Author: Eva Nyambura

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has suspended three county chiefs over misuse of funds. Chief of Staff Brian Mugo was suspended alongside acting Head of County Treasury Stephen Mutua and Ekaya Alumasi. The embattled county boss has asked the DCI to speedily investigate the claims and should the suspects be found accountable, then they should be prosecuted. The trio was also said to have issued Local Purchase Orders (LPO) and Service Orders (LSO) without Sonko’s permission. They reportedly inflated the LPOs as well. Read: Makueni County Chief Of Staff, Redempta Kavindu Accused Of Squandering County Funds (Photos) County Secretary and Head of…

Kenyans will starting this month pay less for electricity following the removal of standing charges and a review on the tariffs. The Energy and Regulatory Commission (ERC) on Monday announced that the government was doing away with the monthly fixed charge of Sh150, which translates to 36 per cent reduction for the 3.6 million low cost Kenya Power consumers. The new tariff cuts the cost of electricity from Sh17.77 per kilowatt hour to Sh16.64. “The Domestic Consumer Lifeline Tariff, which is meant to cushion low income households whose consumption does not exceed 10 units per billing period, will reduce by between 36 to…

Ian Wafula, has left MediaMax and is said to be headed for BBC as Broadcast Journalist in charge of News Review. Wafula started off at KTN before making his way to K24 where he worked for 3 years alongside The Trend host, Amina Abdi. The duo was in charge of the K24 Alfajiri show which was later revamped and taking over were Ciru Muriuki, Serah Teshna and Jeff Mote. The past few months have seen major media houses poach talent from competitors with some journos quitting their jobs. Read: Terrified Thika Town Residents Flee After A Bomb Scare Larry Madowo, former NTV…

The Trump administration could soon eliminate former President Barrack Obama’s policy promoting gay rights in Africa, a White House official has hinted. Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Mick Mulvaney on July 24 said that the Obama government’s advocacy amounted to the mistreatment of the African people as a response to their religious beliefs or affiliations. “Our US taxpayer dollars are used to discourage Christian values in other democratic countries,” the White House budget chief told a religious freedom conference. Mulvaney’s sentiments are shared by most African leaders who continue to illegalize homosexuality. For instance, President Uhuru Kenyatta has in…

The Wiper Democratic Movement, led by their leader Kalonzo Musyoka held a meeting on Saturday to deliberate their next move after the 9 March Raila- Uhuru handshake. Meeting at the Wiper House, Nairobi, the party came up with the resolution that they will join President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga’s quest to unite the country. The party’s National Executive Committee and Parliamentary Group applauded President Uhuru Kenyatta’s fight against corruption and his plans with the Big Four Agenda. They decided that they will directly join and work with President Uhuru in his efforts to fight corruption and build the country.…

Andela, a Pan-Afican technology tech Hub targeted at building engineering teams with Africa’s software developers, on Friday announced the launch of a technology hub in its fourth African market: Kigali, Rwanda in partnership with the Government of Rwanda through the Rwanda Development Board (RBD). According to Andela, Kigali was the ideal strategic location for the company’s first pan-African hub due to its strong existing infrastructure and ease of access for developers across the continent. Through the partnership, RDB will support Andela’s efforts to build a pan-African workforce and support the development of Rwandan and other African talent. Andela’s aim is catalyzing the…

Chandarana Foodplus has come out to apologize for the racist email the sent out by their marketing Director. The Marketing Director, Rima Patel wrote an email saying that they are focused on attracting white people to their supermarkets hence the reason why they wanted to host a raffle challenge. This email caused an uproar online as users called the supermarket out for discriminating against their black clientele. Read: Kenyans Working For Huawei Kenya Fired, Replaced With Chinese Citizens The company was also recently called out for discriminating against their workers by reportedly hiring unqualified foreigners for top management jobs and leaving…

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday held talks with retired President Daniel Moi and his son, Gideon Moi at his Kabarak home. Details of what was discussed remains scanty but Kenya’s second President’s Press Secretary Alex Kiprotich confirmed the visit. In May Deputy President William Ruto paid a courtesy call to the retired President but did not get to see the 93 year old former head of state as he was undergoing a routine physiotherapy session. Those close to the family say that the DP had not booked an appointment prior to the visit. “Those who want to meet Mr Moi must…

Deputy President William Ruto is said to have sneaked into Kisumu County on Friday evening to attend the wedding of the children of Owners of Kibos Sugar and one of the major sugar importers in the western region. DP Ruto’s 8 hour long visit is said to have left many people talking as he did not travel with his usual motorcade and was driven in a Toyota Land Cruiser V8 owned by one of the local businessmen. The Kisumu County Government was not aware of DP Ruto’s visit as he was being hosted by the mogul families. The wedding was…

It looks like there is trouble in the Veetile paradise after Otile supposedly deleted all of Vera’s photos from his Instagram profile. The couple, Vera Sidika and Otile Brown have been dating for a little over four months now but things seem to be getting rocky. Recently, it was reported that Vera Sidika unfollowed Otile and deleted all his photos from her Instagram profile. Read: Wema Sepetu’s Ex Boyfriend Calisa To Start Wearing Women’s Clothing (Photos) Now, Otile has returned the action and also unfollowed Vera on Instagram. This ‘Mapenzi Hisia’ singer posted a caption on his Instastory saying “such is…

State House has decided to close down two social media accounts on twitter that were run by the Presidential Strategic Communications Unit. The accounts, @PresidentKE and @PSCU, were deleted from Twitter in order to enhance accessibility and flow of information from the office of the President. The Twitter accounts which will be used for official communication from now onwards include: @StateHouseKenya, @UKenyatta, @FirstLadyKenya, and @KanzeDena. Read: Speaker Beatrice Elachi and Jacob Ngwele Exchange Blows Over Corruption Claims State House maintains that it will still use other social media channels such as Facebook and YouTube as well, to convey official communications. On Facebook,…

President Uhuru Kenyatta is a party boy who spends most of his time drinking than doing his job, human rights activist Boniface Mwangi has said. The outspoken Pawa 254 founder further accuses the President and the entire Kenyatta family of stealing from Kenyans, most specially his mother Mama Ngina Kenyatta. The former Starehe MP aspirant says that the first family has in the past grabbed land with his late father and Kenya’s founding father Jomo Kenyatta having stolen approximately 50,000 acres of land. One of the pieces of land believed to have irregularly been acquired by the Kenyatta family is…

ODM Party’s national elections board has settled for Ochillo Mbogo Ayacko to be the opposition’s candidate for the Migori Senatorial seat in the October 8, 2018 by-election. On Monday the former minister got 44 votes followed by former Nyatike MP Edick Anyanga who got two with Eddy Oketch bagging only one vote. This was after Ayacko withdrew his election petition at the Court of Appeal in Kisumu which he had filed against Governor Okoth Obado. Do you have a story you want told? Do you know of a sensitive story you would like us to get our hands on? Email your…

Innovative school children are helping in the fight against deforestation by planting seeds using slingshots. The initiative by the SeedBalls Kenya company, which makes and sells seedballs globally, is meant to encourage children have slingshot competitions using charcoal covered seeds instead of stones. About 2 million seedballs have been planted in Kenya alone in the past year and a half in what has been called “guerrilla gardening.” The company recycles coal dust collected around Nairobi and buys the seeds from the Kenya Forest Research Institute. The government has recognized the threat from deforestation and earlier on in the year…

Makueni County chief of staff Redempta Kavindu has been accused of misusing county funds. Ms Kavindu took over from Musyoka Kivungi who in 2017 was charged for being drunk and disorderly alongside Hasina Maweu. Kavindu, sources say, has been squandering her imprest on meals, accomodation and transport. But the county chief of staff also has been feeding her gambling habits using the tax payers money. Kahawa Tungu has learnt that the county employee has in the recent past spent up to Sh12,700 on pool table gambling. Documents seen by Kahawa Tungu indicate that the employee has a driver assigned to her but…