Irissheel Shanzu

Leaders say dissolution of KVDA to reverse gains in fighting insecurity

By Irissheel Shanzu   2025-02-25 12:58:02

Leaders and residents of the North Rift region have criticised the government over the planned dissolution of the Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA).

Residents and leaders oppose KVDA disbandment

By Irissheel Shanzu   2025-02-26 16:35:36

Leaders and residents of the North Rift region have criticised the government’s decision to dissolve the Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA).

Four people including two politicians killed in road accident

By Irissheel Shanzu   2025-03-23 11:30:03

Four people, including two politicians from West Pokot County, have died in a road accident in Tapaach along the Moroto-Napak road in Uganda.

Residents spend night in the cold as storm destroys houses

By Irissheel Shanzu   2025-03-25 12:58:28

Residents of Marangar village in Kokwopsis, Tapach Ward, West Pokot County spend the night in the cold after a storm and heavy rainfall destroyed 15 houses and killed two sheep.

Stray leopard attacks four men in West Pokot village

By Irissheel Shanzu   2025-04-08 13:49:30

The victims — all sand harvesters — were going about their work when the wild animal emerged from nearby thickets and pounced on them without warning.

Bodaboda riders protest rising accidents on Kitale Lodwar highway

By Irissheel Shanzu   2025-04-10 15:08:47

Bodaboda riders in Kapenguria are up in arms over increased accidents along the Kitale–Lodwar highway, which they blame on reckless and speeding truck drivers transporting clinker.

Lightning kills two cows in West Pokot

By Irissheel Shanzu   2025-04-17 20:30:00

A farmer is counting losses after lightning killed two cows following downpour in Mbaya village, Lelan Location West Pokot county on Thursday.

Illiteracy, poverty, culture fuel gender violence in West Pokot

By Irissheel Shanzu   2025-05-15 12:05:05

Illiteracy, poverty, and deeply ingrained cultural beliefs have been identified as key contributors to gender-based violence (GBV) in West Pokot County.

Teacher's union demands transfer of West Pokot education director

By Irissheel Shanzu   2025-05-22 06:00:00

Knut has escalated its calls for the immediate transfer of West Pokot County Director of Education, Simon Wamae, accusing him of alleged mismanagement and authoritarian leadership.

Farmers protest delayed compensation over power line

By Irissheel Shanzu   2025-05-22 14:37:15

Hundreds of residents from West Pokot and Trans Nzoia counties have taken to the streets to protest against the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company.

Gold in their hands, dust in their future: The human cost of West Pokot

By Irissheel Shanzu   2025-05-23 12:30:04

In the heart of Romus Centre, nestled in the parched hills of West Pokot County near the volatile Turkana border, the search for gold has become a dangerous daily gamble.

Seven-year-old boy killed by crocodile while bathing in River Turkwel

By Irissheel Shanzu   2025-06-06 16:38:09

A seven-year-old boy was killed by a crocodile while bathing on the banks of the River Turkwel in West Pokot County.

Four dead, five injured after gold mine collapses in West Pokot

By Irissheel Shanzu   2025-06-07 12:23:36

Four people have been confirmed dead and five others injured after a gold mine collapsed early Saturday morning at Karon village in West Pokot County.

Chepkoghkogh residents decry 13-year electricity blackout

By Irissheel Shanzu   2025-06-12 16:24:06

Residents of Chepkoghkogh in Central Pokot Sub-County are up in arms over a long-standing lack of electricity in their area, 13 years after a government-initiated power project stalled.

Stop hiding children with disabilities, partners plead

By Irissheel Shanzu   2025-06-18 00:00:00

Bobleo Children’s Home in Kangilikwan hosts dozens of children with special needs, many of whom were previously neglected or abandoned due to societal stigma.

From despair to dreams: How bursary funds are transforming the Pokot community

By Irissheel Shanzu   2025-07-05 11:57:53

For decades, the Pokot community in Kenya’s arid North Rift region bore the scars of poverty, cattle rustling, and relentless banditry.

108 Eritreans arrested at Kenya-Uganda border

By Irissheel Shanzu   2025-07-07 00:00:00

Authorities in West Pokot are investigating a suspected case of human trafficking after 108 Eritrean nationals were found abandoned in Lokitonyala at the Kenya–Uganda border.

Shock and fear amid West Pokot cannibalism discovery

By Irissheel Shanzu   2025-07-07 12:43:18

According to Deputy County Police Commander Joseph Yakan, the suspects have confessed to killing and eating eight people over several months and even years.

Security bosses nowhere to be seen as Masinde goes in the dock alone

By Irissheel Shanzu   2025-07-11 09:00:00

The DPP has changed the charge against the officer who shot a hawker. Masinde wept as the new charges were read out as his co-accused was set free