Author: Eva Nyambura

Kenya Railways will on Monday and Tuesday operate a third pair of passenger trains on its Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in the night. The night trains will start the journeys from Nairobi and Mombasa at 9 AM and end at 3 AM. According to Kenya Railways Managing Director Philip Mainga, the trains will facilitate travel during this period when schools have reopened across the country. “We are running this service because of the boom in passengers from the schools reopening with the aim of supporting parents, teachers and students moving from different locations. Airports and matatus have been overwhelmed,” he…

Jubilee party national vice-chairman David Murathe has warned rebellious party members about an impending crack of the whip by party leader President Uhuru Kenyatta. On Sunday, Murathe said the errant members will soon receive show-cause letters while other cases will end with expulsion. “The disrespectful and disloyal members will receive show cause letters this week. Some cases will end up in expulsion. Their actions go contrary to Article 13 of the JP constitution,” said Murathe. “This will extend to members advancing ideologies of other political outfits not affiliated to JP. We will not hesitate to expel them from the party.”…

Who will replace Mike Sonko as governor of Nairobi? Is the question lingering in everyone’s mind as the mini-poll draws closer. Sonko was impeached by senate in a drama filled session that he says was state sponsored. Apparently, the government gave the legislators some Sh2 million to uphold a decision reached by the MCAs on December 3. But that notwithstanding, the IEBC has set a date for the by-election that will pit political heavyweights against each other. Read: Waititu To Run For Nairobi Governoship As Independent Candidate Jubilee party has cleared former Dagoretti South MP Dennis Waweru and Ms Agnes Kagure…

Lawyer Miguna Miguna who is in exile will vie for the Nairobi governor position on a Thirdway Alliance party ticket. In a statement signed by the party’s national chairman, Miruru Waweru, the party said honouring Miguna’s candidature will be a way for Kenya to correct “one of the greatest political mistakes of our generation”. “Nairobi deserves leadership devoid of ineptitude, unbridled lust and gluttony for public resources which has defined it for the last eight years,” said Waweru. Waweru noted that the lawyer who declared interest in the seat on December 19, is the best bet at at reclaiming the…

Amani National Congress (ANC) party leader Musalia Mudavadi has lost at his mother, Hannah Atsianzale. In a tweet, the former Vice President said “our family matriarch” passed on at 5 am while at the Nairobi Hospital. “On behalf of the entire Mudavadi family, I wish to announce that our family Matriarch, Mama Hannah Atsianzale Mudavadi, has gone to be with the Lord. She rested at 5.00am today at the Nairobi Hospital. She was 92 years old,” he said. He added, “As a family, we are devastated by this loss but are bearing it with grace. Please remember us in your…

Former Kaloleni legislator Gunga Mwinga has died. Mwinga died on Sunday morning at Mombasa Hospital where he had been admitted, the family has confirmed. The former legislator had been admitted at the facility for a week. He was succeeded by Paul Katana when he unsuccessfully ran for a second term in 2017. Read: IEBC Suspends Tallying Of Votes In Kaloleni, Kilifi County Katana told the Star, “I am here at the Mombasa Hospital. Our brother has left us.” Following his ouster, Mwinga retreated to the courtroom. He was at some point the Coast Parliamentary Group chairman and later formed the Devolution…

Deputy President William Ruto’s camp has been forced out of their Jubilee Asili headquarters located in Kilimani. According to the Nation, the Ruto camp was kicked out on grounds that the premises were not licensed to hold political proceedings. A spot check by the daily revealed that the premises were vacant and the Jubilee Asili banner already taken down. Politicians who spoke to the daily anonymously said they have been in a tussle with the landlord who asked them to leave back in October. Read: Ditching Jubilee Party? DP Ruto Meets Artists Donning Jubilee Asili T-shirts With Defunct URP Colours Some…

Airtel has amended their pricing for person to person transfers and Airtel Money wallet to bank as per the guiding principles on pricing issues by CBK last week. All Airtel Money customers will starting January transfer without any charges up to Sh100 to any customer and network with no daily limit to the number of such transactions. Additionally, all transactions from Airtel Money wallets to customers’ bank accounts will be free of any charge. In a statement, Airtel Kenya said that these new measures will help Kenyans manage better the economic shocks presented by the Covid-19 pandemic and will help…

The Independent  Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has launched investigations into a video of three police officers assaulting a motorist and a journalist in Nakuru. In a statement, IPOA chairperson Anne Makori said appropriate action will be taken against the officers if they are found culpable. “Consequently, IPOA on its own motion has this afternoon launched investigations into the assault and injury of the two people,” Ms Makori said. Read: KBC Correspondent Injured For Filming Police Assault Motorist Along Nairobi-Nakuru Highway (Video) Three officers are seen attacking a motorist and a KBC correspondent after one of them hit the former’s motor vehicle.…

At least 147 people were arrested on Christmas day, police have said. The suspects were placed in custody at the Kasarani Stadium which will be used a holding area until the festivities are over. They were arrested in different parts of Nairobi as the officers enforced curfew rules amid Covid-19 pandemic. According to the police, they were picked up on the streets, house parties and drinking dens. Read: Curfew To Be Fully Implemented During Festive Season – IG Mutyambai They will be arraigned on Monday. Earlier on in the week, Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai warned that Covid-19 protocols including…

A Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) journalist is nursing injuries following a confrontation with police officers. Simon Ben was filming an altercation between the police and a motorist along the busy Nairobi-Nakuru Highway on Christmas Day. The drama started after a police officer who is yet to be identified hit the motorist’s vehicle with a swagger stick. The irate car owner jumped out of the car to confront the officer who had damaged his car. “How can someone who is drunk come and hit a car like this? Take a photo of how he has hit and damaged my car,” he…

Safaricom will mark 20 years of transforming lives in the creative industry through a 90-minute concert dubbed Safari Ya Wasanii. The show will be aired as a two-part series on YouTube and a local TV station on December 26 and 31 at 8:00 PM. The anniversary celebrations will see Safaricom renew its commitment to Kenyan artists as it ushers in its third decade of growth since it was officially launched on October 23, 2000. Read: Safaricom Announces Support Framework for SMEs in Twende Tukiuke Campaign The show is part of the brand campaign dubbed “TwendeTukiuke’ a callout to go beyond what…

Thika tycoon Julius Gitau’s alleged kidnapping that shocked the business world did not happen, police sources have revealed. According to the Nation, the businessman who started off as a hawker was apparently holed up in his third wife’s home for the 75 days that he was missing. Detectives handling the matter told the daily that Gitau, a class four drop out, directed that his eight vehicles be moved to three different locations in a bid to throw off auctioneers. One was taken to a petrol station, his third wife’s home, and the truck he had been driving on the day…

Kenya’s Covid-19 cases have risen to 95,431 in the past 24 hours after 236 tested positive from a sample size of 3,773, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has confirmed. The cumulative tests are now at 1,025,653. From the cases, 211 are Kenyans while 25 are foreigners. In terms of gender,134 are males and 102 are females. Age wise, the youngest is a three-year-old child while the oldest is 85 years old. 212 patients have recovered from the novel virus, raising total recoveries to 76,270. 173 of the recovered persons were in home-based care and 39 in hospitals. Unfortunately, four others have…

Doctors have called off nationwide strike, Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists’ Union (KMPDU) acting secretary general Chibanzi Mwachonda has said. Speaking on Thursday, Mwachonda said they resolved to return to work after a deal with the government. He also noted that President Uhuru Kenyatta intervened. Read: Crisis In Public Health Sector Deepens As Doctors Join Nurses, Clinical Officers In Strike On Wednesday, the medics told off national and county governments after they threatened to institute disciplinary action against the striking practitioners. “As such, we advise the counties to take the following measures: effect stoppage of salaries where employees have not…