Marion Kithi

First four victims of Shakahola tragedy buried in one grave

By Marion Kithi   2024-04-06 04:30:36

Fate followed four relatives whose bodies were retrieved in embrace from a shallow mass grave inside the Shakahola forest when they were buried together yesterday in a single grave.

Untold story of journalists, activists struggling with Shakahola trauma

By Marion Kithi   2024-04-15 00:30:11

Journalists who covered the Shakahola massacre suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Nurses save lives of pregnant women as doctors strike bites

By Marion Kithi   2024-04-17 18:13:33

Patricia Ndoro has been seeing at least 40 pregnant mothers every day since doctors downed tools a month ago.

State distributes hybrid coconut tree seedlings to farmers

By Marion Kithi   2024-04-18 15:28:43

Agriculture Secretary Mithika Linturi said the move was a response to the reduced coconut tree population.

17 cases of diarrhoea reported in Kilifi IDP camp

By Marion Kithi   2024-05-10 01:25:19

The people affected by diarrhoea presented with stomach pains, vomiting and high fever raisings fears of outbreak of waterborne diseases.

Hotels submerged as River Sabaki burst its banks

By Marion Kithi   2024-05-13 03:52:42

Floods have submerged some hotels in Malindi after River Sabaki burst its banks due to heavy downpours upstream.

Shakahola: Kin of victims reluctant to collect bodies, seek therapy to reach closure

By Marion Kithi   2024-05-15 23:29:05

The social workers and therapists from the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS), the Directorate of Homicide, and Kilifi County hope to convince the families to pick the bodies of their kin for burial.

Court orders DPP to reduce Makenzi's murder charges

By Marion Kithi   2024-05-17 21:07:49

The High Court in Malindi has ordered the Director of Public Prosecution to reduce murder charges against preacher Paul Makenzi and his co-accused from 191 to 12.

Mung'aro launches phase three of county Mashinani programme

By Marion Kithi   2024-05-20 01:06:10

Mung'aro said that the programme promotes dialogue with the people.

Two dead, scores injured as tropical storm Ialy hits Coast

By Marion Kithi   2024-05-22 16:23:58

Two people died and at least five others were injured after Tropical Storm Ialy tore through villages destroying schools, homes and businesses.

Alarm over rising mother-to-child HIV transmission in Kilifi

By Marion Kithi   2024-05-23 16:01:56

Cases have been attributed to the failure of pregnant and breastfeeding women to embrace antiretroviral treatment.

Miraa, muguka battle moves to Parliament as MP proposes ban

By Marion Kithi   2024-06-01 19:57:01

Deputy Majority Leader Owen Baya wants miraa deleted from the list of scheduled crops.

Shakahola death toll rises to 436 after seven more bodies retrieved

By Marion Kithi   2024-06-03 20:51:18

Detectives and forensic experts from the DCI Homicide Unit have recovered seven bodies as the fifth phase of Shakahola exhumation kicked off Monday. This has pushed the death toll to 436.

Shakahola death toll hits 443 as seven more bodies exhumed

By Marion Kithi   2024-06-04 20:09:05

Seven more bodies were exhumed Tuesday at the Kwa Mugambi area, located south of controversial pastor Paul Makenzi’s homestead in Shakahola Forest, Kilifi county.

Shakahola bodies heaped in a container as death toll hits 446

By Marion Kithi   2024-06-05 21:22:36

Bodies retrieved from the shallow graves in the first four phases of the exercise going on inside the forest in Kilifi's Malindi area have been piled in one container mortuary.

69,000 Kenyans living in modern slavery

By Marion Kithi   2024-06-08 17:54:18

Former UK Prime Minister Theresa May said modern slavery was on the rise due to rising geo-political and economic volatility, conflict, and climate change.

Shakahola death toll rises to 450 as two more bodies exhumed

By Marion Kithi   2024-06-12 18:37:27

Skeletal remains were discovered in graves at Kwa Mugambi, located South of pastor Paul Makenzi's homestead in Shakahola forest, Kilifi county.

Baricho Wellfield water project ready

By Marion Kithi   2024-06-14 15:42:31

The Baricho wellfield water project will serve over 400,000 people, said Water Cabinet Secretary Zachariah Njeru, who added that the project was to improve the residents' quality of life.

Endless grief of waiting for victims of Shakahola Massacre

By Marion Kithi   2024-06-22 15:20:43

Degraded bodies in bags with handwritten cards identify each victim of the cult as families say it has been endless grief waiting for the state to release their bodies for a decent burial.

Archaic beliefs fuelling killing, abandonment of intersex children

By Marion Kithi   2024-07-25 09:48:03

Intersex babies are often seen as a sign of looming danger and poverty in the homestead.