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Former Salaries and Remunerations commission (SRC) chairperson and nominated envoy to China Sarah Serem was forced to apologize for her strict stance during her tenure at the commission. She said that she was only a mouthpiece for the commission and that the decisions that she put across were the joint decisions of the commission and that she had no intention of stepping on the toes of the members of parliament. She stated that she only had good intentions for Kenyans “When given a job, I do my best and I do not give excuses for not doing my best. If…

The court has sentenced businessman Erastus ‘Ediot’ Odhiambo alias Ediot to 20 years in prison for murdering his second wife 27 year old Lydia Irungu. Justice Stella Mutuku said that she considered the fact that the defendant was remorseful during the court process while meting the punishment. Read:Former South Sudan Water Minister, Mabior Garang’s Nairobi House Robbed Erastus ‘Ediot’ Odhiambo murdered his wife four years ago in Buruburu estate after a disagreement. She had refused to meet him for a night out in Buruburu and the defendant went to her house with a cocked gun. A scuffle ensued and Erastus…

Senior lawyers Paul Muite, Ahmednassir Abdullahi and former Kiambu governor William Kabogo are the latest victims of Kenya power’s outrageous power bills. They have called on Lawyer Apollo Mboya to come to their rescue. Grand Mulla said that he received a bill of Sh.220,000 yet he does not run a factory in his house. https://twitter.com/ahmednasirlaw/status/1023883010318458880 The former governor said that he had been paying an average of Sh.250,000 since last year. He said that the Kenya power’s monopoly needed to stop in order to stop the daylight robbery. https://twitter.com/honkabogo/status/1023896666418688000 Lawyer Paul Muite has also complained stating that he paid Sh.60,000…

Radio Africa Managing Director Martin Khafafa has taken blogger Lisa Gaitho’s advice literally having his side chicks wash him. The married man has been trending for posting pictures with his slay queens after having sex with them. From information gathered by Kahawa Tungu the MD is fond of taking photos after his encounters on a whatsApp group. Read: Laikipia Woman Rep Kicked Out Of Hotel With Husband For Lack Of Marriage Certificate (Video) The nude photos were put online by blogger Cyprian Nyakundi whose twitter account has since been suspended. Here are some of the photos: Do you have a…

Elsie Oliech the sister to football star Dennis Oliech has revealed the events that happened before the death of her mother Mary Auma. She said that her mother had called her brother Kevin who is based in Germany whom she talked to for a long time especially with regards to some of the family’s property. Elsie disclosed that this was an unusual call as she never called him for that long. Read:Dennis Itumbi Refuses To Apologise To Justice Lenaola Dennis Oliech’s sister said that on the day she passed on, the workers had informed them that she was feeling unwell…

Workers from Samsutech corporations have raised concerns about the treatment they face at the work place that is basically owned by Indians. The employees have complained that the work that can be done by them is being given to foreigners from India who work on a two year renewable work permit. Their basic job is to do repairs on electronics from customers. At the work place the amenities such as washrooms have been separated to have Indian and African sections. If an African happens to use the Indian section, they are immediately sacked. Read:Rama Homes Executives Swindling Prospective Home Owners,…

Nairobi governor Mike Sonko has cancelled the licenses of all Chandarana supermarkets following claims of bias. The marketing Director had earlier written an email which was perceived to be intolerant. Rima Patel wrote an email saying that they are focused on attracting white people to their supermarkets hence the reason why they wanted to host a raffle challenge. The email caused a stir online forcing the management to apologize for discriminating against Africans who were willing to participate in the raffle. Read:KQ To Check Social Media Accounts And Get Reports From Landlords Before Hiring Staff Last month the employees in…

Tanzanian president John Magufuli has appointed actress and Ali Kiba’s ex girlfriend Jokate Mwegelo as the District commissioner of Kisarawe District. The former Miss Tanzania second runners up who has been the youth league leader of the ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) a position she was appointed to last year. Read:Murdered Lulu’s Boyfriend Set To Be Re-buried As She Begins Sentence She holds a Bachelors degree on Political Science from the University of Dar Es Salaam and was at one time listed among the top 30 under 30 entrepreneurs for her company Kidoti Loving. Jokate Mwegelo is also a…

Officers from the Directorate of criminal investigations (DCI) last night arrested eleven suspects connected to the unlawful registration of sim cards. The officers confiscated two laptops and approximately 15000 assorted  sim cards. They also confiscated four agent lines, two Safaricom registration books, one Airtel registration book, one agent number, assorted ATMs and assorted cell phones. Read:Three More SIM Swap Scammers Arrested As Crackdown Intensifies The DCI have started an operation on sim card fraudsters in a bid to reduce the number of innocent Kenyans who get duped and also to reduce the numbers of illegally registered sim cards that are…

Nairobi senator Johnson Sakaja stunned congregants in a church after he rewarded a man who had been dumped by his girlfriend a few days before his wedding because he could not afford it. The senator said that he was one of their own even if he had been rejected. He gave the man man Sh.50000 so as to start planning for his wedding. Read:Uproar Over Kenyan Fashionistas Take On Meghan Markle’s Wedding Dress The church had offered him  a job paying him Sh.15000 which Sakaja said he would also give a similar amount every month to support the man. If…

The former board chairman of the Kenya Wildlife Services Dr. Richard Leakey has blamed the CS Tourism Najib Balala for supporting the translocation which the board had declined for the past three years. Read: CS Najib Balala Confirms Death Of 9 Rhinos, Says He Is Not Responsible He said that the board had noted that the translocation would not be possible because they were concerned about the lack of vegetation in the sanctuary and the issue of available and safe water. https://twitter.com/ItsMutai/status/1022804944309641216 The conservationist blamed the CS for allowing the translocation the absence of a board whose mandate had expired on…

Economist and NASA strategist David Ndii shut down a curious twitter user. He posted a tweet on Pakistan’s Financial crisis when the troll decided to respond terming David Ndii as a Kiherehere. Read:Tenth Rhino Has Died, Remaining One Attacked By A Lion – Balala The Economist refused to be trolled responding that it’s the reason the user is in mtaani while he is off to play golf. Here are the tweets: https://twitter.com/MtuPombe/status/1022406650064523265 https://twitter.com/DavidNdii/status/1022406773683236864 https://twitter.com/MtuPombe/status/1022407839099305985 https://twitter.com/DavidNdii/status/1022409256367255552 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…

Businessman Erastus Odhiambo alias Ediot was found guilty of killing his girlfriend Lydia Wanjiku Irungu in Buruburu estate on December 11, 2014. Justice Stellah Mutuku held that the defendant went to the deceased house with the intention of killing her as he already had a cocked gun. Read:Joe Irungu, the “Bouncer” Who Got Engaged to Citizen TV Host Jacque Maribe On the fateful night the bar owner went to the residence of the lawyer three times. Lydia had declined an offer to go on a night out. A struggle ensued between the two and the trigger was pulled. The lady…

Tourism CS Najib Balala has fired the Kenya wildlife service director general Dr Julius Kimani and replaced him with Dr Charles Musyoki who was in charge of Kenya Wildlife Service training institute in Naivasha. Read:Business As Usual At Kenya Power, Board Assures Kenyans Amid Key Officials Arrest He was fired after 10 out of the 11 rhinos that were translocated from Nakuru and Nairobi national parks to a 100-square kilometre sanctuary at Tsavo East died. The latest death occurred today. CS Balala also suspended six top KWS officials even abolishing the post of Chief operating officer and the post of…

Narok senator Ledama Ole Kina shocked TV host Betty Kyalo after asking her to read the names of the people who were interested in the Mau issue. The senator insisted that the TV host read aloud the names of a list that he had with him. The TV host was not ready for the list she was given which the ODM senator dared her to read. “I’m sure you don’t want to hear the names, if you have guts to name them read out number two?” he said to the TV host. Read:Narok Residents Protest, Condemn Murkomen For Politicizing Mau…