Naivas Supermarket: Young Kenyan Accused of Shoplifting and Fined 100k

A young Kenyan man was arraigned in court today, Wednesday the 13th of April, for allegedly taking cooking oil from Naivas General store.

Alvin appearing before Milimani Law Courts chief magistrate Wendy Micheni on Wednesday, April 13, Chivondo pleaded guilty to two counts of stealing and handling stolen goods.

Alvin Linus Chivondo was accused of taking 2 liters of cooking oil at the Naivas General store along Moi Road.

As indicated by the indictment, the 21-year-old guy took 5 kgs of rice , honey, tea leaves and sugar, which totals up to Ksh. 3,165.

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The court heard that he acted like a client, picking the things from the racks prior to packing them into a shopping bag. 

He was captured on CCTv cameras while endeavoring to leave the general store without paying. 

 

In his defence, the guy, who is a trolley pusher in Nairobi CBD, told the court that he and his family had slept hungry for three days.

“I have a four-month-old baby and I couldn’t feed my family. Your honour, you can see I only stole food items. I can’t feed my family since I lost my job,” Alvin pleaded. 

The 21-year-old man, having accepted the charges, has been sentenced to one year in prison or pay KSh 100,000 fine for shoplifting. 

Sad story,right? Things sure are seriously getting worse by the day thanks to the economic woes the world faces today. 

Crane accident kills 9, Nairobi_Breaking News Kenya

 At least 9 people were confirmed dead after a crane collapsed at a construction site in Nairobi’s Hurlingham area.

According to police reports, the body count is currently  at  nine. What know so far is that, six Kenyans and two Chinese have been confirmed to be diseased, it is still unclear whom the ninth is.

Kilimani police chief, Andrew Mbogo earlier told the press, “We have lost 8 people..... they include two Chinese and six Kenyans.”

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The 14-storey building where this happened, was actually an  almost complete hostel building near Daystar University, Valley Road, meant to be manned by Qwetu.

Joseph Aketch an attendant to a nearby petrol station recounted, 

“I just heard people screaming and people were looking at the direction of that crane which was already down,... the place is sealed they are not allowing people inside but I am told it has killed people.”

 

Another witness, Michael Odhiambo, present at the site reported that the crane crashed as it was being dismantled, 

“Some people were up on the crane dismantling it when it crashed,”

 Odhiambo further said, 

“it is like they did not balance the weight well and it is unfortunate because eight people are now dead and two have been taken to hospital."

Rescue efforts continue as we await further information. We send our heartfelt condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones. 

A Wife:Poem by William A

Tears of a neglected wife

‘A Wife’ by ‘A’ [William Allingham],

in Once a Week)

The wife sat thoughtfully turning over

A book inscribed with the school-girl’s name;

A tear – one tear – fell hot on the cover

She quickly closed when her husband came.

He came, and he went away – it was nothing –

With cold calm words on either side;

But, just at the sound of the room-door shutting,

A dreadful door in her soul stood wide.

Love, she had read of in sweet romances, 

Love that could sorrow, but never fail,

Built her own palace of noble fancies,

All the wide world a fairy tale.

Bleak and bitter, utterly doleful,

Spreads to this woman her map of life;

Hour after hour she looks in her soul, full

Of deep dismay and turbulent strife.

Face in both hands, she knelt on the carpet;

The black cloud loosen’d, the storm-rain fell:

Oh! Life has so much to wilder and warp it, 

One poor heart’s day what poet could tell?

‘A Wife’ by ‘A’ [William Allingham],

in Once a Week)