Security and Justice

The county government of Tharaka Nithi has now raised a red flag over the number of children being abandoned by their parents with some being found already dead. Worries are now emerging of the possibility of a syndicate that is either within the county or from elsewhere that is dumping children in the county...

The Meru National Polytechnic has been closed indefinitely following two days of students’ unrest over fee increment. The riotous students barricaded roads in Makutano forcing closure of businesses on Monday and Tuesday. A supermarket was vandalized on Tuesday as the rioting students wreaked havoc and engaged the police in running battles...

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has strongly  condemned  the killing of the slain teacher and blogger Albert Ojwang and called for the immediate investigations and arrest of the culprits. Speaking today during an Empowerment Engagement for Micro and Small Scale traders and Saccos at Kasikeu Secondary School in Kasikeu area, Kilome  Constituency, Kindiki assured Kenyans that...

Police in Nkubu, Meru County are holding a headteacher for assaulting journalists who were covering parents' protests on Wednesday. Buuri-e-Kingori Primary School headteacher Mugambi  Nguthari attacked Nyambene TV correspondent Festus Mwiti and Mwangaza TV's Clinton Koome as they were in the line of duty outside the school. During...

A wave of shock, grief, and growing concern has swept across Tharaka Nithi county after the decomposing body of a one month old infant was discovered wrapped in black nylon paper and dumped at the roadside in Wiru along the busy Chogoria–Chuka highway. The gruesome discovery has triggered anger and sadness among residents and...