From a top Magistrate being arrested and arraigned over estranged lawyer husbands murder to Nigerian woman being arrested at JKIA with narcotics hidden in milk bottles and watchdog media being robbed at a guarded big devolution conference to more data being revealed on funds missing in the dams saga,the country has marvelled at crime level in the nation.
ROBERT CHESANG MAGISTRATE WIFE ARRAIGNED
A magistrate was on Monday arraigned at the Mavoko Law Courts over the murder of her husband, lawyer Robert Chesang’, in Machakos two weeks ago.
Nyeri Senior Principal Magistrate Pauline Maisy Omungala was in the dock alongside three police officers and a driver
NIGERIAN WOMAN ARRESTED AT JKIA WITH NARCOTICS
A Nigerian woman was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi on Sunday after she was found with packets of suspected narcotics.
The DCI said Ms Okoye, 25, was found with 77 pellets of suspected narcotics, in packets that had been hidden in two bottles of milk.
CITIZEN CREW THEFT AT KIRINYAGA
Royal Media Services journalists, Stephen Letoo from Citizen TV and Waweru Nyambura from Inooro TV on Monday became victims of a robbery incident in Kirinyaga County.
The two were in the company of cameramen and had gone to cover the Sixth Annual Devolution Conference at Kirinyaga University.
The robbers made away with property including Macbook Laptops, PXW Cameras, Citizen TV branded microphones, bags, money, cables and hard drives for both Citizen TV and Inoooro TV.
ARROR AND KIMWARER DAM SCANDAL
The story of one of Kenya’s most daring rip-offs is quickly developing into a horrible tragicomedy as public officials spin differing yarns.
The biggest twist to the plot came Sunday, when Mr Rotich confirmed in an advertisement in a local daily that nearly Sh20 billion has been spent as advance payment to begin building the Arror and Kimwarer dams, contradicting claims by Dr Ruto that only Sh7 billion had been paid out.