There was tension in Kitengela, Kajiado County, on Friday after a senior police officer allegedly killed a junior officer in a fight over a woman. Constable Manasseh Ithiru, who was attached to the Kitengela Police Station, died shortly after he was pushed down from a balcony by Sergeant Abubakar, an officer at Athi River Police Station. The two officers are said to have been dating one woman, identified as 27-year-old Irene Wavinya Nzioka. Follow The Standard channel on WhatsApp According to a senior police officer who spoke anonymously, the two officers met at the woman’s house situated at Deliverance Road and…
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Properties worth millions of shillings were reduced to ashes on Saturday morning after a fierce fire broke out in Kitengela town.[Peterson Githaiga/Standard] Properties worth millions of shillings were reduced to ashes on Saturday morning after a fierce fire broke out in Kitengela town, sending panic and anguish through the local community. The fire, which is suspected to have been caused by an electrical fault, reportedly started at a plastic shop situated along the busy Nairobi–Namanga highway. Properties worth millions of shillings were reduced to ashes on Saturday morning after a fierce fire broke out in Kitengela town.[Peterson Githaiga/Standard] Follow The…
21 year old Brian Kimutai was allegedly shot dead by a GK Prison Officer on July 7,2025.[Peterson Githaiga/Standard] A Kitengela family on Tuesday narrated how they spent the night with the body of their son, who was shot dead by the police during the Saba Saba commemoration on Monday. The family of 21-year-old Brian Kimutai, commemorating on Monday, now want justice done for their son. According to his mother, Ann Nyawira, Brian Kimutai was allegedly shot dead by a GK Prison Officer who knew him very well and on a personal level. Addressing journalists outside the Kitengela Sub-County Morgue on…
Kenya Nuclear Regulatory Authority Chairman Omondi Anyanga and Director General James Keter during a past meeting. [File, Standard] The State has outlined fresh plans to improve the management of hazardous wastes in line with international safety protocols and best practices. Kenya Nuclear Regulatory Authority (KNRA) officials told Parliament on Monday that they are seeking funds to operationalise the Central Radioactive Waste Processing Facility in Oloolua, Kajiado County. The facility is the interim storage and processing installation for all radioactive waste produced in Kenya. It was built in 2010 and commissioned in 2022 by the government under KNRA’s oversight, with the…
Elizabeth Mawia, mother of a 13-year-old girl mauled by a lioness in Kajiado holds her daughter’s portrait in Twala village. 29, April 2025. [Peterson Githaiga, Standard] Burial arrangements for a 13-year-old girl mauled by a lioness 10 days ago in Kajiado have been marred by a controversy. There has been a push and pull between the mother and an estranged biological father over where she should be buried. Elizabeth Mawia, mother to the deceased, maintains that her daughter should be buried at their rural home in Kakeyani village, Kitui South sub-county, while the estranged father says she should be buried…
Police in Kitengela, Kajiado County, have arrested a military officer following the alleged death of his girlfriend.[File, Standard] Police in Kitengela, Kajiado County, have arrested a military officer following the death of his girlfriend. According to police, the officer, based at Kahawa Garrison Defense Forces, had visited his girlfriend at her apartment in the town. After their meeting, the woman, now deceased, became unconscious and developed difficulty breathing. Isinya Sub-County Police boss Patrick Manyasi, who confirmed the incident, told The Standard that the officer raised the alarm and the caretaker responded. “They requested one of the tenants to assist with…
Kajiado family seeks government communication following the death of their son in a fire in Dubai. 17 April 2025. [Peterson Githaiga, Standard] A family from Kitengela, Kajiado County, is pleading with the government for details on the death of their son, Benjamin Kioko, who died in a house fire in Dubai last week.They claim the government has yet to officially communicate the circumstances surrounding his death. The family complained that since Sunday, when their 23-year-old son was reported to be among three Kenyans who perished during the inferno, no official communication has been made. “We have tried to reach the embassy through our area MP in vain. No government official has…
Businessman Bruno Oguda Obodha, before Mavoko Law Courts, Machakos county, on April 14, 2025. [Peterson Githaiga, Standard] Businessman Bruno Oguda Obodha, who had previously been appointed by President William Ruto to be managing director of East Africa Portland Cement Company (EAPCC), has now been charged with fraud. Obodha was on Monday arraigned in Mavoko Law Courts, Machakos County, before Senior Principal Magistrate Derick Kuto to take a plea on six charges. He was accused of forging documents with the intent to commit fraud on diverse dates in 2024. Obodha, whose appointment was contested by the EAPCC board of directors and…
Over 4,000 sheep are confined in a 50×100 plot without access to adequate food or water at Koromboi residential area in Kajiado county. Residents are raising concern, terming the incident as a health hazard to their lives. [Peterson Githaiga/Standard] A section of Koromboi residents in Kajiado county are up in arms with a foreign business man who has kept thousands of condemned sheep in their residential area, coursing a health hazard. According to the Chairman of the Koromboi Residence Association, David Omatto, the residents are appealing to relevant authorities to intervene and order the animals out of the area before they spread diseases to humans. ”The sick sheep pose a serious risk of infections to…
Crime Scene. Police in Isinya, Kajiado County, are searching for a man following the death of his wife, who was allegedly stabbed to death at Naserian Village on Monday night. The wife of Chrispinus Ayeme Mukopi, 37, was reportedly stabbed several times with a kitchen knife before being struck with a blunt object on the head. The husband is said to have disappeared into the night with their three children, leaving behind the youngest beside her mother’s naked body, lying in a pool of blood. A neighbour alerted officers at the police station, who responded immediately. Tensions remained high within…