Author: Eva Nyambura

ODM leader Raila Odinga has mourned Ohangla musician Maureen Achieng but best known by her stage moniker, Lady Maureen. In a tweet, the opposition leader who is in Dubai after undergoing surgery, remembered the fallen singer as an immensely talented and dynamic artiste. He also noted that she was “always adapting to new trends in a very competitive music industry.” “My condolences go out to the family, friends and fans of Lady Maureen. Achieng’ was immensely talented and very dynamic; always adapting to new trends in a very competitive music industry. May she Rest In Eternal Peace,” Raila tweeted. https://twitter.com/RailaOdinga/status/1281821467492179969…

Starehe MP Charles Njagua Kanyi alias Jaguar was on Friday acquitted of incitement charges against foreigners. The lawmaker was in June 2019 arrested for allegedly making xenophobic remarks against Tanzanian and Chinese traders. Jaguar was caught on tape telling foreigners engaged in business in his constituency to shut down and vacate the country failure to which they would be forcibly removed. Today, however, a Nairobi court declared the section used to charge him as unconstitutional. Celebrating the victory, the first term legislator said he will continue defending his constituents against unfair foreign competition. “The influx of traders from Tanzania and…

17 employees at a leading International School have tested positive for the deadly Coronavirus. Nakuru county health CEC Gichuki Kariuki on Friday said that the staffers from St Andrews Turi in Molo were among the 23 positive cases reported in the county between Wednesday and Thursday, this week. According to Mr Gichuki, 26 Covid-19 patients are admitted in; PGH Isolation facility (15), 7 at the Langalanga isolation facility and 7 others at Naivasha isolation facility. 30 others have been discharged after making a full recovery, he added. He also noted that the positive cases are spread across 10 subcounties. 56…

Lang’ata Hospital director Dr Ashoke Singh Matharu, and three other employees were on Thursday arraigned and charged with stocking unvalidated and expired laboratory reagents. The others were; Muffadal Ammar HassamJee (operations manager) and Herbert Cheruiyot Charles (lab technician) and Beatrice Awino (lab technician). According to court documents the four had in their possession expired medical laboratory reagent namely bilirubin (T),combi 35, Ast Got, Actone, Area Bun/UV, Magnesium, Trigs,Excel, Labsystems, Bsa Accurate against the Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Act. They were also charged with using unvalidated laboratory reagents. The four entered a not guilty plea and were released on bail.…

Former K24 TV news anchor Betty Kyallo has been the talk of town after a brown bag was spotted in the private jet Mombasa governor Hassan Joho and Junet Mohammed were traveling in. The two were headed to Dubai to visit their party leader Raila Odinga who was undergoing an operation. The bag, was set in front of the governor who also happens to be Betty’s ex-lover. Betty and Joho dated for a while but ended things because their religious beliefs clashed. Speaking to True Love Magazine in 2017, the Flair by Betty parlour proprietor said the county chief was…

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has responded to claims that city preacher cum motivational speaker Robert Burale was paid to pretend he was suffering from COVID-19. Addressing the press from Mombasa, the CS said he has never heard of the said person. The minister for health also wondered who had paid the pastor. “… I never heard of this guy. You are saying he has been paid, paid by who? … why would he be pretending but you have decided that he is not,” Kagwe said. Burale on Monday revealed that he was taken ill last week on Wednesday. In a…

A Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) health worker was on Thursday charged for making fake Covid-19 certificates. Delvine Enock Moses was arraigned at Milimani Law Courts where he answered for three other cases. The nurse entered a not guilty plea and was released on a Sh150,000 cash bail. Covid-19 certificates are mandatory for those seeking to enter the country, Transport CS James Macharia said on Wednesday. The certificates were made a requirement for truck drivers entering and leaving the country after Coronavirus cases grew exponentially at various border points. In June, Dr Rashid Aman, Health CAS, said acquiring a virus-free certificate…

Lang’ata Hospital was on Wednesday raided by Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technology Board (KMLTTB) officials over fake Covid-19 tests. The facility’s laboratories were shut down after it was found that some of the technicians were colluding with others at Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) to conduct Coronavirus tests. The tests were apparently going for Sh5,500 with the samples being ferried to Kemri in an ambulance for testing. During the raid, it was found that the facility was stocking and using expired reagents for the virus tests. Government labelled test kits which are not for sale were discovered at the…

Jubilee Party has put on notice Bahati MP Kimani Ngunjiri and Nakuru senator Susan Kihika over their presumed disrespectful utterances towards President Uhuru Kenyatta. According to Party’s Nakuru branch Secretariat led by Chairperson David Manyara, the two legislators will face disciplinary actions should they not refrain from attacking the head of state and their party leader. While attending a funeral in Nandi, recently, Kihika is said to have hit out at Uhuru over the recent changes in both Houses of parliament and police killings witnessed in recent times. The leadership changes saw among others, Kihika ousted as the senate majority…

A Kiambu resident wants Gatundu South member of parliament (MP) Moses Kuria declared unfit to hold public office. In a petition filed in court on Wednesday, Elijah Gicharu Kimani cited nepotism, abuse of office and conflict of interest in awarding CDF tenders as some of the reasons why the legislator is unfit to unfit to hold office. According to Mr Kimani, the lawmaker has irregularly awarded tenders amounting to Sh170,878,413. The court papers show that Kuria awarded a Sh32,531,540 tender in six schools to Finishline Construction Ltd, a company whose director is the respondent’s brother, Aloise Kinyanjui Kuria. Another tender…

Amnesty International, a non-governmental organization focused on human rights wants the Tanzanian government to throw out charges against comedian Idris Sultan. Idris was first arrested on May 19 after filming himself laughing at a throwback photo of President John Magufuli. After spending more than a week behind bars with no charges being brought forward, the funny man was arraigned before a Kisutu Resident Magistrate. Then, the Big Brother Africa winner was then charged with failure to register a SIM card previously owned by another person and failure to report change of ownership of a SIM card under the under the…

Kapseret Member of Parliament (MP) Oscar Sudi has not made any contributions on the floor of the house since 2017, a report has revealed. According to a report dubbed “Parliamentary Scorecard” released by Mzalendo Trust, a Parliamentary Monitoring Organization (PMO) on Wednesday, Nakuru Town West MP Samuel Arama too has made zero contributions. The report also revealed that 21 lawmakers did not make contributions at plenary in 2019. Two of the lawmakers are senators while the rest are members of the National Assembly with 16 being men. The quiet male members are; Abdi Tepo (Isiolo South), Abdi Shurie (Balambala), Ahmed…

Last week netizens woke up to reports that KTN news anchor Ben Kitili had separated from his wife of two years. His wife, Amina Mude had shared a message on her Instagram page indicating that she and the news presenter were not in a good place but we’re focused on raising their two children. “Ben and I are currently ‘separated’ I don’t know what the future holds but am grateful for the beautiful memories and definitely the beautiful kids that we made. It’s been one month of pain and tears but I know that one day the light will shine,”…

A Kisumu Police Officer who on Sunday shot at her husband, injuring him on the right side of the head has been arraigned. Maureen Awuor, an Administration officer is said to have shot her husband of three years with an AK-47 rifle at their rented home in Dago Area. Appearing before Winam senior resident magistrate Fatuma Rashid on Tuesday, the policewoman was charged with attempted murder. She denied the charges leveled against her and was released on Sh2 million bond or Sh500,000 bail. Her husband, Victor Odhiambo Onunga, with whom she shares a one year old son is a clinical…

Kenya’s total virus cases have on Tuesday risen to 8,250 after 183 persons tested positive. Speaking during the daily COVID-19 briefing, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said that the positive cases are from a 2,061 sample size. Of the new cases, 177 are Kenyans while 6 are foreign nationals. In terms of gender, the newly dected infections are of 119 males and 64 females aged between 4 and 79 years. CS Kagwe said that 90 more patients have been discharged, raising the number of recoveries to 2,504. On a sad note, three other patients succumbed to the virus. As such, the…