Author: Francis Muli

Property belonging to Bishop David Kariuki Ngare alias Gakuyo will not be sold to recover lost money, for now. This is after the High Court stopped the sale of the property, to allow the government to finish investigation into issues leading to the collapse of Ekeza Sacco, which belongs to the preacher. The Commissioner of Cooperatives had made the application to block the sale of the property, which would “jeopardise an ongoing inquiry into the sacco” which had deposits to the excess of Ksh2.5 billion. Among the properties which were targeted in the auction included the Lillies Hotel in Juja,…

A Ksh4.8 billion scandal at the prisons department has been foiled by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). According to EACC CEO Twalib Mbarak, the department was about to pay Ksh4.8 billion upfront for the supply of security items in a flawed tendering process. The payment of the money entailed payment of 80 per cent of the total amount upfront within 30 days before supply of the items. “Money did not leave but the contract had been signed. So it was by sheer luck that the money had not been released because the contract says upon signing payment should be…

Susan Wangari Kamaru, the widow of celebrated Kikuyu Benga musician Joseph Kamaru died last week of cardiac arrest in Rongai at her daughter’s home. She died at the age of 78. “She died on Saturday at around 10pm, when she visited my sister in Rongai. Our mother has been ailing for three years and had been treated in various hospitals,” said Boniface Maina, her son. Former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo has condoled with the family. “My heartfelt condolences to the family of my late friend and music legend Joseph Kamaru for the demise of his beloved wife Mrs Susan Kamaru.…

Three Chinese nationals; Wang Liyong, Ye Dalu and Peng Hongwen are facing charges of robbery with violence. The three allegedly robbed off Mr Samuel Mbugua Njoroge of a Mitsubishi Pajero worth Ksh2.1 million and Ksh5 million in cash. The incidence is said to have happened  on January 10, 2019 at Golf Villas estate along Muchai Drive in Nairobi. Appearing before Magistrate Kennedy Cheruiyot in Nairobi, the three denied the charges and were detained pending a ruling on their release on Friday, March 1. The three, through their lawyer Royford Mwenda Nkonge said that it was a business rivalry between Njoroge…

Michael Oyamo and Caspal Obiero, prime suspects in Sharon Otieno’s murder have been freed on a Ksh2 million bond each and one surety of same amount or a cash bail of Ksh1,000,000. The two were charged alongside Migori governor Okoth Obado six months ago for the murder of the 25-year-old Ms Otieno, who was pregnant at the time of her brutal murder. Oyamo was a personal assistant to Obado while Obieroworked for Migori county. “We disagree with the superior courts’ decision to deny the two appellants and hereby direct they be admitted to bond of Sh2,000,000 with one surety of…

The government is still silent even as Mt Kenya fire reduces to ashes 80,000 hectares of mooland, in the sixth day. The fire has so far razed down the better part of Mt Kenya National Park in Tharaka-Nithi county, leading to the death of several animals. The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has been relying on its limited resources to put off the fire but their efforts seem futile even as the fire enters the sixth day. https://twitter.com/mountkenyatrust/status/1101128080490414080 The inferno is said to have broke out on Saturday 23, around a campsite near Chogoria. The team from KWS seems to have…

Controversial South African Pastor Paseka Mboro will be laying a criminal complaint against the ‘resurrection pastor’, Alph Lukau. As if that is not enough, Pastor Mboro in the company of his faithfuls were filmed praying outside Pastor Lukau’s church, asking God to help them get rid of fake Pastors. https://twitter.com/malungelob/status/1101067350923792384 The Pastor went ahead to seek audience with Lukau, asking him to prove that actually he resurrected a man and he would protect him from the media. “If it’s true that you resurrecteda man, then let’s go to Mandela’s grave to do the same. If he is wrong, then we…

Tanzania has banned the publication of The Citizen newspaper for seven days, effective today. This follows a story it published on depreciation of the shilling against the dollar on February 23, which the government terms as false. “(The Citizen) deliberately published misleading information that the value of the Tanzanian shilling has declined compared to three years ago without following the due procedure and financial standards set by the Bank of Tanzania ,” said the registrar of newspapers, Mr Patrick Kipangula. Mr Kipangula also accused the Mwananchi-owned paper of “largely violating media ethics and inciting citizens against the government.” Their website…

Supreme Court Judge Mohammed Ibrahim has promised a tough court battle with lawyer Ahmednassir Abdullahi over defamation, following a tween that implicated the judge to corruption. In a letter addressed to Abdullahi, the judge has given him seven days to retract the words published on his Twitter account and offer an apology Through his lawyer, judge Ibrahim alleges that the lawyer tried to influence a supreme court judge via WhatsApp before the Wajir gubernatorial ruling but after the judgement came out he accused supreme court judges of taking bribes to rule against his client. The message read, “I am proud…

Yesterday, a raid in a house in Ruiru house unearthed a rot in the financial sector, with over Ksh32 billion fake money being recovered, both in local and foreign currency. Fake gold was also discovered in the house. It is expected that the money should belong to some crook outside the government, but reports reaching Kahawa Tungu indicate that the house where the money was discovered belongs to sports cabinet secretary Rashid Echesa. Among those arrested are Joseph Munyao and Nancy Muthoni after DCI officers received word from members of the public. He (Munyao) apparently worked with Secure Africa and…

Officer commanding police division (OCPD) position has been scrapped in the National Police Service (NPS) and in its place a new position instituted, the sub-county police commanders (SCPC). This will see the number of the commanders reduce from 597 OCPDs to 322 SCPCs in the changes aimed at aligning the NPS to the current administrative boundaries. For instance, Nairobi county will have 11 SCPCs instead of 14 OCPDs. Some of the former OCPDs have been appointed as SCPCs. Michael Muchiri, former OCPD Kilimani will now be the SCPC Kibra. Kayole on the other hand has been placed under Njiru sub-county…

Family Bank has appointed its Company Secretary and Director, Legal Services MsRebecca Mbithi as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) She replaces David Thuku who resigned in September last year. “Rebecca is a highly experienced professional with an extensive background in leadership in various organizations at director level specializing in law, project finance, Corporate Restructuring, Equity/ Debt raising and Governance,” read a statement from the bank. Read: NTSA Director for Roads Safety Njeri Waithaka Resigns Days After Police Raided Agency Offices Ms Mbithi holds a Masters in Business Administration degree from United States International University (USIU) and a Law degree…

The Rural Electrification Authority, a parastatal established for purposes of accelerating the pace of rural electrification in the country is not new to fraud as recently EACC summoned its board members to shed light on a report they submitted to Energy Cabinet Secretary Charles Keter implicating some senior managers in corruption. On the spot on corruption claims is the authority’s Managing Director Peter Mbugua who is believed to be driving the parastatal down the shameful, smelly path of fraud. According to media reports, the man who was a long serving head of finance at the authority is linked to failure…

Harambee Stars plan to camp in France ahead of the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations set for Egypt from June 21 to July 19, 2019. The senior men’s national football team is making a return to the Africa’s premium championship after a 15-year absence and are not planning to just add numbers but compete, coach Sebastien Migne has said. Before their last appearance in the 2004 edition in Tunisia, Stars camped in the UK and despite failing to go past the group stage, the team gave a fair account of themselves beating Burkina Faso 3-0 in their…

The National Police Service (NPS) has summoned directors of 107 company directors in connection to stalled Arror and Kimwarer multi-purpose dams valued at Ksh63 billion. The construction of the dams was supposed to start in December 2017, but has since stalled. The dams in Elgeyo Marakwet County ware purposed for production of hydro-electricity and irrigation within the said region  to mitigate perennial challenges of drought, boost food production and increase electricity megawatts to the national grid. “The under-listed companies and their directors are believed to be connected with or have information which will assist in ongoing investigations into fraudulent construction…