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Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has encouraged foreign investors to take advantage of Kenya’s current favorable economic climate. According to the DP, the government has put in place the essential measures safeguarding foreign investments. “This country is enjoying an administration that is focused and that has done away with bureaucracy and red tape to encourage investment,” he said during the Thursday AviaDev Africa Real Estate workshop. “All our agencies, our Cabinet Secretaries have clear and unequivocal instructions from the President not to subject investors to unnecessary bureaucracy and red tape.” Read: Coffee Cartels Poisoned My Brother Nderitu – DP Gachagua Claims He…

Embakasi East MP Paul Ongili alias Babu Owino has explained why he was absent on Wednesday night during the voting of the contentious Finance Bill, 2023. Babu said he was preparing for his court case with his lawyer. “I was not present today (Wednesday) in Parliament because my case has been scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday) in court for a defense hearing and I was with my lawyer,” he said. In his defense, the firebrand MP said, he was present during the morning session when Speaker Moses Wetangula announced that voting would take place next week. https://twitter.com/HEBabuOwino/status/1669049087390277643 He also disclosed that…

A heated discussion erupted on the National Assembly’s floor following the tabling of the Finance Bill, 2023. Members of Parliament from Kenya Kwanza supported the bill as their Azimio counterparts opposed the government’s agenda. MP for Molo Kuria Kimani and a member of the Finance Committee spoke in favor of the bill and asserted that the proposed 1.5% housing levy was appropriate. “We have incentivized manufacturers of electric motor vehicles, electric motorcycles, electric boda boda cycles so that in the long run we grow our manufacturing of electric buses, electric vehicles and not just that, we have zero-rated also their…

Women’s rights advocates have accused EALA MP David Sankok of encouraging rape culture. This comes just days after a viral video promoting the MP’s Osim Country Lodge in Narok stirred uproar. The National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) found it appalling and highly distressing that the MP described the lodge as a location to hold women hostage and satisfy sexual cravings. “Such statements not only perpetuate harmful attitudes but also contribute to a culture of violence and objectification,” National Gender and Equality Commission chairperson Dr Joyce M. Mutinda said. Read: Sankok Quits Politics To Concentrate on Private Businesses She added: “We…

Immediate former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has been sworn in as the new Director General of the National Intelligence Service (NIS). Haji took his oath of office on Wednesday morning at a ceremony presided by President William Ruto at State House, Nairobi. He succeeds Major-General (Rtd) Philip Wachira Kameru who held the position for over eight years. On Tuesday, Parliament’s Defence and Foreign Relations Committee approved the nomination of Haji. Read: Integrity Award Stripped from DPP Haji Over Withdrawal of High-profile Cases The committee led by Belgut MP Nelson Koech noted that the DPP was a person of…

Jubilee Party has withdrawn from the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance coalition party. In a statement signed by acting secretary general Kanini Kega, the National Executive Council (NEC) on June 6 resolved to withdraw from the Deed of Agreement dated March 12, 2022. “Take notice the National Executive Committee (NEC) of Jubilee Party meeting of 6th June, 2023 resolved to withdraw from the Deed of Agreement for Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance Coalition,” reads the statement in part. https://twitter.com/kaninikega1/status/1668586523426447360 “Further take notice that pursuant to Article 33.1.1 & 2 of the Party Constitution as read together with Article…

Media personality Betty Kyallo has shed light on her relationship with former Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho. Kyallo is said to have had relations with the former county boss after her marriage with former NTV investigative journalist Dennis Okari fell apart. Speaking to Radio Jambo, the Flair by Betty proprietor said Joho was good to her even after their break up. Asked whether Joho repossessed her Porsche Cayenne in the middle of the road, Betty said the allegations were false. Read: Betty Kyallo Responds To Claims That She Accompanied Joho To Dubai (Video) “Imagine that story was so fake. That never happened.…

Ride-hailing App Bolt is on the receiving end after two young women were kidnapped by their riders at least a week ago. Erica Gachoka, the daughter of media personality Ciku Muiruri, and her friend Shanice Agose were taken hostage by Timothy Kiragu Ng’ang’a (34) and Samuel Kipkurui (33) along Rhapta Road, Westlands. The suspects are said to have picked up the victims in Westlands after they requested a taxi through the Bolt App. They were headed to Kilimani. “But when the ride arrived along Rhapta road in Westlands and they got in, the driver threatened them using a hammer before…

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has applied to withdraw graft charges against former Principal Secretary Lilian Omollo. Omollo is facing corruption charges over the misappropriation of Sh468 million at the National Youth Service (NYS). The prosecution has applied to withdraw abuse of office and conspiracy to commit felony charges, among others, under section 87 (a) of the criminal procedure code. The prosecution told the Anti-Corruption court in Milimani that none of the 12 witnesses who have testified so far have implicated her. Read: Court Awards Former PS Lilian Omollo One Shilling For Unfair Dismissal The court also heard that…

Michael Macharia alias Deejay Brownskin has been charged with three counts of aiding suicide. The disc jockey is said to have helped his late wife Sharon Njeri take her life by counseling her to ingest a poisonous substance. The entertainer was arrested on the night of June 1 after allegedly ignoring summonses from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations on three occasions. Read: DJ Brownskin Shared Video of Wife Ingesting Poisonous Substance with Lover Living Abroad – DCI “Efforts to summon the suspect to shed more light into the incident proved futile, as he remained elusive prompting detectives to launch a manhunt…

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua claims coffee cartels poisoned his late brother and then Nyeri Governor Nderitu Gachagua. According to the DP, his elder brother was well until he suddenly fell sick and eventually passed on in 2017. But Nderitu passed on at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, where he received pancreatic cancer treatment. “Our family believes and we know the late Nderitu Gachagua was poisoned by those people,” he told Inooro TV on Sunday. Read: I Don’t Have A Problem with Uhuru – DP Gachagua Says “Since then, a very healthy person started becoming sickly and we believe these people harmed…

Foreign Affairs and Diaspora CS Dr Alfred Mutua has hailed the Romanian government for recalling its envoy to Kenya after the official allegedly compared African diplomats to monkeys. Ambassador Dragos Tigau is said to have made the racial remarks after a monkey appeared outside a conference room back in April. He apparently said, “The African group has joined us” when the monkey appeared. In a tweet, CS Mutua termed the incident as a “shocking and despicable occurrence” and said he has since been in touch with the African Group, the UN, and the Romanian government. “I thank the Romanian Government…

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua says he does not have a problem with retired President Uhuru Kenyatta. Speaking in an interview with the media in Meru on Saturday, the former Mathira MP said he is ready to rekindle his friendship with the retired President. Gachagua insisted that he has no vendetta against Uhuru. “I don’t have any problem or beef with my friend retired President Uhuru Kenyatta. We don’t have any competition because he has retired and gone to take a rest. I am the Deputy President and I am doing my work,” he said. Read: Ruto Makes Fun of Uhuru for…

DCI detectives are hunting for a five-man gang that accosted a Chinese couple on Friday in Kiambu. According to the sleuths, the victims had just withdrawn Sh4 million from a bank in Chiromo and were headed to Kiahuria in Juja where they operate a quarry. Three of the five suspects were dressed in police uniforms. “Detectives based in Juja are looking for the suspect whose image appears below, following a robbery incident that occurred yesterday evening in Juja, Kiambu County. The suspect was part of a five-man gang that included three men dressed in police uniform, who intercepted a vehicle…

Bata Shoe Kenya has denied online reports that it is closing its doors. In a statement issued on Saturday by its managing director, Benson Okumu, the company insisted that it is here to stay. But the family-run business said that it was only starting what it implied would be a yearly sabbatical during supposedly slow times. “Dear esteemed customer and business partner, we are in business! We are on a normal annual maintenance shutdown, normally provided for during the off-peak season,” stated Mr Okumu. “Bata Shoe Kenya PLC, based in Limuru, has been operating since 1939. It is the leading…