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The Jubilee Party has welcomed the move by NASA to go to court saying that it was the right decision. Through the leader of majority Aden Duale, Jubilee Party said that NASA leaders had the opportunity to share the pieces of evidence and show cause as to why they were unsatisfied. He said that NASA lawyers should now bring the evidence that they had collected however he was certain that their lawyers and those of IEBC would be able to counter all evidence that would be presented. Senate leader of majority, Kithure Kindiki also expressed his confidence in president Kenyatta…

Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) Chairperson, Kagwiria Mbogori has condemned the actions of the NGO board’s Fazul Mahamed. She termed the actions as a direct attack on human rights groups and that the board was acting in contempt of court from orders that were issued in October 2016. The commission cited various occasions when human rights defenders and organizations were attacked for questioning the government actions in relation to gross human rights violations. She made reference to the attack on IFES, MUHURI and Haki Africa. Ms. Kagwiria said that the commission commends the directive of Acting Cs Matiang’i…

Four senior ICT managers at the government information and communication authority have been fired over embezzlement claims in the presidents digital talent program. The ICT principal secretary Victor Kyalo said that the CEO of the authority had fired the four in order for investigations to take place after an internal audit showed the grand theft. The assets recovery unit and the the CID were called upon to assist with the investigations. The bank accounts of the four managers were also frozen. Read:KRA Collects 10 Billion Rent Income Tax The PS said that if found culpable the four managers and would…

Acting interior CS Matiang’i has suspended any action as directed by the Executive Director of the NGO Board Fazul Mahamed for various government bodies including the DCI and KRA to take action on the Kenya Human Rights Commission and AFRICOG. Through a letter, he stated that he received concerns and petitions from a number of stakeholders. Read:Anti-riot Police Drill In Kisumu Intimidating Residents He says that though the matters arising are weighty there should be exhaustive engagements before conclusive and final actions such as deregistration are reached. He has therefore given the principal secretary of the ministry of Interior and…

Coast Human Rights Network have denounced in the strongest term the ongoing NGO harassment of AFRICOG and Kenya Human Rights Commission. ”Accused persons should be accorded a chance to be heard as this s a requirement of the law.” The had the following demands: That the government guarantee the physical and psychological integrity of Human rights defenders at the KHRC and AFRCOG The government should refrain from capricious legal actions against the two organizations That the government complies with the provisions of International instruments which Kenya is signatory to. Read: Election Losers Asked To Return Government Vehicles The NGO board…

Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri’s Giants of Africa basketball movement will be hosting a week long basketball camp despite the tension in some parts of Nairobi. The movement has facilitated the construction of basketball courts in Nairobi slum areas such as Kibera, Kayole and Mathare. This has encouraged the youth to spend their time in sport activities rather than criminal activities. Read:Miguna Refuses to Concede Defeat To Mike Sonko The camp is on going at Brook House school where about 50 youths have been selected to improve on their skills with coaches from all over Africa. The camps aim at…

Nairobi women representative elect Esther Passaris lashed out on Mr. John Kerry’s twitter post. The former US Secretary of State was one of the international observers that were in Kenya last week. He had described Kenya’s election as free, fair and credible. Read:Kidero, Sifuna Reject Results, Want Physical Recount In his tweet he said that he had Kenya in his thoughts,asked for the complaints to be resolved in courts and the police to allow for peaceful assembly. https://twitter.com/JohnKerry/status/897141573112258560 Passaris was having none of it as she said that even the most celebrated brains in Kenya did not see the court…

Charity Ngilu has declined the 6 million set aside for her inauguration. She instead said that all that was needed was a bible and a venue which could not amount to six million shillings The Kitui Governor elect said that the county commissioner Boaz Cherutich should be sensitive of the poor in all of their actions. She also sought for reports on the state of boreholes in the county during her first meeting after her election. Read:Isaac Rutto’s Silence Raises Tension In Bomet County She suggested that the money should be channeled to projects that were meant to solve the…

Uasin Gishu governor elect Jackson Mandago has asked county employees who were against him to repent or go home following his re-election. Mandago said that he was aware that some the employees did not support his re-election and should therefore ask for his forgiveness. He also said that he did not like how his previous cabinet ran the county operations and was not willing to work with lazy people during the new term. Read:Miguna Refuses to Concede Defeat To Mike Sonko The governor elect said that he would have to go for a retreat so that he could dream about…

Terror suspects on Tuesday afternoon attempted to escape from the Kamiti Maximum Prison. The security officers were forced to shoot at the prisoners to contain the situation. It is still unclear whether the situation has been contained or if there were any casualties during the incident. Read:Ekuru: Electoral Result Transmission was Fundamentally Wrong More follows Do you have a story you want told? Do you know of a sensitive story you would like us to get our hands on? Email your news TIPS to Editor@kahawatungu.com

An audit report has emerged showing how four ICT managers colluded with banks to embezzle over 160 million only six month after the presidential digital talent program was launched. According to Mr Charles Masika most of the money was embezzled through allocation of  internships to engineering and ICT graduates. Reports showed that the embezzlement was masked under employee deductions, employee savings,Sacco deductions and per Diem. Read:Moses Kuria spotted with missing IEBC ICT Manager’s car He said that hundreds of withdrawals made from the authorities were made through forged documents and transferred to private accounts. Some officials whose names were withheld…

Controversial rapper Jackson Makini better known as Prezzo has been in the middle of a relationship circus with former girlfriend and reality TV star Michelle Yola. However after the tumultuous relationship Prezzo seems to have found new love. He took to social media to introduce new boo claiming that he had moved on. Read:’12 Years A Slave” Stars Michael Fassbender and Lupita Nyong’o Dating The move seem to be an action to counter accusations from Yola that he has been harassing her. He is also said to have removed the Michelle Yola tattoo that he had on his hand. Do…

300 SGR workers finally received their contracts after they threatened to down their tools. The contracts were supposed to be issued in April. The contracts issued were for only one year but are said to be renewable. One of the contract stated that a welder would be paid Sh.84 per hour however holidays time off,vacation and other benefits would be in accordance to the company policy, the Business daily quoted a section of the contract. Read:#PundaYaKawaida: Nairobi’s JKIA Ground Handlers Cry for Justice as they are Abused The workers had protested earlier in August over delay of salaries which their…

Ekuru Aukot, on Tuesday said that although he conceded defeat in the just concluded general elections, the transmission of election results was fundamentally wrong. He said this after his party conducted an audit of the presidential results that saw him finish fourth. Through his twitter account Ekuru said that after conducting an audit of the results the noted that the transmission was fundamentally wrong. https://twitter.com/EAukot/status/897339351838982144 Read: Woman To Live With Bullet After Being Shot In The Bum, Kisumu However one of his followers asked him why he did not point this out before conceding and offering to work with the…

Nairobi Gubernatorial elect Mike Sonko has rejected Sh.25 million that was set aside for his inauguration saying it should be used to pay county workers’ salary arrears. Sonko said that in the previous administration county workers have on many occasions threatened to go on strike due to salary delays. The flashy politician garnered over 800,000 votes unseating Evans Kidero. He said he would work towards making Nairobi a better place than he found it. Read:8 Year Old Girl Killed In Mathare Was Not Shot By The Police Through a public caution on his Facebook page, he said that his administration…