Author: Eva Nyambura

Moi University intends to fire a number of its workers. According to Vice-Chancellor Prof Isaac Kosgey, the action is a part of the varsity’s efforts to improve its financial situation. Prof Kosgey noted in an internal memo, that it was challenging to run the institution since recurrent expenses like the wage bill consumed around 70% of the funds. “With the continued decline of revenues, the University is unable to sustain the growing wage bill and, as such, it has become necessary to undertake right-sizing of the human resource sustainability of the University and its operations,” Kosgey told Moi University Academics…

Team University, an institution of higher learning, from which Nairobi senator Johnson Sakaja obtained a degree has moved to court seeking orders prohibiting the Ugandan government from probing the matter. Two cases filed by the Kampala-based university, which is already the subject of an inquiry by the Ugandan Council for Higher Education (NCHE), will be heard this afternoon at the High Court of Kampala. The varsity has asked Justice Jamson Karemani of the High Court in Kampala to stop the NCHE from investigating the degree whose authenticity is being questioned in Kenya, as well. “A temporary injunction be issued restraining the…

The heated family dispute over the multibillion-shilling Naivas supermarket will play out in court starting today (Tuesday) in Nakuru. The eldest son of Peter Mukuha Kago, the founder of Naivas, Mr Newton Kagira Mukuha, has filed an appeal against a High Court ruling that denied him a stake in the retailer. Mr Kagira claims that his siblings have excluded him from the company, despite the fact that he apparently provided 20% of the startup funding back in 1990. He wants the Court of Appeal to rule on whether Naivas should be owned by the founding investors in the company or…

Nominated MP David Sankok has declared his exit from politics. In an interview with Spice FM on Monday, Mr Sankok stated that he will not be running for any elective office in the upcoming elections in order to concentrate on his businesses. “The issue of contesting is a personal decision. I decided this time round not to seek any elective position. I need to focus on my businesses because I started engaging in the advocacy of people with disabilities at a very early age, so I never had space to develop myself and that is what it is,” said the…

Deputy President William Ruto has outlined the events that led to his comments in a viral audio clip suggesting he almost smacked President Uhuru Kenyatta. The DP declared on Monday at Kithirune, Central Imenti, in Meru County that he had no intention of allowing Raila Odinga to usurp Uhuru as president. “Ata kama nilimlazimisha Uhuru Kenyatta awe rais, iko Makosa? Watu wa Azimio wacheni Ujinga. Wanazungusha record ooh Ruto, ooh alikua analazimisha Uhuru Kenyatta awe Rais. Ata mngekua mimi, mngekubali Uhuru atuwache kwa mataa na vile tulikua tumemsukuma?” he posed. Loosely translates to: “Even if I forced Uhuru Kenyatta to…

Embattled Nairobi senator Johnson Sakaja has asserted that the voter demanding his exclusion from the gubernatorial election is a “hired gun” eager to humiliate him. In court documents submitted in response to the lawsuit brought by voter Dennis Gakuu Wahome, Sakaja has refuted assertions that the degree he received from a university in Uganda is questionable and that the concerns presented are motivated by spite. The legislator has questioned Mr Wahome’s access to numerous papers, including the supposed immigration records and Jubilee Party nomination applications dating from 2016. The former The National Party (TNA) chairman further stated that the petitioner…

Nairobi senator Johnson Sakaja has admitted to having not completed his Actuarial Science degree at the University of Nairobi (UoN). Speaking to Spice FM’s The Situation Room on Friday, the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Nairobi gubernatorial candidate said he is yet to sit for a few units. According to Sakaja, he dropped out of school due to lack of school fees. He also noted that as years went by, he was just too embarrassed to go back to class. This was the reason why he instead chose to pursue a degree from Team University, Uganda starting 2012. He pursued the…

Keroche Breweries has sent 370 employees packing after the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) shut down its operations in May. The brewer sent the staff on unpaid leave after it ran out of operational funds. Keroche CEO Tabitha Karanja on Thursday confined the reports saying they are still fighting the taxman’s decision to shut them down. “Yes it is true we have asked our workers to proceed on unpaid leave as we have run out of funds to run the company,” she said. “We consider the decision by KRA to close our plant illegal and we will fight it.” Read: Keroche Set…

The mother and stepfather of a five-year-old boy who was found dead in a river two years ago, have been sentenced to life in jail. UK media reported that Logan Mwangi’s mother, Angharad Williamson, will serves at least 28 years before she is considered for parole. The deceased’s stepfather, John Cole, will be considered for parole after a minimum of 29 years. A 14-year-old who was living with the couple and was also found guilty for the murder of Logan, will be detained for at least 15 years. In May, a Wessex court found the three guilty of killing Logan…

Three suspected thugs linked to the murder of two M-Pesa attendants at Adams Arcade a fortnight ago, are dead. The trio was lynched by a mob at Njathaini estate a few metres from the Northern Bypass after robbing yet another attendant at Marurui. “They later took off towards Shell Petrol Station direction where they jumped on a motorcycle whose registration number was not captured and sped off towards Kiambu along the Northern bypass,” a police report reads in part. They are said to have made away with Sh900,000 in cash, a Dell laptop worth Sh25,000 and airtime scratch cards worth…

Two men among them a Nigerian national have been detained in connection with the seizure of 2,500 grams of bhang at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). Detectives discovered a shipment that had originated from the US and was destined for Kenya while conducting a regular check at an airport cargo center. The drugs, worth Sh75,000, were recovered. As a result, Chubwebuka Mathias Eze, 36, and a Kenyan Caleb Muhando Jairo, 56, were apprehended. Read: Five Relatives Arrested in Nairobi with Cocaine Valued at Sh15 Million The police also searched their homes for more drugs. Earlier on in the week, five…

Uganda government has launched a probe into the validity of Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja’s degree from Team University. This comes after Uganda’s Minister of Education and Sports Janet Museveni received a letter from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) requesting that her administration look into the authenticity of the lawmaker’s credentials. The National Council of Higher Education (NCHE) stated that they will release their findings after they conclude investigations, reported a Ugandan newspaper, New Vision. “Let us finalize our investigations and everyone will know. We cannot share anything now until the investigations are complete,” said NHCE Executive director Prof Mary…

Yet another body of a Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture Technology (JKUAT) student has been discovered in her apartment in Juja, Kiambu County. Irene Monica Mwangi, 26, a fourth-year student at the school of business computing, is believed to have taken her life after failing to graduate. Her remains were found in the door frame of her bathroom. A piece of cloth that was discovered wrapped around the neck is undergoing forensic examination. Other students who had completed their coursework graduated on Tuesday. Read: Police Arrest Two Suspected of Killing JKUAT Student Joel Juma It is said that the deceased had…

President Uhuru Kenyatta has been accused of surreptitiously auctioning the ports of Lamu, Mombasa, and Kisumu to foreigners. In a statement, deputy president William Ruto-led Kenya Kwanza claimed that the outgoing head of state drafted the agreement to auction the ports during his covert trips to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with the final agreement being signed at Raila Odinga’s birthday party in Mombasa. According to the alliance, Uhuru approved the agreement that will see the Dubai-based corporation take over management of the three ports. “Today, we reveal to Kenyans a clandestine plot by the outgoing Handshake Government of Uhuru…

A Nairobi Woman Rep candidate for Usawa kwa Wote party has been arrested for impersonating a police officer. Monica Wamaitha Gitau was on Wednesday appearing on Inooro TV’s morning show as a panelist. In a statement, the National Police Service (NPS) said officers based at Kilimani Police Station received information of an ongoing interview at the Royal Media Services owned TV station hosting an alleged uniformed female police officer. Doubting the credibility of the interviewee, the officers rushed to the station where they effected the arrest. https://twitter.com/NPSOfficial_KE/status/1542077422673199110 The suspect is apparently a civilian and an aspirant for the Nairobi Women…