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Machakos Level 5 Hospital is currently under investigations after a newborn baby disappeared at the facility moments after birth. According to relatives of the woman who delivered at the hospital, they were unable to trace the baby after the mother gave birth on Wednesday. It is reported that the woman’s brother, who accompanied her to the facility on the day of her delivery, was informed that the baby who was delivered through Cesarean section died at birth. The brother mentioned: “My sister demanded to be shown her baby’s corpse which the hospital’s management failed to provide. “The hospital’s management instead…

Police have arrested two St Teresa Hospital staff following the death of Hellen Wanjiru on Wednesday after a botched c-section. That was after the medical practitioners who carried out the operation ‘fled’ after the would-be mother died of over bleeding. According to the family, Wanjiru was nine months pregnant and was rushed to the facility after developing complications. However, the hospital advised that a c-section was necessary since she had started bleeding. A family member noted that the deceased was induced into labor and that was when she started bleeding. Read: St Teresa Hospital Medics On The Run As Expectant…

Homa Bay Deputy Governor Hamilton Orata has threatened to fire county employees who will fail to register for Huduma Namba. Orata further warned that the county would use Huduma Namba to audit their payroll. Declaring these statements, the deputy governor noted that any county employee who fails to register for the number will be considered a ghost worker. Speaking after he registered for the same at the county headquarters, Orata noted: “Any employee who wants to continue working with the county government must register for Huduma Namba. “A person whose details fail to feature in the National Integrated Identity Management…

Chief Justice David Maraga on Thursday paid a visit to former President Daniel arap Moi at his Kabarak home to condole with him following the death of his son. According to pictures that have surfaced on social media, the former president seemed to have received a number of guests in his home today. Baringo Senator Gideon Moi is also seen receiving Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka and Peter Kenneth at their Kabarak home. They were also accompanied by Kenya Film and Classification Board (KFCB) CEO Ezekiel Mutua as well as Kitui Senator Enoch Kiio Wambua. These leaders’ visit comes a…

Former National Land Commission (NLC) Chairman Muhammad Swazuri will remain in police custody until May 2. This is after his application for a reduction of his Ksh12 cash bail was set to be ruled on that day by Justice Mumbi Ngugi. Swazuri, alongside 10 others spent the Easter weekend in custody pending their bond hearing on Tuesday. During the bond hearing, the former chair was released on a cash bail of Ksh12 million with a bond option of Ksh30 million. Read: Ex NLC Chairman Swazuri Released on Sh12 Million Bail However, for his co-accused persons, their bail varied on the…

Tanzania’s Rose Muhando has come out to clear the air on her relationship with Kenya’s Kitole hit-maker Stephen Kasolo. In a video shared by Kasolo on his social media pages, Muhando, who looks healthier than she was a few months ago, asserts that their relationship is centered on them being ‘ministry partners.’ According to Muhando, Stephen took her as a ministry mother and hence their fondness of each other. She added that when people see the two of them, they should just know that she is fulfilling ‘God’s call over the life of Kasolo.’ Muhando’s utterances were coerced by rumors…

British High Commissioner Nic Hailey rejected a gift presented to him from Kenya Industrial Estates (KIE) asserting that it would be promotion of corruption. Amb Hailey was on tour in Malindi viewing the KIE projects with a delegation from the British government. It was during the viewing that the high commissioner inquired about a certain kind of leather belts produced at one of the factories, on it’s availability in Nairobi. He was then told that he would get them at Village Market in Nairobi. In response, KIE company MD Parman ole Narikae offered to present the leather products to Hailey…

The government has called out Aljazeera over story published on Wednesday over the ongoing Huduma Namba registration. In the story titled, “If you are a Kenyan citizen, your private data is not safe,” the international media mentioned that the Kenyan government had a deal with MasterCard to link the Huduma Namba to a prepaid card. The story written by Nanjala Nyabola further stated that the details being collected from the citizens will be linked to the prepaid card with a chip and pin that will allegedly be used by citizens to pay for an array of government services. However, Government…

A police inspector was killed, three others severely injured and two children were abducted in Samburu North sub county. According to the Samburu County Police Commander Karanja Muiruri, the deceased, was leading his colleagues in an operation aimed to recover livestock that was stolen at Suyian village. Officer Karanja divulged that the officers had already recovered 50 herds of cattle when the officers were attacked by the cattle rustlers. The rustlers then kidnapped the children, a boy and a girl who are 10 and 11 respectively. Following the ambush, there arose a gunfire exchange where the police inspector was shot…

Members of the National Assembly (MPs) have directed the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to investigate the firm that supplied the kits being used in the ongoing Huduma Namba registration. In a unanimous agreement, the members of the Public Accounts Committee have drafted a report to aid the DCI to carry a probe on IDEMIA, formerly known as Safran Morpho, a French information technology company for its role in the 2017 polls. Speaking on the issue, Majority Leader Aden Duale noted: “Why should they have double standards, what OT Morpho is doing in Kenya it can’t do in Paris, or…

Former Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Commissioner General Paul Munge has passed on in Nairobi Hospital. Munge is reported to have succumbed on Tuesday evening while undergoing treatment at the facility. It is however unclear over the kind of illness that claimed his life. President Uhuru Kenyatta lead close friends and family in mourning of the former commissioner general. Uhuru described Munge as a committed Kenyan who was always ready to use his professional skills to contribute to nation building. He mentioned: “John Munge was a great Kenyan who was committed to the betterment of the country through hard work and…

The body of a woman has been recovered in Kibera, Sarangombe area after Nairobi floods wreaked havoc. According to reports, the woman was swept away with her two children after heavy rains on Tuesday evening. Speaking on the unfortunate incident, Kibera sub county commander Michael Muchiri, the two children have not been found. The police officer further noted that a team has since been dispatched to trace them. He also speculated that the children were slept away into Nairobi dam. Muchiri however urged locals to move to safer areas and avoid similar incidents in future. According to the area residents,…

The High Court has charged a woman on Tuesday for killing her eight-month-old daughter whom she claimed resembled Opposition leader Raila Odinga. Sevelina Mwihaki Kamau, however, changed tune while appearing before Kibera Senior Resident Magistrate Renee Kamau. She denied having killed her baby for refusing to take milk which she had bought. However, Magistrate Kamau ordered her to undergo a psychiatric examination at Mathare Mental Hospital before she can take a plea. Additionally, the court denied her bail and ordered the mental assessment to be taken first. Mwihaki is reported to have killed her baby while at her employer’s plea,…

Tension was high at the Narok Referral Hospital over the weekend where two parties harshly differed over misappropriation of money set aside to purchase a coffin for their dead kin. According to the mourners, Narok County Luo Community chairperson Paul Ouma, was to be buried in a casket worth Ksh22,000. However, they were disappointed to go pick the body of their dead one in a coffin that according to them was worth Ksh8,000. Additionally, led by Ouma’s friends in Rachuonyo, Moses Owiga, the coffin that had been initially purchased did not “befit the status of Mr Ouma.” To the amusement…

There was drama in Migori County after a detective attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Nairobi office hurled insults at OCS officer of Kehancha Police Station. Francis Gichogo Mwita, was later arrested for causing disturbance and hurling insults at the senior police officer and two women. The women were identified as Happiness Wambura and Habuba Hamisi. It is reported that the DCI officer first attacked the women, then shifted his rage on the OCS who tried to intervene. Officer Mwita allegedly dismissed the OCS claiming that he was well connected and could effect his transfer from the station.…