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The official driver and bodyguard of the deputy Chief Justice has been shot and left for dead near old Nairobi Women’s Hospital. The police bodyguard was driving near old Nairobi Women’s hospital where he was ambushed and shot then his official gun taken away by the assailants. The Supreme Court is scheduled to rule on whether the elections will go on or not tomorrow. The shooting has prompted the Chief Justice to advice Supreme Court staff to stay indoors and deploy extra security measures. The bodyguard is believed not to be dead and is currently being treated at one of…

The UN Nairobi staff are complaining that the regional headquarter office is now ignoring national holidays and treating them as working days. According to staff at the UNON complex, the UN office has declared that October 26th is a working day with any staff not coming to work expected to fill a leave form. The same was with Mashujaa Day which was declared a working day and leave days deducted from staff who indicated that they were not reporting to work on that day. The new rules from the UNON administration surprised staff who have always known that October 20th…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has been forced to cancel its Wednesday announcement appointing Zimbabwean strongman Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. The decision to cancel the appointment came after much outcry from most of Africans and others elsewhere who thought that Mugabe has made life harder for his citizens that they can’t even afford basic medicine. READ ALSO: Socialite Zodwa Wabantu Banned from Zimbabwe After She refused to Wear a Panty WHO donors and human rights groups demanded that the UN body reverse the move as it was insulting in efforts to improve global health. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,…

President Uhuru Kenyatta has been attacked by Gor Mahia fans on Facebook for congratulating the team while his security forces kill Luos like their lives don’t matter. In a Facebook post, the President congratulated the team for winning the title a record 16 times. President Uhuru’s post congratulating Gor Mahia; Some of the disheartening comments; Most of the Gor Mahia supporters also told him that his company Brookside through it’s sister brand Tuzo used to sponsor Gor Mahia but he withdrew the sponsorship so he should not support the club. Gor Mahia won the Kenya Premier League title after Meddie…

The head of Kenyan military forces General Samson Mwathethe is now warning NASA allied politicians against furthering the secession talks as they might plunge the country into war. Speaking during the burial of Muranga Deputy OCPD Madaraka Mung’aro at Dabaso today, General Mwathethe warned politicians to be alive to the state of politics in the country as any careless talk might plunge the country into anarchy which has destroyed other countries. The general who sits on the National Security Council added that the talks are dividing the country. However, critics of the general have questioned why he is only talking…

A private helicopter belonging to President Uhuru Kenyatta has crashed into Lake Nakuru this morning after what is reported as a technical hitch. The plane with tail number 5Y-NMJ and Aérospatiale 350B3e Ecureuil model was reportedly flying a team of political staff close to Nakuru senator Susan Kihika to Narok. Some of the choppers which are owned and operated by Kenyan leaders are as follows; Uhuru Kenyatta operated by Flex Aviation Eurocopter AS350B3e 5Y JNM 5Y NMJ William Ruto operated by Kwae Island Holdings Eurocopter AS350B3e 5Y DSM 5Y DSN Eurocopter EC130B4 5Y DSC Nicholas Biwott operated by Air Kenya Eurocopter…

President Uhuru Kenyatta has promised to deal with anyone who will disrupt the upcoming elections. The tough talking President specifically warned NASA and its leader Raila Odinga to stop threatening and attacking polling officials as they are institutions governed by the law. Speaking during the Mashujaa Day celebrations at Uhuru Park, the President said that enough security officers have been deployed to deal with the NASA threats and ensure that the polling events go on as planned. The President ignored commenting on the statement of IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati who complained that the environment the polls have been organised will…

The headmistress of Hillcrest School in Karen was killed on Thursday morning after she allegedly refused to hand over her phone to robbers who attacked her. Gabrielle Maina who was returning to her home in the Miotoni area of Karen was shot twice on the neck and head, and phone grabbed before the killer robbers fled on a motorcycle. The killing has shocked the expat community around Karen and those who have children or other relationships with Hillcrest School. The Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the death of the teacher was a “tragic event” Gabrielle studied at University of New England…

NASA leader and former presidential candidate Raila Odinga has called on his supporters to stop revenging on “innocent supporters of Uhuru and Ruto” as that is not helping anything. According to Raila who was speaking in Bondo, Kikuyus and Kalenjins are also suffering like other Kenyans and attacking them is not helping solve anything in the country. He also demanded that his supporters stop attacking Somalis and Kisii because of the actions of their leaders. A reconciliatory Raila reiterated that there will be no elections next week and what will happen is just a coronation of Uhuru as President. Some…

Is President Uhuru Kenyatta away from the country having gone to India for treatment of undisclosed illness? Sources within the government circles reveals that the President left the country on Monday night and has been in India undergoing treatment for an undisclosed illness. The President is expected back to the country on Thursday, just a day before the Mashujaa Day event at the Nyayo Stadium. The President was not among the Jubilee team campaigning in Kericho on Tuesday and he is also expected to miss the campaign events on Wednesday. Do you have a story you want told? Do you…

IEBC Commissioner Roselyne Akombe has fled the country saying that there are threats on her life and the IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati is a man under siege. Speaking to the BBC after fleeing the country, Dr Akombe said that the commission staff have been receiving instructions and threats from both Jubilee and NASA sides of the political divide. The commissioner flee the country by accompanying IEBC staff to Dubai to inspect the printing of ballot papers. She then took a flight from Dubai to New York. In the BBC interview, the commissioner was pressed to confirm if Chebukati is an…

Sony  has unveiled its high end home theatre system in the country, ahead of the holiday season. According to the local representatives, the stylish HT-RT40 5.1 channel home theatre system which comprises of a 3-channel sound bar, two rear speakers, and an active external subwoofer is now available in the country through the official distributors. READ : SONY Launches New Range of Laptops in Nairobi The system has a total power output of 600W and 5.1 surround sound experience through the provided sound bar as well as surround speakers when watching movies or listening to music. The SONY HT-RT40 is easy…

By Wachira Maina The Legal Position: In spite of language in the 2013 Raila Odinga petition that suggested that the withdrawal of a candidate at this stage of an election could lead to fresh nominations I think that on balance the better view is that the IEBC will now treat this as an uncontested election and proceed to declare Uhuru elected unopposed. (The issue of fresh nomination was not an issue in that petition so, strictly speaking, what the court said then is not binding). There is, of course, the decision of the high court- still awaited- in the Ekuru…

A man in Taita Taveta County is accused of nominating himself to the county assembly and forging his own nomination. Christopher Mwambingu is reported to have connived with the County Assembly’s speaker together with others to have his fake nomination ratified and him sworn in as MCA representing the youth. READ ALSO: Court Orders IEBC To Explain Blocking Of Presidential Aspirant, Peter Gichira The real nominee was blinded by fake letters allegedly written by MCA cancelling his nomination. Residents of the county are now demanding the Mwambingu be arrested and charged with forgery and impersonation. The real nominee for the position…

By Eric Ng’eno and Dennis Itumbi Odinga’s latest lamentation is premised on a perverse misinterpretation of the Supreme Court decision. Then again, when has truth, fact and honestly reckoning mattered in Odinga’s world? Odinga has painstakingly built a dedicated following through a depraved strategy where his naked ambition is dignified with mendacious appeals to high ideals as well as shamelessly inflaming real and imagined grievance. READ ALSO: Safaricom Now Stops Customers from Porting to Airtel, Says Rene Meza As a result, Odinga is able to engage in behaviour that contracts our freedoms, disrupts lives and businesses and kills innocent people in the…