Disgraced Kisii County Executive Alfred Ndemo Tuesday said his relationship with his former boss, Kisii Governor Simba Arati was one of ‘pain and betrayal’. Dr Ndemo, who has since resigned from office as the administrative executive also acknowledged taping the governor’s conversations on occasion as a ‘precaution’. He defended the move saying he was pushed to do so so after the governor’s tongue “grew wild”, often making pejorative comments against his friends. “Yes i accept i did recordings of the conversations, not all, but it was after i begun finding it stupid of him to demean the people who had…
Author: Magati Obebo
Nyamira Senator Okongo O’Mogeni wants the Kenyan government to begin shouldering its budgetary obligations for the country’s development. He said continued overly reliance on external funding, decades later since the country achieved independence from imperialists was disgrace. This dependency on donor agencies to fund even simple things as condoms was slowly killing the innovation by the African leaders to think big. Omogeni spoke early Wednesday at his Nyamira residence weighing in his voice about the decision by new USA president Donald Trump to wound up the country’s donor aid arm, USAID, and sent staff home. USAID has been instrumental especially…
Police in Kitengela, Kajiado County have arrested 58 aliens found hiding at a house in the town. At least two suspects are in custody. The operation Wednesday was a joint coordination between regular police and by officers from the Transnational Organized Crime Unit. The aliens were being held in a house near the House of Deliverance Center in Kitengela. The discovery of Ethiopians follows a tip-off from concerned members of the public, who reported seeing a group of Ethiopians being confined in a maisonette in the said area. Acting on this intelligence, officers swiftly responded and found the victims who…
Nyamira Senator Okongo O’Mogeni wants special prayers conducted by the clergy to save Nyamira from spiralling graft. Every human effort to right things in the County, he stated, appears to be faltering and thus the need for spiritual intervention. “At the moment the anointed prayers are sorely needed so that whoever is a leader in our County t can be touched by the Holy Ghost and desist from corruption,” he said. He accused Governor Amos Nyaribo of lethargy and failure in addressing the the concerns of the residents who are crying for development. “We cannot blame the national government because…
A group of cultural elders from Kisii has revived calls for the repatriation of the skull belonging to Nyamatere Otenyo from London. The skull is suspected to had been taken away by the British soldiers during a MauMau war expedition in Kisii region. The famed warrior had led a battalion of Gusii warriors in resisting British colonisation when he was killed. Legend has it that he was encouraged by his aunt, Moraa Ng’iti, to launch an attack against British forces. He is famously remembered for injuring Northcote, a British colonial administrator. The incident consequently triggered a widespread rebellion followed a…
A college student answering a call of nature fell and died inside a pit latrine at Gekomu area in Kisii Friday night. Authorities said the body of Celine Nyangweso, 24, a Kisii National Polytechnic student has since been retrieved by Kisii County disaster officials. It was taken to Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital morgue. Nyangweso met her death at around 10 at night when she visited a pit latrine which collapsed while still was inside. Police said they are investigating the tragedy. More to follow….
Kisii Governor Simba Arati Saturday said pyrethrum farming would be soon be revived across the County to spur economic growth among the residents. Already some farmers from Ichuni and Kiamoka Wards have received an initial batch of the seedlings from an American investor, the governor said. “The quality of the seedlings being distributed are a great improvement from the old variety with the yield proved to be more. We hope our people would reap good returns once they begin harvesting it. Soon we shall roll out the distribution in other Wards too and the seedlings are issued free to the…
Kisii town streets especially Mwembe area were a buzz for something unique – a Gen Z like demo for Jesus. The Christian Union officials said the processions marked with vuvuzelas and huge placards was deliberate. They said no method should be frowned upon so long as the gospel is shared out to thirsty souls. At noon they stormed the highway linking Kisii and Ogembo towns at the Mwembe – University of junction area momentarily blocking traffic sharing the gospel with placards to pedestrians and matatu passengers. “This is not a Gen Z protest, though it actually looks similar, it is…
Suspects, Albert Otieno, Farid Kimutai and John Okumu have been taken in over a series of robbery with violence incidents in Gem Yala Sub- county and surrounding areas. The three had been on the radar of detectives for days. They are suspected of involvement in a robbery with violence incident that took place on January 3, 2025, at a timber yard and hardware store near Ulumbi Junction along the Kisumu-Busia highway. On that day, the trio attacked and killed the watchman, Jesse Kalasinga, 40. They also stole assorted hardware goods. And at Nyangoma area, the suspects, on January 20, 2025,…
A plan is underway to bring into a coalition all fringe political parties within the larger Gusii region ahead of the 2027 General election. Talks are already at advanced stages with leaders from Kenya Social Congress, Kenya National Congress, PDP and United Progressive Alliance likely to ink a deal soon. “The formula is either we do a coalition or collapse them and stick with one as a community,” former South Mugirango MP Omingo Magara said. This, he said, would ultimately leverage the community’s bargaining power in the national agora. Magara, who is also the PDP party chairman, said all the…
Kisii Governor Simba Arati has read a riot act on an ODM party faction censuring party Secretary General Edwin Sifuna over his hardline position against the broadbased President William Ruto administration. Arati said only Nairobi Senator Sifuna was licensed by the party membership to speak the mind of the party when duty calls. ” I want to call upon all those are making noise to leave Senator Sifuna alone.. He speaks the mind of the party,” Arati stated. “I have seen several attacks on him… All of you need to know is that Senator Sifuna is the Secretary General of…
Revolt is gathering apace in Kisii against main parties, ODM and UDA, as the region quickly gears up to back former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi for the presidency in 2027. Already a section of legislators have read out a riot act on ODM leader Raila Odinga citing open discrimination. They now hint at joining the party Matiangi would potentially use to chase his bid for the coveted seat. Matiangi is linked to the United Progressive Alliance party whose leaders say they would field him as flag bearer. In Kisii, elders especially from Masaba South have already weighed in asking…
Renowned Swahili author Dr Timothy Arege is new CECM for sports and youth in Kisii County. He replaced Dr Alfred Ndemo who resigned from office in controversial move. Arege is the popular author of Mstahiki Meya, a one time set book in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary School Examinations. Before taking up the new appointment in Kisii, Dr Arege was don at Kenyatta University. He also runs publishing business in Nairobi. During his swearing in Thursday, Arati took the opportunity to earn officers against sleaze and using their offices for self aggrandisement. “You have come here to purposely work, it…
Restive villagers at Ekerubo in Masaba South, Kisii County Thursday, with fury, protested over skewed recruitments at the local government funded affordable housing project. Pleas to the officers in charge at the Ekerubo Housing Project to address the problem had gone addressed they told journalists . George Ratemo, one of the protesters , said the project is heavily manned by non-locals as youth from the surrounding area villages continue to suffer from lack of jobs. “You go to the entrance and you get greeted by a maasai or a Pokomo, at the site are staff from Meru while others are…
Elders from Masaba South Sub-County in Kisii Thursday urged for collective unity among the residents and the regional political leaders in backing former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi for president. They said the bid by Matiangi should be a do or die assignment for all the leaders from Gusii irrespective of party affiliation. Matiangi is yet to formerly announce his bid for the seat. Matiangi as CS in the Uhuru Kenyatta government is credited for undertaking a raft of reforms especially in the education sector. Speaking at a Masimba suburb, the elders from Masaba expressed concern with South Mugirango MP…