Author: Eva Nyambura

Jubilee Party secretary-general Raphael Tuju has denied claims that there is a sinister plot to impeach Deputy President William Ruto. Tuju was reacting to reports that 126 Jubilee MPs had appended their signatures in support of the ouster motion that is set to be tabled by Lugari MP Ayub Savula. According to the cabinet secretary without portfolio, if there were such plans, the party would have rallied its members to back the motion. “So far those are just speculations. There is no such Motion. It has not been discussed within the party. If there was such a discussion it would…

Allies of Deputy William Ruto are seeking justice for a disabled man run over by alleged government vehicles last weekend on a way to a meeting in Sagana. The meeting was being hosted by President Uhuru Kenyatta. Speaking during the burial of Chris Nderitu, Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua gave authorities 14 days to investigate the matter and bring to book those involved. “This man we are burying today, was killed like an animal. He was knocked by a vehicle. The vehicle did not stop. Another one ran over him and did not stop,” Gachagua said. Read: Police Dispute Claims Gov’t Car…

A family in Kiambagathi, Kirinyaga County is in distress after failing to raise Sh2 million in hospital bill arrears for their deceased kin. The family lost Beatrice Wanjiru to lung cancer a month ago but has been unable to give her a befitting funeral. Wanjiru’s body is being held at the Outspan Hospital morgue in Nyeri over the ballooning bill. At the homestead, burial plans have halted because they cannot set a burial date without the cash in hand. Read: Outrage After Patient Was Allegedly Sexually Abused At Coptic Hospital Neighbours have stopped going to the deceased person’s home until the…

Former Embu senator Lenny Kivuti has denied that his car ran over a disabled man on its way to highly publicised Sagana meeting hosted by President Uhuru Kenyatta. Speaking to the Nation, Kivuti admitted that his car was indeed involved in the accident but denied that it was a case of hit-and-run. “It is not true to say that the victim (Chris Nderitu) was killed by a hit-and-run vehicle,” Kivuti said. Read: Police Dispute Claims Gov’t Car Hit Disabled Man On The Way To Uhuru’s Sagana Meeting According to Kivuti, drivers of the vehicles involved were towed by the police to…

Politicians who tried to visit impeached Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko were on Friday turned away. Former Machakos Senator Johnston Muthama, Narok senator Ledama Olekina and Kirinyaga Woman Rep Purity Ngirici were disallowed to see Sonko. According to Gigiri Police Station OCPD Julius Kiragu, Sonko can only be visited by his family, lawyers and doctor. Read: Sonko’s Woes Intensify As Bail Application Ruling Pushed To Next Week Addressing the media, Muthama insisted that the besieged former county boss was innocent until proven guilty. He criticized the government for treating Sonko unfairly. “I have been here for 30 minutes trying to see how…

A Human Resource manager with Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC) has been charged with forgery. Irene Chesang has been charged with faking her Bachelor of Science Degree in International Business Administration from the United States International University Africa (USIU-Africa) and her Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) certificate. Chesang claimed to have been awarded with the degree on June 17, 2000. The accused person who is facing 13 counts of forgery is said to have also forged her undergraduate degree transcripts dated 1997 to 2000. Read: Kenyan Pilot Of Eight Years Accused Of Forging KCSE Certificate To Qualify For Aviation…

Pastor James Ng’ang’a of Neno Evangelism Centre has been ordered by court to compensate a former employee over unfair dismissal. Christopher Kinama, a church caretaker, was sacked by the man of the cloth over an alleged car park fees collection dispute. The former employee who was fired in 2017 sued the church which responded via the pastor. Read: Pastor Ng’ang’a Suffers Blow In Careless Driving Case Labour court’s Justice Maureen Onyango dismissed Ng’ang’a’s reason for firing Kinama and instead awarded him a Sh300,000 pay for wrongful termination. In her ruling, Justice Onyango said that the church did not give the complainant…

A US Christian missionary has been jailed for more than 15 years for sexually abusing teenage girls in Bomet, Kenya. Last year, Gregory Dow while appearing before a US federal court entered a guilty plea to four counts of engaging in illicit sexual behaviour with a minor in a foreign place between 2013 and 2017. Then, Dow, 61, was running Dow Family Children’s Home in Boito, Western Kenya, established in 2008. The orphanage was receiving funds from Lancaster County churches and nonprofits before the missionary fled Kenya in 2017. Read: US Missionary Gregory Dow Pleads Guilty To Sexually Abusing Four Kenyan…

180 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours from a 4,580 sample size, Health CAS Dr Rashid Aman has said. Kenya’s cases now stand at 101,339. According to Dr Aman, four more patients have succumbed to the virus, bringing the total fatality cases to 1,773. 83 patients have recovered from the virus; 30 are from various hospitals and 53 from Home-Based Care Programs. The total number of recoveries is 84,143. Read: 150 People Test Positive For COVID-19 As 3 Succumb Health DG Patrick Amoth said that 59 cases of deaths from the total number of deaths are…

Kenyans have until December 2021 to get their e-passports. On Thursday, Interior CS Fred Matiang’i said the migration is part of a commitment made to migrate to the new East African Community biometric e-passport. The CS did however note that the scaling down of operations due to Covid-19 pandemic at the Directorate of Immigration Services saw fewer people apply for their passports. “Barring any unforeseen circumstances, this is the last extension, and Kenyans are advised to make the necessary arrangements and acquire the electronic passports at the earliest opportunity possible to avoid traveling inconveniences,” he said. Read: How to Apply for…

Kenya’s largest telco Safaricom has partnered with Forward Travelers to offer an M-Pesa fare collection solution to commuters in Nairobi in a bid to combat the spread of Covid-19. The service is currently available in more than 70 Forward Travelers matatus plying Juja Road, Kangundo Road and Malaa Routes. The firms will complete the rollout for the 400 matatus plying the routes in coming days. The service is powered by Simple Fare, a mobile and financial integration technology developed by Netcen Interactives. It enables a commuter pay fare through Lipa Na M-Pesa with the payment immediately reflecting to the bus…

Retired AIC Bishop Silas Yego is set to lose his Sh200 million Kileleshwa apartments for defaulting on a Transnational Bank loan. Bishop Yego had taken a Sh140 million but now owes the lender Sh153 million. On January 11, the man of the cloth filed an application seeking to stop Purple Royal Auctioneers from auctioning his property which was put on the market in 2020. In his ruling, Justice David Majanja said Bishop Yego failed to present before court new information to enable the court hear the matter afresh. Read: Hacker Leaks Transnational Bank Customer Data “In other words, this application is res…

Siaya County Assembly has passed the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Constitutional Amendment Bill. Members of the county assembly Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC) led residents in public hearings on Tuesday. The draft Bill has already been subjected to public participation in all the six sub-counties of Siaya. The Assembly had adverts in local dailies last week inviting residents to public participation forums. Meetings in Gem, Bondo, and Ugunja sub-counties were held between 2 pm and 5 pm while those in Rarieda, Alego Usonga, and Ugenya sub-counties were held between 9 am and 12. Counties have approximately 90 days to…

Veteran Gusii politician Simeon Nyachae will be laid to rest on Monday, February 15. In a statement from his son, Charles Nyachae, the politician will be buried in a private ceremony at Nyosia Village, Nyaribari Chache, Kisii county. A funeral service will be held on the same day at Nyanturago Stadium starting 9 am. Family and friends will, however, hold a memorial service for the fallen leader at Nairobi Central SDA Church – Maxwell starting 10 am on Thursday, February 11. The former finance minister died on Monday at the Nairobi Hospital where he was receiving treatment. Reports indicate that…

Gospel singer Daddy Owen has probably been the most talked-about person this year. The Narejea Kwako hitmaker made headlines in December 2020 after it emerged that his wife of three years, Farida Wambui, was engaged to be married to another man. The man in question, social media users said, was a tycoon of sorts based in Gilgil. Wambui had apparently said “Yes” to the unknown man after lying about being out of town for work. She would later be spotted by Owen’s relative in Naivasha at her engagement party. A month later, the crooner who recently opened up about battling…