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Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has faulted former Department of Correctional Services Commissioner-General of Prisons Isaiah Osugo of fraudulently awarding Ksh4.8 billion for the supply of weapons. According to an audit report, the money, which was set to be paid to the suppliers before the delivery of the weapons was stopped last month by the anti-corruption agency. The report further calls for the punishment of the officer together with the head of the procurement unit, Mr Mageto, chief finance officer Sarah Kemunto Karandi and members of the tender and evaluation committee, for misconduct. The report notes: “The matter should be…

Education Cabinet Secretary Nominee George Magoha has announced the introduction of a computerized accounting system that will track funds released from his ministry. Speaking from the ministry’s headquarters, Magoha noted that the system will be installed when he officially moves to Jogoo House. He noted that it would track every penny that is released from the ministry to ensure that it is put into good use. The former University of Nairobi Vice Chancellor commented: “I am not Jesus Christ, I will give the strategy but we need to work together.” He further called on the ministry’s stakeholders to support him…

Deputy President William Ruto has issued a warning to members of the Opposition camp against spreading lies and propaganda under the cover of the “Handshake.” Speaking on Saturday during an event in West Pokot, the DP noted that some of the opposition members are using propaganda to derail the ruling party’s development plan. He added that their plan to slow down the realization of Jubilee’s programmes is aimed at being used in 2022’s political card. He stated: “They are tearing apart the Jubilee party and derail its development projects so that it becomes campaign bait. “They are serial liars whom…

Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen now demands the sacking of the Director of Criminal Investigations, George Kinoti. Speaking during a Saturday function in his area, the Senate Majority Leader alleged that the DCI director has been biased in his fight against corruption. Murkomen added that Mr Kinoti has an uncalled for habit of leaking crucial information to the media before summoning his suspects. He expressed: “We were told that Rotich was going to be asked 300 questions before he was summoned. I thought it was propaganda until I realized that he was actually asked 300 questions. “We cannot fight corruption…

TheK24TV anchor Betty Kyallo’s mother on Friday divulged how she handles people who hate on her daughter especially through sending comments on social media. Speaking during her daughter’s Friday segment, Upclose, which for this episode was hosted by Jalang’o, Betty’s mother revealed that she sometimes confronts the haters via Direct Messages (DMs). Asserting that as at now, she is used to the rude comments about her daughter online, she wondered why people could be so negative about others. She told Jalang’oo: “I am used to the comments. As a mother, I have to wonder why they are making negative comments…

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati is set to embark on a benchmarking tour that will cost Ksh30 Million. Chebukati, who will be accompanied with commissioners Abdi Guliye and Boya Molu, are expected to travel on Monday 25,2019. The three will travel to six countries including South Africa, USA, Canada, Australia, India and Nigeria to benchmark on boundaries review. Chebukati together with the two commissioners will commence their tour with a visit to the US. However, this trip has raised concerns especially after South Africa was included in the list despite not having constituencies hence no need…

Three standard eight pupils have gone missing after being picked from school with a bodaboda rider. The girls, two boarders and a day scholar, were picked by the bodaboda rider from a boarding primary school in Nyali on Wednesday, and have not been seen since. Expressing her distress to the Nation, one of the girl’s mothers noted: “The man came and took our children. When I asked the watchman, he told us they had gone to buy viazi [potatoes]. “This is the third day, I can’t sleep or eat. I urge the Inspector General of police or the Interior CS…

Siaya Senator James Orengo has refuted claims that he recently held a four-hour meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta . The senate minority leader affirmed that The Standard misquoted him when they published a story highlighting that the meeting’s agenda was 2022 presidential succession talks. According to the story published on Thursday, Orengo met the Head of State for hours as they deliberated on ways of ensuring ODM ‘fulfills its dream of capturing power.” The local daily quoted the legislator saying, “ODM is going for political power, and when we are holding these meetings our eyes are set on 2022. The…

Students and teachers from Misikhu Boys High School were on Thursday left stranded after a businessman came to reclaim their school bus over unpaid dues. The 58 students who were in the company of four teachers were left stranded in the Lakeside after their bus was impounded by Mr Nilesh Patel. The students were on a geography study tour in Kisumu when Mr Patel seized the bus claiming that the school owed him Ksh1.6 million. It is reported that the school bus driver was made to leave the learners at Impala Park and drove to Nilam Garage where the businessman…

A County Officer in Vihiga was arrested on Thursday evening for irregularly including his wife on the county payroll. The officer, whose name has not been revealed by the police, is said to have paid his wife over Ksh500,000. The suspect is claimed to have registered his wife’s name as a ghost worker. According to Mbale Police Station head, the suspect was arrested alongside the county payroll manager over the scandal. Read: Chief Inspector Of Police Kennedy Omondi Nabbed For Impersonating Immigration Officer Confirming the incident, Vihaga county Public Service Executive Paul Mbuni told the Nation that the suspect’s wife…

Kiambu governor Ferdinand Waititu’s car is under investigations over an alleged accident which left a security supervisor with a broken limb. According to reports, the car belonging to the outspoken governor allegedly knocked the security supervisor after Waititu’s driver got into an argument with him. Governor Waititu was attending a funeral at All Saints Cathedral on Valley Road before an disagreement arose between the church’s security supervisor, John Mwiga and his driver. According to a source, the governor was among the dignitaries attending Murang’a Senator Irungu Kangata’s mother’s memorial. It is noted that upon his arrival at the church, the…

Meru Senator Mithika Linturi’s divorce case has taken a shift following a court ruling that ordered for it to be heard in Nairobi’s Milimani Law Courts, Family Division. The ruling read by Justice Abida Aroni ordered that the Senator’s case with his estranged wife Maryanne Jebet Kitanny will be heard in Nairobi as she has jurisdiction to hear the matter. The ruling dismissed the Senator’s plea that sought to have the matter heard in Meru. Justice Aroni’s ruling was in favor of Ms Kitanny who had objected the transfer of the case to Meru Law Courts. According to Maryanne, her…

Education Cabinet Secretary Nominee George Magoha has revealed to Members of Parliament (MPs) that he did not acquire his wealth from his time in his public service. Responding after being asked to account for his net-worth, Magoha affirmed that he acquired his wealth from working for over a decade for in an oil rich country. “I am as naked as you want me to be. I worked in an oil rich country for 16 years I was not stupid, I did some investments,” he asserted. The tough-talking former Vice Chancellor of the University of Nairobi was being vetted for the…

Transport Ministry Cabinet Secretary James Macharia’s plan to regulate public service vehicle fares has been rejected by the Matatu Association union. Speaking to the media, the National Organizing Secretary of the Federation of Public Transport, Dickson Mbugua noted that the CS’s plan will not work in their favour asserting that they should be left to operate in line with supply and demand laws. Mbugua stated: “The exchange control and regulation laws, which capped commodity prices, were repealed in the 1990s through Parliament, giving way to soko huru (fee market), which we have today. “So, if the ministry is moving a…

The United Nations (UN) has issued a notice instructing their employing not to fly in Boeing 737-8 MAX planes. The notice comes days after an Ethiopian Airline plane of the Boeing 737-8 MAX make crashed on Sunday, which led to the death of 21 of their employees. In a statement seen by Kahawa Tungu, the Department of Safety and Security in the Office of the Under-Secretary General implored their employees not to use the airplane until when the cause of the crash will be established. The notice reads: “The horrific loss of Ethiopian Airline ET302 on 10 March 2019 took…