Author: Eva Nyambura

Tanzania has released six Kenyan fishermen after parting with a Sh300,000 fine, Kibro beach chairman Maulid Joel has confirmed. On Monday, the fishermen were set to go to trial after being charged with attempted robbery with violence. The suspects were arrested in May while on a fishing expedition in Lake Victoria. Their boats were also seized. They are said to have been in a heated confrontation with their Tanzanian counterparts forcing the authorities to swing into action. Read: Six Kenyan Fishermen Facing Robbery with Violence Charges in Tanzania They were taken to Sota Beach police in North Mara District. Then, Maulid…

A building in Kiambu’s Kinoo area has collapsed. On site are police and officials from the National Construction Authority (NCA). The five-storey building which is located near White House was nearing completion when it started disintegrating at around 10 am. Fortunately, no one was hurt. https://twitter.com/MtuPombe/status/1433702732049829909 This comes days after another building also located in Kiambu county collapsed leaving three dead. Governor James Nyoro said the five-storey building had been condemned by the county physical planning department. The owner of the building, Micheal Mbugua, was still being sought after on Tuesday. Read: Several Trapped as Five-storey Building Collapses in Gachie…

A man is on the run after he allegedly killed his ex-lover’s boyfriend. Police are searching for Joseph Macharia who is said to have attacked Loise Kanini’s boyfriend, John Tagei. According to the DCI, Tagei had paid Kanini a visit when she left briefly to take keys to her son who has left for school. On her way there, she met with Macharia who sought to find out why she was entertaining another man. https://twitter.com/DCI_Kenya/status/1433516389357268994 “Kanini retorted that following their breakup, she had moved on with her life and the man inside her house had since taken her heart captive,”…

970 people have tested positive for Covid-19, from a sample size of 7,940 tested in the last 24 hours, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has confirmed. The positivity rate is now at 12.2%. Total confirmed positive cases are now 237,851 and cumulative tests so far conducted are 2,388,858. From the cases, 940 are Kenyans while 30 are foreigners. 489 are males while 481 are females. The youngest is an eight-month-old child and the oldest 97. Read: Boost for Kenya as 358,200 Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine Arrive from Canada 602 patients, the CS said in a statement, have recovered from the virus; 502…

A High Court has declined to stop the swearing in of four Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioners appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday. The appointees are; Juliana Cherera, Francis Mathenge, Irene Masit and Justus Abonyo. Justice Weldon Korir on Thursday said the country was heading into the electioneering year and further delay of the swearing in could prove detrimental. “It’s in the public interest that the conservatory orders should not be granted,” he said, adding that the commission should be busy at around this time. Read: President Uhuru’s Four IEBC Commissioner Appointees Set To be Sworn in “The…

Four people have been charged with theft following an eight-hour siege at the home of Assistant Inspector General of Police, King’ori Mwangi. The suspects; Nahashon Theuri, Eric Omondi, Roy Mutethia and Jane Njoki, on Wednesday appeared before Principal Magistrate Mathias Okuche in Nyeri, where they denied the charges. They were jointly accused of breaking and entering Mr Mwangi’s Pembe Tatu home on August 30 at 2am together with others not before court. The three men were nabbed in Majengo slums in Nyeri town after a 10-hour manhunt. Read: Slain School Guards Were Suspects in Theft of TV Set – Police Njoki, on…

President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed four Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioners approved by Parliament. They are set to be sworn-in by Chief Justice Martha Koome. In a Gazette notice dated September 1, the head of state appointed Juliana Cherera, Francis Wanderi, Irene Masit, and Justus Nyang’aya for the slots. Read: Lawyer Shortlisted For IEBC Position On Spot Over Links With Mudavadi’s ANC Party This was after MPs approved a report by the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee which cleared the four. The four will fill the vacant positions left after the resignation of Roselyn Akombe, Margaret Mwachanya, Paul Kurgat…

Deputy President William Ruto has denied owning some of the properties linked to him by Interior CS Fred Matiang’i. Appearing before Parliament’s Committee on Administration and National Security on Tuesday, the CS said the DP has 51 officers attached to his properties. Kitengela Gas has six officers, Weston Hotel has four officers while Murumbi Farm has six officers. ADC Laikipia Mutara Ranch has six officers, Dolphine Hotel in Mombasa has six, Mata Farm has six and the DP’s private residence in Elgon View Eldoret has four. Read: List Of DP William Ruto’s Properties Guarded By Police Officers Koitalel Poultry farm Eldoret…

Two Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) commissioners have resigned, State House has announced. In a tweet, State House communicated that Dr Dabar Abdi Maalim and Rose Mghoi Macharia had tendered their resignations which President Uhuru Kenyatta had received. “His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta has today, 1st September 2021, received and accepted the resignation of Dr Dabar Abdi Maalim and Mrs Rose Mghoi Macharia as Commisioners of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC),” the tweet read. https://twitter.com/StateHouseKenya/status/1432972132263342083 Rose has been with the agency since her appointment in 2015 after leaving the Commission for Implementation of the Constitution. Between 2014 and 2014,…

Police are searching for a man believed to have killed his girlfriend of three years in Nakuru’s Lakeview estate on Monday night. Moses Leparani is said to have killed Martha Waithera, a mother of two, before disappearing into the night. Nakuru Town East deputy county commissioner Eric Wanyonyi said the body had physical injuries. Read: Man Kills Wife’s Alleged Lover in Nakuru He also noted that it was unfortunate that the children, aged 10 years and four months, were locked in the same room as their deceased mother. “The man was cohabiting with Waithera and was seen at the house on…

A case has been filed at the Milimani Law Courts challenging the removal of the elite General Service Unit (GSU) from Deputy President William Ruto’s residences. Two petitioners; Miruri Waweru and Angela Mwikali, argued that the recent changes compromise the DP’s security. The duo noted that the change of guard will restrict Dr Ruto from discharging his mandate and obligations to the detriment of the Kenyan public. They also faulted Inspector General of Police Hilary Mutyambai’s recent actions which are “unreasonable and ultra vires express provisions of the Constitution, National Police Service Standing Orders and the Fair Administrative Action.” Read: DP Ruto…

Deputy President William Ruto wants Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) proponents to apologize to Kenyans for launching the “biggest fraud in history”. Addressing a group of small-scale businesswomen from Dagoretti North on Tuesday, the DP said the proponents diverted the government’s attention from the Big Four agenda. “The BBI proponents must apologise to Kenyans. They wasted our country’s time. For four years, they diverted the government’s attention from delivering its development agenda,” Dr Ruto said. He also noted that the initiative was a scheme laced with sweeteners. Read: Mixed Reactions as DP Ruto Praises God for Saving Kenya after BBI was Declared…

Kenyan born politician Lucy Gichuhi and her husband, Don Gichuhi, have lost their first-born daughter, Peris “Kadada” Gichuhi. Kadada, 33, according to information on her GoFundMe page, died on August 26. The cause of death is yet to be disclosed. The family is seeking funds to help repatriate her remains to Kenya for final burial rites. “It is the desire of the family to give her a befitting send off by repatriating the remains of the late Peris to her motherland Kenya. Due to the current covid restrictions in place that have resulted in decreased air travel to and out…

Education CS Prof George Magoha has once again reprimanded an officer in public. The bullish minister was on a tour of Baringo county when he scolded Rift Valley Regional Director Of Education John Ololtuaa over failure to supervise and tour schools in his area. Prior to the public tongue lashing, the CS enrolled four Form One students to Kituro High School in Baringo Central. He later left for Baringo county commissioner Henry Wafula’s office where he demanded to know why Mr Ololtuaa was not in the field as is required. Read: Kenyans Vent As Video Of CS Magoha Hurling Insults At…

Rescuers have recovered a body from a rubble of a six-storey building that collapsed on Monday in Gachie, Kiambu county. According to Kiambu police boss Ali Nuno, the body was found on Monday evening. 10 others have since been rescued but rescuers remain at the site to make sure all the construction workers are accounted for. Nuno did, however, note that three other workers could still be trapped in the rubble. Read: Several Trapped as Five-storey Building Collapses in Gachie Authorities are still looking for the owner of the building. The county government had apparently stopped the construction after it did…