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Former Meru governor and PNU party leader Peter Munya has reconciled with Meru governor Kiraitu Murungi.The two are said to have met with president Uhuru Kenyatta and talked over their differences. https://twitter.com/UKenyatta/status/913006613056905216 The two Meru leaders have been arch rivals with both trying to gain supremacy in the county.It is unclear whether Peter Munya will withdraw the petition filed against the Meru governor Kiraitu Murungi. He had earlier joined NASA but decamped back to Jubilee after the elders spoke to him,he had however vowed not to share a podium with Kiraitu Murungi even though they were both supporting and campaigning…

Following the announcement by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of a fresh presidential poll set to take place on October 26, the Government of Kenya has been working to come up with a budget that would accommodate all necessary expenditure required for the fresh poll. During the August 8 election the IEBC used approximately Sh42 billion, however, the election was annulled by the Supreme Court over several illegalities and irregularities during the electoral process. Read:IEBC To Announce Final Presidential Tally, No Periodic Updates According to reports the repeat poll between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga will receive…

The Nurses in Kenya have on strike for a while, today as they matched from the Ministry of Health to parliament to protest  for the closure of nursing schools they were met with police who fired teargas canisters at the protesting nurses. The secretary general of the union Seth Panyako said that it was unfair for the police to fire them with teargas yet they had notified the Inspector General. He said that teargas was meant for crooks as opposed to peaceful protesters,the police should be offering them protection as opposed attacking them. Read:Three More Nakumatt Stores Closed in Uganda…

IEBC has dropped Airtel and Telkom as service providers in the fresh presidential polls in October 26 .The commission has however maintained a transmission deal with mobile service provider Safaricom saying that it considered the extensive network coverage around the country. IEBC said that the move was to avoid hitches that they witnessed in the August 8 polls saying that they are the main reason for the nullification. Read:Markets Remain Calm Ahead Of Nasa’s IEBC Protests Safaricom will be required to provide KIEMs kit tablet sim cards in all the 40883 polling stations. This comes after NASA had accused Safaricom…

Lawyer PLO Lumumba has resigned from his post as the Director of the Kenya School Of Law.The eloquent lawyer known for his mastery of the queens language wrote to the board of the Kenya school of law saying that he will not renew his term. He said ‘I wrote to the board last week to that i will not be able to serve another term and they accepted.I want to demonstrate that as a public servant you can serve and leave room for others to also serve’ PLO Lumumba who has been at the helm of the Kenya School Of…

A citizen by the name Koitamet Ole Kina has written to the chairman of the IEBC  Wafula Chebukati giving him seven days to allow access to the IEBC servers or else he will institute  legal proceedings to force the commission to do so and avail the information to him. Mr Ole Kina cited article 35 of the constitution which basically focuses on every citizens right to access to information by the state.He wants to be given access to the biometric voter register,KIEMs kit allocation for the August polls,GPRS details,administrative logs,user access logs for the result transmission systems. Read:Dida: Uhuru…

Ezra Chiloba has said that he will not resign and has not thought about resigning because he has a responsibility to discharge and he intends to do so. He said that the supreme court identified issues with systems and processes as opposed to specific personnel manning the systems in the IEBC. Read:NASA Now Opposes UNDP Financing IEBC And Procurement Of Ballot Papers Ezra Chiloba advised the country saying ‘You must look for solutions that will consolidate gains for the longest time. We have to learn to build institutions for the long term.’ He said that this time it is him…

NASA has now raised issue with UNDP financing and aiding the IEBC in the procurement of ballot papers they said that Al Ghurair was the go to supplier of the UN when it came to printing of ballot papers. Communications Director for the Orange Democratic Party Philip Etale said that Zambia had  previously complained about the UNDP and financing elections. He said in all countries that the UNDP financed and procured from Al Ghurair, The elections ended up being contested.This countries include Haiti,Zambia, Madagascar, Libya Mali among others. NASA also claims that Ezra Chiloba had ties with the UNDP as…

Moses Kuria has asked the inspector general to shoot NASA leader Raila Odinga if he is caught breaking the law. He said that the gun that Joseph Boinett has is not a prop and he should use it as the work of the police is to protect the city. Read:Chebukati Should be Firm on his Job – Passaris The controversial politician told NASA that the only way that the IEBC official was through a tribunal which supposed to be taken to parliament and not through the protest that they have planned. https://youtu.be/hr56qOzO98s Moses Kuria was speaking during  a campaign for…

Wafula Chebukati’s senior advisor Mr. Gekari Muoni has instructed his lawyers to sue a local daily over leakage of memos. On Monday September 25, the Daily Nation published a story stating that he had been fired on grounds that he was behind the leakage of the commission’s memos. Mr. Gekari Muoni said that he was on leave at the time that the memos were being leaked and he had nothing to do with the leakage. Read:NTV Journalist Foolishly Insult Kenyans Based on His Own Ignorance Through his lawyers, he said that the article has lowered his professional reputation and asked…

The NASA parliamentary group has given the government 24 hours to reinstate the security of Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka which has been withdrawn. The Members of Parliament stated that there will be mass action if this does not happen. The parliamentary group said that they will hold the president responsible as the custodian of power should anything happen to Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka. They said that the peaceful demonstrations against the IEBC will still be on as is within their constitutional right. Read:Steve Mbogo Loses Court Case Barring Media Houses From Publishing Defilement Story The NASA team said…

The match towards Anniversary towers has started with NASA supporters walking chanting anti -IEBC slogans .Many were spotted carrying oranges which is the NASA presidential candidate symbol while shouting ‘Chiloba Must go’ No incidences have been reported yet,so far the protests are peaceful.The protests are also being replicated in Kisumu County. Read:Angry Youth Protest Over Babu Owino Remarks Against President Kenyatta (Photos) Yesterday the IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati had written to NASA to call off the protests and instead embrace dialogue in a meeting that the commission had set for Wednesday September 27. Do you have a story you want…

Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino supporters have blocked the roads in the constituency in protest of his arrest. The newly elected legislator spent the night at the Pangani police station after he was arrested  for calling the President Uhuru Kenyatta a ‘puppy’ Read:NASA Fundraiser For Presidential Campaign At 20 Million His followers have used boulders to block the roads inconveniencing motorists It is rumored that the police got an ‘order from above’ not to allow the legislators lawyer senator James Orengo and his family from talking to him. https://twitter.com/orengo_james/status/912379613996822528 Babu Owino will arraigned at Milimani law courts and…

An immigration officer was who had allowed a Nigerian who had been deported alongside controversial businessman Chinedu has been imprisoned.Edward Kabiu Njau has been sentenced to seven months in prison for sneaking back the Nigerian. He had denied in the charge last year. Assistant Director of migration ,Mr. D.N Wambilyanga had said that Mr. Anaeke Chimezie who had been deported for being a drug king pin had sneaked back in through the Namanga border in Kajiado county. Read:Slain Presiding Officer, Caroline Odinga Killed After Interrogation By Senior IEBC Officials In 2013 the immigration officer and the airplane that had escorted…

Angry youth have caused a traffic snarl up along the Thika road super highway.They were protesting because of remarks made by Babu Owino terming the president Uhuru Kenyatta as a ‘puppy’  among other complaints. Read:SATIRE: Here is Why Jubilee Will Win Against NASA Any Day The said that Uhuru Kenyatta should just be sworn in as president instead of going for the fresh presidential elections. The youth were head chanting anti-Babu slogans as the lit fires along the busy high way,the youth said they cannot let their president to be abused yet he was born a human being just like…