Police in Nyamira are hunting for suspects in connection to arson on Bomoigamo Ward MCAs house Wednesday morning. Tobias Nyangana was, however, not in when goons visited and torched his house at around 3.am in the morning. A worker who was in at the time also escaped unhurt as fire engulfed the one story house. Police in Nyamira are already hunting for the arsonists. County Commissioner Erastus Mbui said they are zeroing on four suspects whose phones track their presence to the scene when it occured. “We shall leave nothing to chance until all those responsible are held accountable for…
Author: Magati Obebo
The US Government says it has significantly slashed down time for visa issuance to Kenyans. Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman said though still not sufficiently good enough, the three months waiting time for a single application marks an important step in boosting movement between the two states. “When i was posted here the waiting time was two years, a considerably long time.. We are still doing more to enhance and improve the visa issuance,” Whitman said. The Ambassador said the US has also continued to partner closely Kenya on humanitarian assistance and also help in expanding job opportunities for the…
Casual laborers in Kisii Monday spoke of growing anger and desperation life in the face of delayed pay. Many of them now lament being kicked out of their rental houses by the landlords for failing to remit rent fees. They have survived without pay for more than four years. One woman, a janitor, said the already rent has piled to over Sh300,000. She cannot afford drugs for her blood pressure condition also, she stated “I wake up daily staring at death but the mercies of the Lord bring back to my house.. Not long though for i know i will…
A popular Kisii County based lawyer has rubbished the ambitious bid by Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei to extend the term of stay in office of the President. The proposed law further seeks to elongate the term of service for the Members of Parliament (MPs), Members of County Assembly (MCAs) and governors. Cherargei, in his bill proposes that they serve a seven years term upon election. “The Bill proposes to amend Article 136 of the Constitution, which provides for election of the President, to increase the term of President from five years to seven years,” the Bill states. The Senator claims…
CS Education Migos Ogamba says the government has stepped up surveillance to curb further exam cheating incidents in the country. Already, it has outlawed the use of mobile phones in all the examination centers across the country. Instead, the ministry would provide one satellite phone for use by the supervisor. Migos was speaking in Siala Technical College in Rongo Migori County on Tuesday during a tree planting exercise. He said the ministry has since enhanced additional penalties for exam cheats including teachers and principals facilitating the vice. Going forwarding, he warned, those found culpable would be locked out of public…
Nyamira Senator Okongo Omogeni has described as ‘gravely low and demeaning ‘ tea bonus payments made out to farmers from the region. He said it still begs questions on why farmers from the larger Gusii region continue to suffer with low bonuses every other year. This year’s bonus rations oscillated between Sh 20 and Sh 30 for Nyamira farmers while their counterparts from Central earned as high as Sh 60. Nyankoba factory’s farmers earned a high of Sh35 while most others factories dished dismal earnings. “This definitely shows that we as leaders have some homework to do . Personally am…
President William Ruto and his estranged deputy, Rigathi Gachagua should put their act together or begin to pack together. Residents of Kisii who turned up to share their sentiments on proposal to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua rejected as baseless the grounds being presented to hound out Gachagua. Instead they told to Ruto to reconcile with him. “We elected them together and should pack and leave together. It that is what they are up to,” said George Magange, an activist. If parliament was serious on its intent then it should impeach both Ruto and his deputy, stated Magange. Many more…
At least four women were killed Monday in a long night of gang land style slaughter across Nyamira County. The killings have since sparked fear of a gang on the lose targeting women. The four victims were killed in separate suspected murder incidents spread across three Sub-Counties. In the first one, the body of a middle aged woman was stumbled on near a wonky bridge at Nyakongo in Kitutu Masaba. Local assistant chief, Duncan Mogaka said they are investigating if deceased may had been killed elsewhere before the body was hauled to the scene. The body was transferred by police…
A section of residents of Kisii on Monday forced their way into Ting’a township and kicked out Nyamira County officials. The sleepy market town borders Kitutu Chache North in Kisii and Kitutu Masaba in Nyamira. It has been a subject of ownership contention for two weeks now after Monyerero MCA in Kisii wrote to protest the collection of revenue by Nyamira officials. In the letter addressed to Nyamira, Otachi objected to the annexation of Tinga to Nyamira. Later Nyamira, however, wrote back to protest. It instead picked an all MCA committee to do a fresh boundary audit of its borders…
Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka Friday ordered Woman Representative Doris Donya Toto to end the squabbles with Kisii County Governor Simba Arati. Musyoka termed as unhealthy the existing animosity between the two leaders. Toto was elected on the Wiper Party ticket while Arati is in ODM. Both parties are in Azimio La Umoja Coalition. “Doris I have told you to begin working with Governor Simba Arati. I want to see you support him as from today. We are in the same coalition and there is no need for unnecessary squabbles going forward,” Musyoka said. He said already he has chaired…
Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka vowed a litigation with President William Ruto over the controversial Adan Holdings – Jomo Kenyatta International Airport lease deal. Musyoka described the entire deal as smelling sleaze. Musyoka said they are now directing every resource at stopping the controversial deal and save the country wastage. Musyoka who was speaking at Tendere in Bomachoge Chache during the burial of former area MP Simon Ogari said the court case signals the first phase of the battle to reclaim the country from cartels. “Let us meet in court, it is going to be mess, no guess work, i…
Kisii Governor Simba Arati and County Assembly Speaker now stand to lose their residences if a fresh boundary audit by Nyamira County succeeds. The residences are set up in the lush Agriculture Training College farms, a kilometer from Kisii town. The Assembly premises and the Speaker’s residences are currently under construction. In a fresh twist, Nyamira has already tasked a special committee consisting of all MCAs to start the boundary audit. The bid comes months apart after a successful attempt in repossessing Keroka town. Rigoma Ward MCA Nyambega Gisesa is to lead the committee. County Assembly Speaker Enock Okero say…
The country’s University lecturers were Thursday urged to indulge patience and wait for the economy to improve before they agitate for a pay hike. Nyaribari Masaba MP Dr Daniel Manduku said the country was still in the red to meet any pay rise demands. He however, said it was within their right to push the government to meet the obligations of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. “Yes it is their constitutional right but not at the moment when the economy is in the doldrums,” Manduku said . He said the mood in the Country at the moment does not warrant any…
A Kisii ODM legislator Thursday asked the party leadership to begin becoming more deliberate and considerate of other regions when sharing out party positions. Nyaribari Masaba MP Dr Daniel Manduku lamented that Gusii region was always getting a raw deal though the community had been unwaveringly supportive of party on every other poll. “I have always felt that people from Kisii region who always support ODM to the last man are still getting the short end of the stick,” stated Manduku. The Gusii region, he added, deserves more than it is getting from the Orange party. “Kisii needs more visible…
United Party Alliance, UPA, officials have rubbished an impeachment motion filed Tuesday against Nyamira Governor Amos Nyaribo. Party chairman Nyambega Gisesa described it as dead on arrival. He said the proposed oust motion was a regurgitated copy feeding on gossip and likely to flop. “Same old issues retold through a new mover of motion. No thinking, no research, same old gibberish,” he told journalists in a statement. Nyaribo was elected on the Fred Matiangi linked outfit and he is the current party leader. Gisesa spoke of some Ward Reps as sinking too low in moving to craft the said ouster…