Author: Eva Nyambura

A Kiambu family can finally breathe easy after the body of their kin that had been detained for months arrived home. Agnes Wangui died in Saudi Arabia on September 13 after returning from Kenya. Her remains were detained in Arrar, some 1,200 kilometres away from Saudi Arabia’s capital of Riyadh, for reasons unknown to the family. Read: Enslaved Kenyan Woman Seeks To Return Home After Saudi Arabian Employer Physically Abused Her Offering a helping hand was nominated senator Isaac Mwaura who escalated the issue to relevant authorities. After visiting the bereaved family, Mwaura said, “They were in deep pain, especially the…

Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) secretariat will on Thursday present 4.4 million signatures supporting the Bill to the IEBC. Commission CEO Wafula Chebukati is expected to receive the signatures at Anniversary Towers later today. According to secretariat co-chair, Dennis Waweru, the Bill will be presented as was unveiled at KICC on November 25. Read: Prolonging BBI Debate Will Delay Economic Recovery Process-Mudavadi “We have decided to submit 4.4 million signatures, we are also presenting the signatures plus the Bill,” Waweru said. “This is the same Bill that was launched on 25th November.” An internal verification exercise weeded out some 800,000 fake signatures.…

The body of 28-year-old Dr Stephen Mogusu is yet to be released to his family over Sh1 million hospital bill, Reuters reports. He had been admitted at Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU). In a letter from Kenya Medical Association, the deceased’s widow, with the help of other medics have failed to clear the bill. “The life and death of the young doctor summarizes all that is wrong with government engagement with doctors,” Simon Kigondu, secretary general of the Kenya Medical Association, told Reuters. Read: Doctors Union Wants State To Clear Dr. Mogusu’s Hospital Bill, Compensate…

A Secondary school teacher found with Machakos Senator Boniface Mutinda Kabaka on day he fell sick has been released. Esther Muli Nthenya was on Wednesday freed on personal bond after tests showed the legislator was not poisoned. No charges have been preferred against the tutor but has been instructed to report at Kilimani Police Station every 14 days. Read: Woman Found With Hospitalized Machakos Senator Detained For 7 Days Nthenya has been in custody since Friday after Kabaka collapsed at Dee3 Hotel in upmarket Kilimani. On Monday, the teacher was arraigned and police allowed to hold her for 7 days pending…

The High Court has ordered for Sh100 million seized from a Nigerian national at JKIA to be deposited at the Central Bank of Kenya pending money laundering probe. DCI Transnational Organized Crime Detectives (TOCU) will work together with Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) so as to effectively probe the matter. The seized cash, which was stashed in a suitcase is believed to be from International Criminal Cartels. https://twitter.com/DCI_Kenya/status/1336604595313840130 On Tuesday, ARA filed a case seeking to freeze the cash seized from Mauzu Bala on Friday. The foreign national who was heading to Dubai from Nigeria was in possession of USD 880,000,…

A police officer based at Ruiru Police Station has been arrested alongside three Mitsumi Business Park workers over a robbery with violence incident. Three suspects have been identified as; Albert Ochola, Walter Kiverenge, and Bernard Ogutu Oketch. They are accused of accosting an accountant inside a lift where they stole $50,000 (Sh5.5 million). Armed with pistols, the four attacked the woman who was on her way to the bank. “Armed with pistols, the four, together with others who are being sought accosted the accountant while inside a lift as she was heading to deposit the cash in the bank,” DCI said…

Two men who died while in remand at Wang’uru police station in Kirinyaga in November, may have been tortured to death. According to government pathologist, Dr Johansen Oduor, the deceased persons could have also died of suffocation due to overcrowding in the cells. Dr Oduor also noted that more samples have been taken to ascertain what killed the remandees. Read: Two Remandees In Kirinyaga Succumb To Covid-19-related Complications “Once the results of these analyses are released plus what we have found out after the postmortem then we will be able to determine the actual cause of death,” he said. John Njeru,…

A Nigerian national nabbed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) with huge sums of money risks losing it over suspected money laundering. The Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) has filed a case seeking to freeze Sh100 million seized from Mauzu Bala on Friday. The cash, $880,000, 63,000 Nigerian Naira and 60,000 Euros, was stashed in a bag. Read: Detectives Nab Foreigner At JKIA Suspected To Be Transporting Heroin The agency believes the money may have been proceeds of crime from a complex money laundering scheme. Bala who was on his way to Dubai did not have documents indicating the source and purpose of…

Young Scientists Kenya (YSK),a platform for secondary school students to investigate theories, discover new technologies, in partnership with the Ministry of Education, The Embassy of Ireland and BLAZE by Safaricom has announced the 3rd annual National Science and Technology Exhibition. This year’s exhibition will be held virtually from Tuesday December 8 with 64 projects by 120 students from 22 counties set to be showcased on the YSK website. The exhibition will be opened by H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta, YSK’s Patron, and will culminate in a virtual award ceremony on Friday, December 11. The exhibition follows a hugely successful online adaptation of…

DT Dobie and Co-op Bank have entered into a strategic financing partnership worth Sh1 Billion that will enable institutions such as schools, churches, universities and fleet owners to purchase or lease Mercedes-Benz buses. Customers who qualify for the scheme will have the option to purchase buses with financing of up to 95% or to acquire more units through 100% leasing, for an extended period of up to 60 months. Customers will acquire the bus they need with a payment they can afford, while schools and colleges will have payments correspond with school terms for easier cash flow management. Read: Co-op Bank…

American singer Ashanti Douglas but best known by her stage moniker, Ashanti, is in Kenya. The actress cum record producer landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on December 7. The award winning artist will be enjoying her stay in Nairobi at the Hemingways Nairobi hotel. Here are some photos of the former Murder Inc signee in Kenya’s capital: It however remains unclear how long Ashanti will be in the city under the sun. In 2019, American star Selena Gomez was in Kenya for community work. The Heart Wants What It Wants crooner visited schools under construction in collaboration…

A Secondary school teacher identified as Esther Nthenya Muli will be held for 7 days as police probe attempted murder of Machakos Senator Boniface Mutinda Kabaka. The legislator is admitted at the Nairobi Hospital where he was rushed on Friday after complaining of a severe headache. He is said to have checked into a Kilimani apartment on the material day in the company of a woman. Read: Machakos Senator Mutinda’s Family Denies Claims That He Collapsed In Woman’s Home, Says Reports Are “Malicious” But according to his family, Kabaka was at a Kilimani restaurant having a drink when he complained of…

There is simmering tension between Kenya and Uganda for a second time this year due to “unfair trade practices”. According to frustrated manufacturers and industrialists under Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA), Kenya has been questioning the origin of goods even those with the “Q” mark issued by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards. UMA accused Kenya of barring some of their products from entering the country on baseless claims such as; counterfeit goods. The Ugandan manufacturers have also noted that the East African country has complained that their goods are smuggled in a bid to evade tax. Read: Trade War Looms As…

Lawyer Willie Kimani’s murder case has been adjourned to Tuesday after counsel for the accused, Cliff Ombeta tested positive for Covid-19. Ombeta is the defense lawyer for Fredrick Leliman and Stephen Cheburet, the first and second accused in the case. The court on Monday heard that the lawyer was in contact with a Malindi client who has also contracted the virus. Ombeta got tested for Coronavirus on Sunday and only received the results this morning. Read: Court Postpones Trial Of Suspects In Willie Kimani Murder Case As One Contracts Covid-19 Judge Jessie Lessit directed that the lawyer furnishes the court with…

Former Citizen TV anchor Hussein Mohamed will not be making Mediamax Limited owned, K24 TV his new home. In a tweet, the renowned political reporter termed as “fake” a poster indicating that he will be making a TV comeback on K24 TV. “Please treat this as fake. You’ll hear it from me soon enough whether or not I’ll be coming back to TV or any other platform. Mafans ninawapenda wo…wote!” Hussein tweeted. https://twitter.com/HusseinMohamedg/status/1335621632715616261 The “fake” poster was shared after Anne Kiguta announced her exit from the station. In a statement on Sunday, Kiguta who hosted “Punchline” cited “fundamental disagreement on…