

The DCI officers interviewed the management and residents of the apartment, which serves as both a residential and short-term rental facility, and went through evidence for the majority of Saturday morning.

Photos from the property that show a bathroom and bloody bedsheets are being used by the police to attempt and piece together what happened. Lawrence Gitonga, the man who accompanied the deceased, is recovering from eight stab wounds.

White house apartments on this block in the Thome area of Kasarani, Nairobi, on a Saturday morning Joan Nzomo, 19, fell from this building’s tenth story, and her lifeless body was found after 3:00 in the morning.

Detectives investigating homicides from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations arrived on the scene with the intention of solving the 3 a.m. incident that occurred in one of the more than 200 units in this building, which houses both short-term and long-term tenants.

Her lover Lawrence Gitonga was found unconscious and suffering from eight stab wounds by the detectives.

To aid in their investigations, the investigating police gathered CCTV footage, personal possessions, and forensic evidence.

Sources close to the investigations claim that on Friday night, Joan—wearing only a red t-shirt—met Lawrence Gitonga at one of the entertainment spots on Mirema Drive in Roysambu.

A few hours later, Lawrence and Joan were spotted dropping off a friend on their way to the White House Apartments. From there, they went to a nearby pub and kept drinking in his car.

The two arrived at the 10th-floor short-stay apartment they had reserved at 3:00 in the morning on Saturday. It is now unclear what transpired in the room.

Images of the scene show bloodstained sheets and smeared blood on the walls and floor of the bathroom; it’s possible that there was a struggle or that the man sought refuge after being stabbed.

The male who was with the woman, Gitonga, was found unconscious and had eight stab wounds. Detectives are keen to learn the precise events that led to her death. Our source claims that the deceased seemed without wounds.

Gitonga was brought to a hospital in Nairobi and is admitted.