Author: Cyrus

US drone strike might have killed the leader of Al-Shabaab, Ahmed Godane in Somalia. The strike which was carried out in  Sablale district, 168 kilometres south of Mogadishu, where al-Shabab trains its militants. Sources within Somalia indicate that Godane was definitely killed in the strike.  Godane rose to prominence when he launched attacks inside Kenya because of Kenya’s involvement in the Somalia conflict. He warned that Kenya will lose the war of attrition in its own soil. His major event was the much talked about Westgate attack which claimed several lives. Born in the now semi-autonomous Somaliland, Godane imposed a Talibal style…

10 people are reported to have died late this morning after a lorry collided with a PSV along the busy Kisumu to Kakamega highway. The accident which claimed around 20 lives saw a build-up of traffic along the highway. A minibus christened Umoja collided headon with a pick-up which was carrying around 20 people. More than 14 people in the pickup died while around 6 people in the minibus also lost their lives.

Former TV presenter and talk show host Louis Otieno is fighting for his life at Mater Hospital. Louis who has been fighting alcohol addiction is said to be in such a bad state that his mother and Ramogi FM boss, Elizabeth Omollo is just praying that he survives. It is not clear what is ailing Louis but his state is not good. Louis was seen last in public 2 weeks ago at the funeral of his elder sister who was buried in Kendu Bay. He tried to make a come back after the relaunch of KTN but he didn’t last…

President Uhuru yesterday hosted some 9 Coast MPs in a private meeting whose intention was to make sure that the regional leaders didn’t support CORD’s referendum calls. The 9 including Masudi Mwahima, Gideon Mung’aro, Zainab Chidzuga, Gonzi Rai, Khatib Mwashetani, Dan Kazungu, Peter Shehehe, Aisha Jumwa Katana and their leader Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir were hosted at Mombasa’s State House. Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho was barred from entering the premises when they realised that he is a hardliner and might not be easy to convince to drop his support for the former PM Raila Odinga and the whole referendum charade. In…

Bharti Airtel is happy with the acquisition of the yuMobile subscribers. The provider can now boast upto 7.8 million subscribers. It is not sure if the susbcribers will stay with their new company for long since the model which was popular with yuMobile clients might not be at Airtel Kenya. Airtel Kenya and Safaricom recently finalized an agreement with Essar Telecom Kenya Limited (ETKL), which operates as YuMobile telecom service in Kenya, for the acquisition of its part of its business in Kenya. yuMobile recently received the final approval for the transaction from Communication Authority (CA). The agreement which will…

Australian police have today charged the husband of former TV queen, Esther Arunga with murder. Quincy Timberblake was arrested by Australian police on Tuesday morning in relation to the death of his son Sinclair in Kallangur, in Brisbane’s north. Australian police allege that the boy had “significant” internal injuries which cannot be attributed to a fall as alleged by the parents. Details are now emerging that Quincy Timberlake sought political asylum in Australia claiming that he was arrested and tortured in Kenya when he announced his political candidature. In his asylum application, Timberlake claimed that he was the founder and flag bearer…

Uganda’s Rose Namayanja, who is the Minister of Information and National Guidance has ordered Linos Ngompek, the Masaka Resident District Commissioner to recover 12 heifers that were sold off by youth leaders after receiving them as a donation from president Yoweri Museveni. The buyer is said to be Richard Kimera, who is a farmer based in Masaka. He is under fire for buying off the Museveni donated Cows at low price. He reportedly bought them at just 700,000 Ugandan shillings (Ksh 23,000) each while the Ugandan government spent at least 126 billion Ugandan shillings (Ksh 4.2 billion) to buy 438 heifers…

A university student, Mitch Kibiti, was this morning killed by the owner of club Etonia in Kimilili. Mitch who was a patron in the club apparently exchanged words with the owner of the club who drew his gun and shot him to death. The incident which happened around am sparked riots in the town with the club being looted by angry residents. Mitch is a son to David Kibiti who is the Bungoma County Executive Committee member in charge of Education and ICT. He was formerly the Principal of Kamusinga School. Mitch is a student of Pwani University. PIC of…

President Uhuru has an official driver called Dan Machui. He is a Chief Inspector of the police from the elite Recce Unit of the GSU branch of the police. On Wednesday just after dropping the President at JKIA (he was going to Mombasa), he decided to go to Ruai where he is developing some property. He was using an armoured BMW 5 series which is the official backup car in President Uhuru’s motorcade. Three thugs drew their guns as they approached his car and ordered out. His car windows were down. They stripped him naked and robbed him off his…

By Dikembe Disembe Today Hon. Ababu got a good platform and a great opportunity to push his case for ODM Elections. I have asked an MP who also attended the meeting and he’s told me the man was ever on his phone, on his facebook, on his WhatsApp; making inboxes and sending messages. Recently, in a soliloquy in the Standard entitled ‘In the Face of evil, silence is not golden’, Hon. Namwamba laboured to prove to his readers that there is no award in playing safe politics. He invited his readers to his world, from the King of Syria to Machiavelli…

Embu County has lately been in the news for all the wrong reasons, in particular what can only pass for “devolved corruption”. What may not be known to the public is that the case of Embu is but the begining of a revelation of the level of governance rot in almost all the counties. A case in point is the county of Homabay which has continued to experience rampant disregard of the provisions under the Devolution Act especially on matters Procurement, Employment and Financial Control. Reliable sources inform that the “County Secretary” has usurped all procurement authority relegating the procurement…

Rose Lutta has joined Nation Media Group as the new Group Marketing Director. Rose was formerly with Britam before joining Zuku and finally ending up at Barclays where she didn’t take one year as the marketing, communication and citizenship boss. Rose replaces Anne Gitau who left early this year.

The US ambassador in Kenya, Robert Godec, was at the EACC offices yesterday. The envoy was signing the visitor’s book and the photo staring down at the ambassador while performing the act of courtesy is very telling. See below. It seems that the beef between US and Mwau is just for cameras. The envoy couldn’t refuse to have his photo taken in this manner. LOL…..

Cartoon Network’s Animation Generation competition has officially launched in Nairobi, Kenya This initiative is making its way to Kenya, jointly brought to Kenyan learners by Cartoon Network in partnership with theBritam Foundation. The drawing competition promotes the art of illustration and encourages imaginative creativity, challenging over 100 primary schools and over 40 000 learners across Nairobi to explore their artistic talents, while also having lots of fun and encouraging wildlife conservation! Due to the increase in elephant and rhino poaching in Kenya, Cartoon Network and the Britam Foundation aim to raise awareness about conservation and wildlife protection in Kenya. The…

HBO seems to have prepared a documentary to coincide with the one year anniversary of the Westgate Mall attack. The documentary will show online on the 15th of September. You can check the trailer below;