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Three women have been confirmed dead and several others injured after a stampede that happened at Prophet Bushiri’s church in Pretoria. According to reports the stampede occurred as the congregants were running to shelter from the heavy thunderstorm that was experienced. Our preliminary report indicate that the community assembled at the show ground to attend the church service around 8pm at Hall C. According to them when the rain started the congregation started to push each other and a stampede occurred, unfortunately that lead to three deaths and nine injuries,” Police spokesperson, Augustinah Selepe said. Police have called on the…

The family of activist Bonface Mwangi narrowly escaped death in the hand of a drunk driver at the Embakasi Area. He took to social media to express his frustrations on how police were slow to get to the incident. https://twitter.com/bonifacemwangi/status/1079135469273841664 According to Mwangi, the drunk driver had no Drivers license and had alcohol which wa impounded by the police. He said that the drunk driver ha tried to bribe Boda Boda operators to take away the alcohol from his car. https://twitter.com/bonifacemwangi/status/1079147393701027842 The Red Cross were whoever at the scene to rescue those who were injured. Mwangi alerted the car insurer…

ODM party leader Raila Odinga said he is yet to announce his candidature in the 2022 elections.  He said that other people we speaking on his behalf but he was not sure whether he would run or not. “If I was to start campaigning this early the country would not focus on the big four agenda they will start campaigning,” Raila told Citizen TV’s Joe Ageyo. Raila revealed that there was no ideological difference between his father(Jaramogi) and the founding father Jomo Kenyatta and that the issue was all about land. He said that Jaramogi and others like Bildad Kaggia…

Reuben Kiborek, PA to Water cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui has been charged for defiling Chelugui’s 16 year old daughter contrary to section 8 (4) of the sexual offenses act. Kiborek is said to have defiled the minor from  Emining in Mogotio and drove her to Sarova Woodlands Hotel in Nakuru, where he committed the act. “On December 23, 2018, at Sarova Woodlands Hotel in Nakuru East within Nakuru County intentionally and unlawfully defiled a child aged 16-years-old,” read part of the charge sheet. He also faces an alternative charge of committing an indecent act with a child. Read:Missing Uganda Police…

Court Documents from American courts have revealed that Jared Ombongi who is Citizen TV Lilian Muli’s baby daddy was married to three women in quest to seek American citizenship. He said that he had fled Kenya and as an asylum seeker and that he left Kenya due to political unrest. Documents seen by Tuko reveal that Ombongi married three different wives in an attempt to secure the US visa but all was in vain therefore sought asylum. The court documents revealed that Jared Ombogi wanted to marry his second wife Layle Marie Kobow, while still married to his first wife…

Civil Society organizations will today match from Kibra to police headquarters at Vigilance House to protest  the death of slain Leeds University student Carilton David Maina. The late Maina was shot by police in Kibera as he was returning home from watching a football match. Police claimed that the 23 year old engineering student was in the midst of muggers when he was shot claims which witnesses have disputed. Kilimani police boss Michael Muchiri told Nairobi News that locals alerted police about muggers harassing them. “We received a call from the public. Police acted and shot one,” Mr Muchiri said.…

Lugari MP Ayub Savula is mourning after the death of his daughter Joan Chiri at the Nairobi hospital where she had been receiving treatment. The ODM MP received condolence messages from the COTU secretary General Francis Atwoli  who confirmed that he (Savula) had lost his daughter. The details on the cause of death of Savula’s daughter remain scanty. Joan ha been admitted at the hospital for the past two weeks and passed on at the age of 35. Read:Man Kills Wife Before Committing Suicide In Siaya County Messages of condolence continued to trickle in, Philip Etale sent his condolence message…

A court in Nairobi has issued preservatory orders  against Meru senator Mithika Linturi from accessing his Runda home. The court stated that both the senator and his agents  were barred from accessing the home that was inhabited by his estranged wife Mary Anne Keitany. The court also ordered that both  the senator would be allowed to touch any property acquired in the course of the married pending the hearing of the application. Te property included parcels of land in Kitengela and two family vehicles. e was also barred from making withdrawals from bank accounts specified in the order. Here is…

Sebastian Maina Ngunju has claimed to be the biological father of the Late George Saitoti’s son Zachary Musengi. Ngunju claims that his son was kidnapped 24 years ago from their home in Subukia and has asked for the body of the former internal security minister be exhumed so that a DNA test can be conducted six years after the Minister died in a plane crash. “My third born child was kidnapped and after 24 years, I found the boy at the late Saitoti’s home. When he was stolen they changed his name,” he said. Ngunju who first appeared after the…

President Kenyatta on Sunday surprised SGR passengers as he mingled freely with them as they travelled to Mombasa. The President who was accompanied by the first lady walked along the coaches saying hello to excited Kenyans. He opted to use the SGR to travel to Mombasa where he will be spending the holidays. Passengers got a rare opportunity to share their travel experience with the Head of state. https://twitter.com/UKenyatta/status/1076916972863016960 President Kenyatta openly boarded the SGR and alighted at the Mombasa terminus. “It was just public he boarded and alighted as everyone witnessed. He walked around and talked to people about…

Eight people have died in two different accidents that occurred along the Nairobi Mombasa highway. In the first accident that left three KDF soldiers dead the lorry they were traveling on lost control and the truck veered off the road and overturned.  The accident happened near Salama Market. One  officer died on the spot while the other two died while receiving treatment at the Machakos level 5 hospital. The second accident happened at Mtito Andei after two vehicles collided leaving five people dead. The Makueni county commissioner Maalim Mohammed blamed the two drivers of carelessness as he said that the…

President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore to the board of the vision 2030.  He will serve alongside Juliana Rotich, Rita Kavashe, Nick Nesbit and Muchai Kunyiha who were appointed as members of the board. Read:President Uhuru Defends Moody Awori’s Appointment To Sports Fund Board (Video) Former Funyula MP Paul Otuoma also landed a post at the Privatization Commission for a period of three years, e was appointed as the chairman of the commission Other gazetted appointments include Kabando wa Kabando, Fatuma Salim, Osman Hassan, Lawrence Gitonga, Morintat Leboo and Jackson Rop appointed to be members of the local…

Wajir woman representative Fatuma Gedi took to twitter to break her silence after a bedroom video allegedly linked to her went viral last week. The legislator thanked her supporters for standing with her during that trying time in her life.  She thanked the supporters for the messages of encouragement which continued to flood her post. Read:Governor Sonko Hurls Insults At Businessman Who Demolished Nyama Vila Estate In Kayole (Video) Gedi’s team said that the video ad ill motives and was politically instigated to paint her to be of a low moral repute. https://twitter.com/Hon_FatumaGedi/status/1076326516928188416 Women leaders also stood with the Wajir…

Education CS Amina Mohamed released the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE). She  said that the number of A’s attained was 315 an improvement from the 142 that were attained last year. The top Candidate was a girl Otieno Rime Julliet of Pangani girls who got an A.  This is the second year Pangani girls is producing the top student. She attained an average of 87.644. Results for 100 students were cancelled for alleged cheating. The candidates improved in 14 subjects a rise from the 13 that was attained in 2017. Josephat Mwangi of Mihoro Secondary School in Murang’a…

The Holiness and repentance church in Brazil has detached themselves from the church in Kenya that is led by Prophet Owuor. The church and Archbishop Mauricio Augusto accused prophet Owuor of threatening him with death for failing to follow  his orders through emails that were seen by all the leaders present on the video conference. He said that he was also accused on being a drunkard and a liar claims which he dismissed. The Archbishop Augusto said that he still maintained his loyalty, respect and honesty to prophet Owuor but because of the slander the church in Brazil had to…