Author: Cyrus

Gunmen believed to be part of the  al-Shabaab militant group on Monday night attacked Omar Jillo location, Lafey Sub County in Mandera East, where they killed a chief and abducted two Kenya Police Reservists. According to eye witnesses, the gunmen then made their way towards Somalia which is about seven kilometres away from Omar Jillo. North Eastern regional coordinator Mohamud Saleh said two KPR officers are missing after the incident. “We don’t know if they were abducted or they are in hiding. The gang shot randomly shooting him six times at around 10 pm in his home,” Saleh said. Saleh said…

Armed attackers attempted to kidnap ODM Director of Communications Philip Etale las night in Nairobi’s Central Business District. According to eye witnesses, Philip was from a popular eatery, Ranalo Foods, when men in a saloon car blocked his path while he was crossing the road and attempted to kidnap him before speeding off when the plan failed. Philip was left blinded on both eyes. He was rushed to Nairobi hospitals and treated. Doctors found no life threatening injuries. Philip was accompanied by blogger Phelix G-Cord who attempted to run after the speeding attackers who sped off. The incident happened around 10pm…

60% of Members of County Assembly aspirants who ‘won’ in ODM primaries are still fighting to get their certificates from the party. The candidates are complaining that they have incurred heavy bills living in Nairobi waiting for their nomination certificates because party brokers are blocking their access to the documents. According to ODM insiders, there is serious post-primaries lobbying to the detriment of the MCAs who were given clean bill of health by the returning officers. Of particular interest is the scramble for the aspirants’ loyalty in Gem Constituency between Elisha Odhiambo Akuba and the incumbent MP, Jakoyo Midiwo. According to…

The former CEO at Airtel Kenya, Adil Youssefi has been appointed the new Managing Director of Liquid Telecom in Kenya. Adil Youssefi is set to succeed Ben Roberts, who will rise to a higher position of board Chairman at Liquid Telecom Kenya while also handling the Chief Technology Officer for the Liquid Telecom Group. The new CEO joins the Internet Service Provider from Airtel Kenya where he has been the Managing Director for three years.

NGO Coordination board has frozen the accounts of Kalonzo Musyoka Foundation after the regulator found some suspicious transactions which have raised eyebrows. The US dollar transactions are; CASH Deposit of USD 100,000 (Ksh 10million)  on 11th June 2014 CASH Deposit of USD 18,000 (Ksh 1,8million) on 3rd July 2014 CASH Deposit of USD 50,000 (Ksh 5million) on 14th November 2014 CASH Deposit of USD 10,866 (Ksh 1.2million) on 23rd December 2014 CASH Deposit of USD 400,000 (Ksh 40million) on 5th February 2015 CASH Deposit of USD 200,000 (Ksh 20million) on 21st June 2013 CASH Deposit of USD 130,000 (Ksh 130,000)…

Jubilee party top echelon are meeting to find ways of resolving the nomination issues in Nairobi. One of the issues which is giving the officials of the President’s party sleepless night is reconciling their motto or rallying call to what actually happened in some areas. One such area is the Embakasi East constituency where Kikuyus clinched all Jubilee nominations for MCA and MP seats. That has not reflected well with Jubilee’s Tuko Pamoja slogan. In a quickly convened meeting, it is whispered that the President and his deputy have now demanded that the candidates agree on the best way to…

An aspirant in the just concluded Jubilee nominations in Nairobi has today been seriously embarassed after finding it hard to access the Jubilee headquarters. According to eye witnesses, Millicent Omanga who was vying for the Nairobi Women position was locked out of the fortified location after trying to hard to present her claims of getting rigged. Millicent believed that she could win the seat by rigging herself in not knowing that Rachel Shebesh rigs best. While we support the claims that the polls were not free and fair, Millicent Omanga relied on her big behinds to woo Jubilee honchoes not…

The ODM nomination process for West Kanyamkago Ward Uriri sub-county (constituency) was marred with irregularities and therefore the provisional certificate issued to one Peter Mijungu is illegal.   First there were no enough ballot papers in more than half of the polling stations that is Kambogo, Ong’enga, Dak Otunga, Milimani, God’ jaoko, Midida, Nyabinga, Puche, Gogo, Ongo’ro. That during the issuance of the inadequate ballot papers no aspirant was present except the guy who worn who was as well escorting the ballot boxes. That a gazzetted polling station like God Jaoko there was no voting until 4 p.m and the…

The disgraced Nation Media Group has finally bowed to public pressure and sacked its Kisumu bureau chief. This was after some NMG staffers accused Emeka Mayaka of raping them and/or demanding sex through coercion. The editor, Emeka Mayaka, was reportedly sacked on Tuesday 18th April after investigations were carried out. The investigations revealed that the claims of the women were true. The replacement for Emeka Mayaka is Dave Opiyo who has already been dispatched to Kisumu. Emeka is known to be a close association of Editorial Chief Tom Mshindi.

Seems like the father of Lupita Nyong’o is not a democrat at all. Professor Anyang’ Nyong’o who was one of the six candidates in the Orange Democratic Movement nominations in Kisumu county forced a scared Returning Officer to declare him a winner. In one of the voice interviews which has now gone viral, Tom Okong’o who is the RO claim that he was kidnapped and forced to announce Professor Nyong’o as the winning candidate in Kisumu. The RO was taken to a remote station in the Southern side of Nyanza Region and forced to announce the winner in a secluded…

After being pushed off Nairobi and Central province, Mungiki moved to the Coastal areas and actively engaged in the business of mining for sometime. With key leaders fearing for their lives during the crackdown, leadership became disjointed and others emerged. One who has emerged as the current de facto leader of the group is a Steven Maina who is also vying for the Embakasi East constituency seat on Jubilee ticket. Maina has returned to the city with a gang of extortionists who have recently been unleashed on residents of Embakasi East. Maina’s foray into the city politics has been questioned…

In a case which might surprise many, there is growing graft within the private sector in Kenya. Worrying trend is the penetration of the vice in once considered graft free blue chips. It’s more worrying when you consider that even the US originated companies are now openly doing the most evil things to consumers in the third world. Did you know that certain Kenyan car companies/manufacturers are intentionally selling new vehicles with dirty, old and out dated engines. The two common culprits for this are the Isuzu GMEA and Toyota Kenya Our silent research after anonymous tip has unearthed a…

The US government believes that leading global mobile money service like M-Pesa are encouraging cross border criminals to use the platforms without proper checks. The US Department of State report (pdf, pg.116) indicates that the mobile money services have impacted on the lives of citizens positively but allowing the cross border transfer without strict checks, is allowing the money launderers” to operate their trade within the region unhindered. The report seems to specifically target the recent addition of cross border money transfer capabilities to the M-Pesa bouquet. Kenya is the biggest market in Kenya but Tanzania is catching up well though…

By Tesh When you witness how Uhuruto and their cabals are looting Kenya, you don’t have to think of hell being elsewhere. Don’t even waste your prayers for God to save you from hell when at the same time you pray for Uhuruto to continue looting (or is it ruling?). It is like praying for God to become the King of hell or Satan to become the king of heaven. Neither works! (1) It is hell for uhuruto to charge Kenyans Sh828.6 million per km of SGR while Tanzanians are being charged Sh284 million per km of SGR that is…

Kenya  Pipeline Staff are not feeling confident working under the guardianship of Chairman John Ngumi as they believe that the corporation cannot sustain his expensive lifestyle anymore. The chairman has been misusing company properties and benefits without adhering to best practises. Whenever any of the staff had questioned the expenditures, the Kenya Pipeline chairman has always threatened the staff and used corrupt managers to intimidate them into silence. One such incident occurred on November 20th 2016 when the KPC chairman travelled to Port Florence in Italy. Mr Ngumi asked for the trip to be organized for him one month in…