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A 24-year old female warder at Muranga GK Prison was found dead in her house on Wednesday morning. According to reports, Pauline Wangari, was found lifeless with several wounds on the head and chest in her rental house at Kiharu estate. Pauline’s mysterious death has happened barely a month since her colleague from Nakuru GK Prison warder Caroline Jepchirchir was also found dead. Jepchirchir’s body, however was found in a thicket at Githiolo village in Subukia sub-county, after she went missing. Read: Nakuru GK Prison Warder Arrested Over Colleague’s Death Upon the recovery of her body, like Pauline, Jepchirchir had injuries…

Nominated Member of Parliament (MP) Jennifer Shamalla has taken her violent uncle to court after an aggressive confrontation that threatened her safety. Narrating her scary ordeal, Shamalla told the court that her uncle, Hosea Mosse Shamalla, attacked her with a hoe, ready to harm her. The MP exclaimed: ‘“I was shocked when my bodyguard shouted a warning to him “don’t you dare.” “I had not seen him approaching me armed with a jembe and ready to attack. This forced my bodyguard to draw his gun, forcing the attacker to retreat,” she told a Kakamega court. She further mentioned that she…

Real Estate moguls Peter and Sue Muraya’s houses in Lavington worth Ksh384 million have been put up for auction. In an auction notice, a bank has invited potential buyers of the estate to attend a fire sale. The notice also noted that the buyers will be required to pay Ksh48 million for each of the Suraya houses. The estate, is noted to be siting on a 0.809-acre piece of land in the posh Lavington Estate in Nairobi. “Under instructions from the charger’s advocates, we shall sell by public auction the properties together with buildings and improvements erected therein,” read the…

Over decades Kenyans have dominated the tracks in most Olympic championships with most medals being brought back home. World-over, Kenyans have been known as track kings and queens with the recent win being made by a Eliud Kipchoge who scooped the London Marathon win, two weeks ago, for a forth time as Britain’s Mo Farah finished fifth. Despite Kenyan athletes’ prowess on the tracks, for the longest time they were always purchasing their race shoes from first world countries. With the rising need to have a Kenyan-shoe brand, one Kenyan lawyer and a mother of two, Navalayo Osembo-Ombati teamed up…

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has on Tuesday morning gunned down a man suspected to be an armed thug in Nakuru. In a statement issued, the DCI noted that five other accomplice of the shot thug escaped after detectives pursued them. The DCI detectives noted that they acted on information offered by the public about the group of armed thugs that has been terrorizing residents within Rhoda Market, in Nakuru. During the raid, the officers confiscated assorted gas cylinders, pangas and a knife. DCI added that they are on a lookout for the his accomplices. https://twitter.com/DCI_Kenya/status/1128192386474049536 Read: DCI Raids…

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has on Monday taken to social media to expressed his disappointment over how corruption cases are being handled as two former Kenya-Re managers got sentenced. Sharing on his social media platforms, Sonko noted that the fight against corruption is being fought selectively. “I always say the fight against corruption is fought selectively for some other special thieves not to be exposed,” he mentioned. Captioning a video of the former managers being sentenced, Sonko lamented that in as much as the judiciary has sentenced the managers, the ‘main beneficiary of the stolen loot’ is yet to be…

President Uhuru Kenyatta has finally emerged to be seen by the public after a weekend long of Kenyans raising concerns over his whereabouts. Images of the Head of State signing several bills have been shared online by State House on Monday. State House captioned the pictures with, “President Uhuru Kenyatta has today at State House, Nairobi signed into law the Health Laws (Amendment) Bill of 2018 and the Assumption of the Office of County Governor Bill. “The new health law amends the Pharmacy and Poisons Act (Cap 244), the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act (Cap 244), the Nurses Act (Cap…

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga was on Monday been heckled during his visit to Muhoroni after some residents held protests. Raila was in the region to propose special economic zone site in Ombeyi, Muhoroni, a project which the residents are against. The residents held the protests at the opening of Industrial park within the area. According to the residents, their protests were motivated by the fact that the government did not consult them about the project. They further noted that their ancestral land was reverted to the Kisumu Municipal Council after torrential rains pounded the region, flooding the area for…

The government has announced that there shall be no extension on the registration of Kenyans for the Huduma Namba. During a press conference, Interior Security Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i declared that extending the process will cost the government extra money since the agents carrying out the registration are paid Ksh1,000 per day. Affirming that the exercise ends on Saturday, 18,Matiang’i mentioned: “The exercise ends on Saturday Kenyans need to know that we are paying those conducting this exercise Ksh.1000 a day and every time we lose/ extend a day then it means we are going to spend a little more…

State House spokesperson Kanze Dena has come out to explain to concerned Kenyans where President Uhuru Kenya is. During a morning interview at Radio Maisha, Kanze noted that the President is within the country and that he is focusing on working on several things in his office. She exclaimed: “I am shocked that people say they haven’t seen the President since he left China, yet on 3rd of this month he had a meeting with executives from Global Fund and there was a Statement about it. “The President is around, it doesn’t mean that because he is not seen in…

The government of Kenya has suspended direct flights from Somali’s capital Mogadishu to Nairobi over security concerns. In a report announced by BBC, the flights had been suspended and the planes will now first have to land in Wajir for security checks before proceeding to Nairobi. It is alleged that the decision to suspend the flights was politically motivated. Confirming the reports, Director General of the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority Captain Gilbert Kibe, the decision was “purely for security reasons.” Captain Kibe noted that the suspension will last until August 9. However, the decision by the Kenyan government has raised…

A middle-aged man’s body has been recovered from Ngong’ River on Saturday by Nairobi County workers. The body which was found during the cleanup of the river was discovered near Kware Ward in Embakasi South. The youth who are employed under the Ng’arisha Jiji initiative found the body floating in the river. According to reports, it is the fourth body found since Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko launched the cleanup initiative. Speaking on the same, Sonko revealed that all the four bodies have been found in Ngong River at different locations. He mentioned that the body-recovery is part of the challenges…

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has now come out to refute claims that they had staged characters for the production of a documentary on Luo night runners. Making their statement on social media, BBC mentioned that they take so much pride in their work and that the production of the documentary was done on the consent of the people featured. They asserted: “The latest BBC Africa Eye investigation “night runners” was made with voluntary fully informed consent from members of the community featured. “There was no dramatized footage in this documentary. The BBC’s editorial standards and commitment to accuracy mean…

Melvin Akinyi, a Bunyala resident in Busia County is currently nursing wounds after her cheek was bitten by her co-wife on Friday. Narrating the incident while at the hospital, Melvin noted that she was bitten on the left by her co-wife Brenda Sanya over family differences. She revealed that Brenda attacked her in the morning when their husband had left for his sand harvesting job on River Nzoia. Akinyi mentioned: “She popped at my house early in the morning and asked my (mother) in-law that she urgently wanted to speak to me. After I welcomed her in the sitting room,…

City lawyer Assa Nyaundi’s case on the killing of his son, Joseph Nyakundi, has taken numerous twists even as the wife now seeks to have the state drop charges against him. In her submissions, Nyakundi’s wife Lucy, through her lawyers told the court that she wants to be reunited with her husband who had been ordered to stay away from his family two weeks ago. According to Lucy, she has since accepted that her son passed on and has moved on, hence her appealing to have her husband go back home. Read: Assa Nyakundi’s Wife Seeks To Block Murder Charges…