The family of 45-year-old Fredrick Warui has now threatened to demand an explanation from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) for its inaction following the fatal attack on their kin by a hippopotamus near his home in Mwea East, Kirinyaga County, on May 30, 2026. Mr. Warui, from Kangondo village in Kirimara location of the said
Police have arrested a 30-year-old man linked to the murder of Junior Secondary School teacher Betty Wanjiru Nyaga following a two-month manhunt that ended in Mpeketoni, Lamu County. The suspect, identified as Peter Kanumbi from Ngucue Village in Riagiceru Location, Mwea East Sub-County, was apprehended by detectives investigating the disappearance and killing of the 28-year-old