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Bernard Lusigi

Ruto, Raila allies trade accusations over alleged MP abduction

By Bernard Lusigi   2025-05-31 15:34:12

A section of leaders allied to  Ruto and  Odinga across the country are now accusing the opposition wing led by for the DCP leader, of falsifying abductions.

Busia family seeks justice after their kin was murdered and body parts chopped off

By Bernard Lusigi   2025-06-02 16:56:37

A family in Mundulusia village, Matayos Constituency, Busia County, is seeking justice after the body of their missing kin was found without legs, hands, tongue and private parts.

Malava police officer arrested in robbery attempt after freshers' night

By Bernard Lusigi   2025-06-08 10:25:42

A police officer and a student have been arrested in Malava for allegedly attacking and robbing a man returning from a freshers' night

Khalwale warns of waning support for President Ruto in Western

By Bernard Lusigi   2025-06-09 16:21:35

Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale has told President William Ruto that the Western region will not support him in the 2027 polls if he fails to implement his development promises.

'Return to KANU days': Malala alleges state harassment after driver assault

By Bernard Lusigi   2025-06-10 13:50:34

The former senator said that he will not be silenced or intimidated by President William Ruto for criticising the wrongdoings of the Kenya Kwanza government.

Kakamega traders reject plans to relocate them to Khayega grounds

By Bernard Lusigi   2025-06-12 11:52:47

Traders operating along the Kakamega-Kisumu highway at Khayega market and locals of Shinyalu Constituency clashed with police officers as they resisted plans to be relocated.

Tragic drowning in Kakamega sand pit claims three lives

By Bernard Lusigi   2025-06-12 12:15:51

A family in Indagalasia, Mumias East, is in grief after three of their kin fell into a sand pit and drowned.

Police exhume body of a 9-year-old girl killed three years ago

By Bernard Lusigi   2025-06-14 06:00:00

The body of a nine-year-old girl who was defiled and strangled to death in Kakamega, allegedly by her relatives and buried three years ago, was exhumed on Thursday.

AfDB to inject Sh8b for construction of Bungoma refferal hospital

By Bernard Lusigi   2025-06-19 00:00:00

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will inject Sh8 billion to finance the construction of the newly proposed Bungoma County Referral and Teaching Hospital.

99-year-old Kakamega man returns home after 60 years with nothing, finds wife, sons dead

By Bernard Lusigi   2025-06-21 10:38:00

Boniface Muhandia walked back into the village he left in 1965, armed with a walking stick and a small suitcase carrying a few clothes.

KUPPET issues ultimatum as CBA talks stall

By Bernard Lusigi   2025-06-22 11:10:00

Teachers’ union warns of strike over pay demands.

Governors seek two more weeks to spend Sh40b

By Bernard Lusigi   2025-07-02 06:00:00

CoG has called on the national government and the COB to extend the closure of the IFMIS by two weeks to facilitate the absorption of the counties' Sh40 billion equitable share

Keep off Kakamega politics, Barasa now warns Natembeya

By Bernard Lusigi   2025-07-07 06:00:00

Governor Fernandes Barasa has told Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya to keep off Kakamega, accusing him of meddling in affairs of other governors and causing unrest.

Why William Ruto stares at ICC with 'shoot the leg' order

By Bernard Lusigi   2025-07-14 09:45:16

The lawyer-cum-politician urged President Ruto to rescind the decision and listen to the people to prevent the uprising.

Gov Barasa wants Malala investigated over abduction claims

By Bernard Lusigi   2025-07-14 10:13:52

On Saturday, Malala posted on his Facebook page a photo of a man with his hands tied at his back, lying in what is seen as a pool of blood alongside a machete and clothes full of blood.

KDF to resume construction of stalled Sh10b Kakamega Level Six Hospital

By Bernard Lusigi   2025-07-21 00:00:00

The construction of the 750-bed-capacity facility in the Western region, and one of the flagship projects by former Governor Wycliffe Oparanya, stalled four years ago.

Raila kicks off nationwide ODM consultations in Kakamega amid party rifts

By Bernard Lusigi   2025-07-24 15:18:45

Alarmed by growing internal strife and criticisms threatening the strength of the ODM, party leader Raila Odinga is set to kick off a nationwide consultation tour today in Kakamega.

Implementation of ODM-UDA pact to determine our support for Ruto, says Raila as he defends Sifuna

By Bernard Lusigi   2025-07-26 06:00:00

ODM Party Raila Odinga has once again sent mixed signals over the party’s support for President William Ruto amid fears there could be trouble in paradise in their political union.

Three suspected motorbike robbers in Kakamega lynched

By Bernard Lusigi   2025-08-07 15:07:03

Three suspected motorbike robbers were lynched irate Lugari residents in Kakamega County after they were suspected of being behind the murder of a boda boda operator.

Sh11 million graft case against former Nzoia sugar MD, seven others adjourned

By Bernard Lusigi   2025-08-13 13:45:28

The multi-million-shilling graft case, which dates back to 2018, stems from allegations that senior managers colluded to defraud the company of Sh11 million.