Mbururu Police Station in Likuyani Sub-County that was set ablaze last week by residents after Denis Lusava, 21, arrested for not wearing a facemask, went missing. [Lynn Kolongei, Standard] The High Court in Eldoret has found two Police Officers guilty of torturing a suspect to death at a police cell and dumping his body in River Nzoia three years ago. Justice Reuben Nyakundi said that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt that constables Emmanuel Wafula and Godwine Wekesa Sirengox, murdered Dennis Lusava, 21, at Mbururu police post in Likuyani, Kakamega County. The incident took place on October 7, 2022 before…
Author: By Lynn Kolongei
Slain Catholic priest, Fr Aloise Bett of St Mulumba Catholic Church, Kerio Valley, who was shot dead on Thursday, May 22, 2025. [Courtesy] 54 Primary Schools and 19 Secondary Schools in the volatile Kerio Valley have been shut down following increasing cases of insecurity in the region and the killing of Catholic Priest Fr Alois Cheruiyot Bett by armed assailants on Thursday. Speaking in Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County, teacher’s unions including the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) from the County have backed a proposal by the union’s national leadership to close…
Lawyer Abel Mogaka at the Eldoret Magistrate Court where he was arraigned yesterday, following the death of his colleague the late Calvin Ngaira Musachi , who was pronounced dead at Mediheal Hospital. The suspect is alleged to have hit the deceased with a broken bottle. 23.05.2019. [Peter Ochieng/Standard] The High Court in Eldoret has been told how an Eldoret-based lawyer used a glass of a beer bottle to stab his colleague in the neck, leading to his death during a house party in the outskirts of the town seven years ago. Edith Chebet, who was the first witness in the case, was recalled…