Author: Eva Nyambura

Gilgil MP, Martha Wangari left her abusive husband risking public ridicule because she would rather be judged rather than dead. Her now ex-husband, Peter Karanja (PK) the legislator told the Standard was an abusive man who embarrassed her in public and could not provide for the family. PK, married to the former nominated senator for the past five years has apparently moved in with another woman into a home built by the MP. “I have receipts for every construction material used in the house. I bought everything and built the house. He kicked me out of the house and has…

It is going to be ‘business unusual’ in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s cabinet. The Head of State during the swearing in of nine of his newly appointed members of his 22 member Cabinet noted that they can quit if the burden to serve is too much. “This is a good point for me to say that if at any time, and I repeat at any time, you feel the weight is too much, just say so. There are other Kenyans ready to do the job. Sijui kama tunakubaliana, wenzangu. Nasema kwa heshima ili tuheshimiane (I don’t know if we agree. I am…

Nandi Hills MP, Alfred Keter has been arrested. The legislator is accused of trading in fake treasury bills worth Sh633 million. He was in the company of two other men; Madat Shakur and Arthur Sakwa who are reportedly Executive Officers with Desai Industries. Read: Justice Kimaru Declares Miguna Miguna’s Deportation Illegal Police say that the trio has been on their radar for a while now. They have been taken to an undisclosed police station for questioning. More follows Do you have a story you want told? Do you know of a sensitive story you would like us to get our…

Nation Media Group has denied that NTV was shut down between January 30 and February 9 while responding to Unilever Kenya’s concerns about their adverts that were supposed to run during that period. Unilever wants a refund of their money paid for the ads which they say did not receive enough visibility due to the media shut down. Advertising Director, Michael Ngugi in a letter dated February 12 says that there was only ‘a stoppage of live broadcast effected at our broadcast transmitters which only affected viewers using the free to air set up to access TV content.’ But NTV…

Simon and Sarah Kabu of Bonfire Adventures have been exploiting their employees by subjecting them to ludicrous penalties that the ‘Range Rover’ gifting couple amend at will, Kahawa Tungu has learnt. According to an internal dated October 4, 2017, money lost by the company due to a staff member’s omission will be recovered from their monthly salary. The tours and travel company deducts a maximum of Sh15,000, penalty money and the unpaid balance carried forward to the next month. For example, a Bonfire employee is penalized Sh2,000 for having their mobile phone on their desk during working hours because personal…

Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) customers will on Friday and Sunday not have access to some of the services as the bank makes systems upgrade. The lender will be moving its systems infrastructure to a ‘state-of-the-art’ data centre over the weekend. The move will ensure resilience on all their platforms and boost data recovery capabilities. Some of the services that will be inaccessible include: ATM, M-Pesa, and card transactions. The services will be interrupted on Friday and Sunday from 1am until 5am. “We regret the inconvenience, as we endeavor to improve our banking services and give you time for more,”…

An instructor and a pilot trainee crash landed in an open area in at the Nairobi National Park on Thursday morning. The Cessna 152 aircraft, registration number 5Y-BXP is said to have gone down a minute after take off. The light aircraft belonging to 99 Flying School, used for training purposes was found overturned. The cause of accident is yet to be established but they reportedly called Wilson Airport before the crash. The two were rushed to hospital with the instructor having suffered severe injuries. Read: SA’s Mango Airline Launches In-Flight Wi-Fi Service Do you have a story you want told?…

Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu has been summoned by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) over utterances inciting youths to set on fire lorries ferrying charcoal. The commission has asked the county boss to avail herself for interrogations on 20 February at 10am. “Following the utterances by Hon. Charity Ngilu in regards to charcoal burning the Commission has summoned the Governor in a letter dated 14th February 2018 to appear before the Commission for investigations/interrogations on 20th Feb 2018 at 10.00AM,” NCIC said on Twitter. The lorry was set ablaze at Kanyonyo near Matuu, with the owner, David Kariuki denying…

Fuel prices go up in Nairobi in the Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC) February review. Diesel will be retailing at Sh96.96 per litre as the rices go up by Sh2.14, whereas Petrol goes up by Sh1.62 to sell at Sh107.92 and Kerosene price rises by Sh1.97. ERC’s Director General, Robert Pervel Oimeke says that the changes are due to the high cost of importing petrol, kerosene and diesel starting December 2017 til January 2018. The new prices, he noted will take effect from February 15 up until March 14, when the commission will review them afresh. In Mombasa a litre of…

A Citi Hoppa bus was carjacked by four thugs along Mombasa Road. The gang took control of the bus that was headed to Pipeline area and stole from the unsuspecting passengers. They then abandoned the bus in a dark alley along Outering Road. Witnesses say that a passenger asked for the bus to alight at Sameer Park where three other people forced their way into the bus. The thugs, now on board, demanded that the bus take a different route. The driver is said to have driven towards Enterprise Road, Jogoo Road and then Outering Road where the four alighted…

A Meru Shuttle tout is under investigation after he beat up a passenger and left him for dead on January 30. The conductor, Felix Mwingirwa is said to have smashed the passenger’s head on a windscreen and then shoved him onto a barricade, cracking his skull. Well wishers are said to have called for an ambulance which rushed the victim to Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) where he is fighting for his life. Felix, a witness said, walked away saying that he ‘is untouchable.’ Read: Arrest Raila He Was The One Being Sworn In Not Us – George Aladwa Police on…

Rongo MP Paul Abuor has been accused of soliciting for sexual favours from an unidentified businesswoman in exchange for a life changing business tender. In a leaked WhatsApp conversation, the legislator asks the woman to meet up with him in Nairobi so as to have ‘some private time.’ But the lady rejected his advances because she is a married woman and did not have it in her to cheat on her husband. The MP in return offered Sh20,000 for ‘logistics,’ an offer she rejected. “No… Thanks for all the offers. My conscience cannot allow me to do it. I’m sorry…

National Youth Service (NYS) general, Richard Ndubai has issued former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka with an eviction notice from the 500 acre land in Yatta constituency. Mr Ndubai, through a newspaper notice noted that the land is registered to NYS and has given Kalonzo 14 days to vacate the premises. “The department, therefore, does not recognize any claim whatsoever that any individual and or entity has over the said parcels of land whether through themselves, their agents, assigns or successors,” the notice read in part. The department has directed that those in possession of title deeds to the grabbed 23,170…

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s cabinet nominees are filthy rich with CS for Water nominee, Simon Chelugui at the forefront with Sh796 million in moveable assets, farming and real estate. Coming in second, according to a report tabled in Parliament, is the former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Keriako Tobiko. The Environment CS nominee is worth a whooping Sh360 million which he has generated through investments in livestock, agriculture and real estate. But when he was vetted for the DPP position back in 2011, Keriako told the committee that he was worth Sh80 million. In third place, the report tabled by the…

A Kenya Airways (KQ) employee was on Sunday arrested in Mumbai, India with 23 kilograms of gold worth at least Sh100 million. Abdalla Ali Said arrived aboard flight KQ 210 and was apprehended while trying to check into a hotel near the airport. Sahar Police said that Mr Ali had concealed ‘the gold in specially made knee caps and waist belt and worn it under his trousers.’ The Times of India reports that another Kenyan, Abraham Ali Hussein was also arrested. He is believed to have been Ali’s accomplice and was supposed to collect the smuggled gold from him. They…