Author: Francis Muli

Ola Energy (formerly Oilibya) is set to retrench several workers in a voluntary early retirement in a restructuring move. Addressing journalists yesterday, Ola Energy general manager Millicent Onyonyi however did not disclose the number of staffers to be offloaded. “We are not targeting a specific number of staff. It is based on the applications (for voluntary early retirement,” said Ms Onyonyi. The early retirement plan will offer the employees a severance pay equivalent to one-month for every completed service capped to 20 months, one month salary in lieu of notice, one month salary as a gift, one month salary compensation…

Police in Meru are hunting down Joseph Kileru, a 30-year-old businessman who went berserk on Monday and killed anyone in sight. According to reports, the man killed two people before going into hiding, after he was allegedly threatened by a Somali man whom he had killed his camel. The wife, Ms Gasheri, said that Mr Kileru threatened to kill at least 50 people, including his wife and three children, after the alleged owner of the camel visited their shop and threatened him. The wife, now expectant, tried intervening but Mr Kileru sent the man away. “He started behaving funny from…

A lobby group, Kenyans for Justice and Development (KEJUDE) now wants eight MPs, two senators and one former MP investigated for holding dual citizenship. In a letter writter to the Ethics and Anti-corruption commission (EACC), the group wants the Majority Leader of the National Assembly and Garissa Town Mp Aden Duale investigated for allegedly holding Somalia citizenship. Other Mps listed as holding foreign citizenship include Yusuf Hassan Abdi, MP Kamukunji (UK), Safia Sheikh Adan, Marsabit (Somali & Ethiopia), Man Haji Ali, MP Mandera South (Somali), Mohammed Dahir Duale, MP Dadaab (Somali), Mohammed Garane, MP Lagdera (Somali), Charles Ngusya Nguna, MP…

Former Daily Nation managing editor for special projects Denis Galava has made a media comeback as the managing editor for Standard Newspaper. In an internal memo seen by Kahawa Tungu, Galava will now lead the output desk for daily publication for the Standard Group. “Working closely with the Head of News he will guide the relevant deputy editors engage with commercial and coordinate the system for tracking the work flow of the pages,” read an internal memo to staffers by Standard Group CEO Orlando Lyomu. Read: Standard Group Fires Correspondent For Receiving Ksh1,500 ‘Bribe’ Galava was dismissed from Nation Media…

Bus hailing app companies Little Shuttle and SWVL were on Monday suspended by the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) over what it termed as illegal operations. In a statement, NTSA director general Francis Meja said Little Shuttle and SWVL were operating  without the required PSV licenses. Instead, the companies were operating using Tours Service License (TSL). “The vehicles under these hailing app companies have acquired Tours Service License (TSL) but are engaging in commuter service within Nairobi therefore contravening the terms of the Tour Service License (TSL),”said Meja. Read: NTSA Suspends 9 Matatu Saccos Operating In Nairobi The two…

The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has withdrawn licenses of nine Saccos in Nairobi. In a statement, the authority says that the saccos failed to meet requirements of operating a fleet of at least 30 vehicles. “NTSA notifies the Public that it has suspended Nine Saccos/Companies for failing to comply with the provisions of Section 5(1) of the National Transport and Safety Authority (Operation of PSV)Regulations, 2014, which require a PSV Sacco/Company to operate a minimum of Thirty (30) serviceable motor vehicles,” said NTSA in a statement on Monday. Read: NTSA Takes Action Against Killeton Sacco Tout For Throwing…

Former Bomet governor Isaac Rutto has said that President Uhuru Kenyatta should explain to Kenyans how the Ksh21 billion lost on Kimwarer and Arror dams scandal will be recovered, or face impeachment. This follows recent development that saw the Kimwarer dam project cancelled, after a technical task force appointed by the president found the multibillion project to be technically and financially not feasible. Appearing on K24 last night, Rutto however lauded the move to cancel the project, after a fault-line was found where the dam was to be built. He (President Uhuru) has got to show us the way. He…

Senate’s County Public Accounts and Investments Committee  (CPAIC) has directed Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai to arrest Machakos Governor Dr Alfred Mutua for snubbing summons to appear before Senate. The governor was today expected to appear before the committee to answer to audit queries concerning expenditure and graft allegations in Machakos. This is the third time Dr Mutua has failed to appear before the committee, after he failed to appear for questioning over the 2017-18 audit queries raised by the Auditor General’s office. Read: Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua Closes Over 10 Private Clinics Near Machakos Referral Hospital The governor…

A car with four occupants this evening sank into the Indian Ocean at the Likoni Ferry, after the driver reversed midstream leading the car to slide off the ferry. According to Ferry Kenya, the car sank at 6.15 pm and is yet to be retrieved and its occupants. “Its with sadness that we confirm an accident occurred on board MV. Harambee which was plying from mainland to the island side at 1815hrs,when a saloon car alleged with two occupants reversed and plunged into the sea midstream. The cause of the accident is still under investigations as search and rescue efforts…

Police have arrested a man in Roysambu with 2.5 kilogrammes of cocaine valued at Ksh9 million, moments after he arrived from Uganda. Alex Opondo had the cocaine wrapped in a packet of soya beans when he was arrested after a tip off from members of the public. About a month ago, a Kenyan national was arrested at the Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country 68 capsules of cocaine. Read: Kenyan Man Who Swallowed 68 Capsules Of Cocaine Arrested In Thailand According to international media reports, the man identified as Glenn Chibasellow Ookow had swallowed…

Former Manchester United centre back Rio Gavin Ferdinand has tied the knot with his 27-year-old lover, Kate Wright. Ferdinand and Ms Write exchanged vows on Friday evening at the D Maris Bay hotel in Turkey, in a ceremony officiated by Mayor of Marmaris, Mehmet Oktay, according to reports by the Mirror. The paper reports that the couple asked their guests to hand in mobile phones before attending the wedding to avoid any leaked pictures. The two got engaged in November 2018, and their wedding ceremony is set to take at least three days in the luxurious hotel. Read: Trouble in…

Detectives drawn from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Sunday morning shot dead four robbery with violence suspects along Juja Road. Two pistols with several rounds of ammunition and four knives were recovered on scene, where two other suspects fled to Kosovo area and are being pursued by the police. The gang of six robbed two Whitecastle residents and attempted to get away with their car. On receiving the report from the victims, detectives based in Pangani Police Station launched a manhunt and caught up with the gang “who disobeyed orders to surrender and engaged in a gun fight.”…

A war pitting two media personalities, Ciku Muiruri and Ciru Muriuki, has now escalated following an online attack by Kenyans on Twitter (KOT) that saw one mistaken for the other. Ciku is famously known for her long time show Busted on Classic FM, while Ciru made a debut on radio but was advised on using her English name to avoid confusion. She adhered, but decided to used the name when she got another job at NTV. Last week, Ciku tweeted about murdered tycoon Tob Cohen, how they were friends and how he bought her book Love is But a Dream.…

A group of 66 refugees and assylum seekers have arrived in Rwanda from Libya, comprising of several unaccompanied minors and single mothers. The group left Misrata Airport in Libya and landed in Kigali International Airport on Thursday evening aboard a chartered plane, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, (UNHCR) in Libya. The refugees entail 500 refugees Rwanda plans to evacuate from the country to “grant them safety and security after years of struggle.” Most of the refugees are from Somalia, Eritrea, and Ethiopia, who were trying to reach Europe but were stranded in Libya where they are…

The Co-operative Bank of Kenya has joined hands with the Beth Mugo Cancer Foundation to offer free cancer screening services across the country. This comes following the recent surge of cancer-related health challenges facing the country, with most people being unable to secure screening and treatment services. “It is in this spirit that the Beth Mugo Cancer Foundation in collaboration with Co-operative Bank and other partners has drawn out a countrywide program of Free Cancer Screening Camps where Kenyans can get free screening for the key lifestyle disease conditions that continue to ravage families including cancer, blood sugar levels, blood…