Kitale, Kenya

A clergyman has been charged in a Kitale court with conspiracy to kill. Bishop Andrew Wafula of the Redeemed Gospel Church is accused of conspiring with others not before court to kill Reuben Masengeli on January 17 in Kitale town. The court was told that the bishop borrowed Sh120, 000 from ...

Motorists plying the Kapsokwony-Kiptais-Kitale road were on Monday advised to use alternative routes after the road was cut off by heavy rains at River Birunda. Charles Njogu, the assistant director of communications of the Kenya Highways Authority said in a statement that motorists can go through ...

For the past few weeks, Kevin Shikoli has not received charcoal from Turkana County, his source of the black gold for the last ten years. He operates a stall in Kitale, near the railway line but the business has gone down due to lack of regular supply. ALSO READ: Food vendors hard hit by high charcoal ...

A man accused of murdering the Kitale Gold Club Chairman was taken to court on Friday but did not plead to the charges. The prosecution asked the court for more time for investigations into the murder of Moses Yator, who had been chairman for three years. Magistrate Paul Biwot ordered the suspect to ...

The pest has once again invaded farms in Uasin Gishu, Trans Nzoia, Nandi, Bomet, Kitale and some parts of Central region and for the time being, the only way to control the pest is use of chemicals. This is a very expensive exercise for farmers who also have to incur high costs of fertiliser and seeds.

“The opportunity to serve in the county government is a privilege, not a right, so you should work hard and efficiently to retain that position,” he told the officers during the meeting at the county headquarters in Kitale. The Governor was categorical about efficient service delivery and the war on corruption.

A 13-year-old girl ended her life at Tuwan estate on the outskirts of Kitale town after a quarrel with her mother. Send 'NEWS' to 40227 to receive all the important breaking news as it happens. TUKO.co.ke understand the girl's mother had accused her of having sex with a series of boys within their ...

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A man purporting to be a pastor and his accomplice who have been sodomising boys at a primary school on the outskirts of Kitale town were dramatically arrested following a manhunt. The duo who are part of a gang that has been sodomising more than 19 pupils at Grasslands Primary School were ...

Residents of Saboti, Trans Nzoia County were baffled after pupils of a local school admitted to engaging in homosexuality for the last five years. The acts of the nineteen pupils from Grassland Primary School were revealed after one pupil gave details. The parent of the Class Eight boy had gone to school to ...

National Bank of Kenya has opened a branch each in Nandi Hills and Kitale to expand its agribusiness portfolio. This takes the lender's branch network up to 85. During the launch of the Nandi Hills branch, NBK director of corporate banking Reuben Koech said agribusiness is a critical sector and the new ...

The locked Mamboleo hotel in Kitale following a property fight between 11 sisters and their three brothers, March 21, 2018. /CORAZON WAFULA. The sisters said their father also left them a 68-acre piece of land at Waitaluk and 28 acres in Kiambu but that their brothers sold part of it for selfish gain.

Police in Kitale are looking for Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala over failure to pay Sh20, 000 for a suit he took at a boutique in the town about three weeks ago. The boutique's operator claims Senator Malala walked into the premise on March 1 and took a blue stripped Men Quest suit valued at Sh17 ...

The NCPB has resumed maize purchase from farmers at depots in Eldoret, Kitale and Moi's Bridge, where intake had been suspended due to full stores. The board is moving maize from the three depots to Bungoma, Kisumu and Lodwar. Farmers still have more than two million bags of maize to sell to the ...

Some women at the bus stage advised them to go find help at the Marie stopes which is within Kitale town. At the Marie stopes they were told to go back to where the procedure had been conducted. They went back to the facility, but this time they followed the right channel of inpatient admission. A different ...

Over 50 people were arrested and 10,000 litres of illicit brew seized in crackdown of sale and consumption of unlicensed liquor in Kitale, Trans-Nzoia County. Officers led by Kitale Officer Commanding Police Division (OCPD) Jackson Mwenga raided drinking dens in Namanjalala and Folkland and arrested ...

Yator,64, was shot at 11 pm on Saturday by three armed robbers as he approached his gate at prisons estate. "He was attacked by three men, one was armed with an AK47 rifle. He was shot severally in the chest," Trans Nzoia East OCPD Jackson Mwenga told the star on phone. Mwenga said that the ...

Farmers take notes as they listen to experts discuss dairy cattle feeding and management at the last Seeds of Gold Farm Clinic at Kalro in Kitale. The dairy experts warned farmers against 'bribing' a cow before milking it by giving it dairy meal. PHOTO | STANLEY KIMUGE | NMG ...

Two people have succumbed to cholera in Kipsongo slums of Kitale town, in Trans-Nzoia county. Confirming the incident, Kitale Referral Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr. Emmanuel Wanjala said five of the other 21 patients admitted to the facility had also tested positive for cholera and were under ...

Health workers in Trans-Nzoia County are battling to control cholera outbreak which has claimed four lives and left several others hospitalised. The outbreak has been reported at densely populated Kipsongo slums within Kitale where several people were taken ill after drinking contaminated water.

[VIDEO] Kitale court upholds Sirisia MP John Waluke's election. Feb. 22, 2018, 6:00 pm. By RITA DAMARY and BRIAN OJAMAA @ojamab. Sirisia MP John Waluke speaking in Eldoret. FILE. Facebook · Twitter · Google+ · WhatsApp · Email. The Kitale High Court has dismissed the petition that challenged Sirisa MP John ...

Tourism activities in Trans Nzoia County have received a major boost following the arrival of two lions and a spotted hyena at the Kitale Nature Conservancy. The Conservancy is banking on the three new as well as existing wild animals to advance knowledge to students on the importance of conservation ...

There was drama at a Kitale court on Tuesday morning after a remandee refused to alight from a police vehicle as he demanded to be served tea first. All was well as the lorry ... A remandee on top of a police lorry on February 20, 2018 outside the Kitale law courts in Trans-Nzoia County. PHOTO | GERALD ...

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Kitale has criticised the Teachers Service Commission for transferring without consulting stakeholders. “Education is not to be decided by the people of Nairobi. The people down here must have a say,” Maurice Crowley has said. Crowley is the caretaker Bishop for the ...

Farmer Ephantus Mwangi in Kitale had not considered farming until he and his wife Pauline visited the Netherlands at the invitation of a Dutch couple with whom they worked on youth mentorship. Their passion was helping pregnant teens, young mothers and babies, and they set up a rescue home outside ...

wo suspects accused of gunning down Kitale Golf Club chairman Moses Yator were charged yesterday in a Kitale court. Christopher Odhiambo and Denis Nyakundi appeared before chief magistrate Paul Biwot and were charged with murder. They are accused of killing Yator on March 3 using an AK-47 ...

The Kitale diocese of the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) has finally broken up after long-running wrangles over leadership. More than 10,000 members from West Pokot County have left and formed a diocese in Kapenguria. The members officially launched the new diocese on Sunday and declared they ...

The killers stopped the couple at gunpoint and ordered Brigadier (rtd) Moses Yator out of the vehicle. They shot him in the chest. [Photo: Courtesy]. Brigadier (rtd) Moses Yator, 64, was gunned down on Saturday night a few metres from his home near the Kitale prison. Mr Yator was in the company of his wife ...