Author: Eva Nyambura

President Uhuru Kenyatta is a weak leader, Central Organizations for Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli has said. The head of state, he says is taking too long to name a cabinet, something that should not take him more than four weeks. ”Crafting a dream cabinet is a very easy task, yet it is taking him three to four weeks to put together his cabinet list. He is a weak leader, Uhuru is a weak leader. He is allowing people harbor suspicion on how he is going about his business. He should not exhibit his weakness by delaying to…

Embakasi East MP, Paul Ongili alias Babu Owino was on 11, January 2018 caught on tape harassing a parking attendant at Fortis Towers, Westlands. The legislator’s bodyguards force open the barrier while making their way out from the basement parking lot. The former University of Nairobi (UoN) student leader allegedly refused to pay parking fees. He and his guards are seen alighting from the car and roughing up the attendant. They then flee the scene of incident. Read: Shot Tanzanian MP, Tundu Lissu Accuses Magufuli Government Of Dictatorship Owino, only a few days ago promised his constituents to change his…

A Nakuru County official is in trouble after police discovered six of sixty stolen seats from State House Nakuru at his hotel located along Kenyatta Avenue. The seats, an officer said, went missing between October and November 2017. Officers led a raid at the hotel and thereafter paid the county official a visit at his home. Nakuru OCPD, Samuel Obara told the Standard that the they had launched investigations into the matter which remains a mystery. ”We raided the hotel after getting information that some of the missing chairs were at the hotel,” Mr Obara said. Read: Kakamega Leaders Gift…

Justus Kizito, Shinyalu MP was attacked by goons, he says were hired by former area MP Anami Lisamula. Things went south when Kizito was about to take the stage. The rowdy youth are said to have pounced on him, preventing him from addressing the crowd. The Lisamula hired crowd, booed the legislator and that is when chaos erupted. A number of mourners are said to have been injured during the debacle. ”I was about to address the mourners when Lisamula’s goons pounced on me,” the MP said. ”Lisamula himself did not beat me. However, it is a pity that a…

President Uhuru Kenyatta has asked his personal friend and Nairobi County Governor, Mike Sonko to set aside the political sideshows and instead serve the people of Nairobi who voted for him overwhelmingly in August, 2017. Kenyatta jetted in from South Africa on Sunday after which Sonko called him to let him know that his deputy, Polycarp Igathe had called it quits effective, 31 January. A source privy to the details says that it was a lengthy conversation between the county boss and the head of state. ”Sonko is a personal friend of President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto.…

The Talisman Restaurant Karen is according to Raila Odinga Junior discriminating against children on the playing field. Odinga says that some toys on the field were specially meant for ‘White kids.’ https://twitter.com/Railajunior/status/952454606419845120 The tweet went viral with more Kenyans breaking their silence on the racism issue at the restaurant located on Ngong Road. Here are some of their comments: Read: H&M South African Outlets Vandalized As A ‘Consequence For Racism’ (Photos) https://twitter.com/DonaldBKipkorir/status/952468415431823360 https://twitter.com/amarieadhis/status/952462574976716800 https://twitter.com/ladybirdkenya/status/952461728238972928 https://twitter.com/catalinski30/status/952491554295500801 https://twitter.com/mzelendo/status/952521482407694337 https://twitter.com/fatmaismailhr/status/952543953647259649 Do you have a story you want told? Do you know of a sensitive story you would like us to get our hands…

Jubilee party symbol of Tuko Pamoja was on Saturday taken down at the Pangani headquarters, Nairobi. The logo shows the hands of two people meeting as friends and equals. ”It is a powerful symbol about our parties joining together. The red is symbolic of the blood shed by martyrs for our freedom and independence, and the yellow is for the sunrise so we never forget that our best days are ahead of us,” the party highlights. https://twitter.com/Asmali77/status/952183136254877696 President Uhuru Kenyatta officially opened the offices on September 9, 2016 before launching the newly founded Jubilee party. Read: Supreme Court Allows Scrutiny…

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on Saturday vandalized Swedish H&M stores across Johannesburg as a ‘consequence for its racism.’ The EFF activists want the shops closed or face ‘indefinite’ action. They were protesting against an advert of a black boy wearing a green hoodie emblazoned ‘coolest monkey in the jungle.’ H&M has apologized and withdrawn the advert as well as the hoodie but has still found itself on the receiving end especially on social media. Police were forced to fire rubber bullets at the activists who were dressed in uniforms of the country’s radical opposition party. The five year old’s mother,…

Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) CEO, Ezekiel Mutua together with the Council of Imams and Preachers in Kenya (CIPK) want toy guns banned from the Kenyan market. The toys, they argued instill a culture of violence in the young ones. ”Why should a child have a gun? What are we teaching them? Do you want them to become terrorists? We must ban them. A toy gun is not good for our children instead buy for them computers, books or a football so that they become the next Victor Wanyama,” the moral police officer said in Mombasa. Speaking at the Kenya…

One of Deputy President, William Ruto’s motorcycle escorts has died after being involved in a road accident along Wangari Maathai road, Nairobi. Constable Casmel Ndege is said to have lost control of the motorcycle during the Saturday morning incident. Ruto eulogized him as a ‘a gallant, hardworking and dedicated professional.’ The DP was on his way to Githunguri, Kiambu where he is attending a funeral service for MKU Chairman, Simon Gicharu’s mother. The escort team is drawn from the elite presidential escort that escorts the DP and President Uhuru Kenyatta when on official duties around the country. Read: 14 People Killed…

Governor Mike Sonko’s deputy, Polycarp Igathe resigned announced his resignation as the deputy governor on Friday and the internet went into a frenzy. Igathe, formerly Vivo Energy Managing Director said that he ‘failed to earn the Governor’s trust.’ ”Dear Nairobians, it is with a heavy heart that I resign my seat as elected Deputy Governor of Nairobi City County effective 1pm on 31st Jan 2018,” he said on social media. Read: Kiambu Governor Waititu, His Deputy Nyoro Trade Blows In Public https://twitter.com/Aucho254/status/952096254472966144 https://twitter.com/Joangor25/status/951856847929139201 https://twitter.com/mboya_k/status/951886262155198464 https://twitter.com/MuleiBenson/status/951852205060980736 https://twitter.com/IAmWangai/status/951843334481465347 Do you have a story you want told? Do you know of a sensitive…

National Resistance Movement (NRM) general, Miguna Miguna has accused NASA coalition ‘principals’ of holding secret night meetings with Jubilee government. The meetings, the international lawyer says are meant to disrupt Raila Odinga’s swearing in ceremony slated for 30 January and the naming of the parallel cabinet. These leaders, Miguna said on social media will face the wrath of the people should their underhanded plans work. https://twitter.com/MigunaMiguna/status/952090825743388672 Miguna has said in the past that Odinga will be sworn in by force. The August 8 Presidential election results, he says allow for the former Prime Minister to take the oath of office.…

The High Court on Friday blocked Kenya Power from billing its clients with inflated bills to recover Sh8.1 billion ‘contained in their annual report and financial statements for the year ending June 30, 2017 until January 30, 2018. Lawyer Apollo Mboya and Electricity Consumers Society on Thursday filed a class action suit against the company, where he sought to have them stopped from disconnecting electricity based on the backdated bills. “The court should issue an order directing the company to refund consumers payments made in excess of actual meter readings, on account of the said recovery as contained in its financial estimates.” Justice…

Polycarp Igathe has resigned as the Nairobi Deputy Governor effective 31 January. The DG says that he has failed to earn Governor Mike Sonko’s trust to ‘drive the administration and management of the county.’ https://twitter.com/IgathePolycarp/status/951834181394452480 Igathe, formerly of Vivo Energy steps down to avoid ‘abusing or betraying my oath of office to Kenyans, Nairobians and my family.’ His resignation comes a month after the governor shared on social media a series of texts which show a some what unbalanced relationship. Read: Kiambu Governor Waititu, His Deputy Nyoro Trade Blows In Public The deputy governor on most days as seen in…

Raila Odinga supporters on Thursday stormed the Orange House demanding to have their leader (Raila) sworn in as the People’s President come January 30. The youths sent a stern warning to NASA leaders who they said were plotting to have the inauguration ceremony postponed once again. https://twitter.com/EngnrDan/status/951437900914221056 They accused Raila’s allies of brokering a deal with the Jubilee government in a bid to stop the ceremony that they have awaited with bated breath. People died while fighting for electoral justice, they said, emphasizing that they will deal ‘perpendicularly’ with those that will come between Odinga and the People’s Presidency. National…