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Principal Secretary for Transport Paul Maringa has revealed that some motorists are using the newly completed Nairobi Expressway but refusing to pay at the exit point, claiming that they are too poor to pay. According to the PS, this has prompted the ministry to launch an “aggressive” campaign explaining to Kenyans how to utilize the Expressway. “Cash payments take 45 seconds minimum and at the exits, people claim they don’t have money or enough money,” the PS said. Electronic toll collection (ETC), manual toll collection (MTC), and cash are the three payment options for Expressway users. Motorists are not permitted…

Four police officers and one civilian have been arrested on suspicion of extorting Sh80,000 in cash from a Tanzanian national. The five allegedly “arrested” the Tanzanian national in Loitoktok, Kajiado County, loaded him into one of their two vehicles, and transported him to Nairobi. The suspects are accused of extorting the aforementioned amount of money from the victim, who later filed a case with the Loitoktok Police Station on Sunday. Read: Migori County Police Arrested For Killing Boda Boda Rider Over Ksh100 Levy In the report filed under OB Number 25/29/05/2022, the suspects are identified as Corporal Geoffrey Mwongela of Buruburu…

Farah Bashir was on a work trip to Johannesburg, South Africa when his bank accounts were wiped clean by fraudsters. Mr Bashir lost Sh2.6 million from his four different Absa Bank accounts between February 7 and February 9. The transactions, he told the Nation, took a few hours. The medical lab scientist on February 5 received numerous calls from friends and family letting him know that certain people had been looking for him. The fraudsters had accessed his contacts. Everything was okay until he received an alarming SMS from Safaricom at 5.43 p.m. on February 7. The text notified him…

President Uhuru Kenyatta in April appointed 24 new ambassadors and high commissioners and forwarded their names to Parliament for vetting. National Assembly’s committee on Defence and Foreign Relations approved 21 of the nominees. As a result, the committee has revealed the nominees’ net worth without disclosing the particulars of their sources of wealth. The richest was Kenya’s ambassador-designate to China Mary Muthoni. She is worth Sh400 million. Read: Why Nyeri DG Dr Karugu’s Name Was Deleted from List of Newly Appointed Envoys Muthoni, 59, is the chairperson of the Retirement Benefits Appeals Tribunal and a member of several retirement benefits schemes.…

The late former President Mwai Kibaki passed on at age 90 and was laid to rest at his Othaya home in Nyeri after being accorded a state funeral. Kibaki was the only surviving former head of state and had served as Kenya’s third president from 2002 to April 2013, when the Constitution obliged him to step down at the end of his second and final term. He succeeded the late Daniel Arap Moi, who served as president from 1978 to 2002, after Jomo Kenyatta, the country’s founding leader, died in office. Kibaki is survived by four children Judy Wanjiku, Jimmy…

Dennis Mombo, director of Mwananchi Credit Ltd, on Wednesday told a Nairobi court how his next-door neighbour allegedly robbed him of Sh300,000 seven years ago. Mombo testified in court that on the night of November 1, 2015, Dishon Mulinge, a candidate for Embakasi South MP, attacked him with three other men. He claimed it was an ordinary day until Mulinge and his accomplices, armed with M-16 rifles arrived at his door, blindfolded him, and led him inside the former’s house next door. The rifles were presented in court as exhibits. Read: Mwananchi Credit Accuses High Net Worth Clients Of Refusing To…

Inooro TV news anchor Ken Wakuraya is allegedly a deadbeat father. In a video shared on Facebook by Wairimu Kimani, the always dapper news anchor is said to have fathered a child with his domestic worker sometime in 2015. The woman was working for the Wakurayas when he apparently talked her into having carnal knowledge with him. Then, she claimed, they lived in Mirema, Roysambu. “… I was taking care of their daughter known as NASERIAN wakuraya . Ken’s wife used to go work early in the morning leaving the three of us in the house (Ken ,me and the…

Lifestyle blogger Sharon Mundia is taking a break from documenting her life as she says she is not in a good place and has completely lost it. Mundia, popularly known as This Is Ess took to her Instagram stories stating she was experiencing panic attacks and anxiety, like she has never had before adding that she is taking a break hoping to be back better. She opined that she was not okay with the path her career was taking and was even questioning if everything was worth it in the end. Mundia further says the panic thoughts and anxiety have…

A Form Three student is the talent behind a State House dummy gifted to Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance presidential candidate Raila Odinga. Raila and his running mate Martha Karua received the miniature model on Sunday during a Narok rally. “Hiyo ni nini? Hiyo ni ikulu? Patia Martha (What’s that? Is it State House? Hand it to Martha.) Hawa vijana wamepatia mimi State House,” said the former Prime minister. “Itakuwa maskani yangu na Martha atakuwa na ofisi hapo ndani. Kuja tupige picha hapa mbele ya State House yetu (These youths have gifted me the State House. “That will be…

Chief Justice Martha Koome has amended Presidential petition rules. In a Gazette Notice, the President of the Supreme Court amended Rule 18 of the Presidential Election Petition Rules by adding a sub-rule that states that there will be no discussions over the outcome of a presidential election petition once the hearing begins. “Upon commencement of the hearing of the petition by the Court, litigants, their advocates and advocates’ agents shall refrain from expressing their opinion on merit, demerit or predict the outcome of the petition in any manner that would prejudice or impede Court proceedings until judgement is delivered,” it…

A family is demanding answers from Ringa Boys High School in Homa Bay following the death of a Form Two student. Rooney Rolex breathed his last on Sunday at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi while undergoing medical tests to determine his ailment. Speaking to the Standard, the deceased minor’s mother, Jacinta Njeri, accused the school management of lying about her child’s cause of death. According to Njeri, she was asked to fetch Rolex from school two weeks ago by the class teacher who noted that he needed proper medical care. The bereaved mother claimed the school and her son gave…

A masseuse whose picture with Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance presidential candidate Raila Odinga went viral in 2017 claims it ruined her life. Sasha Mbote bumped into the former prime minister in Park Hyatt Hotel in Zanzibar. He was at the hotel with four other men including Safina party presidential flagbearer Jimi Wanjigi. “It was a normal day for me. In the evening, I went to a certain hotel to have a few bottles of beer. I wanted to have dinner but I looked at the time and saw it was late. So I called in the waiter and…

Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) chief executive officer Ezekiel Mutua has chided Kenyans for unsubscribing from boy band Sauti Sol’s YouTube channel. As of Wednesday, the four-member band had lost at least 2,000 subscribers following a spat with Raila Odinga’s Azimio over use of “Extravaganza” hit without their consent. The coalition used the song as a soundtrack during the unveiling of its presidential running mate Martha Karua on Monday. Sauti Sol then threatened to sue the coalition party for copyright infringement. Read: Wale Wanashuka Washuke – Bien Says After Sauti Sol Loses 2,000 YouTube Subscribers On Thursday, Mutua who is…

The man shot on Mirema Drive, Kasarani sub-county, on Monday afternoon led a rather “secretive” life. Samuel Mugota was shot six times in the chest by a man who the police say could have been well known to him. His killer shot him and then fled in a white Toyota Premio parked on the other side of the road. Mugota, sources say was married to two women. One was Winni Wambui who has since recorded a statement with Kasarani officers. Ms Wambui told the Nation that she has lived with the deceased for 16 years but could not really tell…

Boy band Sauti Sol is unbothered after losing some 2,000 YouTube subscribers. The four-member band previously had 905,000 subscribers but by Wednesday afternoon, the number had gone down to 903,000. Reacting to the report, lead singer Bien-Aime Baraza asked those no longer interested in their content to unsubscribe. “Time will reveal. Wale wanashuka washuke saa hii. Stage yao imefika,” he replied to Nairobi Gossip Club on Instagram. Read: Confusion As MCSK, KECOBO Issue Conflicting Statements On Sauti Sol-Azimio Copyright Row In a statement that elicited mixed reactions on Monday evening, the award-winning band threatened to take legal action against Raila Odinga-led…