Johnson Muriithi

August 11, 2026 06:30 (EAT) • 22 hours ago

Kirinyaga: 18-year-old survives after being doused with petrol, set ablaze over phone theft

Jesse Nyaga Wachira says he was beaten, threatened with knives and forced to drink petrol before his attackers allegedly set him on fire after he failed to produce the phone he was accused of stealing.

August 11, 2026 09:06 (EAT) • 1 day ago

Couple left homeless, seriously injured after gas cylinder fire in Mwea

The victims, 45-year-old Grace Njoki and her husband, Elijah Muthike, sustained serious burns in the incident, which residents said was caused by a gas cylinder exploding inside the house.

August 09, 2026 09:19 (EAT) • 3 days ago

11-year-old drowns in Kirinyaga swamp while on holiday visit to grandmother

According to Thumaita Location Chief Francis Kiragu Ndiga, the boy had travelled to the area to visit his grandmother during the school holidays when the tragedy occurred.

August 09, 2026 09:09 (EAT) • 3 days ago

Thieves raid Kirinyaga church, steal sound equipment worth Ksh.500K

According to Stephen Munene, the church's People's Warden, the thieves gained entry on Saturday by breaking through the gate, a window and an inner door. They stole speakers, a bass speaker, a mixer amplifier, receivers, microphones, a keyboard, connecting cables and a crossover....

August 08, 2026 08:08 (EAT) • 4 days ago

Miraa driver dies, two injured in Mwea crash hours after burial of Murubara victims

The crash occurred hours after a joint burial mass was held for 10 people who died in a road accident at Murubara last Saturday.

August 06, 2026 10:27 (EAT) • 6 days ago

One killed in hit-and-run incident in Kirinyaga

The incident happened at Mumbu along the Piai-South–Ngariama Road.

August 06, 2026 09:23 (EAT) • 6 days ago

Cold, snails and fertilizer shortages: Triple threat for Mwea rice farmers as planting season begins

Farmers say the harsh weather has forced them to adjust their work schedules, with many starting before dawn and leaving the flooded rice paddies by mid-morning to avoid prolonged exposure to the cold.

August 05, 2026 12:01 (EAT) • 1 week ago

'They did everything together': Kimbimbi mourns inseparable cousins killed in Murubara crash

Purity Nyambura and Abigael Wangui had left home early on Saturday after Purity woke her cousin so they could report for work at the Thiba Research Farm, where they expected to earn Sh500 each planting rice.

August 04, 2026 09:16 (EAT) • 1 week ago

How one man narrowly escaped Murubara crash as death toll reaches 10

A last-minute decision to abandon the tuk tuk he had already boarded would become the difference between life and death.

August 01, 2026 09:32 (EAT) • 1 week ago

8 dead as parcel truck rams Tuk-Tuk in Kirinyaga

Residents, including Bishop Carson and John Muriuki, said a tuk-tuk was hit head-on by a speeding parcel truck.

Johnson Muriithi

Kirinyaga: 18-year-old survives after being doused with petrol, set ablaze over phone theft

Couple left homeless, seriously injured after gas cylinder fire in Mwea

11-year-old drowns in Kirinyaga swamp while on holiday visit to grandmother

Thieves raid Kirinyaga church, steal sound equipment worth Ksh.500K

Miraa driver dies, two injured in Mwea crash hours after burial of Murubara victims

One killed in hit-and-run incident in Kirinyaga

Cold, snails and fertilizer shortages: Triple threat for Mwea rice farmers as planting season begins

'They did everything together': Kimbimbi mourns inseparable cousins killed in Murubara crash

How one man narrowly escaped Murubara crash as death toll reaches 10

8 dead as parcel truck rams Tuk-Tuk in Kirinyaga

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