Tag Archives: Siaya

The Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) has issued an alert warning of heavy rainfall expected across most parts of the country from Thursday, October 23, to Wednesday, October 30. According to Advisory No. 03/2025, released Wednesday morning, the ongoing rains in the Lake Victoria Basin, Rift Valley, and Highlands West of …

Former Siaya County Assembly clerk Felix Isaac Olwero, 50, was on Monday morning shot dead by police in Kombewa, Kisumu County, in what authorities later admitted was a case of mistaken identity. Olwero was gunned down near his White House Resort after officers, responding to an attempted burglary, mistook him …

Three artisanal miners lost their lives on Sunday evening in a gold mine in Gem, Rera village, Siaya County, after a wall of the mine collapsed, trapping them inside for hours. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel By the time rescuers reached them, the miners were already dead. Their …

A 16-year-old girl was apprehended following the ‘unintentional’ death of her 9-year-old niece in Siaya. Authorities are probing the incident where the teenager purportedly used a spear to fatally injure the younger girl at Nyandiwa village. According to reports, the suspect, who suffers from mental illness, was playing with other …

A woman was apprehended in Siaya for attacking her husband with a machete, causing him serious injuries. The incident occurred in Abimbo village, South Sakwa, where the 45-year-old man, Samson Atunda, was hacked on the face by his wife, Shaniz Achieng, while he was asleep. The matter was reported to …

Residents of East Asembo ward are urging authorities to arrest and prosecute a politician they accuse of fueling violence that resulted in the deaths of two individuals at a gold mining site. The residents claim that the fatalities could have been avoided if the politician had not organized a public …

The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has expressed its disapproval of a physical altercation involving three journalists in Siaya County on Sunday, resulting in one journalist being injured. MCK’s CEO, David Omwoyo, released a statement on Tuesday condemning the incident, emphasizing that such violent behavior among journalists from The Star …

Siaya governor, James Orengo, has cautioned President William Ruto against persisting in his efforts to intimidate the judiciary. Orengo emphasizes that the president must acknowledge that he is not exempt from the law and should refrain from interfering with the independent functioning of the courts. The governor has underscored the …

Authorities in Bondo, Siaya County, are conducting an inquiry into an incident where a 21-year-old woman was reportedly killed by her husband due to suspected infidelity. Cleti Kimaiyo, the Siaya County Police Commander, revealed that the incident occurred at Uhanya beach in Bondo on Thursday night. Stella Adongo, the identified …

Confusion has arisen in Siaya as a 14-year-old female student, Gloria Adhiambo Owino, who excelled in the KCPE examinations at Nyalgunga Primary School in Alego/Usonga sub-county, discovered that she had been placed in Form One at Lenana, a boys’ school. Gloria and her family were initially delighted when she scored …