Goons Monday waylaid and brutally manhandled a Kisii politician leaving him with injuries. Brian Nyamweya alias Ensaria Mache reported injuries to his head and torso during the Monday noon incident at Mashauri area in Central Kisii. The youthful politician doubles up as a bodaboda leader. He has been conducting door to door campaigns setting sights on Nyaribari Chache parliamentary seat. “I have already reported the matter to the police and expects them to undertake through investigations into the attempted assassination on me,” Nyamweya told journalists outside the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital where he had sought treatment and discharged. He…
Author: Magati Obebo
A whopping Sh6 billion is lying unutilized in Kisii County coffers risk being returned to the National Treasury. Kisii Senator Richard Onyonka made the disclosure Tuesday at the Senate amid a growing storm at home over poor services from the County administration. Onyonka said a staggering cache of billions was lying dormant as wananchi cry and as the “governor loiters in the villages lying to voters that he had no money to do development” . He said much more still is likely to pile up as unused with fresh annual fiscal allocations from Treasury to devolved units in this fiscal…
Kisii Governor Simba Arati Tuesday fought off claims of lethargy shifting blame on former governor James Ongwae. Speaking in Suneka Tuesday, Arati accused James Ongwae of fighting proxy wars against him when he himself had failed as a governor. “There was garbage everywhere, sleaze in every corner of the County when i came to office. These are the same people loitering around lecturing me and calling me an excrement. They are the very human waste they are abusing me around,” retorted Arati. The County boss spoke while visiting Suneka market, a project that had remained stalled for years. The Governor…
A court in South Mugirango, Kisii sent to jail an elderly male suspect for defilement for 50 years. John Mauti, 53 was found guilty after weeks of appearances at Etago court. Magistrate Violet Moguche said the suspect constantly appeared ‘unremorseful’ for the beastly act. The charge read that the suspect sexually assaulted a minor aged eight contrary to section 8 (1) as read with section 8 (3) of the Sexual Offences Act No. 3 of 2006. The particulars are that on July 14 2024, at Nyabera Sub location at Etago Sub-County within Kisii County the appellant sexually assaulted the minor…
Soapstone dealers in Kisii want a statue erected in honor of the late veteran Sculptor, Elkanah Ongesa, 80, who died last week. They described Ongesa as a legend who put stone sculpture in the global map and thus the need to recognize him and his works. “Ong’esa was a hero who marketed our country through gigantic sculptures dotted in cities in Europe and the USA. He was an icon,” said Daniel Apepo, group leader. Onge’sa died of cancer at the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital, family sources told journalists when he passed on Friday November 29. Apepo said they have…
Kisii Governor Simba Arati will now appear before two Senate House committees in a row for grilling. Already the Senate Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations has slotted him an appearance on December 4, 2024. The County Public Accounts Committee, on the other hand, has committed to host him the subsequent day of December 5. On both appearances, Arati will be grilled on development expenditures. The Devolution Committee is especially searching for answers on the County’s dismally low budgetary expenditure on development. They had since sent Governor Arati to return with relevant documents during the December 4, 2024 invite.…
Kisii Governor Simba Arati Friday scoffed off the alleged bid by former Governor James Ongwae to sponsor former Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital boss Dr Enoch Ondari to run against him in the 2027 polls. He said he was not a coward and dared those who want to challenge him in the 2027 polls to make good of their threats. “This seat is open to all, to those who feell can challenge me just come, let’s meet in the ballot that time,” the governor said at a burial in Magenche in Bomachoge Borabu. He told mourners that to ‘gleefully partake…
The country’s sculpture legend Elkana Ongesa is dead. He had been receiving treatment at the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital. A family member said Ongesa has been battling cancer for a while before he passed on early Thursday. The known art lover was thrust into fame and global recognition by many of his gargantuan soapstone carvings He hailed from Tabaka, in South Mugirango in Kisii, a region with rich deposits of soapstone. At a past interview with this writer, he said he learnt the sculpting from his grandfather and his father. In his formative years he started with clay- molding…
The Chinese government plans to cascade its partnerships to Counties in the broader efforts aimed at deepening its ties with the country. Country ambassador Zhou Pingjiani said sub-government bilateral engagements would help and leverage the devolved units grow at a faster pace. “China is committed to deepen its cooperation and warm relationships with Kenya.” “We believe the Sub-government units can play a big role and that informs my visit to Kisii today,” Pingjiani said. He was hosted by Kisii County Governor Simba Arati during the Tuesday morning visit. China, added Pingjiani, would leverage on its rich experience in afro-processing to…
The Senate Tuesday wrote to Kisii Governor Simba Arati to appear before its Public Accounts Committee sitting or risk arrest. Arati has been in the cross hairs of the House for months for constantly skipping various committee invites. On Tuesday, the Senate through a letter addressed to him gave him a final warning that shall he fail to appear before the Senate County Public Accounts Committee to explain audit queries on financial reports 2021 /2022 and 2022 /2923 he will be arrested. The Senate mulls especially using the police to ferry Arati to the sittings should he he fails to…
Residents of Ibacho, Masaba South Sub-County in Kisii, Friday appealed to the County authorities to undertake repair roads in the area. With the onset of rains many of the road repairs have since turned into muddy paths slowing down transportation of produce to markets. Villagers, in dozens, Friday drew into the Ibacho to protest against the deplorable roads further vowing a string of more if no action is taken. “I am here to protest not because am against the governor but because of poor services from his administration,” John Getwambu told journalists. The heavy rains have worsened the state of…
Governor Simba Arati Thursday cited his marriage to a foreigner among many reasons Kisii Senator Richard Onyonka was unhappy with him. Arati who appeared before the Senate’s Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations Committee meeting accused Onyonka of constantly going personal in his oversight of role of him. So deep rooted are Onyonka’s personal biases, stated Arati, that he was not even happy with ‘my marriage to a Chinese wife’. Onyonka, however, said he found the accusations ‘ troubling, grotesque, wild and playing into the comedy gallery’. “I actually have no issue with the governor’s Chinese wife,” he stated. The Governor was…
A caucus of Bobasi Ward Reps in Kisii want Governor Simba Arati to resign from office citing luck lustre performance in his two years in office. Speaking Friday, the MCAs unanimously resolved to withdraw their support from him describing him as a flop. “When you went round asking people to vote you as governor, you should should have known what you were going to do. If you’re not able to execute development , if you’re not able to fulfill the promises that you gave to the people, kindly resign and go home so that people would have another opportunity to…
Kisii Senator Richard Onyonka Thursday accused a local politician of bank rolling violent extremism in the region. He placed the same politician at the centre of Tuesday afternoon chaos and destruction of the building housing Kisii Woman Rep Donya Toto offices. At least 17 suspects, among them a Ward Representative, have since been arrested and arraigned for malicious damage to property. The suspects would return to court on December 4 for a mention and were were released on Sh10,000 cash bail each. And shortly after the ruling, at least three Ward Reps from Bobasi reported being assaulted by goons as…
Kisii Deputy Speaker Jacob Bagaka has denied claims that he sponsored attacks on three colleagues attending a funeral in his Ward Wednesday after. Instead, the Masige West Ward Representative said the utterances by MCAs Michael Motume (Masige East), Thomas Obare (Bassi Boitangare) and Naftal Onkoba (Nyacheki) attracted wrath from Governor Simba Arati supporters who were at the scene. “I was not in my ward throughout Wednesday, the day they are claiming they visited there but i gather they had lashed out at the governor when they were given chance to condole the visited family,” Bagaka spoke by phone early Thursday.…