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Kenya’s top communications firm Safaricom has partnered with tech giant Huawei to open 5G network experiential centers. The three centers, which are situated at Safaricom’s Village Market, The Hub, and Buruburu Stores, will showcase the super-fast data rates and cutting-edge technology that come with 5G connectivity. According to the telecommunications company, the centres will enable Kenyans experience the power of 5G. Read: Safaricom Launches 5G Networks In 5 Counties 5G network, the telco said, will empower their customers to start exploring limitless possibilities that come with faster internet. At the centres, customers will experience virtual reality gaming zones, showcases of smart…

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance coalition party leader Raila Odinga has declared that protests will starting next week take place every Monday and Thursday. Addressing the media on Tuesday, the former prime minister said the two-day protests were due to public demand. “In response to public demand, we shall now hold protests every Thursday and Monday beginning next week,” he said. He also claimed that there was an attempt on his life and that of Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka during the Monday protests. Read: There will be Demos Every Monday – Raila “There was an attempt on the lives of…

Rally driver Maxine Wahome says her deceased boyfriend was abusive. Through lawyer Phillip Murgor, Ms Wahome said she was in an abusive relationship with 50-year-old Asad Khan. Murgor told the court during his client’s bail hearing that the deceased was inebriated on the night he sustained an injury to his ankle. The court heard that the accused called her mother instead of the police shortly after the incident. Read: Rally Driver Maxine Wahome Charged with Murder “When the incident (murder) occurred she was going to pack her bags to leave the Khan’s house,” said Murgor. He (Asad), Ms Wahome’s lawyer said,…

Kenya Kwanza Alliance lawmakers want opposition leader Raila Odinga arrested and charged over Monday protests. Led by National Assembly Majority Leader and Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wa, the legislators want the Inspector General of Police Japheth Koome to apprehend the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance coalition party leader. The lawmaker asked the police to review the evidence from the protests and prefer charges against Raila and his sponsors, including retired President Uhuru Kenyatta. “We ask the IG of Police not just to arrest the small boys who are paid to riot. If the buck stops at the door of Odinga,…

Kenya’s top three government offices have been allocated Sh802 million for the purchase of motor vehicles. This is eight times the budget allocation the offices of President William Ruto, his deputy Rigathi Gachagua and Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi had been allocated in the 2022/23 fiscal year. The three offices had been allocated Sh100.8 million excluding the office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary. Read: Raila Threatens to Sue President Ruto for Defamation Mr Gachagua’s office will take the lion’s share. It will receive Sh290.8 million up from Sh90 million allocated by former Treasury CS Ukur Yatani. State bodies had been allocated a…

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance coalition party leader Raila Odinga says he will lead protests every Monday. Addressing supporters in Eastleigh, Nairobi, the former prime minister said the protests will be aimed at compelling the government to lower the cost of living. He was flanked by Narc Kenya leader Martha Karua, Wiper’s Kalonzo Musyoka, DAP-K’s Eugene Wamalwa among others. The ODM leader is currently attempting to access the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD). Read: DP Gachagua Asks Raila to Call Off Protests His convoy left the Serena Hotel and headed to Eastleigh through Kamukunji. Earlier, deputy President Rigathi Gachagua urged…

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…