Author: Eva Nyambura

No need to hurt your friend’s or family member’s feelings on Instagram by unfollowing them, you can now simply use the MUTE button. Once the feature is made available, one can remove someone’s photos, stories or both from your feed. The app previously made it possible for users to mute someone’s stories. Should users feel the need to mute someone’s stories or photos, all they have to do is click on the three dots at the top of a post or profile and simply click on the MUTE option. Here are some of the reactions from elated users: Read: Kenyan media…

Residents of Thika town had a slight scare this morning after an old woman found what looked like a man-made bomb inside her shop along Uhuru Street. The gadget was discovered wrapped inside animal-skin products. Police were alerted of the incident and arrived at the scene a few minutes later where residents identified a young man as the one who left the gadget in the shop. Read: Curio Shops In Westlands Demolished To Expand Lower Kabete And Peponi Roads Thika Administration Police Commandant, Peter Nzimbi says the police have in their custody a young man, identified as Abel Githinji, as the…

Ex-KTN editor Aaron Obudho Ochieng’ has been remanded in custody after he failed to settle a Sh.1 million debt. Ochieng’ was supposed to pay his former colleague, Joy Doreen Biira the aforementioned amount of money after the duo agreed to settle the stolen Mercedes-Benz case out of court. Appearing before Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi, it was established that the former Standard journalist was yet to pay the amount in full. The ex-journo had apparently paid Sh.350,000 and was yet to settle the Sh.750,000 balance. The court then ruled that the Sh.300,000 deposited in court as bail be surrendered to Ms…

21 unregistered cars valued at Sh.30 million were on Tuesday seized by Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officers in Mombasa. Of the 21 cars, 19 bore Tanzanian and Ugandan number plates and were found in Mombasa town and the other two in Lunga Lunga. If found to be more than eight years old, the cars will be crushed. “The vehicles were seized over the weekend in a swoop conducted by KRA enforcement units in the entire Coast Region,” deputy commissioner, southern region Nicholas Kinoti said during a presser. Read: Joho Hospitalized After Government Revokes NASA Leaders’ Passports The owners are expected to…

Lurambi Member of Parliament, Titus Khamala has declared that he is crossing over to Canada to ‘put sense’ into Miguna Miguna. The MP is on a visit to the USA and he feels the need to bring back Miguna so he can take up the Nairobi Deputy Governor. Mr Khamala is amongst the few NASA MPs who were strongly opposed to the swearing in of Raila Odinga on 30th January. He told the coalition members to focus on 2022 elections first. Read: “President Kenyatta Will Not Reciprocate the Handshake,” Miguna Tells Raila The MP is seen joking in the video…

Former Internal Security Minister Julius Sunkuli and his brother Charles Sunkuli, who is the Environment Principal Secretary are seeking justice for the ex-Minister’s son, the late Augustine Salaton. Mr Salaton was found dead by police in a lorry parking lot in Kilgoris, Narok County. The body was then taken to Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary. Trans Mara West police boss David Wambua said the mortuary in Kilgoris has no freezers, so they moved the body to Kisii hospital. The deceased is reported to have left home on the 7 May, 2018 for Nairobi and did not come back on 8…

The uproar against the signed Computer Misuse and Cyber-crimes Act has led one Geoffrey Maina to file a petition against the government for threatening the freedom and rights of Kenyans. In his petition, Geoffrey claims that there was no public participation and that it threatens Kenyans rights to privacy under article 31 of the constitution, freedom of expression and opinion, freedom of media and the right to fair trial. The suit is filed against the Attorney General (1st respondent), The National Assembly (2nd respondent), Director of Public Prosecution (3rd respondent) and the Inspector General of the National Police Service (4th…

Deputy President William Ruto is what is standing between him and the Presidency, Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) MPs have said. Ruto, the members of parliament noted is an ‘angry, bitter man’ looking for enemies in the wrong places. “We wish to advise Mr. Ruto to stop looking for enemies in the wrong places. In his quest to be President, Ruto is the enemy he is looking for. What stands between Mr. Ruto and the Presidency is not His Excellency Raila Amolo Odinga,” the MPs said. Speaking during a presser at Capitol Hill offices, the legislators maintained that Ruto’s bad reputation…

Emerging details now show that woman in the middle of the Olive Restaurant breastfeeding debacle in fact lied about being thrown out of the establishment. According to CCTV footage, the woman, identified as Betty Kim breastfeeds her child as she has her meal. On May 7 Betty claimed that the restaurant management asked her to feed her child in the washrooms as she had not properly covered the child. But the management refutes the claims and according to the video footage, she ‘sat at around 12:38pm and placed her order within a minute of sitting. Her food was delivered at…

The Machakos County Government has distanced itself from the cracked Machakos- Kitui connection bridge road after residents called Governor Alfred Mutua out for touring other counties yet his county’s roads were in a bad condition. This comes after the Kenya National Highway Authority denied responsibility of the road and stated that the road is under the mandate of the Machakos County Government, implemented under Kenya Informal Settlements Improvement Project (KISIP). https://twitter.com/KeNHAKenya/status/997134322477031424 The Kariobangi- Sokoni road in Machakos Town is is the same road that was coincidentally completed during Governor Mutua’s first 100 days after his election in 2013, in a…

Communications Authority (CA) in the latest Kenya Gazette Notice, made it illegal to import mobile phones whose battery life is not at least eight hours long and lacks a physical manual. The notice, which took effect on May 15 will help limit the number of fake gadgets getting into the market. Only licensed telecommunications vendors will import and distribute mobile phones which, CA says will be expected to last at least 24 hours when not in use. Dealers will also be expected to provide a one-year warranty and after-sales support for at least two years for every gadget sold. “Test…

Members of Parliament can now be served with court orders and summons within Parliament, the High Court ruled on Monday. Justice John Mativo ruled that Sections 7 and 11 of the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Act, 2017 unconstitutional and contravene Articles 1, 2, 3, 10, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 48, 50 93, 94, 159, and 258 of the Constitution. “It is my finding that the ouster clauses offends the constitutional principle of the rule of law because an aggrieved citizen is denied the possibility of access to the courts to challenge decisions affecting them,” Justice Mativo said while delivering his…

Former Attorney General, Githu Muigai and Interior CS, Fred Matiang’i have been summoned by the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission to record statements over their role in the controversial Ksh3.2 Billion Ruaraka land deal. Githu is said to have already recorded his statement with regards to what legal advise he offered the Ministry of Education on acquisition of the Ruaraka High School and Drive-In Primary School. He insists that he could not determine or direct the decisions made by the independent entity afterwards, according to one of the dailies. In a document submitted to EACC, his advise was that public…

A mother of two interrupted Deputy President, William Ruto’s speech during his visit to Eldama Ravine over the weekend. The woman fought the security detail around the DP insisting that she only wanted to have a word with him. Ruto, paused and asked the officers to let the woman wait for him at the podium. Shortly after addressing the crowd, the DP left the venue aboard his chopper but did not talk to the unidentified mother of two. It is said that after he left, the woman was heard saying that she did not have food for her children and…

The five suspects who attacked the Nairobi Central Business District Association Chairman, Timothy Muriuki are being reported to have been protected by the scrupulous police men at the Central Police Station. The thugs are said to have been arrested after the video was leaked but City Hall officials intervened to have them protected from being charged and ordered for their immediate release. “There are officers who were involved in the coverup. They are as guilty as the people who committed the offense,” DCI boss George Kinoti told one of the dailies. “Those implicated will not go unpunished.” Read: Nairobi Police Commandant,…