The seven-year-old died as a fire razed their house in Kuresoi North, along the Nakuru-Eldoret highway. DRINKING SPREEChief Joseph Korir said Bravin Kipkorir's mother "locked the boy in the house and left to usher in the New Year at a local pub". Mr Korir said the woman took her other three children to a neighbour's house and then joined her friends for a "drinking spree". NEW YEARTo usher in year 2019, residents of Elburgon in the county went to churches and clubs. Bishop Kamuri Muya of Talent Church prayed for jobless youths and asked the government to tighten the noose on corrupt individuals.

Source: Daily Nation January 01, 2019 12:00 UTC