Author: Mercy Auma

Azimio La Umoja Deputy presidential candidate Martha Karua has thrown social media into a frenzy after she abandoned her campaign convoy and walked for kilometers while wooing voters in Eldoret town. Karua who is on a vote hunting mission in DP Ruto’s tuff walked for close to five kilometers accompanied by other Azimio-affiliated leaders. In videos shared on social media, residents are captured singing and chanting to songs and dancing with boda boda riders accompanying Karua as she maneuvers through the estates. https://twitter.com/MacOtani/status/1535955230126485506 He is set to address a rally at Huruma grounds in Eldoret. Earlier, she attended a church…

Telegram is rolling out premium subscriptions this month to give users additional features, speed and resources. Confirming the same, Telegram founder Pavel Durov said some of the features coming with the subscription include early access to new features, the ability to upload larger files, and stickers and reactions exclusive to Premium users. “To this day, our limits on chats, media and file uploads are unrivaled. Many have been asking us to raise the current limits even further, so we looked into ways to let you go beyond what is already crazy,” Durov said in a statement on Telegram. Last month,…

A manhunt is on for a middle-aged man who murdered his 11-year-old daughter and seriously injured his son in Makueni. According to Willy Kalovya, a village administrator, the incident happened at midnight in Kilungu B village in Kibwezi, Makueni County. Apparently, the man arrived at his rural home with his two children before things took a wrong turn and he ended up murdering the daughter and the son injured in the process. Speculations are rife that he had differences with his wife hence leading to the incident. This is however yet to be substantiated. So far, the injured son is…

Nairobi UDA Gubernatorial Candidate Johnson Sakaja’s woes on academic qualifications seem not to come to an end. For the better part of last week, Sakaja had been trending on social media with claims that he has no degree that qualifies him to vie for Governorship as per the Kenyan constitution. In an expose by blogger Robert Alai, it was revealed that Sakaja had not completed his units at the University of Nairobi (UoN) and hence was not qualified to run as Governor. https://twitter.com/RobertAlai/status/1535835988249001984 Notably, however, he was cleared by the IEBC to run for the Nairobi top seat at the…

Lang’ata ODM Parliamentary candidate Felix Odiwuor aka Jalang’o has asked his employees who are on the run after stealing money from him to come forward. Jalang’o has pleaded with the two employees to come forward while promising to give them their jobs back. According to the comedian turned politician, he has lived with the two employees for so long and it is not in their character to steal. Thus, he says it could be a mistake that he is willing to forgive and offer them their jobs back. “I want them to come forward. They will continue with their work.…

Kenya will resume the exportation of Miraa to Somalia in two weeks’ time, Agriculture CS Peter Munya has confirmed. Munya on Friday said the resumption will resume after President Uhuru Kenyatta brokered a deal with Somalia. Yesterday, President Uhuru Kenyatta landed in Mogadishu, Somalia to witness the inauguration of Somalia’s new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. https://twitter.com/StateHouseKenya/status/1534948253422190593 Kenya and Somalia have been embroiled in diplomatic tiffs for over two years, with each country putting up stringent measures to curb interference from both parties. Read: Somalia Refuses To Lift Ban On Miraa From Kenya Despite Restoring Diplomatic Ties Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Kenya…

The Kenya Development Corporation (KDC) and the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) have entered into a strategic partnership to accelerate the provision of credit to Small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs). The partnership opens up an avenue for KNCCI members to have access to relevant and tailored products and services to grow their businesses; whilst for KDC the MoU gives the Corporation access to potential customers for uptake of its products. The partnership will see the over 3,000 KNCCI members enjoy diverse financial and advisory solutions to help them recover from the economic downturn occasioned by the Covid-19…

A man in Kirinyaga is in custody for allegedly beating his 17-year-old son to death for smoking bhang, popularly known as weed. According to the police, the said son smoked weed in the presence of his dad on June 5, 2022, making him irritated. Apparently, the boy who had gone visiting the dad and made his way to the compound said his pleasantries and pulled out a blunt ready to smoke. This did not sit well with the father who was very irritated and hit him with a blunt object in the head. He was rushed to hospital but later…

More than 235 health facilities in Makueni County are set to receive Sh37.6 million essential medicines from the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA). The consignment was flagged today morning in the presence of KEMSA CEO Terry Ramadhani and Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana. Following the flag off, Makueni becomes the first of the 47 Counties to receive its quarter-four health products and technologies order recently placed with KEMSA. Read: KEMSA Appoints Former Board Member Terry Ramadhani as CEO Speaking at the flag-off ceremony, KEMSA CEO Ms Ramadhani described Makueni as a model county on many fronts while celebrating the county’s continued reliance…

DCI Boss George Kinoti has hit out at Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala following his remarks on police officers. In a viral video, Malala made remarks stating that police officers did not require any academic qualifications as their jobs only required them to hold guns. The remarks were deemed disrespectful with heads of security agencies coming out guns blazing forcing the senator to apologize. https://twitter.com/KihuriaN/status/1529422840088473600 The DCI has now told off the Senator stating that the work of police officers should be respected as they deal with so much. He referenced a situation where an officer holding and operating a gun…

A 50-year-old man collap[sed and died on a treadmill at a gym in the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD). According to a report filed at Central Police Station, the man who was a frequent member of the gym just collapsed and died. He was rushed to the hospital but was however pronounced dead on arrival with a post-mortem set to be conducted to determine the cause of his death. Read: Here Are Four Steps To Follow At The Gym To Protect Yourself From Coronavirus Meanwhile, in a different account of events, a woman is being held in custody for allegedly stabbing…

Six people are feared dead and several others injured after a bus collided with a personal car along the Mwingi-Thika highway. The accident happened around Kanyonyoo-Kivandini area where a Garissa-bound bus collided with a saloon car. Confirming the same, Lower Yatta deputy County Commissioner Rebecca Ndiragu said the six died on the spot. https://twitter.com/HMugeni/status/1534140481583693824 Yesterday, Stanley Muthengi, an MCA candidate for Kyome Thaana ward in Kitui County also perished in an accident along Thika Road. Muthengi passed on in a road crash on Thika Road, just moments after presenting his nomination papers and being cleared by the IEBC. He…

Two city mechanics have been arraigned and charged with stealing Sh100,000 from a client’s car that had been left in the garage. The duo, Caleb Maua Kiche and Stanley Omondi reportedly stole the cash from Wilberforce Juma at a garage near Wilson Airport. Apparently, while taking the car for repairs at the garage, Juma informed the two mechanics that he had some money stashed in the car hence nobody else should be allowed inside. However, Juma says when he got back, he found the car not fixed and the money missing with the two mechanics reportedly on the run. Read: Two…

The tale of Robert Waliaula Kinisu, a Mombasa man who murdered a woman and stuffed her body in a wardrobe before selling her property has frightened netizens. Robert is not new to crime and has in the past been arrested and convicted for different offenses. Kinisu’s story goes way back to 2016 when he was accused of violently robbing and killing a model, Janet Adhiambo at her residence in Kiziongo, Mombasa County. He went through the legal processes and was found guilty where he was sentenced to death in 2018. However, in 2019, he appealed and was acquitted after serving…

Former Nairobi County Governor Mike Sonko has sued the IEBC for blocking his Mombasa Gubernatorial bid. Sonko, through his lawyers, says the decision by the IEBC to bar him from the Mombasa Gubernatorial bid is unconstitutional and unprocedural. He thus wants the judiciary to review the orders. “That there is an urgent need for the court to review its orders so that the ends of justice are sought. The applicants’ impeachment proceedings have not been concluded and are currently pending before the Supreme Court…” the court papers read in part. Read: Sonko Disqualified From Vying for Mombasa Governor Seat On Saturday,…