Author: Erastus Maleve
Erastus Maleve
Erastus Maleve is a Daystar University graduate with a BA in Electronic Media. He began his career as a newsreader at Ghetto Radio 89.5 before serving as a producer and radio host at Radio Thome 88.1 FM in Kitui for four years. Erastus further honed his skills with an attachment at BBC East Africa Correspondence. He is the founder of Channel 15 News, where he leads news coverage, social media management, and digital marketing. Well-versed in event organizing, Erastus combines his media expertise with a keen understanding of social media dynamics to shape local and national narratives.
Two people have died following a horrific head-on collision involving a Probox and an oncoming SUV at Ngangani area near Kisasi in Kitui Rural Constituency on Tuesday afternoon. The victims , the Probox driver and a woman seated in the front passenger seat — died on the spot after their vehicle rammed into a Toyota Prado in a devastating impact that eyewitnesses described as “unavoidable and instant.” According to eyewitnesses, the Toyota Probox is said to have been overspeeding and attempting to overtake when the driver miscalculated the distance, slipping into the lane of the oncoming SUV. “The Probox was…
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has formally charged Josphat Gichunge Kabeabea, chairman of the Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA), with soliciting and receiving a Sh5 million bribe from a businessman. Kabeabea appeared before the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court on Monday, where prosecution, led by Wesley Nyamache, told Senior Principal Magistrate Celesa Okore that the ACA board chair allegedly sought a financial advantage of Sh5 million from businessman Du Zhisheng. The bribe, prosecution said, was requested in return for favourable treatment in a case involving suspected counterfeit motor vehicle spare parts. The offence is reported to have occurred on 11th November 2025. The…
Dodoma, Tanzania: President Samia Suluhu Hassan has stirred controversy with a major cabinet reshuffle, appointing close family members and the son of a former president to key government positions. The appointments include her daughter, Wanu Hafidh Ameir, as Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Technology, and her son-in-law, Mohammed Mchengerwa, as Minister of Health. The two are married, making the cabinet lineup a direct extension of the president’s immediate family. Adding to the attention, Ridhiwani Jakaya Kikwete, son of former President Jakaya Kikwete, has been named Minister for Public Service Management and Good Governance. Public and Political Reactions The move…
Detectives in Kabati, Kitui West Constituency have launched an intensive manhunt for a heavily armed gang that tortured and killed a prominent Kabati businessman in a coordinated Saturday night attack. According to police sources, the assailants—believed to have been travelling in a Subaru—stormed the businessman’s premises shortly after 6pm, overpowering the workers before turning on the victim and his wife. Witnesses say the attackers were armed with guns and appeared highly organized, indicating prior knowledge of the compound and its operations. The businessman was reportedly held for hours as the gang demanded the whereabouts of an unspecified amount of money.…
Murang’a County Governor Irungu Kang’ata attended a fundraiser at AIC Kitui Township Church over the weekend, hosted by Kitui Senator and gubernatorial aspirant Enoch Kiio. The event drew leaders from Kitui and Murang’a counties, including Kitui Rural MP David Mwalika, Kitui West MP Edith Nyenze, and ten Murang’a County MCAs. During the church service, Senator Kiio criticized President William Ruto’s recent tour of Ukambani, describing it as a “failed mission that yielded no political traction” and dismissed a meeting at Kitui State Lodge earlier in the week as a “handout-driven gathering.” He also reiterated his support for Kalonzo Musyoka’s 2027…
The battle for Mbeere North has entered a fever pitch, and if Pauline Njoroge’s latest salvo is anything to go by, the by-election has now become a national spectacle — a hot, chaotic contest where money, power, and political futures are colliding in full public view. In her blistering statement, Njoroge paints the Kenya Kwanza administration not as a confident government defending its record, but as a regime spiraling into panic. She says it is “astonishing and frankly embarrassing” that three years into power, the government “has nothing to show on the ground,” and has instead fallen back to its…
Channel 15 News can now reveal the disturbing chain of decisions that turned President William Ruto’s much-anticipated Lower Eastern media engagement into a national embarrassment — a collapse so severe that senior editors across Kenya are still questioning how the Head of State was exposed to such amateur handling. According to multiple insiders, the President walked into that interview expecting a panel of respected regional journalists capable of interrogating national issues with the seriousness such a moment demanded. Instead, his regional communication team assembled what can only be described as a chaotic mix of individuals who had no business interviewing…
The Orange Democratic Movement is tearing itself apart. What began as a celebration of the party’s 20-year journey at the Mama Ngina Waterfront in Mombasa quickly mutated into a fierce, emotional, and unprecedented confrontation — the first major test of ODM without Raila Odinga. In the month since his death, the center that held Kenya’s largest opposition party together has collapsed, revealing deep fractures, buried resentments, and irreconcilable visions for the future. It all unfolded in real time as senior leaders took the stage, each determined to claim ownership of Raila’s legacy. Tensions simmered from the moment the gathering began,…
A deep wave of grief has engulfed Nzaatani Village in Mwingi West, Kitui County after three members of a respected local family were reportedly found dead inside their house in Saika Estate, Nairobi, in what detectives are treating as a suspected murder–suicide. The deceased — Justus Wambua Kavyu, his wife Tabitha Kathini Wambua, and their teenage daughter Stacey Kiluti Wambua — were discovered lifeless under circumstances police have described as “highly suspicious.” Early reports suggest that the man may have killed his wife and daughter before taking his own life, though investigators say the exact cause and sequence of events…
President William Ruto on Saturday unveiled a sweeping KSh110 billion development package for the Lower Eastern region during a major gathering of more than 10,000 grassroots leaders at the Kitui State Lodge. The announcement came as the President concluded a three-day tour of the region, during which he has been operating from the Kitui State Lodge since Wednesday, meeting various local delegations and inspecting ongoing government projects. Flanked by Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, the President outlined what he termed one of the largest government investment drives ever undertaken in Kitui, Machakos, and Makueni counties, saying no previous administration had matched…