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1 week ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Yvonne Chepkwony
Court gavel. [File Courtesy]
The High Court in Kabarnet has dismissed a petition by Tiaty MP William Kamket seeking conservatory orders to stop the establishment of Suguta sub-County in Kapedo.
Tiaty Mp William Kamket at Rift Valley Regional Criminal Investigations offices in Nakuru on February 8, 2024. [File, Standard]
The MP sued the Interior Cabinet Secretary following a gazette notice dated March 17, 2022, announcing the creation of the sub-county.
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1 week ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Yvonne Chepkwony
The Nakuru High Court has convicted a police officer for killing his superior following a protracted grudge. Justice Julius Nangea found Jackson Kipkoech guilty of murdering Sergeant Christopher Kimeli on August 8, 2023, at the K9 Unit Dog Section in Nakuru County.
“The kind of weapon used leaves no doubt that the accused knew that death could result,” the judge said.
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1 week ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Yvonne Chepkwony
Baringo Moi Teachers College.
Baringo County has finally gotten its first university after the Education Cabinet Secretary, Julius Ogamba, gazetted Kabarnet University College. The university is currently hosted at the Moi Teachers Training College as a constituent college of Moi University. According to the state, the first intake will be in September.
The Legal Gazette Notice Order 2025 came after a protracted battle between local leaders on the location of the university.
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3 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Yvonne Chepkwony
Senator Tabitha Karanja who is also the director of Keroche when she was charged with 10 counts of tax evasion at a Milimani court on April 13, 2023. [File, Standard]Keroche Breweries has lost a bid to halt liquidation proceedings initiated by former Managing Director Sam Shollei, who was awarded Sh45 million for wrongful dismissal. In March 2023, Keroche filed an application before Nakuru Employment Court Judge James Rika, seeking a stay of execution on the Sh45 million award.
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4 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Yvonne Chepkwony
Caroline Kwamboka during an interview at Arap Chumo Estate in Nakuru on May 29, 2025. She suffered multiple cuts to her head and neck after being attacked by armed robbers at her shop, where they made away with over Sh40,000 at gunpoint. The same attackers also shot and killed a man at the scene shortly after the robbery.
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1 month ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Yvonne Chepkwony
The Court of Appeal has dismissed Monarch Insurance’s bid to stop a Sh50 million compensation claim by two Nakuru businessmen. Monarch Insurance Company Limited has been entangled in a legal battle for over a decade with Hassan Ibrahim and Abdirahman Issak following a claim for compensation after their fuel tankers were destroyed in a fire in Juba, South Sudan. The businessmen were awarded compensation by a tribunal appointed by the High Court, but the insurer failed to honour the award.
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1 month ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Yvonne Chepkwony
Julius Mugoi Ogao accused in the murder of ex-Treasury official Tom Osinde on June 17 and 18 2023, at Ngata, Nakuru. [Photo/Yvonne Chepkwony]Witnesses in the murder of ex-Treasury official Tom Osinde have told a Nakuru Court that a man charged in the case lied that he owned his boss's car. The witnesses narrated their encounter with Julius Ogao, driving a posh V8 Prado, claiming he owned it.
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1 month ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Yvonne Chepkwony
The Court of Appeal has upheld the death sentence for a man convicted of killing his wife a decade ago, dismissing his claim that he was insane when he committed the murder. Stephen Eleman killed his wife, Naomi Eleman, in 2015. He surrendered to the Gilgil Police Station, where he was arrested and detained. On June 2, 2015, Eleman failed to take plea after a psychiatric report indicated he was unfit. The court then ordered that he be committed to Mathare Mental Hospital.
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1 month ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Yvonne Chepkwony
National Police Reservists perform a drill during their graduation at Kimalel in Baringo county on May 18,2023. [File, Standard]Two police reservists accused of killing a chief in Baringo County three months ago have been arraigned before a Nakuru court. Zakayo Komen and Jonathan Sirma denied the charges of killing Victor Sebei, the Loruk Chief, when they appeared before Justice Julius Nangea of the High Court in Nakuru on Thursday.
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1 month ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Yvonne Chepkwony
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen arriving for a security meeting at Kambi Samaki in Baringo County on May 2,2025. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen has accused politicians of funding and enriching themselves in North Rift and North Eastern through insecurity in the regions.
