Author: Eva Nyambura

Mount Kenya University (MKU) has closed down its Thika Campus following political uncertainty in the country and tension in the institution. The students have protested against the institution’s system and management. ”Following consultation and assessment of the current situation, the university senate has resolved to suspend learning and University operations indefinitely at Thika campus,” read a memo dated 9 October. The students are required to leave the premises by noon. Students have accused the management of pocketing monies meant for the students welfare, locking out students who do not conform to the fees payment methods. The University of Nairobi (UoN)…

Three people have been injured during the NASA anti-IEBC demonstrations happening in Nairobi outside the IEBC offices. Two have been involved in a hit and run where they are said to have knocked down by a Toyota Prado KBQ 609G. The other protester has allegedly been shot in the leg by the police as he was trying to snatch a phone from a motorist. The protests will according to Homabay Woman Representative, Gladys Wanga go on until 6 pm. She has maintained that the three day protests will only end when the commission meets the opposition’s ‘irreducible minimum’ demands and…

The High Court on Monday dismissed a case seeking to bar the Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioners from conducting the October 26 presidential polls. Justice John Mativo while delivering the ruling said that the ‘case lacked legal basis, unmerited and the orders sought cannot be issued.’ “In view of my determination of the above issues and finding that the petition is unmerited, I find that there is no legal basis for the court to grant the reliefs sought,” Justice Mativo said. The body’s commissioners have been accused of bungling the August 8 presidential election hence the Supreme Court nullifying…

Gatundu South MP, Moses Kuria has said that the Nairobi Business Community will starting Monday counter NASA’s anti-IEBC protests ‘owing to accelerated risks and threats to our business interests.’ The meetings, the legislator said would start today at 1 pm outside the IEBC headquarters located at the Anniversary Towers. He says the meetings will help ‘map out the risks and threats and discuss the same with the security agencies.’ The group which many have said is an extension of the outlawed Mungiki sect on Friday clashed with the opposition supporters. The group has however denied any association with the sect. READ:…

Former Wiper Party Secretary General Hassan Omar on Sunday defected to the Jubilee party. The former Mombasa County Senator during a Jubilee rally at the Serani grounds vowed to back President Uhuru Kenyatta in the coming presidential polls scheduled for 26 October, 2017. Omar said that neither of the NASA principals contacted him after losing the gubernatorial race. He said that Deputy President William Ruto was the only one who contacted him on 11 August urging him not to give up. He also reproached the people for ‘glorifying academic dwarfism at the expense of real academics.’ Hassan also further revealed…

It’s now official: hooligans disguising as students have taken over institutions of learning. Due to the aforementioned, institutions of learning in Kenya must invest therefore in modern intelligence and technologies in weeding out criminal and arsonist elements among students. Indeed, failure to investing in intelligence and modern technologies has contributed greatly the recent trend of arsonists and strikes in our local institutions. Research shows that use of intelligence and modern technology in developed countries has succeeded in deterring and reducing crimes before they happen, and this is terrifying! It’s sad that arsonists, terrorist and other hell-bent criminals have taken over…

A car on Saturday rammed into the Safaricom Customer Care outlet along the busy Moi Avenue street. Earlier reports indicated that the outlet could have been vandalized by supposed NASA supporters but the telco firm says it was an ‘accident.’ No casualties have been reported. A week ago, NASA leader, Raila Odinga linked the company to the bungled August polls. Odinga said that 6 Safaricom staffers colluded with OT Morpho and the IEBC to rig the election in favour of President Uhuru Kenyatta. READ: IEBC Names Team Overseeing Elections, Locks Out Ezra Chiloba Collymore,defending his staffers said that the firm…

National Super Alliance (NASA) co-principal and Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has said that the coalition is okay with Dubai based Al Ghurair firm and IT company OT Morpho’s involvement in the repeat poll as long as IEBC gets rid of commission’s secretariat and CEO Ezra Chiloba. Speaking to the Standard, Musyoka also pointed out that the opposition was going to participate in the polls if the Jubilee government put on hold amendments to election laws. He said that the amendments were ill timed and if signed into law, would delay the October 26 polls. The former Vice President also…

The IEBC on Friday unveiled the seven member team that will oversee the repeat presidential election on 26 October. Missing from the list is the commission’s CEO, Ezra Chiloba who NASA has claimed was behind the fraudulent August polls. Also left out of the team were Nancy Kariuki and Silas Rotich. Speaking at the Safari Park Hotel, Chairman Wafula Chebukati said that Marjan Hussein Marjan would lead the team. Head of operations will be David Towett. Spearheading the legal compliance department will be Salome Oyugi as Sydney Namilung takes charge of the tallying centres. Taking over the communications and outreach…

President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged former Meru Governor, Peter Munya to drop his petition challenging Governor Kiraitu Murungi’s win. Speaking in Maua, the President said that Munya would get a government appointment. Uhuru had before the August 8 elections promised a government job to the Meru governorship loser. The race between Munya and Kiraitu was heated with both trading accusations and insults. The former county boss had accused Deputy President William Ruto of sabotaging his efforts to bag the governor seat. He said that Ruto felt threatened as he too was going to run for the presidency in 2022. The…

National Super Alliance (NASA) flag bearer, Raila Odinga was on Thursday caught on tape inciting his supporters to show up in their numbers for the Friday anti-IEBC demonstrations. In the video, the ODM party leader asked the youth to turn up and in the same breath asked the female supporters to ‘show their underpants’ during the demos. He says,”… Kesho nataka nione sura zenu zote. Nataka nione chupi za akina mama…” During the anti-IEBC demos on Tuesday 26, September a NASA female supporter, Rose Akinyi alias Mama Orange striped to her underpants. The protests that are now happening twice a…

Gikomba open air market has been on fire since the wee hours of Friday morning. The fire is said to have started at the fish and groceries section before spreading to other parts of the market and buildings close by. The congestion has slowed down the firefighters efforts to put out the 3 am fire. The National Disaster Management Unit is appealing to people and/ companies with fire engines and water boosters to help put out the fire. Property worth millions has already been lost in the inferno. Read: Chaos In Garissa, Rowdy Youth Set Market On Fire In 2015,…

Murang’a Woman Representative Sabina Wanjiru Chege is in mourning after losing her mother, Susan Wairimu on Thursday. The deceased was 68 years old when she met her untimely death following a road accident along the Kangari-Kandara road. She was in the company of her husband, Chege Mutema who sustained severe injuries but has been admitted to the Aga Khan Hospital. Ms Wairimu succumbed to her injuries while being rushed to Githumu Mission Hospital. According to Murang’a county commander, Naomi Ichami, the couple was involved in a head on collision with a Toyota Noah that was carrying Unaitas staff. The sacco…

Mombasa High Court Judge Erick Ogola on Thursday protected Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho from being investigated, arrested or prosecuted over fake academic papers. In May, the governor was under investigation for forging a KCSE results slip that enabled him pursue a degree course at the University of Nairobi. He was found to have been issued with two KCSE certificates; one having scored a C+ and the other a D-. He was also found to have pursued two degree courses at the same time in the Kenya and another in Uganda. Read: ‘I Have Not Defected To Jubilee,’ Isaac Rutto…

There was drama at the Naivasha GK prison on Thursday morning after an inmate attacked and killed his cellmate with a spoon. The two are said to have fought over another man in the same facility. “The suspect had an illegal affair with another inmate in that cell. He turned his wrath on his cellmate after learning he had an affair with his lover,”a warder told the Star. The deceased sustained injuries to the chest and back. An inmate who tried to intervene was also injured and is in critical condition. He was rushed to the Naivasha Sub-county hospital. Read:…