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Tuesday, August 23, 2022

CCM's Isaac Ruto concedes defeat in Bomet governorship race

Eric August 23, 2022 0

Chama Cha Mashinani (CCM) party Leader, Isaac Ruto, has conceded defeat in the race to become the fourth governor of Bomet, a significant support for Governor-Elect, Hillary Barchok, of the United Democratic Alliance whose swearing-in is scheduled for 25th August.

Barchok defended his seat through a hotly contested race characterized by political decisions that set off pressure in the County.

Prof. Barchok, who will be serving his second and last term in office, garnered 158,898 votes against Mr. Ruto's 137,323 votes, while Mr. Benard Mutai (ANC) alias Mulo got 1,915 votes as Mr. Andrew Towett (GP) got 508 votes in the August 9th polls.

Mr Ruto, the former Council of Governors Chairperson and first Bomet Governor, said he had decided to take the decision to allow reconciliation among electorates in the county.

On Saturday night, he appeared in the public for the first time since the declaration of the gubernatorial election results and reports of his hospitalization and said it was time for the residents of Bomet to resume their normal business.

He spoke after holding a meeting with Prof Barchok and Kericho Governor-Elect, Dr. Erick Mutai at his Tumoi home in Chepalungu Constituency

" My political record speaks for itself, that I am not that kind of a person who disputes election results and interferes with the term of elected leaders. I respect the will of the people in any election," Mr Ruto said.

Police in Bomet arrest man for killing neighbour over Sh400 debt

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Eric October 24, 2021 0

Police in Bomet have arrested a man for allegedly killing his neighbour on Saturday night over Sh400 debt.

According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the suspect, who was identified as Evans Mutai, stabbed the deceased on the chest and went on to trade merchandise at his premises.

The DCI tweeted, “The incident followed an argument over a Sh400 debt, which the deceased owed the shopkeeper. After being stabbed on the right side of the chest, Keter was left for dead outside the shop.”

The deceased’s body was found by a resident of Chesoen village who informed sleuths at Chesoen police station about the incident.

The suspect was then arrested and a murder weapon was recovered. The weapon was a blood stained knife.

The suspect will face murder charges during his arraignment in court on Monday.

The deceased’s body was taken to Longisa hospital mortuary pending postmortem examination.

Form Four student stabbed to death at a bar after altercation over a woman

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Eric October 11, 2021 0

An altercation over a woman in a bar at Siongiroi area in Chepalungu, Bomet County, resulted in a Form Four student being stabbed to death.

Reportedly, an unknown woman stabbed the 24-year-old twice in the neck after they argued over a woman said to be relatively new in the area.

Siongiroi location chief Joseph Ngeno said, “The cuts are deep, which shows he was stabbed with a sharp knife, the blood spilled all over the place even some drops have been traced to Siongiroi health center where he was rushed by some Good Samaritan.”

After witnessing the incident, the woman in question fled. It is said that she recently moved to Siongiroi area from Sotik.

The deceased has since been identified as a day scholar at Kapsinendet Secondary School in Chepalungu sub-county.

A male suspect who is aiding with investigations is being held by police officers in Chebunyo police post.

According to Chepalungu sub-county police boss Nelson Masai, more officers have been dispatched to the ground to conduct further investigations.

The body of the deceased was taken to Longisa county referral hospital mortuary.

Nine prisoners escape from police custody

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Eric October 04, 2021 0

Nine prisoners on Monday, October 4, escaped from Bomet police station where they were being held.

According to Bomet Central Sub County police boss, four of the nine escapees were juveniles.

Imamai explained that in Bomet and Kericho juvenile prisoners are always held in cells instead of prisons because prisons in the two counties do not have a facility for underage offenders.

A police report indicates that while the Officer Commanding Station (OCS) was making the routine checks at the station, he discovered that some of the suspects were missing.

It is believed that the nine people escaped by slipping through an opening they created after cutting a number of metal grills at the back of the cells.

The tools they used to cut the grills are yet to be identified by police and how they managed to escape despite the presence of two officers who were manning the station is yet to be determined.

According to Imamai, the nine had been accused of various offenses and were set to appear in court on October 4.

Two of them were arrested for being in possession of illicit brew and three others were scheduled to face theft charges.

One of the escapees has been arrested and a manhunt for the other suspects is underway as the one who is currently in police custody is helping the police to trace the eight others.

Man in Bomet kills wife, attempts suicide after domestic quarrel over loan

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Eric October 02, 2021 0

A 32-year-old man, Nickson Sang, in Kipreres area, Bomet County, slit his wife's throat to death after a domestic quarrel between the two over a loan and he later attempted suicide by taking poison.

According to the area Chief Robert Kataam, the 25-year-old female's body was found some meters from their homestead, adding that she may have been killed elsewhere and the body moved.

The chief said couple had been quarreling over a loan they reportedly borrowed from a lender at Mulot trading center.

Sang was found by irate villagers who saw him excruciating pain after consuming the poison.

Angry villagers who wanted to attack the suspect were stopped by Nyumba Kumi officials who intervened and took the suspect to Longisa referral hospital where he is presently undergoing medication.

The deceased's body was taken to Longisa Hospital Mortuary.

Dormitory at Kimulot School goes up in flames

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Eric January 25, 2021 0

A dormitory at Kimulot Boys High School in Bomet County has been reduced to ashes following a morning inferno.

Property of unknown value was destroyed in the 5 am fire whose cause is yet to be established.

“The fire has been contained from spreading to other structures in the school through an effort by members of the public, students and fire marshals from the county government of Bomet,” Stanley Mutai, the county disaster management officer said.

Last week alone, dormitories at Cheborgei Secondary School (Kericho) and Olomirani Secondary School in Narok County burnt down.

On Wednesday, Education CS Prof George Magoha banned small-bottle sanitizers in schools over recent fire incidents.

Speaking after meeting education stakeholders at Our Lady of Fatima Girls Secondary School in Kariobangi North, the CS said learners have been using the sanitizers to start fires in institutions.

“I want to tell teachers that they must not allow small-bottle sanitizers into schools.

“If any child has portable sanitizer, it should be taken and kept and given when the child is leaving school.

“We have already seen that a fire was started using a sanitizer in one of the schools.”

Police officer tears BBI booklet, throws it into river

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Eric December 03, 2020 0

A police officer in Bomet County was on Wednesday arrested for tearing and throwing into a river BBI signatures collection book.

Peter Langat is said to have committed the act in Lelekwet Village, Kipreres Sub-Location in Bomet East Sub-County.

According to area assistant chief, Robert Katam, the police officer came to where he (Katam) was overseeing the BBI signature-collection exercise at 1:30pm, and requested to be allowed to sign on the book.

Upon receiving the book, Langat is alleged to have torn it apart. Two pages of serial numbers 0685180 and 0685183 were completely ripped.

Langat, thereafter, threw the book in a nearby river, a police report states

3 dead, several injured in a ghastly accident in Bomet

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Eric November 17, 2020 0

Three people died in a ghastly road accident after a matatu rammed into a saloon car at Chepkosa area along the Kaplong-Narok highway.

Nine other people were injured in the accident which occurred on Tuesday 17 at 3pm.

The matatu hit a pothole and its tyres burst such that it lost control and got into a head-on collision with the saloon car coming from the opposite direction.

The matatu landed in a ditch after rolling several times.

According to Bomet sub-county police commander Musa Omari, the injured were rushed to Tenwek Mission Hospital. The saloon car driver was among those injured.

However, the police are still searching for the matatu driver who fled after the accident.

Omari said, “We are still yet to find the driver of the matatu who went missing after the accident…we want him to come and record a statement."

The bodies of the 3 people were taken to Longisa Referral Hospital morgue while the wrecked vehicles were towed to Bomet police station.

According to preliminary investigations, the matatu was carrying excess passengers, contrary to the measures by the government on curbing the spread of Covid-19. There were two extra passengers in the matatu.

Witnesses told the press that KENHA's failure to refill potholes along the route makes it dangerous and prone to accidents as several accidents have occurred at the same spot.

Weston Kilel lamented, “We have always asked them to help us repair these potholes but they have turned a deaf ear…the potholes are deep such that when you hit them, it causes a tyre to burst."

Bomet men losing tea bonus to sex workers

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Eric October 28, 2020 0

Following the Kenya Tea Development Agency's (KTDA) payment of tea bonuses to farmers, Bomet County Police Commander Naomi Ichami has warned men against losing their cash to twilight girls.

According to a report by the Kenya News Agency, commercial female sex workers have flocked several towns of Bomet, all eyeing the tea bonuses.

The twilight girls have reportedly booked hotels in Konoin, Sotik and other trading centres, waiting for men to spend cash on them.