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Feb 14, 2025 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Daniel Chege |Kennedy Gachuhi
The family of 31-year-old Brian Odhiambo, who vanished after being taken by Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers at Nakuru National Park, is now relying on the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for justice. Nakuru East DCIO Samuel Ngeiywo told The Standard that they have sent Odhiambo’s case file to the DPP for guidance.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Kennedy Gachuhi
Teresia Njeri, the widow of the late marathoner Samuel Kamau Wanjiru, has embarked on recovering a prime property that belonged to her late husband that was allegedly grabbed in Nyahururu town. Speaking to the press alongside Njeri, her lawyer Ndegwa Wahome said it was just recently when going through Wanjiru’s documents that they discovered the property. “We recently discovered that the late Wanjiru owned a prime plot in Nyahururu town.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Muriithi Mugo |Kennedy Gachuhi
A cloud of fear, anxiety, and uncertainty has engulfed the homes of two abduction victims, who were released on Monday but are still grappling with the trauma of their ordeal. Despite their release, 24-year-old Billy Mwangi and Gideon Kibet, alias Kibet Bull, are reluctant to discuss the details of what they went through. The sight of concerned friends and relatives offers little comfort as an uneasy calm settles over their households.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Kennedy Gachuhi
Florence Wanjiku, lying on her hospital bed, recalls vividly events that led to the man she trusted, the father to her child and pastor, descending on her with a sharp object and stabbing and tearing her flesh 18 times. With shock from the gory event still evident on her face, the 33-year-old businesswoman from Nakuru County who is still fighting for her life at Optimum Current Hospital told The Sunday Standard that she is lucky to be alive.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Kennedy Gachuhi
Florence Wanjiku, lying on her hospital bed, recalls vividly events that led to the man she trusted, the father to her child and pastor, descending on her with a sharp object and stabbing and tearing her flesh 18 times. With shock from the gory event still evident on her face, the 33-year-old businesswoman from Nakuru County who is still fighting for her life at Optimum Current Hospital told The Sunday Standard that she is lucky to be alive.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Kennedy Gachuhi
A family in Nakuru is in agony after their nine-month-old baby was stolen while under the care of other minors on Tuesday in the informal settlement of Rhonda. Maureen Gesare said she reported at Kaptembwo Police Station immediately after she was informed that her child was missing. Gesare said she had gone to work and left the child under the care of her elder sister Faith Kemunto who also has a three-month-old baby.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Kennedy Gachuhi |Sophia Matoya
The discovery of a stolen vehicle in Nakuru in the hands of a client who had booked it as a taxi has compounded the mystery of a missing Mombasa cab driver. For Meshack Kingi, seeing the vehicle, a Nissan Serena registration number KDQ 182F parked outside Mwariki Police Station in Nakuru East was a great relief. However, the smile on his face faded after he realised that his sister Victoria Mumbua, 35, the driver, was nowhere to be found except her client, who is now the suspect.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Kennedy Gachuhi
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is a man stuck between a rock and a hard place. There are dire consequences which could kill his political career whichever option he takes. Now that an estimated 142 Members of Parliament have appended their signatures to a motion intended to impeach him, the Deputy President has only two options: resign and live to fight another day or brave the impeachment and hope that in the event he is sent home, he will find reprieve in court.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Kennedy Gachuhi
The increasingly complex and divided Mt Kenya region kingpin debate has thrown its diaspora vote into confusion as succession politics take center stage in major political events. This follows the emergence and public declaration of Prof Kithure Kindiki as Mt Kenya’s kingpin by a section of the region’s lawmakers to rival Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Kennedy Gachuhi
The bus which was involved in an accident at Migaa blackspot along the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway had mechanical problems that were repaired for hours in Kericho. Thirteen people were killed and 55 injured after the bus belonging to Coast Bus rammed a car from behind before rolling and landing in a ditch on Tuesday at around 4 am. Survivors of the horrific crash narrated that their journey from Kisumu was marred with challenges even before they left the bus park.
