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Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has urged opposition leader Raila Odinga to call off protests. Speaking on Monday as he flagged off relief food, the deputy president said the country has lost an estimated Sh2 billion due to the mass action. “We want to ask these people to consider calling off the demonstrations this afternoon,” said the DP. https://twitter.com/Kenyans/status/1637756759023517698 The former Mathira MP also assured Kenyans that the country was stable and that his boss, President William Ruto was in control of the situation. “I want to assure the people of Kenya that the country is stable. President William Ruto is…

Kilifi Senator Stewart Madzayo has been arrested. The leader of the minority in the senate was nabbed in Nairobi as he joined protesters at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC). Reports indicate that Madzayo was apprehended alongside a female counterpart who is yet to be identified. Also arrested was Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi. Narok Senator Ledama Olekina castigated the police for arresting his colleague saying Kenyans should be allowed to exercise their democratic right. “Arresting Coast Leaders will not help! We stand with minority leader @StewartMadzayo. Kenyans must be allowed to exercise their democratic right as per article 37 of…

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance claims phone lines belonging to their leaders have been sabotaged by the Communications Authority (CA) ahead of planned protests. In a tweet, the opposition alleged that the disabling of the phone lines was an attempt to disrupt protests within the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) later in the day. “We call upon @CA_Kenya to up step and be a regulator and not a partner in crime; especially one @ezraCHILOB. The Phone lines of our leaders and team members are being unfairly and wrongfully disabled in attempts to sabotage the protests (sic),” said Azimio. https://twitter.com/AzimioTv/status/1637679030194302977…

United Democratic Alliance (UDA) secretary general Cleophas Malala has written to the police over plans to march to opposition leaders’ homes on Monday. The protests, he explains in a letter to Inspector General of Police Japheth Koome, Malala will be led by hustlers. The former Kakamega senator says that the more than 20,000 demonstrators will march to the homes of Azimio leader Raila Odinga, Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka, Narc Kenya’s Martha Karua and DAP-K party leader Eugene Wamalwa. Malala has asked the police to provide security for the protesters. Read: Nonsense – Raila Dismisses Police Declaration on Monday Protests “We write…

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance coalition party leader Raila Odinga has dismissed a police declaration as “nonsense”. In a statement on Sunday, the opposition leader said the planned protests will take place as earlier announced despite a police declaration that the plan is illegal. Raila said that Wycliffe Oparanya, chair of the Azimio National Executive Council, wrote to the Inspector-General of Police Japheth Koome, informing him of their plans to hold the demonstrations in the Capital. “Huo ni upuzi. Police kazi yao ni kulinda wananchi. The duty of the police is to protect the people. Not to license protests.…

Nairobi police commander Adamson Bungei has declared Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance Monday protests illegal. Bungei on Sunday said the protests did not meet the threshold. The police boss told reporters that they received requests from two groups intending to hold protests on the same day but did not grant either group a permit. Azimio la Umoja and Nairobi business community had written to the police on their intention to hold demos on Monday. “We are in receipt of two requests that came late yesterday and today in the m morning. One was from Azimio la Umoja One Kenya…

Over 50 university student leaders affiliated with the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance coalition party have been arrested. The student leaders are part of the Movement for Defense of Democracy, a movement launched by opposition leader Raila Odinga weeks ago. They were nabbed on Saturday while addressing a press conference at the Chester House, Nairobi. Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei said the meeting was unauthorized. Asked whether police should be notified before holding a meeting, Mr Bungei said he was also inquiring on the same. Read: Raila Announces Start of Mass Action, To Lead Peaceful Protests on March 20 They…

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance coalition party has written to the police notifying them of planned protests in the capital on Monday. The letter dated March 17, 2023, and addressed to the Officer Commanding Station, Central Police Station Nairobi, was signed by the chairman of Azimio Executive Council Wycliffe Oparanya. “We notify you that on Monday, March 20, 2023, we will be holding a procession within the Nairobi metropolitan area,” the letter reads. “Kindly provide us with security for the same.” Read: Raila Announces Start of Mass Action, To Lead Peaceful Protests on March 20 The opposition has insisted that…

Radio Africa Group has shut down Kiss TV citing a lack of capacity to generate revenue. The TV station was relaunched in May 2022 with the hope of turning around its fortunes. In an internal memo, Chief Operations Officer Martin Khafafa told the employees that the station would be closed effective today (Friday). “As you are aware, our TV department has been unable to generate any revenue despite efforts by everyone involved to turn the station around,” Khafafa said. Read: Kiss TV’s Kwame Bonsu and Yvonne Chege Caught Romping in the Parking Lot “Consequently, we will be shutting down the station…

Lawyer Silas Jakakimba has resigned as an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) life member and as Raila Odinga’s advisor at the Raila Odinga secretariat. Jakakimba expressed his gratitude to Raila for the privilege of serving, stating that he considered himself to have been a trustworthy, loyal, and resolute assistant during the ODM leader’s “monumental and historical journey for a better Kenya”. “And I am privileged to share in the rare pride that I have been there with you as you waved several challenges to see to an end overhaul of our then governance architecture into a new constitutional dispensation that codified…

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is still staying at his private home in Karen, seven months after taking office. Speaking to vernacular stations on Friday, the former Mathira MP said the official residence of the DP was in a poor state hence why he is still at his home. So bad was the DP’s residence that his predecessor and now President William Ruto and his family were forced to take shelter in a corner because the roof was leaking. “The official residence of the Deputy President was in a bad shape when I became Deputy President. The rooftop was leaking, the…

According to data submitted to Parliament, at least five petroleum businesses received the Sh16 billion in fuel subsidies offered by the Jubilee administration. Rubis, Galana Oil Kenya, Oryx Energies, E3 Energy Kenya, and Vivo Energy are the primary recipients, Energy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir told MPs. According to the CS, who appeared before the Public Petitions Committee, Oryx received the majority of the funds—Sh8.2 billion—while Galana received Sh3.2 billion. Vivo received Sh1.02 billion, E3 received Sh3.52 billion, and Rubis pocketed Sh6.29 million. According to reports, the money was withdrawn in accordance with Article 223 of the Constitution, which gives the…

President William Ruto has nominated 50 individuals for the roles of Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS). Making the list are poll losers, loyalists and new UDA backers. The names have been forwarded to the National Assembly for consideration and approval in accordance with the Public Appointments Act. “BY DINT OF THE EXECUTIVE ACTION, the nominations have been transmitted to the National Assembly for consideration and approval by Parliament in accordance with the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act (No. 33 of 2011),” reads a statement Head of Public Service Felix Koskei. Among the nominees are Dennis Itumbi (Ministry of ICT), Millicent Omanga…

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance coalition party leader Raila Odinga has threatened to take legal action against President William Ruto. Speaking on Thursday, the former prime minister said the head of state continues to link him to the 1982 coup yet he was discharged of treason charges. He said Dr Ruto continues to tarnish his name yet the courts did not find him culpable. “I was discharged from treason charges after the courts found out that there was no evidence linking me to the 1982 attempted coup. Ruto has spoiled my name and I am going to sue him…

Tuesday saw the arrest and second-degree murder charges preferred against seven sheriff’s deputies in central Virginia, USA, following the death of a Kenyan man who, according to the prosecution, was “smothered” to death while in custody. Ivor Otieno passed away on March 6 while being sent to a state mental health facility after being moved from a Henrico County jail, said Dinwiddie County Commonwealth’s lawyer Ann Cabell Baskervill. The bereaved family’s lawyer Mark Krudys told CNN that they moved to America when the deceased was only 4 years old. The 28-year-old had been on mental illness medication but did not…