Author: Eva Nyambura

Kenya Power customers will not access the prepaid services for two days, the company has announced. In a notice appearing in local dailies, the power company stated that the services will be unavailable starting Tuesday, April 9 to Wednesday, April 10. The temporary shutdown is meant to enable migration of data to a new hardware for improved services. “We wish to inform our esteemed customers that the prepaid systems will be temporarily shut down from Tuesday 9th April 11pm to Wednesday 10th April 6pm. To enable migration of data to a new hardware for improved service delivery,” said Kenya Power.…

French retail giant Carrefour has announced a 71 per cent growth in sales from Sh8.11 billion recorded in 2017. According to the exclusive owner of the Carrefour franchise in Kenya, Majid Al Futtaim, the retailer made sales of around Sh14 billion last year alone. This is a clear indication that it’s expansion plan is paying off. Carrefour currently has six stores stores at the Hub in Karen, Village Market, Two Rivers Mall, Thika Road Mall (TRM), Sarit Centre and Junction Mall. The seventh store, the retailer announced last week will be opened before the end of this year at the…

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) led by Raila Odinga on Friday lost two by-elections in Ugenya and Embakasi South. Taking to Twitter, Deputy President William Rutoelbrates  congratulated the winners; MDG’s David Ochieng and Julius Mawathe of Wiper. The self-proclaimed hustler was keen to note that the hustler nation had decided to overlook the so-called big fish and instead went with the little known individuals. “CONGRATULATIONS Ochieng (Ugenya) & Mawathe (Embakasi) for your God given victory. Jameni wacheni MUNGU aitwe MUNGU. The hustler nation has spoken, the people have decided. GLORY TO THE ALMIGHTY GOD,” the DP wrote. https://twitter.com/WilliamsRuto/status/1114413352099438592 Also mocking…

At 42 years of age, former K24 Talk Central hostess Kalekye Mumo is still looking for love. According to the ex Kiss 100 FM presenter, she is yet to meet a man who is seriously looking to settle down and start a family with her. Switching things up on her last Talk Central show, Kalekye told actor Martin Githinji that during her Radio hosting days, she often met men younger than her. “Plus being in radio a lot of the guys who hit on me were way younger than me and of course had different priorities than me… #NowYouKnow #TalkCentral @K24Tv,” she…

A section of Mathare slums is on fire after a police officer dispersing protesting youths threw a burning tyre at a nearby house. A couple of homes in Mabatini area caught fire as well as two private schools; Maji Mazuri Primary School and Abundant Life School. The youths were demonstrating against the authorities crackdown on illicit brew also known as chang’aa. A local blog reports that locals and fire fighters are already on site. “When the police were trying to put off the fire, one officer accidentally threw a burning trye at a nearby house which immediately caught fire,” an…

A Thika bound bus on Wednesday morning hit a woman at Kahawa Sukari while apparently trying to get away from Traffic cops. The Kenya Mpya bus (Reg No. KCN 587S) driver fled the scene of incident as the unidentified woman bled. The victim is said to have been rushed to Neema Hospital where doctors advised that she is transferred to Kenyatta Hospital for advanced medical care. Read: Eight People Hospitalised After Simba Bus Overturns In Lamu Eye witnesses say that her left leg was crashed. Kenyans online want the rogue driver arrested and action taken against him and the sacco.…

Lawyer Assa Nyakundi on Wednesday failed to appear at a Makadara court due to ill-health. The lawyer is a suspect in the shooting of his son, Joseph Nyakundi who was laid to rest yesterday at the Lang’ata cemetery. The advocate was hospitalized at the Nairobi Hospital with low blood pressure complications. The deceased,29, was buried at a low-key ceremony attended by friends and family in what might have caused a rift in the family. He, according to the Abagusii customs, should have been buried at his father’s farm in Ngoso village, Kitutu Chache, Kisii County. Reports indicate that the advocate’s…

Tanzanian star, Harmonize is no longer a single man. The Kainama hitmaker on Tuesday proposed to his Italian girlfriend Sarah in front of family and friends. He popped the question to which his girlfriend of over three years said “Yes.” View this post on Instagram If you think she said no …!!! 😋 💍 A post shared by KONDEBOY (@harmonize_tz) on Apr 2, 2019 at 12:40pm PDT Sarah shared the good news with her 500,000 Instagram followers. She said: ” u are my only one (sic).” Celebrities flooded their pages with congratulatory messages. Read: Lulu Hassan Shocks Fans…

Two women on Sunday disrupted business at a Ruaka based nightclub over a man. The unidentified women, both skimpily dressed, got into a fistfight at the Lavaranda Lounge 97 when a man showed interest in both of them. In a video that has since gone viral, the catfight went on for a little while with little intervention from the onlookers. One of the women shoves the other breaking beer bottles. https://twitter.com/NyakundiNews/status/1112936218189328384 Speaking to eDaily, the club’s administrator who sought anonymity said that the women did really get into it and broke at least 10 bottles which they paid for. They…

A joint parliamentary security committee has approved nomination of Hillary Mutyambai as Inspector General of Police. The report will be debated in the House on Wednesday. The intelligence officer replaces Joseph Boinnet who is set to take up a Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) role in the Ministry of Tourism. Appearing before the joint committees on Administration and National Security of the National Assembly and that on Defence and Foreign Relations of the Senate on Thursday, Mutyambai said he will tame rogue police officers and perpetrators of extrajudicial killings. “I will be practical in dealing with this. Many have come before…

ODM Party leader Raila Odinga has blasted Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro who has proposed that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have their powers trimmed. Speaking in Likoni during the Huduma Number roll out, the African Union envoy said that Nyoro’s proposed bill was ill-informed as the government seeks to end graft. “We want to remove Kenya from the corruption index but there is an MP who is not doing anything. Rushes to parliament to clip the powers of the DCI,” he said, adding that there is no need to trim their powers while…

Kenyatta National Referral Hospital (KNH) on Tuesday resolved to release at least 250 patients held at the facility over unpaid hospital bills. “The Board of Management of Kenyatta National Hospital has taken a decision to release 250 patients,” KNH said on Tuesday. This was following a Citizen TV expose that showed patients held in the referral hospital with the biggest number being women. The patients will be let go at that Administration Block Parking Area today at 2pm where the Board will also address the media. The Ministry of Health last week noted that 184 patients and 387 bodies have…

West Pokot Governor John Lonyangapuo described a certain man as “kijana fupi, amenona round” last week. The man has now been identified as Dennis Ruto Kapchok, a former Lelan Ward representative who has been questioning why Lonyangapuo’s deputy Nicholas Atudonyang has been working from the United States since his swearing in 2017. Ruto, unsuccessfully vied for the MCA seat on a Kanu ticket. He lost to an independent candidate, Todopus Johnson Lokato. He does however refute claims that he garnered a few votes noting that “I was not number five those are just fabrications, a serious man like me cannot…

Athi River detectives on Monday arrested a man connected with the brutal murder of lawyer Robert Chesang at his Lukenya home, Machakos County. The man has been identified as Nuno Hassan Jillo. Jillo,29, was nabbed in Isiolo town and will be arraigned in court later today (Tuesday). “Yesterday evening, Detectives based in Athi River arrested 29-year-old Nuno Hassan Jillo in Isiolo Town in connection with the shooting & murder of #RobertChesang-an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, at Moke Estate in Lukenya area. He will be produced in court today,” DCI said in a tweet. https://twitter.com/DCI_Kenya/status/1112934733124681728 Police have in…

The High Court has given the government a green light on the registration of huduma number. In a ruling issued on Monday, the court allowed the government to go ahead with the National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS). Despite granting them the go-ahead orders, the court prohibited the government from including DNA in the biometrics as was earlier intended to. In addition to that, the court has also instructed the state not to coerce any citizen to offer personal information. Read: “I Will Not Entertain Lazy Employees,” CS Magoha Says In Maiden Visit To The Education Ministry The ruling, made…