Author: Eva Nyambura

Babu Owino, Embakasi East Mp has been released on bail after pleading not guilty to three counts of subversion, offensive conduct and incitement to violence. The ODM legislator has been freed on a cash bail of Ksh. 500,000 and two sureties of Sh. 1 million each. The judges have following deliberations ruled that the prosecution did not present compelling reasons to keep him locked up. Owino was arrested on Monday for referring to the President as ‘mtoto wa mbwa’ during a campaign rally in Dagoretti on 24 September. Read: Spokesperson Charles Owino Promoted In Latest Police Shake Up The charge…

Caroline Mutoko, former radio queen and Radio Africa’s CMO has weighed in on the October 17 polls that have since been rescheduled to 26. On her Youtube channel, the former Kiss 100 presenter said NASA’s Raila Odinga is enjoying having the country’s attention and going to the ballot on 26 October ‘would be too soon for him.’ Ms Mutoko reckons that Odinga is as powerful as he has ever been; not even when he was the Prime Minister. “I can only think of one person who does not want the October 26 election and his name is Raila Odinga. He…

Embakasi East Mp, Babu Owino’s supporters have made their way to the Milimani Courts where he is set to appear for his bond/ bail hearing. Owino was arrested on Monday and was charged with three counts of subversion, offensive conduct and incitement to violence. The former student leader spent a second night in jail. Read: He is said to have referred to the President as ‘mtoto wa mbwa’ during a rally in Kawangware on September 24. The supporters were heard chanting ‘Chiloba ndani, Babu nje’ slogans outside the courts. Do you have a story you want told? Do you know…

Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) has asked the opposition, NASA to refrain from ‘blanket lynching’ the mobile telecommunications operators contracted by the IEBC to aid in transmitting election results during the August 8 elections. IEBC contracted Safaricom, Airtel and Telkom to provide a medium of the end-to-end transmission of election results in line with the Elections (Technology) Regulations, 2017. In a statement, the Authority confirmed that it was aware of the move. It divided the country into three regions and in line with its ICT regulator role, instructed the mobile operators to report cases of transmission failures. ”In line with…

NASA flag bearer Raila Odinga has been asked by the Jubilee party leader to drop his presidential bid. Speaking in Mai Mahiu on Tuesday, President Uhuru Kenyatta asked Odinga to withdraw his bid and instead seek the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairmanship, currently held by Wafula Chebukati. The head of state was referring to the leader of opposition’s demands tabled before the commission which he has said must be met before another election is held. Kenyatta maintained that the opposition’s ‘irreducible minimum’ was only a show of fear as they are not ready for the repeat presidential polls…

NASA has accused the Director of Criminal Investigations, Ndegwa Muhoro and Nairobi Police Commander, Japheth Koome of having knowledge of alleged meetings held by Gatundu South Mp, Moses Kuria and the outlawed Mungiki sect. ”It has also reliably come to our knowledge that this meeting was held with the full knowledge of the Director of Criminal Investigations Mr. Ndegwa Muhoro and Nairobi Area Police Commander Mr. Japheth Koome. They are fully aware of this and their inaction demonstrates complicity with this nefarious plan,” reads the NASA Parliamentary Group statement in part. NASA has also revealed that the two, Muhoro and…

Makueni Senator, Mutula Kilonzo Jnr has said that his father, Mutula Kilonzo, did not die of natural causes. Testifying at his late father’s inquest, the legislator said his death was ‘well-organised, executed in collaboration with workers, followed by massive cover-up.’ ”I expected that so as to bring out any form of conspiracy, a report be done on whom the workers or the people he was close to spoke with or made contacts hours or days before he died, but no such report has ever been done,” Senator Kilonzo noted. The Makueni legislator said that the ploy to cover up his…

Embakasi East Mp, Babu Owino will be spending second night in jail following his arrest on Monday. Babu has been charged with subversion and uttering abusive words against the President where he pleaded not guilty. The High Court will rule on his bond application on Wednesday. He will however be moved from Pangani Police Station to Kileleshwa. The prosecution has called for his detention as he is a threat to the witnesses. Read: KLM Dutch Airlines Creates A ‘Bonding’ Dinner Table At Airport (Video) Owino in his defense said that he was not referring Uhuru Kenyatta as ‘there are so…

The New York City Bar Association has written a letter to President Uhuru Kenyatta warning him against the recent attacks on the Judiciary following the nullification of his August 8 win. John S. Kiernan, President of the ‘Association’ put across his sentiments pertaining to Kenyatta’s attack on the said arm of Government. ”Intimidation of the Judiciary subverts the democratic gains consolidated by the decision, we urge the government of Kenya to continue to respect the independence of the Judiciary as provided in the Constitution of Kenya, the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance and the United Nations Basic Principles…

Hundreds of driving licenses were on Tuesday found dumped on the road side at one of Kisumu’s bus stage. Most of the licenses are, according to a source still valid. This comes in the wake of vote buying allegations in the area. Read: Kenya Media Owners are Bullying CCK on this License Issue Two weeks ago, youths stormed Jumuiya Hotel where they believed Jubilee party officials were buying national Identity Cards in order to put Raila Odinga at a disadvantage come October 26. Do you have a story you want told? Do you know of a sensitive story you would…

NASA Principal, Raila Odinga has linked telecommunications company, Safaricom to the nullified August 8 Presidential election. Speaking at the Capitol Hill offices, Odinga said that Safaricom colluded with IEBC and the IT firm Saffran to bungle the polls. Safaricom allegedly was contracted to transmit election results using Virtual Private Network (VPN) to avoid tampering of results. The telco company had two VPNs one of which terminated at a cloud server registered in Spain but operated from France under the control of OT Morpho. The second VPN was to originate from the telco company and terminate at the local IEBC server…

Embakasi East Mp, Paul Ongili or otherwise referred to Babu Owino has been charged with intent to ‘excite disaffection against the Presidency.’ The legislator on Sunday said: ”Kama Gaddafi alitolewa na wananchi, kama Gbagbo alitolewa na wananchi, kama Yahya alitolewa na wananchi, wewe ni nani? Wewe ni mtoto wa mbwa…” According to the charge sheet, Babu acted contrary to section 77 (1) (f) of the penal code. ”Intended or calculated to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against any public officer, or any class of public officers, in the execution of his or their duties, or any…

NASA principals, Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka have had their security detail withdrawn. The two opposition leaders each had 10 bodyguards who according to sources were recalled on belief that they had radio to monitor police communication. The duo is now relying on private security as the politics heat up. RaiLonzo as they are referred to have been at loggerheads with the government as they call for the disbandment of the IEBC. The Jubilee government has maintained that the electoral body will conduct the October 26 election as is currently constituted. Read: Government Officials Banned From Leaving The Country Without…

Jubilee Leader and Former Nakuru Town MP David Manyara is being investigated by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) over hate speech remarks made last week. Francis Ole Kaparo, NCIC Chairman on Sunday said the former legislator is under investigation over remarks made during protests against the Supreme Court meant to arouse anger or violence. The protests held in Nakuru were against the SCOK judges who annulled the Presidential election. “I ask the public to be patient and wait for the investigations to be concluded. Action will be taken if he is found guilty,” Kaparo said. Manyara, who is…

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Keriako Tobiko has set in motion investigations into the illegalities and irregularities committed by the IEBC as noted in the Supreme Court’s judgement. The DPP has ordered a team of prosecutors to establish whether the electoral body officials may have committed ‘criminal offences or may have aided, abeited, counseled or procured the commission of the offences.’ Tobiko has directed that the investigations be completed within 21 days. NASA coalition on Friday gave Tobiko a 72 hour ultimatum to start investigations into senior IEBC officials. Read: ‘Go Sit On A Pin,’ Mutahi Ngunyi Tells Off AG…