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.
For the third time in recent months, Dr. FSC Koki Muli Grignon has once again made headlines by breezing through yet another vetting process. This time, she secured a pivotal role on the newly appointed Selection Panel tasked with hunting for Kitui County’s senior administrative officials. In a special sitting on Wednesday evening, the Kitui County Assembly unanimously approved the five-member Selection Panel that will oversee the crucial task of appointing the County Secretary, County Attorney, and Secretary to the County Public Service Board. Dr. Koki Muli, already a well-known figure in vetting circles, was among the nominees who emerged…
The National Assembly has officially approved the appointment of new leadership to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), marking a crucial step in preparing the electoral body for future elections. Erastus Edung Ethekon has been confirmed as the Chairperson of the IEBC, taking the helm of the commission charged with overseeing Kenya’s electoral integrity. Alongside him, six members were also approved, including Ann Njeri Nderitu, Moses Alutalala Mukhwana, Mary Karen Sorobit, Hassan Noor Hassan, Francis Odhiambo Aduol, and Fahima Araphat Abdallah. This newly constituted commission brings together a team with diverse expertise expected to strengthen the IEBC’s capacity in…
A tense and chilling atmosphere gripped Kibera High Court today as suspects linked to the gruesome murder of Kasipul MP Hon. Charles Ong’ondo Were threatened violence against court officials, sparking shock and outrage. Justice Diana Mochache refused to grant bond to three suspects — William Imoli Shigali, Edwin Odoury Odhiambo, and Ebel Ochieng, also known as Dave Calo — after one of them issued a direct threat to a prosecutor handling the high-profile case. Court proceedings took a dramatic turn during a brief recess when court orderly officers revealed that Ebel Ochieng had aggressively inquired about the identity of the…
A Nakuru man who had reported his wife missing is now the prime suspect in her murder after her decomposing body was discovered dumped in Nakuru West, a week after her disappearance. Zacharia Wanjohi, the husband of 23-year-old M-Pesa agent Hannah Waithera, was arrested and arraigned in a Nakuru court on Tuesday. He had earlier claimed that Waithera had vanished from her workplace on May 21 and had suggested her phone was moving toward Nairobi. However, police say forensic phone analysis revealed that Waithera’s last known signal placed her in the same location as Wanjohi on the day she went…
The Kitui County Assembly has this morning unanimously approved the Supplementary Budget II Estimates for the Financial Year 2024/2025, totaling Ksh 14,148,976,193, marking a significant step in aligning the county’s fiscal plans with new national revenue laws. The motion was tabled by Hon. Zacchaeus Syengo (Voo/Kyamatu), Chairperson of the County Budget and Appropriations Committee, who emphasized that the revised budget aligns Kitui’s allocations with the County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA), 2025, and the County Governments Additional Allocations Act (CGAAA), 2025. The adjustments also saw funds reallocated from budget lines with savings to priority areas requiring additional financial support due…
Detectives in Voi have arrested three suspects believed to be behind a series of highway robberies along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway. The trio—David Karanja, Juma Jumamosi, and Josephine Nthamba Mutie—were linked to a daring robbery that occurred on April 9, 2025. On the day of the robbery, an Isuzu FRR truck with registration number KDC 020G was transporting gypsum from Nairobi to Mombasa. As it neared the Ikanga area in Kitui South , a suspect suddenly ran out of a nearby thicket, pretending to cross the road. The driver swerved sharply to avoid hitting him, causing the truck to veer off…
The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has ignited a global outcry after calling on the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture to immediately launch an investigation into the government of Tanzania, following horrifying revelations of sexual abuse suffered by renowned East African activists Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire while in state custody. The HRF’s urgent plea, directed at UN Special Rapporteur Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, seeks an international probe into what it calls “cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment” inflicted upon the activists in what they described as the “dark dungeons” of President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s regime. Mwangi, a fearless Kenyan photojournalist…
Just days after unleashing a scathing attack on unnamed senior government officials for allegedly orchestrating secret night meetings to oust her from power, Embu Governor and UDA National Chairperson Cecily Mbarire made a surprise appearance at Deputy President Kithure Kindiki’s Karen residence — raising fresh questions about behind-the-scenes political maneuvering. The meeting, which also included Embu County Assembly Majority Leader Peter Muriithi, came on the heels of Mbarire’s fiery Madaraka Day speech where she accused some Kenya Kwanza insiders of meddling in Embu’s local politics and plotting her downfall. While many expected the political standoff to escalate, Sunday’s high-profile meeting…
Three police officers lost their lives Tuesday morning following a grisly head-on collision between a police Land Cruiser and a fuel tanker at Matisi area along the Webuye-Bungoma highway. According to police sources, the officers were attached to Bungoma Central Police Station and were reportedly heading towards the Webuye direction on official duty when the crash occurred around 8:00 a.m. Eyewitnesses say the accident happened as the fuel tanker, heading towards Bungoma town, veered out of its lane and crashed into the Land Cruiser. Although the tanker remained intact and did not catch fire, the police vehicle was completely wrecked,…
Software developer Rose Njeri was on Tuesday afternoon finally presented before a Nairobi court after spending more than 88 hours in police custody, triggering outrage from civil society groups, digital rights advocates, and members of the public concerned about the shrinking civic space in Kenya. Njeri, a digital rights enthusiast and freelance coder, was arrested last week over allegations that she created a web platform enabling Kenyans to send mass email objections to Parliament in protest against the controversial 2025 Finance Bill. Her appearance in court followed growing fears about her safety after she was moved from Pangani Police Station…