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The Standard Group PLC confirmed the appointment of  Orlando Lyomu as the Group’s Chief Executive Officer with effect from May 25, 2018 during their annual general meeting on Friday, 25 May. Mr Lyomu has been holding the position in acting capacity since 1 September,2017 in place of Sam Shollei who resigned. While in acting position, he also served as the Group Finance Director and Chief Operating Officer. Read: Standard Group CEO Sam Shollei FIRED Over Poor Performance, Conflict of Interests He has previously worked in the petroleum industry overseeing operations across Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) degree…

15 people lost their lives on Friday night in an accident involving a 14 seater matatu and a sugar cane tractor at Maliki market near Kamukuywa bridge. Eyewitness reports that the matatu which was coming from Kamukuywa collided head on with a West Sugar Company tractor as it tried to overtake another vehicle. All the passengers in the 14 seater matatu died on the spot and the sugar cane tractor caught fire. This accident occurred about 600 meters away from Kamukuywa Bridge blackspot where another accident occurred last week and 14 lives were lost. Authorities have been advise to erect…

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday appointed former Head of Civil Service, Francis Muthaura as the chair of the board of KRA in a gazette notice dated 23 May. The president indicated that the 71 year old will serve as the KRA board chairman with effect from May 22 until 20 October, 2019. “In exercise of the powers conferred by section 7(3) of the State Corporations Act and section 6(2)(a) of the Kenya Revenue Authority Act, I, Uhuru Kenyatta, President and Commander in Chief of the Kenya Defense Forces appoint- Francis K. Muthaura (AMB.) to be the chairperson of the Kenya…

Residents of West Pokot county are crying foul over the absenteeism of their deputy governor Dr. Nicholas Atudonyang who has been in the USA immediately after he was sworn in. The Deputy governor who also doubles up as the Health CEC works as a neurosurgeon in Texas (USA). Members of the Independent Pokot Leaders Forum (IPLF) have pressured the governor John Lonyangapuo to fire  the deputy governor Read:Nicholas Biwott’s List Of Investments Worth More Than 1.1 Billion Dollars “He must relinquish the position if he can’t stay in Kenya and work for the Pokot. We have many challenges due to poor…

An advert for a drivers job from University of Eldoret  has raised eyebrows after they were to required have the HELB clearance yet the qualifications require that candidates only having a valid driving license and a KCSE certificate. The have also been required to pay Sh.6000 to get clearance from the commission of university education before applying the said jobs yet this people have not attended universities. The applicants are also required to personally present the document at the commission of university Education so as to get a stamp that means that applicants have to travel to Nairobi where the…

A frequent customer at the popular Java Restaurant has highlighted a new way in which the waiter steal from unsuspecting customers. According to the customer this has happened to him twice. He says that he went to the restaurant with two friends and ordered his favorite delicacy the first time he paid the bill without scrutiny as him and his friends were in a hurry. Read: Osewe Ranalo Has Hired Some People to Kill Me – Tom Oywa The second time he paid a closer look to the bill and realized that he had been charged for a minty pinead…

Self declared NRM general Miguna Miguna has been blacklisted from using any international airline that operates in Kenya. According to the directive sent to Qatar airline staff have been advised to be vigilante and not to allow the general into their flights. The order was issued by the Kenya immigration department on May 23 stating that he had been blacklisted by Kenyan authorities. The embattled lawyer was deported after being accused of swearing in Raila Odinga as the people’s president on January 30. He came again but refused to use his Canadian passport stating that he was Kenyan by birth.…

Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja and Starehe Member of parliament Charles Njagua (jaguar) have termed Ezekiel Mutua’s regulations that he said will regulate creatives such as video bloggers (vloggers). Johnso Sakaja said that the arrogance displayed by the KFCB CEO was distasteful and that he would make sure that the Films board is summoned over the new regulations . Through his Facebook page Ezekiel Mutua said that the regulations set under cap 222 Laws of Kenya were not archaic and still applied to the current situation. He said that the sections that were not aligned to the constitution were repealed. https://twitter.com/SakajaJohnson/status/999181327877451776…

A woman who had entered into a tripartite agreement with property development companies, Wealthsmith Limited and Barletta Holdings Limited dealing in Agribusiness is crying foul after a Sh300,000 business deal went sour. According to her, the agreement was that she would receive the first amount of her returns in the first twelve months. The agreement states that the money would be disbursed in two different installments of Sh.200,000 each. She did not however receive her returns within the stipulated period and her follow ups have not yielded any fruit. She says that she received a postdated cheque of Sh.150,000 which…

Mothers and their newborns were left stranded at the Mbagathi hospital after a building that was declare unfit by county engineers caught fire. Immediately the fire broke out the power was switched off causing the mothers who had children in incubators to be panic stricken. The mothers and their newborns were forced to stay in the rain as the hospital staff struggled to put out the fire. The facility also did not have fire extinguishers Read:Fire Breaks Out At The Amref Offices At Wilson Airport (Photos) One of the nurses in the hospital said that they had complained of the…

Deputy President William Ruto has hit back at Raila Odinga and his allies calling them lazy and incompetent people, he was responding to ODMs communications director  Philip Etale who said that he was holding the country hostage. “Lazy and incompetent people do not want to work hard. Such people lose an election and try to blame it on the Constitution,” William Ruto said. The deputy president has opposed the calls for a referendum championed by Raila Odinga saying that that a constitutional amendment should be people driven and not pushed by selfish political agenda. He also claimed that Raila’s close…

Kenyan blog Tuko.co.ke have been sued by 1824 Whiskey Bar for publishing a fake story. Through their lawyers, The popular night club have reported that the story of a death happening in the club was fake news The Blog had reported that there was a brawl between two male revelers who fought with one causing the other to suffer from fatal injuries. Read:Justice Onguto Collapses And Dies After A Gym Session At Parklands Sports Club The night club have denied the occurrence of the incident and have asked the Blog why they failed to verify the information and standing by…

PLO Lumumba has written to transport CS James Macharia seeking to partner with the ministry to bring sanity to the Kenyan roads.  He has volunteered to work with the transport  ministry in an operation dabbed ‘Operation Restore Sanity on our roads’ He said that the Matatu and boda boda culture within the CBD affects the economy negatively and that the ministry should strive to correct the mistake. Read:Head Teachers Urge NTSA To Lift Travel Ban To Avoid Delays On Term Dates Lumumba asserted that licensed road users were being forced to use the same highway as unlicensed persons and that…

Interior CS Matiangi’i has asked governors and other VIPs to support the reforms that are being made by police to recall over 5000 police officers that were irregularly assigned. He said that governors should have a maximum of four officers but most governors had exceeded their limit. Read:President Uhuru Nominates Noordin Haji For The Office of DPP He said that the government cannot move a whole police station to governors offices, He was speaking referring to governor Sonko who had seen the reduction of police officers from 26 to 5 as a threat to his life. The governor has since…

Gatundu South MP, Moses Kuria has reported blogger Cyprian Nyakundi after the twitter brawl that happened on Sunday night. Kuria had earlier indicated that he would deal with the blogger and would not report the matter to the police after he alleged that there will be an extra ballot paper for the referendum during the 2022 General Elections. Nyakundi pushed the wrong buttons when he said that Twitter was for more intellectual people and that is why the MP thrived on Facebook. The MP replied saying that the computer and cyber crimes bill, which will be passed in the next few…