Author: Eva Nyambura

Former Sports CS Rashid Echesa has been released on a Sh1 million cash bail or a Sh1 million bond in an assault case. Echesa is accused of assaulting an IEBC official at Bulonga Primary School polling station, Matungu on Thursday. “On 4th day of March, 2021 at Bulonga Polling Centre in Matungu Constituency within Kakamega County, with others, [Echesa] assaulted one Peter Juma Okula Khatetethe, presiding officer during the just-concluded Matungu Constituency by-election,” investigating officer Misheck Kagera told a Kiambu Court on Monday. Read: Ex-Sports CS Rashid Echesa Arrested In Kakamega The prosecution had sought to hold the suspect for seven…

Keroche Breweries CEO Tabitha Karanja on Tuesday took the stand in the inquest of her daughter, Tecra Muigai’s death at Milimani Law Courts. An emotional Karanja told Magistrate Zainabu Abdul that her deceased daughter’s boyfriend, Omar Lali, preyed on her financially. The Keroche Breweries founder said that in a span of five months, Tecra transferred at least Sh1 million to the beachboy. Karanja read to the court financial statements in which Lali received the money from her late daughter he “should have been providing for.” Read: Tecra Muigai Death Inquest To Be Held In Nairobi – Court According to the mother…

A US court has okayed the exhumation of the body of a Kenyan woman who died and was buried “hastily” by her partner. Dorothy Bosibori Ongera is said to have died on December 17 at her Dallas, Texas home. It is said that she accidentally drowned in the water tub. The mother of six was buried by her partner, Obadiah Kinara at the Emerald Hills Memorial Park without the family’s permission. The deceased’s father, David Ongera, last month moved to court on grounds that his daughter’s remains were sneaked out of the morgue and burial arrangements made without their involvement.…

The Gikuyu, Embu and Meru Association (GEMA) will vote for an “outsider” come 2022, Gatundu MP Moses Kuria has said. According to the lawmaker from the vote-rich Mt Kenya region, the decision to vote for an outsider was made in 2013 after President Uhuru Kenyatta took office. “I want to tell Kenyans to come back to reality. The GEMA community is going to support an ‘outsider’ for the presidency, and that should not be questioned,” he told TV47. He was referring to the region supporting a Deputy President William Ruto presidency. The DP is poised to take over the reins…

Two more suspects are in custody in connection with macabre murder of Nairobi businesswoman Caroline Maina. Acting on forensic evidence, DCI sleuths tracked two mobile phones linked to the deceased’s SIM card to Suneka sub-county, Kisii. A Kibera tout identified as Justus Nyamete Manyura alias Dennis Ongingo, was found in possession of a Samsung Galaxy A20S phone. The second suspect was a 17-year-old student at St Lawrence Nyabieyo Secondary School. They were found in possession of an Oppo phone registered under a Jonah Munyao Gato. Read: Police Pursuing Two Men Caught On CCTV Driving In Caroline Maina’s Vehicle Last week, police…

The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has summoned 10 lawmakers over chaos witnessed during Thursday’s by-elections. Speaking on Saturday, commission chairman Rev Samuel Kobia said the summons are not just about investigating and prosecuting the parties but stopping them from occupying public office. “These summons do not just indicate our intention to investigate and prosecute but rather also indicate the plan of the Commission to stop the unethical from occupying office,” he said. They are; Millicent Omanga, Aisha Jumwa, Faisal Badera, Fred Kapondi, Benjamin Washiali, Charles Were. Read: No Acts Of Violence Will Be Tolerated – IEBC Sounds Warning Ahead…

Former Sports CS Rashid Echesa has been transferred to DCI headquarters in Nairobi, Western region police boss Peris Kimani has said. Echesa who is facing assault charges was apprehended on Friday evening in Mumias. He was later transferred to Kakamega police station under heavy security. Inspector general of police Hillary Mutyambai had issued an ultimatum to Echesa to surrender to police by  Friday 1 pm. The IG warned that should Echesa fail to surrender by the said time he would be treated “as an armed and dangerous criminal.” Police Spokesperson Charles Owino, said in a statement, that Echesa went into…

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has sounded a warning ahead of the Machakos senatorial by-election slated for March 18. In a statement, commission’s chair Wafula Chebukati warned politicians and members of the public that no acts of violence will be condoned. “IEBC takes this earliest opportunity to sternly warn politicians and members of public that no acts of violence will be tolerated,” he said. Read: Ex-Sports CS Rashid Echesa Arrested In Kakamega Chebukati expressed concern over the growing trend of lawlessness and violence witnessed during Thursday’s by-elections. The IEBC boss said the commission will organise counseling sessions for officials…

Politicians involved in Thursday’s chaos will have their firearm licences suspended, Interior CS Fred Matiang’i has said. Matiang’i was referring to the violence witnessed in various polling stations during yesterday’s by-elections conducted across the country. According to the CS who was speaking during the launch of the National Land Commission’s 2021/2026 strategic plan, the politicians will not only be taken to court but will also be declared unfit to hold office. Read: IG Mutyambai Orders Ex-CS Echesa To Surrender For Assaulting IEBC Official “We can’t have leaders paying bonds of Sh10,000 and wait for the (case) mention after around 10 months.…

Telkom Kenya on Friday reviewed tariff rates for its mobile money unit, T-Kash. In a statement, Telkom said all Person-to-Person transactions below Sh100 in will not be charged. T-Kash tariffs within the “send to registered off-net” category, in the Sh101-500, Sh501-1,000 and Sh1,501-2,500 transaction bands have also been reduced. Read: High Court Gives Telkom, Airtel Green Light To Revive Merger Talks These are the applicable tariffs effective March 5: 1-49 Free 50-100 Free 101-200 Sh 5 201-500 Sh 5 501-1000 Sh 12 1501-2500 Sh 32 The daily T-Kash limit per transaction will remain at Sh150,000, with the daily sending limit being…

Members of Parliament (MPs) allied to Deputy President William Ruto have allegedly gone back on their stand to starve the Jubilee Party of cash. According to the National Assembly Clerk Michael Sialai who spoke to a local daily, some of the Tanga tanga members wrote a second letter directing that some of the money goes to the party and the rest to the “Kazi ni Kazi” welfare group. “There were further instructions to continue contributing the whole amount to Jubilee and also to welfare. A majority of them has done it (rescinded earlier communication), they are continuing to contribute to…

A Nairobi court has ordered that former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko undergoes a psychiatrist to affirm whether he is fit to stand trial. This was after a doctor at Aga Khan Hospital submitted a report showing that the former county chief was mentally unfit to stand trial. Magistrate Peter Ooko did, however, note that while two medical reports show that the besieged ex-governor has bipolar disorder, they do not properly capture the mentally unfit issue. Ooko ordered that Sonko be examined by a psychiatrist at the Kenyatta National Hospital. The matter will be mentioned on March 12. Read: ATPU Officers Fail…

Ex-Sports CS Rashid Echesa has been declared a wanted person following a spectacle at a Matungu polling station. A contingent of police officers surrounded Echesa’s home in Shibale, Mumias Central after he fled the scene of the incident. Police suspect the former minister fled to his home after assaulting an Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) presiding officer-in-charge of Bulonga Primary School polling station. Meanwhile, IEBC Chairperson Wafula Chebukati has demanded the arrest of the former CS. “It is a very unfortunate incident and IEBC is calling on the security team on the ground to have the gentleman apprehended because…

Former Sports CS Rashid Echesa was on Thursday caught on camera slapping an IEBC official in Matungu. In a video doing rounds on social media, Echesa is seen arguing with the Bulonga polling centre’s polling clerk. He is heard complaining about United Democratic Alliance (UDA) agents being chased from the polling centre. https://twitter.com/Kevin_teya/status/1367346132163194886 “You were told by who? Our agents are outside the polling centre. You cannot keep our agents outside. Why are you chasing them outside?” Echesa posed before planting a slap on the polling clerk. Peter Okura, the IEBC official, is said to have stopped one of UDA’s…

United Democratic Alliance (UDA) candidate Moses Nyandusi Nyakeremba in the Kiamokama ward by-election has been arrested over claims of voter bribery. Police also nabbed flamboyant politician Don Bosco Gichana alongside other UDA supporters at Moremani centre. Gichana was released from a Tanzanian prison in 2018 after serving a five-year sentence. Nyandusi will be battling it out for the seat with Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party’s Malack Matara. Read: Murunga’s Widow Accuses UDA Candidate Lanya Of Using Daughter To Sabotage Campaign The two are among 10 candidates fighting to fill the seat left vacant in November 2020 by Kennedy Mainya who in…