Author: Eva Nyambura

Kenyans on Twitter (KoT) are lethal and take no prisoners. On the receiving end on Thursday was a Canada based disc jockey known as DJ Lithium. Coincidentally, he shares a stage name with Kenya’s own Alex Nderi of Capital FM. Nderi sadly passed away on Wednesday at the Nairobi Hospital after collapsing in the office. The 34-year-old is said to have taken his own life. The foreign disc jockey took to social media to blast the deceased who he claimed had stolen his mixes and a di.fm logo design. https://twitter.com/bruteforcepyth/status/1484058274429288448 The deceased, the Canadian said, was an imposter as he…

Capital FM’s Alex Nderi alias DJ Lithium has died. The disc jockey breathed his last yesterday evening at Nairobi hospital after taking a poisonous substance while at the Capital FM offices located at Lonrho House. According to those privy to the details, the deejay’s lifeless body was discovered at the radio station’s IT Department offices. Beside his remains was a tumbler in which he is suspected to have added the poison. Read: Capital FM Speaks Out Following Frequency Revocation by CA Lithium, 34, who is said to have left behind a suicide note which colleagues said will be handed to his…

Ten Kenya Power company officials have been detained for eight more day. The suspects were arrested on Tuesday in connection with claims of sabotaging electricity supply that affected most parts for two consecutive days in the past week. Earlier, police made a miscellaneous application before the court seeking to hold the ten for 21 days to enable them to conclude investigations. Read: Kenya Power: 5 Managers, 13 Officers Grilled Over Countrywide Outages On January 14, the DCI grilled 18 officials, among them 5 senior managers, over the collapse of four towers on the Nairobi – Kiambere high voltage power transmission line.…

A businessman has been charged with obtaining over Sh1 million from three people under the pretense that he could book them return tickets to Bolivia. Peter Denis Bwire who was arrested on Friday is said to have obtained Sh1,302,000 from the trio knowing he did not have the means to process two-way travel air tickets. Bwire appeared before Milimani court Senior Principal Magistrate Bernard Ochoi and was charged with three counts of the offence. The first count was that on December 19, 2021 at Didom Tours and tours offices located on the fourth floor of Ruprani house along Moktar Daddah…

A family in Wundanyi, Taita Taveta is seeking funds to help ship the remains of their loved one who died in Saudi Arabia. Holiness Wawuda, 52, died on October 10, 2021 while in police custody in Riyadh. A friend who broke the news to the family said the deceased collapsed in police cells and was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital in the kingdom. Her cousin Leonard Maghanga said the mother of three fell ill while Saudi officials were processing her deportation after she declined to renew her work permit. Instead, Wawuda resorted to door-to-door services. Read: Kenyan Woman Lucy…

Police have denied claims that bodies retrieved from River Yala are a recent occurrence. In a statement on Wednesday, National Police Service (NPS) spokesperson Bruno Shioso said 19 bodies have been retrieve from the river in the past 2 years. “In the last two years, 19 incidences involving human bodies that have been found dumped in River Yala, have been reported to the National Police Service. This number represents a cumulative body count over the stated period contrary to media reports insinuating all the incidences are a recent occurrence,” said Shioso. Earlier reports indicated that at least 21 bodies had…

A warrant of arrest has been issued against businessman and presidential aspirant Jimi Wanjigi. Widely known as the “fixer”, Wanjigi has been accused of fraudulently acquiring land where his Kwacha House in Westlands is built. The warrant was also issued against Wanjigi’s 7 other alleged co-conspirators among them his wife Irene Nzisa, Himanshu Velji Dodhia, Kaneez Noorani, Mohamed Hussein Noorani, Kairu Augustine Thuo, and John Nyanjua Njenga. “On diverse dates between 9th April 2010 and 5th June 2018 at an unknown place within the Republic of Kenya, jointly with others not before the court, conspired together to commit a felony…

Cytonn Investments CEO Edwin Dande has questioned the fairness of the Kenyan capital market. In a Facebook post, Dande said that the Capital Markets Authority’s (CMA) management has been showing bias to market players running money market funds, favouring a section while oppressing others. According to Dande, CMA has been favouring “old men” from a certain region of the country, white/brown Kenyans and foreign corporates. “Take all the money market funds in this market. Write them in one column, call it column 1. Then write the name of the one person or corporate who is the promoter of that brand……

Ali Iptisam Zeid, former Nairobi Diaries actress, has released her manifesto, outlining her plan for Nairobi residents if elected Woman Representative. Zeid, who is attempting to fill the large shoes left by her predecessors Rachel Shebesh and current County MP Esther Passaris, has divided her grand ideas into four areas. In a series of Instagram stories, Zeid stated that fostering a conducive economic environment, effective social protection, a healthy and stable population, and security and safety for Nairobi will be at the top of her priority list. Read: “Somali Bae” Alinur Claims Betty Kyallo Will Run For Nairobi Woman Rep…

At least 30 governors have backed Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga’s presidential bid. The former prime minister met 26 governors in Naivasha on Monday, all of whom are in support of his candidacy under the Azimio la Umoja movement. Four others signed the declaration indicating their support for Raila in absentia. “This has been a consultative meeting between the governors and the fifth as we assured him of our support and discuss the way forward with regards to the Presidential elections. There were 30 of us present and a couple of us who were absent with apology,” said…

The sister to slain Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen wants the court to throw out applications filed by his estranged wife, Sarah Wairimu Kamotho Cohen. In an application filed in court, Gabriel Van Straten claimed Wairimu did not adopt her brother’s name during the duration of their marriage. She wants the applications in which Wairimu filed using the deceased’s surname to be dismissed. Through her lawyer, Danstan Omari, Ms Straten argued that the name Sarah Wairimu Cohen does not exist and is such a fictitious person. Read: Cohen’s Sister Wants Justice Sankale Removed from Office over Gross Misconduct “The applications filed before…

Two students from Michuki Technical Training Institute perished on Sunday afternoon after an outing to a nearby waterfall went bad. The two students were part of a group of friends who had climbed to the Karuuga waterfalls for a day of merrymaking, according to residents of Iyego, where the tragedy occurred. A female student, who has yet to be recognized, is believed to have slipped and fallen into the roaring waves of the overflowing Mathioya River while attempting to take a photo. Read: Varsity Student’s Body Still Missing After Drowning While Taking Photos at Chepkulo River Witnesses said that another male…

On Sunday, worshipers of the ACK St. John Gichami church in Othaya, Nyeri County, held a protest against Archdeacon John Gachau’s dismissal due to his marital status. The man of the cloth was suspended on December 21 from pastoral work by Bishop Joseph Kagunda and was blocked from accessing the precincts of the church on Sunday, January 16, 2022. Gachau was sacked in 2015 over alleged homosexuality but was in 2018 reinstated by a Nyeri court in 2018 after he successfully challenged his suspension and sued for defamation. The court found Kagunda guilty of contempt and awarded the archdeacon, and…

Deputy President William Ruto’s rally was on Sunday temporarily halted. The rally that was being held at the Jacaranda Grounds in Embakasi East, Nairobi was marred with chaos. Chaos erupted after a rowdy group opposed to the DP started pelting stones prompting police officers to lob teargas. The opposing side was heard chanting, “We do not want money, we want Babu. We do not want money, we want baba (Raila Odinga).” Read: I Will Show You How to Lead a Country – Raila Hits Out at DP Ruto The DP who addressed the gathering after calm had been restored, blamed Raila…

A woman on Sunday took her own life after poisoning her two children at Kaitika village in Kakuzi, Ithanga sub-county, Murang’a county. Mary Mulombe is said to have committed the heinous act at around 7.30 am on Sunday morning. The suspect who was married to a military officer killed her kids aged five and two before locking herself up in the bedroom where she took her life. At the scene of incident was a suicide note in which the deceased stated that her husband had been unfaithful. Read: Terror Suspect Blows Self Up Killing Two Other People in Nyakach She listed the…