LET'S TALK IT OUT

There was drama at Kiamuthanga village in Tigania East, Meru county, after irate women stormed the home of a 50-year-old woman whom they accused of luring young boys into bed. Hundreds of women chanting traditional curse songs thronged the homestead of Ms Karegi Thiura to protest her actions. The woman was then frog-marched to a field where a cursing ritual was conducted. LYNCHING The suspect had narrowly escaped lynching by young men who were threatening to strip and beat her up in public for disrespecting them. Ms Thiura, who is said to be of “Miriti” age group, was fined for having sex with sons of women her age group, which is against the community’s norms. Ms Monica Mutunyi, a resident, said the woman was ordered to pay EIGHT SUFURIAS OF FOOD COMPRISING FIVE SUFURIAS OF RICE THREE SUFURIAS OF SOUP. “The woman is a disgrace to the community and therefore an outcast. She is not allowed to talk to any woman in the village. Any woman found talking to her will be fi...

"IN CASE YOU MISSED THIS PERSONAL STATEMENT" Mugo Wa wairimu “I hereby invite all Kenyans, friends and foes alike to tune in to Citizen TV tonight. I encourage as many Kenyans as possible to watch it. Nothing is more difficult in this Kenya than trying to fight against a media armed with the most technologically sophisticated equipment; the media house responsible for this took the most partisan stand in 2013 elections. They are not God and whatever they say is not and will never be gospel truth. Serious, very serious allegations have been leveled against me. My enemies, political, business or otherwise have coalesced, in a most evil plot. This is the climax of months, no, years of scheming, with hundreds of thousands changing hands to permanently silence me. I do not intend to use this forum to defend myself or give my side of the story. I will also join the hundreds of thousands of Kenyans who will also be watching. I've fought many wars because of my convi...