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The Kenyan doctor Dr Ali Hamisi Juma, a brother to Likoni Member of Parliament Mishi Mboko who died under unclear circumstances in Cuba  will be buried today near their home in Likoni. The body of the doctor is en route to his final resting place. Mombasa governor, Hassan Joho is in attendance amongst other dignitaries. Here are the Pictures from the burial: Dr Ali Hamisi Juma, a brother to Likoni Member of Parliament Mishi Mboko, was found dead on Sunday, March 17 at his residence in Havana, Cuba. He was among the 50 medics sent to Cuba for further studies…

Court of Appeal affirmed the right of LGBTQ people to freely associate.by allowing National Gay and lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) could freely registers an Non Governmental organization (NGO). The bone of contention was whether the NGO board should be compelled to register an organization whose objective is to promote and protect the rights of LGBT Kenyans. The court of Appeal erred the judgement by the High Court stating that it had no jurisdiction to handle the matter therefore the judgement that was made was null and void. The court stated that right to associate was not limited to the…

President Uhuru Kenyatta seems not to be backing down from the fight against corruption. He has fired a warning that he was ready to fight any close ally,brother or sister who was stealing from  Kenyans. “If you are corrupt we will fight you. You can be my brother or my sister or my closest political ally but if you are corrupt we will fight you,” he said He said that Kenya had great potential but the burden of corruption was weighing the country down. He also said that he was dedicated to leave Kenya a united Nation and that he…

Sudanese Tycoon Lawrence Malong Lual Yor who had been reported missing late last year by immediate family members was remanded at Luzira prison in Uganda over over alleged fraud in connection with obtaining money by false pretense. https://twitter.com/TheCitizenTZ/status/1108722805246447616 He was arrested by Military men last year at the Milano Hotel in Kibagala Uganda. He is said to be a person of interest in a gold dealing scam in which several foreigners lost billions of shillings Earlier reports from Uganda had indicated that he had been implicated in several criminal activities and was aiding the authorities with investigations. Malong Lual…

Zambia has banned an energy drink after it was established that it contained male sex booster viagra. The Zambia medicine regulator complained in December suggesting that the Power Natural High Energy Drink SX had been spiked with Viagra. The drink  was said to contain Sildenafil Citrata whose brand name is Viagra and the manufacturer was asked to withdraw the drink from retail shops. Last year the same drink was banned in Uganda after a consumer complained of sweating and a six hour erection. Read:Ugandan Atrists To Obtain Permits Before Performances The drink that is popular in Zambia was also taken…

A video as emerged of Mama Ida Odinga showing off her dance moves swaying to Rhumba tunes. She is accompanied by legislators Gladys Wanga and Rosa Buyu  as they enjoy the fine tunes. In the video thee three are seen to doing the shaffle dance which was sort of synchronized. Kenyans were quick to react to the dance moves by Ida Odinga and the two MPs. Here is the video: https://twitter.com/RobertAlai/status/1108644181608677376 Here are some of the reactions from Kenyans: https://twitter.com/BruceOnyango/status/1108645763645607936 https://twitter.com/brenflyemirates/status/1108644827191750656 However the drought debate did not fail to be mentioned as some people highlighted that as they enjoyed…

Former Naivasha MP John Mututho has said that the drought is a cover up for the government to import duty free maize. He asked the government to release the funds to pay maize farmers so that the crop could be released to starving areas. “The Government should use funds held by the Ministry of Agriculture to pay maize farmers, who will in turn release the produce in their stores and in the process save hundreds of lives,” Mututho said. He also asked the President to stop any importation of maize so as to avoid another scandal. The Sh7 billion  maize…

The Secretary of Innovation, Digital and Diaspora Communication Dennis Itumbi has apologised to Kenyans for posting unverified information on Twitter. Itumbi had posted that Deputy president William Ruto’s wife Rachel Ruto had been in Turkana donating foodstuff. He said that the pictures which he posted based on unverified information.. He has since deleted the pictures from his social media pages. The pictures posted by Itumbi were believed to be from 2014. Here is his apology: https://twitter.com/OleItumbi/status/1108426130770530306 Mrs Rachel Ruto also confirmed that she had not been in Turkana donating but had attended a prayer conference at the Catholic University of…

The Cabinet secretary in the ministry of health Sicily Kariuki has instructed the ministries lawyers to inquire about Roundup herbicide causing cancer from the Ministry of Agriculture. The letter was addressed to Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri. The Roundup herbicide is said to contain glyphosate which is said to cause cancer. The herbicide is already widely used in the country by farmers to get rid of weeds. Read:Cancer Patients Spent Ksh1 Billion For Treatment From NHIF In 2016/17 FY The letter from the Ministry of health sort to find out whether it was necessary to place cancer warning on foods containing…

The Chief Justice during a press statement revealed that the judicial service commission (JSC) sat and examined the petition filed by Nelson Oduor Onyango over conflict of interest and failing to withdraw himself from a case yet he was known to have close ties with Migori county and the governor Okoth Obado. The Chief justice said that the decision was made after the Supreme Court judge declined to appear before the JSC to answer to allegations against him opting to be represented by his lawyers. The first case in which his conduct was questioned was in the case of the…

Senators have today urged the government to declare hunger a national disaster. They also asked that the Military be deployed in the hunger stricken areas to save the lives. Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula said that it was an embarrassment as Turkana receive the biggest allocations and the county could afford to give residents subsidies. “We don’t want this cycle of embarrassment of people dying of hunger to be part of our history. The Turkana government should freeze development programmes and save lives.” He said that all this was happening areas which are termed as food baskets were unable to sell…

Kerwa Secondary school in Kikuyu has been closed indefinitely over mass hysteria among the students. Activities came to a standstill after eight form two girls claimed that they felt demons sucking out their blood which made the rest of the students scared and restless. “We were shocked since some of the students claimed to have been attacked by evil spirits and they immediately started collapsing. We started screaming and ran to the field as the teachers tried to contain the situation,” one student divulged. Surprisingly the neighbors who came to the aide of the students after hearing the screams also…

The Secretary General of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party Edwin Sifuna has refuted claims that the party has registered a pay bill number to help the residents in Baringo who are facing drought. According to the Twitter user the paybill number was launched by the Deputy party leader and Mombasa governor Hassan Joho. Read:KFCB Boss Ezekiel Mutua Responds To Sexual Assault Claims By His ‘Former Employee’ The twitter user asked the ODM party as the opposition to keep the government accountable instead. https://twitter.com/_fels1/status/1107736200230637568 Sifuna termed this post as fake news stating that the party or the coalition had not…

The National Environmental Management Authority NEMA) has issued a notice to ban Non-woven polypropylene on March 31. This directive comes barely two years after NEMA banned production and supply of polythene bags in February of 2017 They said that the cost effectiveness of producing the bags led companies to produce low quality bags that could only be used for a single use and that would eventually lead to environmental degradation as a result of poor disposal. “This single-usage of these bags will eventually lead to heavy environmental consequences due to poor disposal practices currently being experienced in the country and…

Pastor Ng’ang’a of the Neno Evangelism has been charged with threatening to kill Citizen TV journalist Linus Kaikai. The court released the pastor on a cash bail of Sh 200000. The pastor was arrested on Sunday after Mr. Kaikai, the Director, Strategy & Innovation at Royal Media Services, filed a complaint with police over the “consequences” threat from Mr. Ng’ang’a who will be arraigned in court later in the day. He had threatened inexplainable consequences that the journalist would face for his statements on the ‘men of the cloth’. Neno Evangelical Ministries Pastor James Ng’ang’a had blasted news anchor Linus…