Articles On West Pokot

Senate questions West Pokot Governor over KSh 59M loan default
Counties, News .

The Senate Committee on County Public Investments and Special Funds summoned former Governor John Lonyangapuo and his deputy Nicholas Atundonyang…

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19-year-old man shot dead by bandits along West Pokot and Turkana counties border
Counties, News .

Tension is building up along the West Pokot and Turkana counties border after a 19-year-old man was on Monday October…

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Two ‘girls’ who underwent FGM, their parents arrested in West Pokot
Counties .

Four women will spend their weekend in police cells after they were arrested for propagating, aiding, or abetting Female Genital…

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Shock as student walks into college with a goat, seeks admission in West Pokot
News .

Plimo Juma a 21-year old from Chepkopegh village in Kapenguria, West Pokot County and a form four leaver who has…

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Inside govt’s plan to end deaths in gold mines, locals’ exploitation in West Pokot
Counties, News .

In a bid to regulate illegal and commercial gold mining activities in West Pokot County, National Government has moved with…

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West Pokot launches vetting of foreign nationals amid cannibalism probe
Counties .

The West Pokot County Security Committee has announced commencement of a thorough vetting process for foreign nationals from Burundi, Rwanda,…

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108 Eritreans arrested in West Pokot
National News .

Authorities in West Pokot are investigating a suspected case of human trafficking after 108 Eritrean nationals, including 13 children, were…

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Shock and horror as 12 people confess to killing and eating children in West Pokot
HUMAN INTEREST .

Just days after angry locals of Bendera area in Kapenguria, West  Pokot County ambushed, torched houses belonging to suspects believed…

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West Pokot boosts healthcare with Sh36 Million KEMSA medical supplies
Counties, HEALTH .

West Pokot County has received a major health sector boost after Governor Simon Kachapin oversaw the delivery of medical supplies…

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Four people killed, several others injured as gold mine collapses in West Pokot
Counties .

Tension is high in Karon Village, Turkwel, West Pokot County, after four people were on Saturday, June 7 morning killed…

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7-year-old boy killed by crocodile while bathing in River Turkwel, West Pokot
Counties .

Residents of Turkwel in West Pokot are living in fear and distress after a seven-year-old boy identified as Lingan Lotugh…

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Pokot leaders tell off Senator Cherargei  for attacking CS Murkomen
Politics .

Leaders and human rights defenders from West Pokot County have strongly condemned Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei over his previous remarks,…

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“They were my only source of livelihood”- Two cows killed in lightning strike
Counties .

Residents of Mbaya village, Lelan Location, in West Pokot County are living in fear and distress after lightning struck and…

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Beautiful scenery of ‘Daraja Mungu’ – a source of water to Lake Victoria and L. Turkana
Featured, HUMAN INTEREST .

Lake Victoria and Lake Turkana which lie hundreds of miles apart have been known for their fish production but the…

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Four people seriously injured by leopard in West Pokot
Counties, News .

Tension is building up along river Kaipon in Kalapochoni Village, Poole Sub-County in West Pokot after a stray leopard attacked…

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