Author: Eva Nyambura

Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa has offered to lead the “No” against the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report. According to Barasa, the report does not capture issues affecting the common Kenyan. “Kenyans have been made to believe that you can only benefit from a government if one of your own is at the top. That is why BBI is expanding the Executive and increasing the number of MPs,” he said on Thursday. Read: Ruto Was Not Invited To BBI Signature Collection Launch – Aide A close ally of the Deputy President William Ruto, the legislator also noted that the views of an…

A Bolt driver on Wednesday night had his windscreen smashed by a client over Sh320 taxi fare. According to the driver, Brown Mwangi, he dropped off a female client in the posh estate of Karen in the evening but she declined to pay. The client, he said, asked him to leave as her boyfriend would settle the bill later. Mwangi declined to leave the premises and vowed to park outside until the money was transferred to his phone. It is then that the client left for the house, came back with a gun and smashed the car. She is said…

Comedian Eric Omondi has had enough of Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) CEO Ezekiel Mutua. On Wednesday, the moral cop while addressing the media about the spate of involvement of children in orgies, immoral behaviors, consumption of unrated content, said Omondi should respect himself. “People like Eric Omondi, you wonder what kind of madman is this. You are showing your face on videos in a way that is not appropriate and you are an adult, then call yourself king of comedy in Africa, then why don’t you respect yourself?” Mutua posed. Read: Ezekiel Mutua Wants Musicians Behind Viral Ohangla Song Promoting…

Marsabit governor Mohamud Ali has closed all county offices after another high ranking official succumbed to Covid-19. County Secretary Joseph Guyo succumbed to the virus complications on Tuesday moments after being rushed to Marsabit County Referral Hospital. “I have been briefed that he arrived at the hospital this morning and passed on minutes later. Whilst his status for Covid-19 has not been determined, I have been informed (that) he exhibited classic symptoms of the novel coronavirus,” governor Ali said in a statement. Read: 810 COVID-19 Cases, 8 Deaths Recorded In 24 Hours Speaking to a local daily, however, the hospital CEO…

Deputy President William Ruto reckons there is still a chance for consensus even after President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga launched the BBI signature collection. According to the DP who was a no show at the event held earlier today at KICC, there is room for a contest that will not necessarily divide Kenyans. In a tweet, the DP said Kenyans should instead unite in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic and organising the economy. “Even with the SIGNATURE launch there is still a real chance at CONSENSUS for a NON-DIVISIVE referendum that will give kenyans the opportunity to…

Can you identify the man pictured above? It is said that the unidentified male made his way into a city flat posing as tenant. He is seen waiting at the gate and making his way in after a female tenant who opened the gate for him. He follows her in and immediately starts looking for houses whose doors are unlocked. The suspect goes from one floor to the next checking for open doors. Finally he found an unlocked door. Read: 3 Arrested As Mombasa-based Detectives Bust A Car Theft Syndicate The man of the house is said to have left the…

The ruling party, Jubilee Party has summoned two ward representatives from Nairobi county for going against party position on certain matters. The nominated MCAs allied to Deputy President William Ruto; Anne Thumbi and Silvia Museiya, will appear before the party Disciplinary Committee on Friday 10 am. “You are hereby required to appear on November 27, 2020, at 10:00 a.m when the complaint against you will be heard by this committee at Jubilee party Headquarters in accordance with the Jubilee Party Disciplinary Committee Regulations, 2017,” reads the letter from the party. Read: Juliani Threatens To Sue Jubilee Party For Using “Utawala” Song…

Big Brother Naija Season 5 winner Olamilekan Moshood Agbeleshe but best known as Laycon is set to star in Showmax’s first Nigerian original series. The “I Am LAYCON” reality series will be on your screens in February 2021. Coming from humble beginnings, the 27-year-old musician and philosophy graduate had to hustle his way through life before landing a spot in Biggie’s house, where he wormed his way into the hearts of fans across the continent with his wit and lyrical genius. Laycon beat 19 other housemates on 27 September 2020 to emerge winner of BBNaija S5, winning 85 million Naira…

Kenya on Tuesday confirmed 727 new cases of Covid-19, raising the country’s caseload to 78,512, Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi has announced. The infections were from a sample size of 4,913 tested in the last 24 hours, recording a positivity rate of 14.7 per cent. Of the new cases, 705 are Kenyans while 22 are foreigners. The death toll rose to 1,409 after another 17 patients succumbed to the virus. Read: 12 More Succumb as 413 People Test Positive for Covid-19 Speaking during the daily Covid-19 briefing from Afya House, CAS Mwangangi noted that the youngest is a four -month-old infant while…

The OCS at Wang’uru Police Station in Kirinyaga County, Francis Bundi, has been transferred. This comes days after two remandees allegedly succumbed to Covid-19. The deceased persons; Martin Musyoka, 55, and John Njeru, 28, from Tebere and Thiba wards respectively, were among five remandees rushed to hospital on Sunday over the novel virus. The bereaved families have however, dismissed claims that their loved ones died of the virus. They have claimed that they died in the hands of the police. Read: Two Remandees In Kirinyaga Succumb To Covid-19-related Complications Area leaders want the OCS held accountable for the deaths whose causes…

An Anti-Corruption Court will on Friday deliver a ruling on whether former State House digital strategist Dennis Itumbi will privately prosecute Interior CS Fred Matiang’i. Appearing before Magistrate Douglas Ogoti on Tuesday, Itumbi said he had sufficient evidence to move forwards with the case that involves Sh1.5 billion Ruaraka Land. “I will file them once the court orders for the prosecution of Matiang’i..part of the evidence required is witness statements,” Itumbi said. Read: Court To Start Hearing Ruaraka Land Case Filed By Itumbi Against CS Matiang’i On Tuesday Ogoti also declined to hear submissions by the office of the DPP noting…

Kenyan comedian cum MC Sande Bush but best known by his stage moniker Dr Ofweneke has said that his break up with musician Niccah was the hardest. The TV presenter was married to the gospel artiste but ended things after she claimed that he was abusive. “Domestic violence is such a bad thing. I had to walk away. I had to run. Yes, I’m a single mum of two and I know God will watch over me and my kids,” she wrote on social media. Read: Dr Ofweneke Explains Relationship With Ex Wife Nicah After She Flaunted New Man That as…

Milimani Anti-Corruption Court will on Tuesday start hearing a case filed against Interior CS Fred Matiang’i by former State House digital director Dennis Itumbi. Anti-Corruption Court judge Douglas Ogoti on Monday directed that the matter is heard under a certificate of urgency. Judge Ogoti also noted that the issue will be heard under strict adherence to Covid-19 rules. Itumbi has accused Matiang’i of overseeing a transaction that saw taxpayers lose Ksh1.5 billion to buy pieces of land for Drive-In Primary School and Ruaraka High School, that already belonged to the public. “In the process of undertaking this noble project, the…

Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) deputy director of Medical Services Musa Mohammed and two social workers at the Mama Lucy Hospital will be charged with child trafficking offences. The social workers were identified as Makallah Fred and Selina Awour. A Nairobi court however found that the hospital’s CEO  CEO Emma Mutio does not have a case to answer. Read: Mama Lucy Hospital CEO Locked Up For Two Days In Child Trafficking Case Juliana Mbete an administrator at the hospital, Beatrice Njambi who is in charge of the newborn unit at the facility and Administrative officer Regina Musembi were also set free. The…

City lawyer Donald Kipkorir contracted the novel COVID-19 but is not quite sure when and how, he revealed in a social media post. According to the lawyer, he experienced a chill on November 2 but did not think it was the virus that has killed more than a thousand people locally. “In the afternoon of November 2, I experienced cold chill in my body. It is as though I was atop the Swiss Alps in December. I took a very hot shower, wore two t-shirts, a sweater and two track-bottoms & two duvets. I broke no sweat,” he said. The…