Author: Eva Nyambura

Smart phone consumers in Kenya seeking a reliable phone with top notch features yet pocket friendly finally have just what they need. Gionee has today launched its premium X1S smartphone targeted mainly at the growing youthful market. The X1S, which was launched recently in Asian markets, comes with a fingerprint sensor, bigger battery capacity to last for two days, three slots for SIM and storage, and a selfie-focused camera, among other features. The phone also has 3GB of RAM storage and 32GB internal storage that can be expanded to 256GB using the microSD card. The stylish smartphone has been priced…

At least 120 youths from the Sonko Rescue Team on Tuesday protested outside the Nairobi Governor’s city hall offices. The youths are said to have been waiting for Mike Sonko, whom they say has not paid for services rendered for the past 8 months. But high ranking officials in the foundation while speaking to Citizen rubbished the claims saying that the morning demonstrations were staged and were meant to tarnish the governor’s name. Read: Governor Sonko Claims The Star ‘Journalists’ Are Blackmailing Him With False Story The team has been cleaning up the city ever since Sonko took over from…

Dr Fred Matiang’i, Acting CS Interior has said that the government will crackdown on all driving schools which he says are ‘giving driving licenses to murderers.’ Matiang’i said on Tuesday that all driving schools will after deliberations with the Transport ministry and the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) could be deregistered and re-registered a fresh after a round of rigorous vetting. The exercise the CS said will help curb the road carnage menace that has rocked the country during the festive season. ”We have to be firm on driving schools. My proposal is to deregister all of them and…

August 8 was the last time Raila Odinga ran for the presidency, Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula has said. Odinga has according to Wetangula, the Ford Kenya party leader, stepped down in favour of his co-principals in NASA; Musalia Mudavadi, Kalonzo Musyoka and himself. The former Prime Minister who has tried his hand at the top job four times is still fighting for electoral justice. Elections in Kenya, the ODM party leader has said, have always had predetermined outcomes. Speaking in Tongaren constituency, the legislator said that he would ensure that either he or ANC’s Mudavadi carried the day, both from…

Wiper and the Amani National Congress (ANC) members are a disgruntled lot after key members were locked out of the ‘powerful’ parliamentary committees. On Monday, ODM is said to have voted for one of their own, Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi even after ANC fronting Nambale legislator, Sakwa Bunyasi. Wandayi beat Musalia Mudavadi’s man 15 votes to 3 to become chair the Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC). ANC Secretary General, Barrack Muluka while speaking to the Star said that the positions are not only being distributed to ODM members but to the South Nyanza region. “We expected to see the fair sharing…

Nyando MP, Jared Okello has threatened to vacate his seat should his party leader, Raila Odinga not be sworn in as the People’s President before end of 2017. The legislator noted that discharging his mandate has become a daunting task with Uhuru as President. Speaking during Agao Patrobas’ funeral service, Okello maintained that the ruling regime had rigged out Odinga in the August 8 elections. The legislator claimed he did not go to Parliament to sit in the opposition benches but to support ‘President’ Raila Odinga’s policies as he discharges his mandate from State House ”I can’t sit pretty in…

A petition challenging Budalangi MP, Raphael Wanjala’s August win has been thrown out. The petition was filed by two voters who are said to have close ties with the former area MP and Labour Party of Kenya leader, Ababu Namwamba. Mercy Achieng Mola and John Ndagwa filed the case at the Busia High Court, a case that sparked controversy as Namwamba had decamped to Jubilee party which claimed that the August election had been conducted in a free and fair manner. Read: Wiper Replaces David Musila With Kivutha Kibwana As Ukambani Point man Namwamba is said to have lost his…

Kisumu County government in conjunction with a civil society group will erect a monument in remembrance of post election protest victims at the Jomo Kenyatta Sports ground. Steve Ouma, Pamoja Trust CEO said the decision was reached after the Jubilee government failed to reproach the ‘trigger happy police officers’ who maimed and killed Kenyans. ”We have agreed with the County Government of Kisumu to have a memorial in respect to all those who were killed and maimed during the violence that happened in August and October. ”It is sad that while it is well-known that the police were responsible for…

A solid Mulembe nation will produce the fifth President of Kenya come 2022, Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula has said. The legislator who spoke during the Soi Sambu Mitwa ward representative, Stephen Wafula’s homecoming said that a united Luhya community stood a better chance at crowning one of their own as President. ”We as Luhyas were once confused with each going his way. But that has long been solved when ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi and I came together and decided to walk together,” he said. In fact, the senator claimed he will beat Deputy President William Ruto who is set to…

National Resistance Movement (NRM) general, Miguna Miguna was on Sunday detained for hours by ’50 heavily armed goons.’ The lawyer says that President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto, illegitimate usurpers, used the men to stop him from making his way to the People’s Assembly convention that was taking place at Kikambala, Kilifi county. The goons, the general recounts, set up roadblocks in Mombasa, a move that shows that the current regime is ‘desperate, weak and crumbling.’ ”17 Dec 2017: ILLEGITIMATE USURPERS of power used more than 50 heavily ARMED GOONS, set up roadblocks in Mombasa, illegally detained 1…

Deputy Governor West Pokot county, Nicholas Atudonyang’ has been accused of threatening a woman with a gun and at some point choked her at a local joint. Jane Wafula recorded a statement at Kitale Police Station where she said that the DG physically abused her over a Sh7.4 million land brokering deal that went sour. Ms Wafula said that Atudonyang’s bodyguard drew his gun as he tried to disperse a crowd that was already forming. County Commander Samson Ole Kine, confirmed that investigations were on going, terming the incident as ‘unfortunate.’ “It was wrong for the deputy governor’s bodyguard to…

Kisumu Senator, Fred Outa has said that NASA leader, Raila Odinga will this time around get to state house. Speaking on Saturday, the legislator said that the journey to Canaan is still on course though taking longer than expected. “You all remember we vowed not to come back to you complaining that our votes have been stolen. We will not as we must get to State House by all means this time round,” Outa said. He said that those who died during the pot election protests witnessed in some of the opposition strongholds did not lose their lives for nothing.…

A woman was on Friday handed a six month jail sentence after she was found to have deliberately refused to refund Sh27,140 sent to her via M-Pesa. The court ruled that Margaret Njeri serves six months in jail or pays a Sh40,000 fine. Njeri is said to have received the money from Richard Mbui from Embu county. He told the court that he sent her (Njeri) money to purchase fertilizer which she claimed was on limited stock. Mr Mbui also claimed that she switched of her phone after which he reported the matter at Itabua Police station. Read: Defense PS,…

Bungoma Senator, Moses Wetangula could be warming up to Deputy President William Ruto who is set to succeed his boss, President Uhuru Kenyatta come 2022. Sources close to the leader of minority in the senate say that Water CS Eugene Wamalwa has been tasked with bringing on board Western leaders allied to NASA amongst them Bungoma Governor, Wycliffe Wangamati, a member of Ford Kenya. DP Ruto since 2014 till August 2017 has been in the vote rich Western region over 50 times which saw the Jubilee party bag at least four parliamentary seats; Webuye West, Kimilili, Mt Elgon and Sirisia.…

Nation Media has been in the limelight for the past few weeks over factual errors hard to overlook especially coming form the biggest Mainstream house in the land. Barely a week after giving elaborate airing of Steve Mbogo’s ‘fake letter’, addressed to the Inspector General of Police, Joseph Boinnet , one which was false and unverified. The Media House is at the receiving end again. On Friday, the Nation Breaking News twitter handle reported that the President had appointed Peter Wanyaga Muthoka as the Chancellor Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, replacing retired President Mwai Kibaki; but instead used…