Topic: Athi River
Kenya ventures into local production of fibre optic cables to bridge digital divide
Apr 19, 2024 at 08:13 PM
Kenya has taken a significant stride towards enhancing its digital infrastructure as it inaugurates the local manufacturing of fibre optic cables....
Dutch firm De Heus breaks ground for Sh3 billion animal feeds plant in Kenya
Apr 08, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Dutch firm De Heus Animal Nutrition has broken ground for the construction of a USD23 million (about Sh3 billion) animal feeds plant at Athi River in Machakos County, Kenya....
CS Owalo announces release of 194,000 locally-made phones into Kenyan market
Feb 06, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Kenyans can now get their hands on locally assembled smartphones, a significant step in the government's ambitious plan to bridge the digital divide....
Kenyan motorists face bumpy ride ahead with new toll roads and higher fuel levy
Jan 27, 2024 at 08:45 PM
Kenya's transport landscape is poised for a significant shift, with the introduction of tolls on key highways and the potential increase of the Road Maintenance Levy Fund....
DCI opens desk to investigate East African Portland Cement land fraud
Oct 18, 2023 at 12:51 PM
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has announced that it will investigate allegations of land fraud at the land owned by the East African Portland Cement in Mavoko, M...
Why a section of Mombasa Road will remain closed for the rest of this week
Jul 11, 2023 at 12:37 PM
The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has issued a traffic advisory notifying the public about a temporary closure of a crucial section of the Mombasa-bound carriageway alo...
Why residents of these estates in Nairobi County will go minus water on Thursday
Mar 07, 2023 at 05:36 PM
Various estates within Nairobi County will go without water on Thursday to pave the way for the relocation of water pipelines along the Nairobi Expressway....
Man arrested for allowing underage son to drive vehicle on busy Mombasa Road
Aug 24, 2022 at 07:03 PM
Athi River police arrested a man on Wednesday morning for allowing his nine-year-old son to operate a motor vehicle along Mombasa Road in Machakos County....
Woman who burned her children's hands for licking sugar in Athi River arrested
Jul 21, 2022 at 09:23 AM
Police have arrested a woman for burning her children’s hands in Athi River, Machakos County....
Detectives arrest man operating chain of butcheries for livestock theft claims
Jan 17, 2022 at 11:51 AM
Detectives arrested a butcher operating a chain of ‘Nyama Choma’ eateries along the Eastern Bypass in Nairobi last Friday following the disappearance of livestock in Machakos C...
Kenya Power identifies hitch prolonging power outage in Nairobi and its environs
Jan 12, 2022 at 02:35 PM
The Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) has identified the cause of continuous power outage in some parts in parts of Nairobi and its environs....
Woman arrested with outlawed endangered wildlife species, sandalwood
Dec 10, 2021 at 12:47 AM
A multi-agency security team has arrested a 42-year-old woman for dealing with endangered wildlife species....
President Uhuru mourns founder of African Heritage, Alan Donovan
Dec 09, 2021 at 10:54 AM
President Uhuru Kenyatta has sent his message of condolence to the family, relatives and friends of renowned African art collector and conservationist Alan Donovan....
Alan Donovan, owner of most photographed house in Africa, dies
Dec 06, 2021 at 11:55 AM
Alan Donovan, the founder and owner of the most photographed house in Africa - the African Heritage Estate - is dead....
Machakos man linked to wife's stabbing to death in love triangle now surrenders
Oct 24, 2021 at 04:42 PM
A man believed to have stabbed his wife to death in Machakos County after finding her in a compromising situation with another man has surrendered himself to the police....
Wanted suspect in Olympian Agnes Tirop gruesome murder nabbed in Mombasa
Oct 15, 2021 at 07:09 AM
The prime suspect in the heinous murder of 5,000 meters record holder Agnes Tirop has been arrested....
15 key things you probably did not know about Kenya’s EPZ manufacturing sector
Sep 16, 2021 at 12:10 PM
EPZs currently employ between 60,000-80,000 people across the country, which represents 12 times the number of people Kenya’s largest company Safaricom employs....
Scores of Kenyans spend night on Mombasa Road due to massive gridlock
Aug 26, 2021 at 11:52 PM
Hundreds of Kenyans plying Mombasa road are likely to spend the night on the road....
Hundreds of Kenyans stranded on Mombasa Road past curfew hours
Aug 14, 2021 at 11:19 AM
Hundreds of Kenyans were stranded on Mombasa Road on Friday night following a gridlock....
Missing Strathmore student resurfaces safe and gives chilling details of her disappearance
Jun 05, 2021 at 08:33 PM
The missing 23-year-old Strathmore University student Maureen Mung’ohe Musungu resurfaced safe and sound, albeit weak and sickly, on June 4, 2021....