Author: Mercy Auma

Fitness coach Frankie Kiarie aka Frankie Just Gym It is a troubled man following the recent break-up with the mother of his two kids, Corazon Kwamboka. Frankie who shares two children with socialite Corazon Kwamboka now says he regrets how he treated his first baby mama, Maureen Waititu after their separation. Frankie had lived with Maureen for six years and shared two children before they called it quits. Theirs was a very messy breakup with each party playing victims. Notably, there are videos on Youtube where both parties took shots at each other with insults thrown everywhere. In a long…

Fredrick Okello has been charged with torturing and causing serious injuries to his six-month-old twins in Nairobi. According to court documents, Okello, aged 24 caused serious injuries to his twins, a boy and a girl on June 6 in Kibera slums. Okello’s wife is said to have left the children under the care of their father as she went to visit a neighbor. On returning, the boy was reportedly writhing in pain. The twin’s mother attempted to inquire about what transpired only to be locked out of the house and prevented from taking the children to the hospital. The next…

Fame is a dangerous drug. It comes with its own share of consequences, wrote Donna Rockwell, a scholar, and author. According to online sources, fame comes along with the celebrity status which changes and alters a person’s life completely. In Kenya for instance, there are people who are self-proclaimed celebrities due to what they are recognized for, talent or job. Ideally, there are those who are just famous for one thing or the other, intentionally or unintentional. Online sensations have in the recent past increased through creating short videos, memes and jokes that leave social media users in stitches. Some…

A middle-aged man has been roughed up after he attempted to disrupt the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) meeting at KICC. In a video seen by this writer, the man was kicked out by police officers while he shouted that a ‘Sri Lanka’ would happen in Kenya. “We do not want elections in this country, we want equality. We want freedom. A Sri Lanka will happen in Kenya…we want justice and equality…” he shouted. https://twitter.com/citizentvkenya/status/1546793578952884228 Read: Protester Interrupts IEBC Meeting At Windsor As Ruto Fails To Show Up Led by chairman Wafula Chebukati, IEBC started an 18-day voter sensitization campaign.…

Kenyans have expressed uproar on social media after it emerged that the laptops that were promised by the Jubilee administration are being sold in Uganda cheaply. According to Nation, a seller took to Facebook to advertise for the sales at (150,000 Ugandan Shillings). This is approximately Ksh4,000. In yet another sale, the laptops are going for Sh3,700. Notably, in 2013, the Jubilee administration under President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto pledged to give laptops to primary school children to enhance digital literacy. Almost 10 years later, the dream is yet to be realized. Read: Children You Promised Laptops Are…

The viral video of former rugby player Dennis Ombachi tossing his toddler into a swimming pool has attracted the attention of international media. Ombachi was trending in the country for the better part of the weekend following the video where he tossed his toddler into the water after he graduated from water safety classes. “4 weeks since we started water safety classes and my son graduated today, officially water safe. Last class he gets to go in with 4 layers of clothing including two diapers, more than doubling his weight in water. Proud father,” Ombachi wrote. https://twitter.com/ombachi13/status/1546394230897217536 Read: Dennis Ombachi ,…

President Uhuru Kenyatta has today signed the Children’s Bill 2021. This raises the criminal culpability of children to 12 years. “A person under the age of twelve years shall not be criminally responsible for any act or omission and that a child who commits an offence while under the age of fourteen years shall be presumed not to be capable of differentiating between right and wrong unless the Court is satisfied on evidence to the contrary,” Clause 221 of the law reads. The new law replaces the Children Act 2001 which set the criminal culpability of children at 8 years.…

Abdirahman Mohammed Abdi is a wanted man for title deed forgery of land located in Nairobi’s South C. This is following a warrant of arrest that was issued against him by Senior Principal Magistrate’s Court Milimani on 21st September 2020 in criminal case no. 121/190/2020. According to the DCI, Abdirahman is currently on the run for the charges of Forgery of Title Document, Forcible detainer and Obtaining registration of land by false pretences in connection with 3.01 hectares of land located in South C. Detectives have called on anyone with any information leading to his whereabouts to report to the…

DCI sleuths have arrested a student from Makindu Medical Training College who kidnapped himself in a bid to obtain money from his parents. In detailed revelations by detectives, 23-year-old Edwin Kamau is in custody at Kayole police station, after he staged his own kidnapping to milk money from his parents. He apparently went missing last Sunday only to block his father and demand Sh70,000 ransom from his mother claiming to have been kidnapped. His distraught parents reported the matter to police officers who immediately launched a manhunt for the kidnappers. However, when the calls persisted with Kamau telling his mother…

Azimio’s Raila Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua’s campaign poster that was torn in Bomet last month has now been re-erected. Photos circulated on social media last month captured the poster torn by unknown residents in what was termed as retaliation. Prior to that, Ruto’s UDA campaign poster has allegedly also been brought down by rowdy residents. Hence, the two incidents were linked to political intolerance from both political divides. The incident was condemned by ODM officials in Bomet while calling on relevant authorities to investigate the matter. “It is important that the police investigate the circumstances under which…

Ousted FKF President Nick Mwendwa has bern re-arrested just a day after the DPP dropped Sh38 million graft charges. Yesterday, the DPP withdrew the corruption case against former Football Kenya Federation (FKF) President Nick Mwendwa for lack of witnesses. Mwendwa, who was first arrested on November 14 last year before he was released and re-arrested again on charges of fraud, has been battling to clear his name in court through his lawyers Erick Mutua and Charles Njenga. He was kicked out of office with his entire National Executive Committee in November last year by Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed when…

A police officer and staff are being interrogated over a burglary that happened at Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o’s rural home. On Tuesday night, burglars reportedly break into the County boss’s rural home in Ratta village, Seme sub-county and made away with some valuables. Assorted clothes and food items were stolen in the process with detectives terming it an inside job. Thus, an administrative officer, the farm manager and other staff are being questioned on the same. At the time of the break-in, the family was away at their Milimani Estate home. “A team of officers has visited the scene. We…

The government has temporarily restricted matatus from using the Nairobi Expressway following the recent accidents. In a statement issued by Transport CS James Macharia, all PSVs carrying more than 7 passengers are no longer allowed on the Expressway. The temporary ban, the CS said is set to aid in investigating the cause of accidents that have now become uncontrolled. Thus, more measures will be put in place to ensure the safety of passengers is guaranteed. “Since the Nairobi Expressway was opened to the public, a number of traffic accidents and incidents involving commercial passenger vehicles have occurred on the expressway,”…

Roots Party Presidential Candidate George Wajackoyah has set the record straight regarding claims that he has dual citizenship. Yesterday, former Presidential Candidate, Peter Gichira in a letter addressed to the British High Commission sought to have Wajackoyah’s citizenship clarified. This was after it emerged that the Roots Presidential Candidate tried running for an elective post while he was living as a refugee in the UK. For one to be eligible to vie for a parliamentary seat in the UK, the constitution outlines that one has to be at least 18 years of age and be a Citizen of the UK.…

Police have launched a manhunt for a suspect, Kipchumba Michael Kibet who is behind the cultivation of bhang worth Sh1 million guised as potted plants in Eldoret. Yesterday, detectives from the Anti-Narcotics Unit discovered bhang cultivated in Elgon View Estate, Eldoret town. The illegal drug was grown in a six-bedroom bungalow. Following the operation, 21 cannabis plants were discovered in the main bedroom, 68 in the living room, 14 in the dining room and 26 others in an adjacent iron walled room. Also found at the premises was an identification card, KCSE result slip and Moi University clearance report dated…

Questions have lingered over Roots Party Presidential candidate George Wajackoyah’s dual citizenship after it emerged that he attempted to run for a parliamentary seat in the United Kingdon (UK). In a letter making rounds online, Wajackoyah reportedly tried running for an elective post while he was living as a refugee in the UK. For one to be eligible to vie for a parliamentary seat in the UK, the constitution outlines that one has to be at least 18 years of age and be a Citizen of the UK. However, a twist comes in as the Kenyan constitution stipulates that a…