Africa Merchant Assurance (Amaco), Kisii branch was for the better part of Tuesday morning a scene of drama after an auctioneer forcefully stormed the premises to recover cumulative rent arrears from the Ruto linked firm . Police from Kisii Central Police Station, however, later retreated to ‘consult’ after a female staffer aggressively fought them back. She constantly threw epithets the auctioneer staffers and journalists who had turned up to cover the incident. At one point she hit a TV journalist with a stamp as he rolled his camera. Two officers from Betico Auctioneers were injured in a scuffle. Amaco is…
Author: Magati Obebo
The government Friday said it redeployed Kisii National Polytechnic Principal Tom Mulat, caving in to two days of relentless pressure from the local political leaders. It was, however, not immediately disclosed where he was transfered to. A letter signed by the College Deputy Principal, Administration, Nyakoe George said he would do the handing early Tuesday. “Mr Mulat has been deployed elsewhere and a handing over-raking over ceremony has been scheduled on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 8 00 am within the college.” “You’re hereby asked to prepare the necessary documents including departmental inventories in readiness for the handing over,” stated part…
Education Cabinet Secretary Migos Ogamba Thursday said he has already instructed a probe into the ongoings at the Kisii National Polytechnic. He spoke exclusively to Kahawa Tungu hours apart after the college’s embattled principal Tom Mulat chided those calling for his removal from office. “Am seized of the matter and my PS is already handling the matter,” Ogamba told Kahawa Tungu by phone Thursday afternoon. Mulat has been on the eye of a storm over arbitrary sackings of college staff sparking fury from the local political leadership. Two former Ward Reps Samuel Apoko (Kiogoro) and Kefa Mogaka (Kisii Central) Wednesday…
Kisii National Polytechnic Principal Tom Mulat dismissed calls for his resignation from office. He said he was not a politician to help him fight boardroom battles in the media. “If it is about education let’s talk but not i will not respond to politicians peddling rumors in the streets,” he told journalists at his office before hastily ordering them out. “I now beg that you leave so that i enter into a meeting,” he told journalists. The journalists had visited the institution to seek give a rejoinder from him over the litany of accusations leveled against him by various politicians…
Cracks are slowly emerging among some Gusii leaders with analysts now weighing in saying they are likely to puncture the Dr Fred Matiangi, if any, drive to Statehouse. Disavowing voices against Matiangi are growing each day especially from seasoned politicians. Some have publicly vowed stop former Chief Justice David Maraga for the country’s top seat. Neither Matiangi nor Maraga has made public pronouncement about making a stab at presidency. “Maraga has reached out to us and i can confirm he wants to be in the ballot come 2027 ,” former South Mugirango MP Omingo Magara recently told Kahawa Tungu at…
A fresh wave of cattle rustling in Borabu Sub-County in Nyamira has sparked alarm . Area Member of Parliament Patrick Osero has now called on security agencies to upscale surveillance to stem the spiralling vice. He said there had been about three incidents in the last one month alone raising fears of a resurgence of the vice. The legislation said he was shocked to hear that some suspects the villagers named during a baraza were actually his close friends. “It shocked me that even some people i take as my friends are suspected as perpetrators,” Osero told mourners in Kahawa…
A section of Kisii politicians have called out on Education Cabinet Secretary Migos Ogamba to transfer Kisii Polytechnic Principal Tom Mulat citing nepotism. They further accused the administrator of graft and mismanagement. The accusations were, however, not independently verified by Kahawa Tungu as the principal was said to be out. The call by the politicians on Wednesday was made at separate parallel press conferences in Kisii even as student leaders from the institution also met journalists and accused the principal of high handedness. More others accused the college boss of graft. There was no immediate comment from the principal. Two…
Two dormitories at Nyosia Mixed Secondary in Nyaribari Chache were razed following a fire incident at the school Saturday night. At least 150 students had their personal affects gutted. There was no fatality, school authorities reported late Sunday. The cause of the inferno had not been established by Sunday afternoon even as investigations begun begun. Education Cabinet Secretary Migos Ogamba, Nyaribari Chache Mp Zaheer Jhanda and Kisii University Vice Chancellor Prof Nathan Ogechi toured the school late Sunday to assess the extent of damage. The CS said he was saddened by the incident and ordered for investigations. He said the…
Education Cabinet Secretary Migos Ogamba Sunday said the initially contested funding model for universities was still undergoing review. The final report, he said, would be soon out, possibly in two weeks time. “The review entails looking at costing of programs and the appeals the student had lodged and we are firmly optimistic it will be out by next week,” Migos spoke at Kereri Girls Sunday. The extra county school is marking 60 years of its existence. School Principal Tabitha Mogonchi said the students and teachers have partnered in authoring a book due for launch Sunday as part of the school’s…
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…
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….