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A chief in Marsabit was burnt to death by unknown assailants as he attended the burial of two Kenya Police Reservist officers who were killed in a bandit attack on Saturday. The chief of Dirip Gombo Location George Biqa was attacked by people who called him a traitor that descended on him with blows before setting him on fire. Police investigating the matter have linked the attack on the recent clashes between the Gabra and Borana communities. Interior CS Fred Matiang’i has said that the clashes in the area is politically instigated. Read:Catholic Priest Killed In Kiambu, Sunday’s Offering Stolen…

The Director of Public prosecution (DPP) Noordin Haji has ordered an investigation into the loss Sh. 1.2 Billion from the Kenya forest services. The money was lost after fraudulent dealings between the Kenya forest service and saw millers. In October, the Kenya Forest Services said that the saw millers had accumulated the debt from 2012 and that they were out to collect. The notice had been published in the local dailies “Please note that those who owe KFS will not be eligible for e-registration unless the amounts owed are settled in full immediately,” read the notice in part. The Kenya…

Justice Chacha Mwita has ruled that controversial lawyer Miguna Miguna was unlawfully removed from Kenya as he is a Kenyan citizen. He stated that citizenship by birth could not be revoked. “Even if the petitioner (Miguna) acquired Canadian citizenship, he did not lose his Kenya citizenship. He remains a citizen of Kenya,” Justice Mwita stated. The High court also said that holding Miguna Miguna in incommunicado and failing to produce him in court was a violation of the lawyer’s rights. The court also ordered the government pay Miguna Sh7 million as compensation for continued violation of his rights. https://twitter.com/MigunaMiguna/status/1073530024911867905 Miguna…

Former Nakuru Town West aspirant Fransisca Kamuren has found herself in a love triangle between her current lover and her former personal assistant. Koima who is married claimed that he was a personal assistant and driver during Kamuren’s campaign. He has accused the politician of harassing him and his wife after the two drifted apart. He has also accused Kamuren of aborting their child after going through trouble to get pregnant. He said that they disagreed after the 43 year old asked the 33 year old Koima to divorce his wife which he refused Koima has said that the 43…

Indian liberation hero Mahatma Gandhi’s statue has been pulled down following protests from students and lecturers from the University of Ghana after they termed him a racist during his time in South Africa. Lecturers and students from the University started the protest two years ago stating that the Indian liberator had made Africans look inferior during the fight against colonialism. He appeared to have seen the Indian race as superior to the African one and in that light fought for the rights of Indians separately while calling ‘Kaffirs’. The lecturers and students of the University of Accra said that they…

President Uhuru Kenyatta has heightened the war against corruption stating that those caught should not hide under a community umbrella. He said that  those who engage in corruption do it on their own and they should not drag their communities in their problems. If you steal, you steal alone and not with your community. You should carry your own cross. If you’re engaged in corruption you will go to court whether you are a Kikuyu, Kamba, Kalenjin or Luo. Let’s stop ethnicising the war on corruption.” the president said Kenyatta spoke at Ahero in his first tour in Nyanza province…

A video has emerged of elders in West Mugirango canning chang’aa sellers in the presence of the area chief. The elders lined up the brewers and told them to lie down as one the elders walked meting corporal punishment on them. The assistant chief who is the lady speaking is heard condemning the illicit brew vendors for spoiling their children with the illicit brew. The onlookers watch the scene and they can be heard laughing. Read:Former Crossover Presenter, Faith Muturi Welcomes Baby Number Two Many wondered why the council of elders chose to cane the vendors publicly instead of having…

A thirteen year old boy from Ndia Constituency has committed suicide after failing to get acceptance to his dream secondary school. The boy had scored 313 marks in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and was called to join a school he did not aspire to go to. His father Lawrence Mutuiri said that his son was disappointed at the school he was selected to go to but he did not appear to be suicidal. He said that his son locked himself in a room and hang himself using a bed sheet. He said that it was difficult for…

Cabinet Secretary Interior Ministry, Dr Fred Matiang’i has stated that no police officer has ever executed anyone as a matter of policy. Matiang’i urged all civil society and human rights activists to be balanced in their review of police officers. He encouraged them to stop making statements against police officers as it created unnecessary tension. “The police do not execute anyone as a means of policing, such false information often leads to unjustified castigation of police officers in spite of the daily sacrifices they make to protect and serve Kenyans,” Matiang’i said. The CS also maintained that the Government is…

A Kajiado man has stunned Kenyans after marrying two women in a grand white wedding ceremony that took place in Kisaju. The man identified from the wedding invite as Junior Mako while his two brides are only identified as Liz and Joyce. The groom was dressed in a blue suit held his two brides  dressed in white gowns embellished in Masai decorations are seen kneeling side by side as they are prayed for. The three newly weds looked jovial as the danced and made made merry to celebrate their unusual union. Some who have viewed the video have condemned the…

A notice in the Kenya gazzete has listed Kenyans that will be feted for their outstanding service to the Nation during Jamhuri day Celebrations Among those who will receive the prestigious awards include Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho, Kirinyaga governor, Anne Waiguru, Embu governor Martin Wambora, Turkana governor Josephat Nanok,  Machakos governor Alfred Mutua, Bomet governor Joyce Laboso and Uasin Gishu governor Jackson Mandagor. Other politicians set to be feted include; ODM National Chairman and Minority Leader John Mbadi, Senator Gideon Moi, Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja, ODM Nominated Senator Agnes Zani and Kiminini MP Chris Wamalwa. Other notable figures to…

Martin Ndung’u has  threatened to institute a class action against Safaricom and demanded that the telecommunication company pays Sh10000 or inconveniences caused during the the M-Pesa  outage on December 8. He said that most subscribers were forced to pay more  for electricity, services and even payment to gambling firms during the outage. He said  that Safaricom should pay their 24 million subscribers after admitting that there were culpable for the outage. Ndung’u has given the telco until Thursday December 13 before he institutes the suit stating that it qualifies as a class action. He stated in the demand letter that…

Kenyans have reacted to the new currency that was launched by President Kenya. The president revealed the new coins which bear wild animals and not the usual former Presidents potraits. Kenyans on Twitter led by the famous mafisi Sacco cried foul over not being featured on the new currency. They said that as they were the biggest Sacco in Kenya and that their symbol of the Fisi swahili for hyena which is known for scavenging  should also have featured in the new legal tender. Read:Print More Money to Prevent Cash-hoarding, PLO Lumumba Tells The President Here are some of the…

Governor Obado and Miguna Miguna were among the top Kenyan personalities that aroused Kenyans curiosity on google in 2018. Miguna came in third on the list while Obado came in sixth in this years  google searches. The controversial lawyer trended during his arrest and deportation from Kenya  while the Migori governor made the top ten searches after the death of his girlfriend  Sharon Otieno. Citizen TV journalist Jacque Maribe was also among the most searched personalities after she was charged for the murder of businesswoman Monica Kimani alongside fiancee Jowie Irungu. Other personalities who featured on the list were Kanze…

Former NTV reporter Richard Chacha and three others have moved to court to seek compensation from former boss Linus Kaikai after an accident that happened in 2012. They told Judge Richard Mwongo at the High Court in Naivasha, that the accident left them on wheel chairs and permanently changed their lives permanently hindering their ability to conduct their lives as they used to. Fridah Kaimuri told the court that she could not remember what happened on the material day and only recalled waking up at a hospital paralyzed. She said that she had to depend on people to conduct her…