West Pokot County

Cop manning exams container slaps OCS for questioning his failure to report on duty
By Antynet Ford | 1 year ago
A junior officer who was assigned to guard a school exams container at Lomut Police station in Pokot Central, West Pokot county assaulted his Officer ...

West Pokot residents grateful to Ugandan govt for arresting circumcised girls from Kenya in fight against FGM
By Richard Sakah | 1 year ago
Residents in West Pokot are celebrating the milestone authorities in the region have taken to mitigate the rise of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) pra...

Body of missing three-year-old child found dumped in parents’ compound
By Richard Sakah | 1 year ago
The body of a three-year-old child who had gone missing was found dumped by unknown people within the compound of his parent’s homestead at Math...

Mixed reactions as ‘dead’ Pokot man appears during planning of his funeral
By Collins Osanya | 2 years ago
Residents of Kongelai in West Pokot took their heels in fear and shock when a man they thought was dead resurfaced during the planning of his funeral....

Shock in Kapenguria as man walks into his own funeral
By Richard Sakah | 2 years ago
Residents of Kongelai in Kapenguria, West Pokot county were left shocked after a local whom they thought dead resurfaced in his own funeral. According...

‘Kwara Kwara’ – Popular Pokot dance banned for increasing sexual appetite among youth
By Richard Sakah | 2 years ago
The national government has banned a local dance by the name of Kwara Kwara in Kacheliba sub-county West Pokot county which is blamed for increased ca...

Property worth over Ksh2.4M destroyed in school fire in West Pokot
By Joseph Kintu | 2 years ago
Property worth over Ksh2.4 million was burnt down after two solar batteries exploded at Kutung primary school in Serewo, West Pokot County. The fire b...

West Pokot: One man, two KCPE candidates die after drowning in pond
By Richard Sakah | 2 years ago
Three people including two pupils have lost their lives after drowning in a water pond in Chewoyet village, Kapenguria Township, West Pokot County. Ac...

West Pokot: Anti-FGM crusaders decry increase of cases as residents force their way into practice
By Richard Sakah | 2 years ago
There is an upsurge of female genital mutilation cases in West Pokot with the advent of Covid 19 worsening the situation. According to stakeholders fi...

Armed men invade West Pokot police camp, injure four officers
By Collins Osanya | 2 years ago
Four police officers from West Pokot are nursing injuries after raiders stormed Makena Operation Camp inside Laikipia Nature Conservancy. In a stateme...