Author: Eva Nyambura

Education CS Prof George Magoha has warned school heads against raising fees. Speaking in Embu on Friday, the CS said it would be unfair to overcharge parents who were already struggling due to the impacts of Covid-19. “There are headteachers who are unlawfully increasing fees. They should stop before we expose and punish them,” he said. Magoha also dismissed claims that the national government was yet to disburse Sh14.6 billion meant for free education. Read: CS Magoha Bars Media From Reporting On Covid-19 Preparedness In Schools “Those claiming that money has not been released are not being rational,” he said, adding…

Kibra MP Imran Okoth has lost his mother, Angeline Ajwang. The first time MP shared the news on social media but did not disclose the cause of death. “In life, we loved you dearly, in death we still love you. In our hearts you hold a place, I cried endlessly when you died but I promise, I won’t let the tears mar the smiles that you’ve given me when you were alive. I know you are listening from above. Fare thee well mum,” he wrote on Twitter. https://twitter.com/ImranOkoth/status/1350224713298141191 Ajwang’s death comes roughly a year and a half after the family…

DCI sleuths have arrested a man said to have sent life threatening messages to senate majority whip and Murang’a Senator Irungu Kang’ata. The man, identified as Michael Chege Bunyi, was arrested in Mirera, Ruiru, Kiambu county. Bunyi, DCI said, is aged between 27 and 30. Speaking to Inooro TV on Sunday, Kang’ata said that he had received threats over the infamous BBI letter addressed to President Uhuru Kenyatta. Read: Senator Kang’ata Skips Jubilee Meeting As Fallout With Party Begins Over BBI Letter The lawmaker told the vernacular TV station that he had reported the matter to the DCI. In the letter,…

Kin of brutally murdered Kiambu family have requested for security after two thugs allegedly tried to steal money meant for burial. Speaking to Kameme TV, Allan Warunge, the brother to the late Nicholas Njoroge Warunge, said he received word that two men were seen trying to get into the family home. “I was alerted by the security guards at around 12:30 at night that there two people who wanted to open the gate, both on the left and the right side. I called the chief immediately and he called the OCPD. They acted with speed,” Allan told the vernacular station.…

Anne Kananu is Nairobi county’s new deputy governor. Kananu who was nominated by ousted governor Mike Sonko was successfully vetted by a 10-member committee of the county assembly on Friday morning. This was after High Court judge Justice Anthony Mrima dismissed two applications by activist Okiya Omtatah and Habil Kongo. Read: 10-member Committee To Vet Nairobi DG Nominee Kananu After Court Dismissed Case She takes over from Polycarp Igathe who resigned on January 12, 2018 citing lack of trust from his then boss, Sonko. “Dear Nairobians, it is with a heavy heart that I resign my seat as elected Deputy Governor…

The Nairobi county assembly can vet deputy governor nominee Anne Kananu after the high court dismissed petitions filed by activist Okiya Omtatah and Habil Kongo. Justice Anthony Mrima dismissed the applications but noted that there are indeed fundamental issues of law that need to be determined. “Some of them are whether the nominee (Kananu) was legally nominated and was Sonko able to nominate Kananu when he had been illegally barred by an anti corruption court among other issues. For those reasons I find a prima facie case has been demonstrated in this matter,” he said. Read: Nairobi DG Nominee Anne Kananu…

Nyeri governor Mutahi Kahiga reckons he made a mistake appointing Caroline Karugu as his deputy. On Thursday, the county boss said his deputy is not involved in his administration as she is busy doing other things. “She is not involved in my government at all. She is busy doing other things. She is just our deputy governor by name but we never see her. She never comes to work,” Kahiga said. Last year, Karugu distanced herself from a pit latrine billboard erected by the governor and Konyu Ward Member of County Assembly (MCA) Eric Mwangi. The DG said the billboard was…

The High Court has issued an order suspending a Gazette notice calling for the by-election of the Nairobi governor post, for the second time. The order was issued on Thursday by Justice Anthony Mrima on Thursday following an application filed by deputy governor nominee, Anne Kananu. Activist Okiya Omtatah and Habil Kongo’s cases are set to be heard on Thursday. They are seeking to block Kananu’s vetting which is slated for Friday. Read: Nairobi DG Nominee Anne Kananu Claims Sonko Sponsored Petition Blocking Vetting Process Earlier in the month, Justice Mrima suspended the by-election pending the hearing and determination of an…

Lawyer Elizabeth Koki’s househelp has shed light on the events that led to the discovery of the former’s remains at their Syokimau home. The domestic worker, whose name has been withheld by the police, told investigators that on the night Koki died, she was home by 8 pm and was an hour later joined by the prime suspect in the murder, Christian Kadima Mwambay. The househelp left the two in the sitting room and took Koki’s two children to bed. At around 10.30 pm, she told investigators, she heard screams coming from her boss’s room but did not bother to…

Senate majority whip Irungu Kang’ata has declined to withdraw a letter on the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report. The infamous letter was addressed to President Uhuru Kenyatta through CS without portfolio and Jubilee Party secretary-general Raphael Tuju. In his letter, Kang’ata claimed that the report was unpopular in the Mt Kenya region from where the head of state hails. “Based on a survey I conducted during the December 2020 holidays, I have concluded BBI is unpopular in Mt Kenya… Out of every 10 persons I surveyed, six oppose it, two support it, and two others are indifferent,” the lawmaker’s letter…

A Kisii High School student who stabbed two teachers has been released on a Sh50,000 cash bail. The 17-year-old student was freed after denying stabbing the teachers. The teenager was arrested on Tuesday after leaving the victims with serious injuries. He had allegedly been asked to kneel at the staffroom for reporting to class late. The student refused to be punished. He instead pounced on one of the teachers, Edwin Nyakundi, leaving him with injuries to his left shoulder, abdomen, head, and left leg. He was rushed to RAM Hospital for treatment. The other victim, Elvis Maoto, sustained stab wounds…

Lawyer Elizabeth Koki died of suffocation, Government Pathologist Dr Johansen Oduor has revealed. According to the pathologist, the deceased also suffered bruises on the mouth consistent with a gag. “She was suffocated to death,” Dr Oduor’s report read in part. In custody is a Congolese national, Christian Kadima Mwambay who was last seen with the lawyer at her Syokimau home. He is being held at the Mlolongo Police Station for 14 days as police probe the matter further. Read: Murder Suspect Christian Kadima To be Held For 14 Days As Police Probe Koki’s Death Police said that the deceased and the…

Nairobi county deputy governor nominee Anne Kananu has claimed that ousted county chief Mike Sonko was behind a petition blocking her from being vetted by the county assembly. In her response to a case filed by activist Okiya Omtatah seeking to block her from appearing before the assembly on Friday, Kananu says Sonko sponsored Peter Agoro’s petition. Agoro filed a petition blocking Kananu’s vetting on grounds that Sonko was facing graft charges and could not, therefore, nominate a deputy. Agoro withdrew the petition last week, giving the assembly the go-ahead to vet her. Read: Sonko’s Bid To Block Ann Kananu’s Appointment…

A trailer on Wednesday morning plunged into the Indian Ocean at the Likoni crossing channel, reports indicate.  According to eyewitnesses, the driver of the trailer lost control of the vehicle as he tried to get into the ferry. The trailer which was headed to Mombasa from Tanzania was transporting an unknown quantity of maize. The accident caused a huge traffic snarl-up. Rescue operations are on-going but no casualties have been reported yet. Read: Tens Arrested At Likoni Ferry Crossing For Flouting Covid-19 Rules This comes two days after a tourist bus belonging to Pollman’s plunged into the ocean at around 9…

A Kenya Air Force aircraft, model Harbin Y-12, on Tuesday crashed at the Tsavo East National Park, in Voi, Taita Taveta County. Harbin Y-12 or Yunshuji-12 is a twin-engine light multi-role aircraft designed and developed by Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (HAMC) of China. In a tweet, Kenya Defense Force (KDF) said the aircraft was from Moi Air Base, Eastleigh. https://twitter.com/kdfinfo/status/1348966207878295552 On board were a major, two colonels, and one private, all of whom lost their lives in the accident. The cause of the crash remains unknown. Locals said the area was cordoned off for the best part of Tuesday. They…