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Senate majority leader Kipchumba Murkomen and senate minority leader Moses Wetangula  clashed in the senate over a motion that was moved by the Bungoma senator to have the house seat until December 15 to allow them to dispense appointments to the East Africa Legislative Assembly. Majority leader Kipchumba Murkomen went against the standing orders and instead of allowing the minority leader to second the motion, he called upon his deputy Fatuma Dullo. Vihiga senator George Khaniri stood on a point of order saying that Murkomen was out of order and was turning senate affairs into Jubilee affairs. He told senator…

The federation of Women Lawyers FIDA has written an open letter to the president Uhuru Kenyatta seeking to have him allocate seven slots for women in his new Cabinet. The organization says that they are willing to suggest names of women fit to occupy any of the 22 cabinet positions. Read:International Lawyers Condemn President Uhuru’s Attacks On The Judiciary “Mr President, FIDA Kenya urges you to prioritize women concerns. Once again the women of this great nation, remind you of your personal commitment to uphold the Constitution of Kenya, the provisions of the Jubilee manifesto and the good will of…

Ruiru member of parliament Simon Ng’ang’a has tabled a private motion to have the government designate demonstrations zones so that the right to assembly may not be infringed. “Noting that demonstrating and picketing in the cities and major towns in the country has many occasions resulted in destruction, loss of lives, property and public disorder leading to the creation of a very unfavorable business environment. This House resolves that this government should designate specific areas and streets for picketing and demonstrations,” he said when allowed to the floor. Read:Mother Of Child Found With 14 Needles Arrested, Her Children Taken Away…

Singer Nazizi has clapped back at blogger Cyprian Nyakundi’s campaign against girls of a certain age group. She said that it is high time some also exposed the boys between the age of 25 and 35 who are fully dependent on women. Nazizi said that it high time someone exposed this men who are popularly known as ‘Ben 10’ who live for free in houses that are paid for by women and ask their women to sponsor their business projects. Read:Singer Akothee Advices Young Women On Relationship Matters She said that ladies should focus on men who were 40 and…

Nation Media group CEO Joe Muganda is leaving the Newsroom and is set to take over Nairobi Deputy Governor Polycarp Igathe’s former position at Vivo energy. He has been at the media house for only three years after replacing Linus Gitahi on July, 2015. Read:Roselyn Akombe Resumes UN Job After Resigning From IEBC Muganda will officially take up his new position in early 2018 at the wake of Vivo energy acquisition of Engen operations in Kenya and nine other African countries .This means that they will be in charge of 300 fuel stations across Africa. Joe Muganda holds an MBA…

In the run up to the International Human Rights day (December 10) (IHRD), Human Rights networks have launched campaign against gender based violence in matatus which are used for public transport. They averred that men are the custodians of culture in Kenya therefore should on the fore front in fighting gender based violence. Read:KNCHR Launches Findings On the August General Elections The campaign will mainly focus on young women and girls who have been victims of  a harassment especially from Matatu touts. Just recently two matatu touts were sentenced to death for stripping and sexually abusing a female passengers just…

The Uchumi Supermarkets CEO Julius Kipng’etich has resigned  just two years after he was appointed to try and resuscitate the retailer which has been facing financial woes for years. The Financial woes at Uchumi has seen it close down major outlets around the country with only a few stores remaining in operation. Read:Exposed: Brand Kenya CEO Mary Luseka Insults Employees, Brags About ‘Squeezing balls’. Julius Kipng’etich’s resignation was effective from November 30. The Chief Finance Officer Mohamed Ahmed is set to take over in acting capacity until a new CEO is appointed. His resignation comes months after the staff at…

Governor of Imo state in Nigeria, Rochas Okorocha, has created uproar by appointing his biological sister Ms Ogechi Ololo (nee Okorocha) to be commissioner for ‘happiness and couples’ fulfillment. The governor while swearing-in the newly appointed commissioners at the Imo International Conference Center urged the commissioners to leave a mark in their respective positions and also at the local government. “At this moment, I charge you all to be good ambassadors of the Rescue Mission wherever you find yourselves,” he told them in his address. Many have taken to social media to register bewilderment at the Governot’s impetus to create such…

The petition of Wavinya Ndeti hangs on the balance after a lawyer testified that he did not commission the affidavits that were presented to the court. The fact that the affidavits were not commissioned is an indication of an illegality making the affidavits inadmissible in a court of law. Wavinya Ndeti had petitioned against the win of Alfred Mutua as Machakos governor. Read:Governor Waititu To Camp Outside The Supreme Court With Kiambu Residents This comes as a win for Alfred Mutua whose lawyers had failed to show up during a previous court session. The court had also ordered that all…

A Tanzanian student has allegedly been arrested in for posting pictures of a cracked wall at the newly occupied John Pombe Maghufuli Hostel. Kumbusho Dawson Kagine was arrested  for stating that the wall of the Hostel was falling apart barely four weeks after it was first occupied. Read:Mother Of Child Found With 14 Needles Arrested, Her Children Taken Away The Tanzanian Buildings Association TBA  said that they had also seen the pictures of the cracks in the Building that was opened by the president John Pombe Magufuli. https://twitter.com/samirasawlani/status/937698947199569921 The hostel in block A of the Dar es Salaam University is…

Margaret Wambui Ngugi Shava who is the niece of president Uhuru Kenyatta has been elected to the ICC budget committee after a successful nomination by the government of Kenya. In February of 2017 The Assembly of State Parties sent out communication that member states should nominate persons to sit on the committee of Budget and Finance. Read:UhuRuto’s Western Kenya Headache As Duo Pick Cabinet The Committee on Budget and Finance was established by the Assembly in its resolution ICC ASP/1/Res.4 of 3 September 2002. “The Embassy of the Republic of Kenya to the Kingdom of the Netherlands presents its compliments…

Police have arrested the mother of the child who had 14 needles in her body in what doctors have termed a ‘bizarre incident.’ The children’s officer in Thika, Rebecca Kariuki said the case had earlier been reported by the mother but she waited for the girl to be treated before they could follow up. Read:Indian Man Who Booked Hotels Just To Steal TV Sets Arrested She also indicated that the other two children who are minors would also be taken away. “The mother is the only one who can give us information if it is child abuse and since she…

The immediate former Belgut MP, Eric Keter has passed away at Nairobi Hospital. The former legislator who has been suffering from diabetes died today morning (December 4)of a heart attack while receiving treatment at the Nairobi Hospital. The immediate former MP vied as an Independent candidate in the August 8th general elections but lost to Jubilee Party candidate Nelson Koech who is the current MP. Read:Wiper Replaces David Musila With Kivutha Kibwana As Ukambani Point man He will be remembered for his passion to promote peace . He asked tribes within his constituency to intermarry as a way of ending…

Lawyers James Orengo ,Edwin Sifuna and NASA CEO Norman Magaya have been barred from accessing the Director Of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters. The police officers manning the gate  stopped them saying that they are awaiting communication to grant the access. https://twitter.com/CoalitionNASAKe/status/937589404402683906 Edwin Sifuna asked if the communication was waiting for communication from the president then they can go back and come back in the afternoon when the president ‘is awake.’ He alleged that the president wakes up at 2pm. Read:Gunmen Fires Bullet on Raila’s Car, Other Leaders Shot at Too It is alleged that David Ndii, the NASA strategist was…

Business woman and daughter of Keroche Industries owner Anerlisa Mungai has finally revealed new boyfriend who she only identified as DK. She has been posting faceless photos on social media forcing Kenyans to speculate who the new beau might be. She posted the picture saying that someone had leaked his picture from his whats app profile . The picture was captioned under the hash-tag Her life her business and that people should not always believe what the read. She had earlier posted puctures of him while they attended a traditional wedding (ruracio) in Kiambu. Anerlisa Mungai has been under the…