Author: Cyrus

Google has announced that it is investing in the Lake Turkana Wind Power project in Northern Kenya. This will be Google’s second clean energy investment in Africa. The first one was the Jasper Solar Power project in South Africa, where it invested more than $12 million. Google is committing $2 billion to support 22 clean energy projects in the world. A statement issued for on behalf of Google by its Energy & Sustainability Director, Rick Needham, reads in part; “We’ve continued to see a big opportunity in fast-growing markets with rich renewable energy resources, where both the need and the potential…

Kenyan security officers who are guarding the Somali border are being paid a measly daily allowance of Ksh 600. According to KDF and NYS officers who are stationed along the border and overseeing the building of the wall, most of those who were sent to the border on February 27th to guard the building of the wall along the border have not been paid since March. The more than 43 KDF officers were suppose to get Ksh 600 as allowance for guarding the border but the payment has not been forthcoming with their commanders and top bosses passing blame. The…

According to sources within State House, President Uhuru Kenyatta’s younger son, Muhoho Kenyatta, is said to be undergoing drug rehabilitation in South Africa. The state of the son of the President is improving but the father and mother are really not happy his state. First Lady Margaret Kenyatta and the President have been in South Africa various times in the last one month following the progress of recovery of Muhoho keenly. It is said that Muhoho has been hooked on the drugs even before the Uhuru became the President. The addiction of the President’s son on hard drugs is the key…

Masaba Hospital founder Dr Geoffrey Joel Momanyi, the man remembered to have killed the career of Justin Muturi in the courts, died and will be buried this weekend. Dr Momanyi and his late wife, Felgona sued Muturi after they recorded him demanding Ksh 1 million bribe to rule in their favour in a corruption case lodged against them by the NHIF. Muturi was acquitted of the charges but the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) did reinstate him, ending his career as the then Principal Magistrated and forcing him to venture into business and politics. The couple was arraigned in court in July 28, 1995 on…

A Kenyan DJ who is plying his trade in Melbourne Australia has won a landmark case against a Melbourne nightclub after they cancelled many of his scheduled events because of his skin colour. According to The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal the Inflation nightclub in Melbourne cancelled four gigs of Anthony Obudho aka Dj Kwenda because nothing but his skin colour arguing that Africans who frequented his gigs were likely to misbehave. The club cancelled the events after being advised to by the police. Antony Obudho’s girlfriend is a white Australian, and he says the way police treat her also points to…

Caroline Mutoko has been accused enough times of plagiarism. Sometimes her ego makes it hard for her to admit when she is wrong and accept that she stole a whole article for her weekly column. But its the recent case of plagiarism which has drawn the wrath of her followers and Facebook users after they noticed that the columnist stole half of an article which appeared on the Huffington Post without acknowledging the source. After hoping that the hawkeyed Kenyans would go away, Mutoko was forced to pretend that she was acknowledging that she borrowed from the Huffington Post article.…

In June, Facebook launched its Africa office in Melrose Arch in Johannesburg. Well!! The tech giant has announced a very ambitious effort to connect the next group of users through the free remote connectivity satellite which the firm will launch. Mark Zuckerberg announced on Monday that the company will partner with Eutelsat to provide users in Sub-Saharan Africa with Facebook’s affordable wireless service through the Internet.org initiative. The two companies will be partnering with an Israeli satellite systems manufacturer Spacecom to use the “entire broadband payload” on a forthcoming satellite called the AMOS-6. The project will launch live internet connectivity to parts of Western, Eastern, and…

Kenyan workers at Richard Branson’s camp in the Maasai Mara are crying as the racist expatriates managing the camp abuse and infringe on their labour rights. The employees numbering more than 10 complain that the Australian General Manager who is head of the facility is treating them badly. They are overworked and underpaid while they are also not allowed to join any union. The workers complain that they get constantly abused by Ken and Michelle Dyball (couple managing the camp). The couple previously managed Naibor luxury camp which is also located in the Maasai Mara. Workers at Naibor camp went on…

As President Uhuru gambles with the lives of Kenyan children, one politician has decided to donate 35% of his salary to teachers. Eddy Anayo has posted a letter he has written to the clerk of the County Assembly asking him to deduct 35% of his salary and submit it to the teachers kitty. It is not clear how this is going to be implemented considering that a proper kitty has not been set up but maybe it is going to be under the Dr PLO Lumumba’s proposed “Adopt A Teacher” initiative. According to media reports, Dr Lumumba donated Ksh 50,000…

A sombre mood has engulfed the Standard Group this week after one of the longest serving employees was found dead in the staff toilets on Tuesday evening. Despite the death raising questions, Standard Group’s head of HR, Pauline Kiraithe, acted in manner that is making some staff members ask if there was foul play in the death of Raphael Mutua. Mr Mutua who was 53 years old, served the group in various since 1983. Only Pauline Kiraithe and Mercy Rono from the HR department were in office the evening Raphael’s body was found in the staff toilets. With the cause of…

The Kenyan government has launched the eVisa portal to address the needs of travelers who wish to come into the country. The website which is developed by the same company behind ecitizen.go.ke, Webmasters, will see all foreigners travelling into Kenya process their visas through the portal. Nationals from 17 countries will however not be able to process their visas online but will have to physically appear at a Kenyan consulate. The portal is linked to the immigration database of foreigners and Kenyans enabling verification of applicants. The portal was meant to be part of the eCitizen portal but the government…

Deputy Inspector General of Police, Grace Syombua Kaindi was last evening edged out of the National Police Service after a period of missteps and underperformance. The manner in which president Uhuru summoned and then sacked Ms Kaindi points to a frustrated Commander-In-Chief who is now determined to stamp his foot on his role as the ultimate boss. The President who has been in Mombasa for the past one week was with the CS Interior Nkaissery, Inspector General Joseph Boinnet, PS Interior Monica Juma and GSU Commandant Joel Kitili Mboya who were part of the top security team coordinating the crackdown on hard…

Kenyan athletes who emerged top in the just concluded World Athletics Championship in Beijing, China have complained of poor reception and being mishandled during the hyped reception. According to some of the athletes, the organisers communicated contradictor messages to them and had them manhandled and pushed into Sonko Rescue vehicles without their belongings being taken care of. I am preparing a national feast where I will slaughter 10 bulls,50 goats,300 fish and 500 ingokho and ducks in celebration of our athletes. — Mike Sonko (@MikeSonko) August 30, 2015 Initially informed that they were to go for reception at KICC with…

A Zimbabwean man has been arrested for committing bestiality with a donkey and injuring it. According to media reports, Decent Vee Mulilo (23) allegedly had carnal knowledge with the donkey on August 27 in a place called Gobojango. The donkey reportedly suffered knee injuries during the sexual act. Mulilo was produced before a magistrate court where charges were read out to him. The case will next be heard on September 15.

Lawyer Geoffrey Oriaro, famous for the anti EACC petition, was found floating in a swimming pool in Mombasa few weeks ago. The lawyer who authored a petition to remove EACC Commissioners Mumo Matemu and Irene Keino was said to be in close contacts with key personalities until his sudden death. Key intelligence and security sources privy to the dealings point to a well coordinated scheme to eliminate the lawyer. The elimination was so clinically executed that the NIS and CID operatives are now convinced that the killer gang As the LSK retreat was going on,Geoffrey Oriaro was communicating with some…