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AU High Representative for Infrastructure Development Raila Odinga is now back in the country,  very strong and recovering well after the minor surgery in Dubai, his daughter Winnie Odinga has said. In a video shared online, Odinga is captured in a jovial mood, dressed up in casual wear and making light of the situation. Further in the video, Odinga’s daughter, Winnie inquires how he is feeling and he goes head to state that he is well, rejuvenated and proceeded to thank his supporters and friends who wished him well. “I am feeling great and let me thank everyone who sent…

Jubilee Party Deputy Secretary-General Caleb Kositany a fortnight ago cited frustrations from his party adding that his little ideas were not listened to or recognized. The Soy MP further indicated that he wouldn’t be shocked if there is a plot to oust him since it was just a matter of time before the same would be put into action. “I am waiting for the day that I will be relieved off my duties as Deputy Sec-Gen, could it be today, could it be tomorrow? That will no longer be news, it will not shock me at all. My conscious cannot…

Detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission together with armed police officers have raided Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko’s Upper Hill offices. According to Star, drama ensued as the detectives positioned their vehicles at the entrance of the premises and used it to scale the gate as well as access the compound. Apparently, the governor’s aides were already in the compound after being tipped off about the impending raid thus repulsed. The situation escalated into a three-hour standoff forcing the detectives to leave the premises without accomplishing their mission. Notably, the detectives are said to have indicated that they were on…

Health CAS Rashid Aman has confirmed 176 new Coronavirus cases bringing the tally to 6,366 after 2,419 samples were tested within the last 24 hours. Speaking during the daily COVID-19 briefings, Aman further announced that four more patients have succumbed to the virus bringing the tally of fatalities to 148. On a lighter note, 26 patients have been discharged from hospitals after testing negative for the deadly virus bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,039 The youngest of the new cases reported is aged 3 years while the oldest is aged 78 years. Ideally,  all the latest cases are…

Bumula Member of Parliament (MP) Moses Mabonga has been involved in a grisly road accident along the Eldoret-Nairobi highway. Online sources indicate that the lawmaker was travelling to Nairobi from Busia and escaped unhurt with the vehicle he was travelling in being damaged. However, it is unclear whether he has been taken to the hospital. In photos shared online, the vehicle was captured damaged on the front side. https://twitter.com/AllyBHustler002/status/1277902829043224578 The MP is a very vocal Western region politician and has often made headlines with his utterances. In the wake of Coronavirus, the MP indicated that he would table an impeachment…

Former Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Manager Joseph Chege Gikonyo and his wife Lucy Kangai have been granted Sh5 million cash bail or alternative bond of Sh10 million in tax evasion case. The two, who were arraigned on Tuesday, denied a charge of fraudulent failure to pay taxes to the taxman. Gikonyo was arrested on Monday, June 29, 2020, alongside his wife Lucy Kangai Stephen, with whom they are co-directors of a company named Giche Limited. According to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission  (EACC), Gikonyo had been under investigations since 2018 over Sh600 million unexplained wealth. The EACC had obtained court…

Amani National Congress (ANC) party has condemned the arson attempt in their Kakamega offices that took place on Monday leading to the destruction of documents. Through the party’s Secretary-General Barrack Muluka, the party indicated that there is no cause for alarm over the loss of documents adding that it is committed to upholding democracy and combating efforts to kill multiparty democracy through intimidation. “In the past, the party and its national leadership have come under spirited verbal assault by our detractors, political competitors and their agents both from within and without,” Muluka is quoted by Star. He added, “Such banditry…

Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu has slammed MCAs for dramatically evicting her lawyers out of the county assembly offices. In a video circulated online, the battered lawyers identified as Morris Kimuli and Martin Oloo were roughed up with further reports indicating that Kimuli sustained injuries during the confrontation. “The County Assembly that invited me (in person or represented by counsel) to answer to allegations in a witch-hunt impeachment motion have violently kicked out my lawyers,” Ngilu said. https://twitter.com/mamangilu/status/1277534591520292864 Read: Kitui MCA James Munuve Claims To Have Been Assaulted For Leading Ngilu’s Impeachment One of the lawyers is heard in the video terming…

A section of Amani National Congress (ANC) party offices in Kakamega were in the wee hours of Monday morning set ablaze and important documents destroyed by the fire. According to online sources, the Musalia Mudavadi party offices were burnt down by goons suspected to have been hired by rival politicians. Julius Arunga, the branch chairman, confirmed the incident saying that unknown people broke one of the office’s windows and doused the inside with petrol before lighting the fire. “Fortunately, only the store was burnt but the rest of documents and other items are intact. We don’t want to speculate, but…

Orange Democratic Party (ODM) National youth coordinator Benson Musungu has finally been discharged from the hospital after testing Negative for Coronavirus. Taking to his Twitter, the youth leader indicated that he was finally out of the hospital and thanked his friends and supporters for the prayers and well wishes. “The bed is empty at last!! I am COVID-19 NEGATIVE!! God is a living God! I want to thank the Agakhan medical fraternity for the best care have ever received in any hospital. Asante Baba @RailaOdinga and the ODM fraternity Thank you all for your prayers and moral support.,” he wrote.…

Barely 24 hours after the inferno that razed down properties worth millions in Gikomba market, traders are again counting losses as structures were demolished overnight under heavy police supervision. Citizen reports that police bulldozers arrived at the market in the wee hours of Friday night with the order that the residents should vacate the area immediately thus leaving them stranded in the cold amid curfew. The details of the night demolition according to Kamukunji deputy commissioner Moses K-rilan indicate that it was authorized by the government on the grounds that it would stop further collapse of weaker structures. https://twitter.com/bulimu_lydia/status/1276849255748165632 Read: Starehe…

The body of a 27-year-old woman, Eunice Wambui has been exhumed from a shallow grave in Kianderi, Kirinyaga county. Wambui was reportedly murdered by her 35-year-old lover Simon Murimi and buried earlier in the week. According to Citizen, family members informed the police authorities after the lover was seen digging a grave and immediately filled it with soil. Read: Man Suspected To Have Killed, Buried Isiolo Woman Nabbed One Year Later The deceased’s body has since been transferred to Kerugoya Mortuary awaiting a post-mortem to be carried out while investigations are ongoing. In another account of events last month, 34-year-old Edward…

A high school girl identified as Hamisa Musa is fighting for her life at the Guru Nanak hospital after she was hit by a stray bullet in Kariokor, Nairobi County. According to online sources, Hamisa was shot in the stomach by an anti-riot police officer while she was leaving a salon in her area. Witness statements indicate that she was in the company of her aunt when a police officer identified as Willy started shooting in the air, aimlessly. “A police officer by the name of Willy was shooting aimlessly before a bullet struck the girl. She was accompanied by…

The Director of Public Prosecutions has indicated that the investigations into the dramatic stampede at Kakamega Primary School which claimed 15 lives should be done through a public inquest. According to Star, documents filed by the public prosecution Counsel Erick Mutua cite that the matter is to be placed before a magistrate under section 386 of the Criminal Procedure Code for a formal closure to be made by way of a public inquest. “I find that there is no clear criminal act that has been committed that is evident. No persons have been mentioned in connection with the stampede as…

Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho has given an update on ODM’s Raila Odinga health status after undergoing minor back surgery. Through Twitter, the governor indicated that Odinga is progressing well and will be back in the country in no time. “We continue to pray for him. I have no doubt that within the shortest time possible, baba will be back in Kenya. Raila is solid, strong…we are solidly behind him, his agenda our agenda, what he identifies with is what we are moving with. He is doing extremely well and shall be back soon,” he said. https://twitter.com/HassanAliJoho/status/1276458792943828992 Read: Raila Flown To…