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A Kenyan from Homa Bay county has been detained in India over son’s Ksh1 million pending medical bills. Lydia Achieng is claimed to have taken her son to the MIOT Center for Children’s Cardiac Care in India where her son underwent a specialized surgery. Her one-year-old son underwent an operation to fill a hole in the toddler’s heart. According to Achieng’s husband, Pacifica Onyango, the operation was fully sponsored by a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) called HAWI. Read: Over 13 MPs Receiving Cancer Treatment In India, Out Of 63 Alleged Cases However, two days after the child went through the operation,…

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has ordered the arrest of Keroche Breweries directors Tabitha and Joseph Karanja over tax fraud. DPP has ordered that the two be arraigned in court over Ksh14.45 billion tax evasion. According to Haji, investigations into the company have revealed that they have been found guilty of 10 counts of tax fraud. It is noted that in an inquiry file submitted by the KRA commissioner-general,  Keroche Breweries was found culpable of having evaded payment of tax talling Ksh14,451,836,375. KRA has revealed that the company has been evading payment of Ksh12.34 billion VAT. Furthermore, Keroche…

United States (US) Presidential Candidate in the 2020 elections, Thomas Steyer, has spoken of his favorite Kenyan-made belt, which he prides in. The Presidential hopeful revealed while responding to a curious netizen who inquired the significance of the belt since he had worn it in one of his campaign videos. Steyer noted that he bought the belt during his visit to Kenya. “Thanks for noticing my favorite belt! I bought it on a trip to Kenya from female artisans,” he tweeted. Additionally, he affirmed that the belt is a reminder that the world benefits when women are educated, as the…

The Kenya Bus Service Management has now faulted the police for not taking action over the rampant number of theft cases reported inside their fleet buses. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the KBS Management lamented that despite reporting the cases of pickpockets who rob passengers in their buses to police, no action has been taken. KBS Management highlighted: ” We have reported this issue of pick pockets operating on PSV over and over to the security agents including the one that Miriam is talking about. We have written several letters to the police raising these issues but nothing has…

Nyandarua Governor Francis Kimemia has made an abrupt shift in his cabinet as he sacked four of his County Executive Committee Members. The county chief announced their sacking through a press release some minutes to midnight on Tuesday. The CECs relieved of their duties include Faith Mbugua (Education, Gender Affairs, Culture and Social Services), Rose Wamuiya (Industrialisation, Trade, and Cooperatives), Simon Ng’ang’a (Water, Environment and Natural Resources) and the embattled Kariuki Mbataru (Public Administration and ICT). Read: Raila’s People’s Assembly Is A Power Hungry Move; Nyandarua Governor Claims The statement highlighted: “I wish to notify the great people of Nyandarua…

An officer attached to Vigilance House has become the latest victim of bar drugging following his encounter with two “strange” women. According to policeman Arthur Gakuya, he was drugged by the two women who allegedly robbed him at gunpoint and made away with Ksh450,000. Narrating how it happened, Officer Gakuya revealed that he had left Juja where he had visited the construction site for his house and stopped at the Jambo Grill for a meal. He then met the two women there, Peninah Afandi and Everlyne Asendi. Read: 19-Year-Old Charged With Kidnapping Minor At Bishop Ng’ang’a’s Church He further stated…

A Kenyan man who was to be deported 10 years ago from England has been sentenced to 13-years in prison following a second robbery he did. Victor Okumu, is reported to have been issued with deportation notice following his first arrest after he had robbed a woman at gunpoint in her own home. At the time, he was given the notice following a 13-year-sentence for robbing the victim in 2009. Read: CCTV Footage Reveal Lawyer Assa Nyakundi Went Off Radar Before Son’s Shooting However, Okumu remained in the country after his release on March 2014. Five years later, Okumu carried…

President Uhuru Kenyatta made a special request to the late Kikuyu Benga musician John De Mathew over his funeral arrangements. It is noted that the President asked the family to schedule the singer’s burial for this Saturday. According to De Mathew’s close friend, Peter Kigia, who spent time with him on the day of his death, Uhuru asked that the burial date be pushed backward so as to allow him to attend the ceremony. The President made the request noting that he is set to travel outside the country next week. Read: Autopsy Report Shows De’ Mathew Died Due To…

Suspected Al Shabaab militants on Tuesday engaged in a crossfire with the National Police Reservists (NPR), leading to one person sustaining a bullet injury. According to the reports, a police reservist is reported missing following the morning incident. The attack took place in Kheira Ali village, Bambo Location in Lafey, Mandera County. Read: Two Teachers Killed After Alshabaab Militants Attack School In Mandera Speaking after the crossfire, the area MCA Ahmed Gabnan Ali noted that the only telecommunications mast in the area was destroyed in the attack. He stated: “The enemy struck at about 1 am and by morning hours…

Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen has applauded his father after he was ordained to become a church reverend. Sharing his congratulatory message to his father, Senator Murkomen described Johana Murkomen Kanda as a man of “…faith, hope and immense resilience. ” According to the legislator, his father has been preaching to the residents of Trans Nzoi and the upper parts of Marakwet West since the early 1970s. He was later appointed as a Catechist by Father Reinhard, who was in charge of Embobut Catholic Church. Read: I Am Sorry For Keeping Quite During Your Tribulations, Murkomen Tells Miguna Murkomen narrated: “Dad…

The National Youth Service (NYS) scandal suspect Josephine Kabura has been charged afresh with Ksh791 million money laundering. Kabura, the woman at the center of NYS 1, has been charged alongside 10 others including businessman Ben Gethi. In the new charge sheet, the prosecution had added a new count against Kabura, John Kago Ndungu and Partick Ogola Onyango. The count highlights that between December 1, 2014, and May 30, 2015, in Nairobi, the three accused persons are alleged to have engaged in an arrangement for the transfer of Ksh90million into K-rep Bank Account belonging to Patrick Ogolla Onyango T/A Ogola…

Bomet GK prison warden has reportedly killed his girlfriend following a quarrel at Kamukunji Estate. Speaking on the incident, Bomet Central Sub County Police Boss Musa Imamai Omar noted that the officer had hit his girlfriend with a blunt object in the head. He stated: “Our officers rushed to the scene after a distress call only to find the 23-year-old woman in a coma. She was rushed to Longisa Referral Hospital but pronounced dead on arrival.” According to the medical report by the doctors at the facility, the 23-year-old succumbed due to excessive bleeding. Consequently, the prison warder was arrested…

Chuka OCS James Njiri has been accused of assaulting his junior officer at Chuka Police Station in Tharaka-Nithi County. According to constable Samuel Ndung’u, who is attached to dog department, the OCS violently pushed him out of his office where he had gone to explain why he had not gone out on patrol with the dog. He further noted that the OCS had followed him out to the stairs where he jumped and landed on his knee. Read: Police Officer Shoots Self Dead After Wife’s Burial Constable Ndung’u noted that he was later picked by some civilians who had visited…

Wanted billionaire Humphrey Kariuki finally appeared in court on Monday morning weeks after the court issued summons against him. Appearing before Magistrate Francis Andayi, the billionaire was charged with evading taxes amounting to Ksh41 billion between 2014 and 2019. He was charged alongside Stuart Geraid, Simon Maundu, Africa Spirits Limited, and Wow Beverages Limited. However, they all denied the charges pending their release on bail. Read: Billionaire Humphrey Kariuki Steps Down As DPP Seeks International Arrest Warrant After denying the charges, a Magistrate’s court at the Milimani Law Courts ordered him to either pay Sh11 million or bond of Sh20…

Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Director Philip Etale is in mourning again, barely weeks since he lost three family members. Announcing the demise of his elder brother, Etale couldn’t help but wonder, “God why?” “God why my family all the time? Sorry for questioning you Lord,” he tweeted. “Friends, I am gutted. I feel finished. My elder brother Zachariah has just passed on a few moments ago. Please pray for our family. This is too much,” he concluded. https://twitter.com/EtalePhilip/status/1163327333140455429 Earlier this month, Mr Etale lost three brothers-in-law at once in separate incidents. Encouraging his sisters at the time, the Opposition party…