Author: Eva Nyambura

I was critically ill, ODM party leader Raila Odinga has said three weeks after contracting Covid-19. The opposition leader was speaking after inspecting projects with President Uhuru Kenyatta. “Fellow Kenyans, I am out! God is good. Today, I have had the opportunity to leave my house since I tested positive for Covid-19,” he said. He added, “For the past three weeks, I have been in a critical condition. The president called me here so that I can inspect projects with him.” Read: Raila, Joho, Oparanya To Battle It Out For ODM Presidential Party Ticket Raila thanked the head of state for…

President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM party leader Raila Odinga on Thursday toured the Green Park bus terminal at Railway Club. “President Uhuru Kenyatta has this morning made an impromptu inspection tour of the Green Park Bus Terminus on Haile Selassie Avenue in Nairobi,” tweeted State House. The terminus, a project of the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS), is meant to decongest the city. Boda bodas and taxis will use a tarmacked designated area within the terminus. The terminus will be the drop-off and pick-up points for Public Service Vehicles (PSV) plying the Ngong and Lang’ata routes. Within the terminus will be…

Interior CS Dr Fred Matiang’i has released a list of essential service providers who will not be affected by the curfew orders. In a gazette notice published on Wednesday, the CS listed the following as essential workers: Medical professionals and health workers, National security, administration and coordination of national government officers, public health and sanitation officers in the county governments, licensed pharmaceutical companies, pharmacies and drug stores. Read: Here Are The Covid-19 Containment Measures For Five Counties Put On Partial Lockdown Also on the list are; licensed broadcasters and media houses, Kenya Revenue Authority, Kenya Airports Authority and licensed civil aviation…

Polish national arrested after drone strayed into Deputy President William Ruto’s Karen residence on Tuesday has been charged. Piotr Lukasz Litwiniuk was charged with importation of unmanmed aircraft without a permit issued by the authority, operating an unmanned aircraft system without authorisation, operating unmanned aircraft system without pilot licence and failing to register an unmanned aircraft. The tourist is also said to have imported the unmanned aircraft system – Mavic Air2 drone model number MA2UE3W without a permit issued by KCAA – on January 7 at Moi international Airport in Mombasa. Mr Litwiniuk is accused of operating an unmanned aircraft…

Daughter of controversial Malawian pastor Shepherd Bushiri, Israella, has passed on. The eight-year-old girl died on March 29 while receiving treatment at a Nairobi hospital. In a Facebook post, the man of the cloth said the minor had been admitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for weeks as she battled a lung infection. She was also in need of a bone marrow transplant. “It is with deep sadness that I announce the passing on of my daughter, Israella. As a father it was my desire to see her grow and serve the Lord; however, the will of God was…

Kiambaa MP Paul Koinange is dead. The legislator passed away on Wednesday morning while receiving treatment at a Nairobi hospital. He is said to have succumbed following Covid-19 related complications. President Uhuru Kenyatta remembered the deceased as a keen and steadfast supporter of the country’s peace agenda through the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security, where he served as chair. Read: 129 Recover As Kenya Announces 1,530 New COVID-19 Cases “The cruel hand of death has robbed us of a steadfast leader. A leader and gentleman whose undivided focus was the peace, stability and progress of our country.…

Police probing the murder of National Lands Commission (NLC) deputy director of communications, Jennifer Wambua, have shifted their focus to some Sh2 million withdrawn from her account two days before she went missing. Wambua had received a sum total of Sh2.7 million meant for the launch of a strategic plan for the commission. She was supposed to use the money to pay suppliers. According to the police, however, the suppliers are yet to receive their dues. Read: Missing NLC Official Jennifer Itumbi’s Body Found At City Mortuary Sleuths are also looking into 58 phone calls made to Wambua days and hours…

Former Homeboyz Radio presenter Shaffie Weru has threatened to sue his former employer, Radio Africa, for unfair and unlawful termination of employment. In a demand letter addressed to Radio Africa’s general manager, Shaffie who had before March 27 worked for the company for over 18 years, has demanded Sh21 million in damages. Shaffie wants one month’s salary in lieu of notice which is a whopping Sh682,500. He also wants 12 months salary for unfair termination (Sh8,190,000) and gratuity (Sh12,285,000). The former Kiss 100 presenter wants his demands met in 7 days (April 6), failure to which he has threatened to…

The National Assembly has suspended sittings until May 4 to combat the spread of Covid-19. This is in line with President Uhuru Kenyatta’s directive in which he asked the speakers of the Senate and National Assembly to suspend House sittings. Last week, speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi said the house would go on recess on Tuesday after concluding pending businesses and officially altering the calendar of sittings. Read: Here Are The Covid-19 Containment Measures For Five Counties Put On Partial Lockdown “You are notified that the House will hold its next Sitting on Tuesday, 30th March 2021 at 2.30…

Kenya Airways (KQ) will not remit salaries for its pilots who are demanding less pay cuts in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. KQ director of operations Paul Njoroge, in a memo to the pilots said they will not receive their March salaries until they drop their demands. The loss making airline wants to continue paying the pilots 75 percent of their salaries until the national carrier is back to making profits. Kenya Airline Pilots Association (Kalpa) which represents a majority of the pilots wants their members to receive 95 percent of their pay. Read: Kenya Airways Records Ksh36.57 Billion Loss…

Two people lost their lives on Monday evening after a car they were traveling in rammed into UDA Bonchari candidate’s convoy. The deceased persons were in a Toyota Probox which according to witnesses was trying to overtake Teresia Oyioka’s convoy. The two – man and woman – passed on as they were being taken to Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital. Five other people, among them supporters of Oyioka, are receiving treatment at the same health facility. Doctors say they are stable. Read: IEBC Clears Graft Suspect Pavel Oimeke To Run For Bonchari MP Seat The UDA candidate escaped unhurt, South Mugirango…

Prime suspect in the murder of 24-year-old Kahawa West waitress, Velvine Nungari, has been released on Sh200,000 cash bail. Joseph Kinyua Murimi was granted bail in a virtual hearing where the prosecution’s application to continue holding him for 30 more days was denied. Chief Magistrate Patricia Gichohi directed Murimi to be reporting at Kiamumbi police station every Thursday. The case will be mentioned on April 29. Read: Velvine Nungari Was Sexually Assaulted By More Than One Assailant – Police Last week, police officers privy to the details said the deceased was sexually assaulted by more than one assailant. They also noted that…

IEBC has cleared former Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) boss Pavel Oimeke to contest the Bonchari parliamentary by-election. He is running for the seat on an ODM party ticket. The Raila Odinga-led party settled for Oimeke through consensus after he and Billy Momanyi, who made a failed attempt to clinch the seat in 2017, could not agree on who should shelve their ambitions. “In our new rules, we try to reach a consensus. As NEB, we recommended that the party’s central committee decides the person to fly the party’s ticket,” said ODM’s National Elections Board chairperson Catherine Muma. Read: Epra Boss…

A pastor has blamed the political class for the soaring positive cases of Covid-19. Pefa Kahawa West Bishop Peter Ambuka in a video that has since gone viral said President Uhuru Kenyatta, his ODM counterpart Raila Odinga, and Deputy President William Ruto were to blame for the surge witnessed in the last couple of weeks. “Mr President, you and your fellow politicians are to blame for this devastating third wave of Covid-19 infections in the country. And the buck stops with you,” the man of God said. According to the man of the cloth, the President and Raila were first…

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