Author: Mercy Auma

Budalangi authorities have banned disco matangas amid rising cases of defilement, killings in the area. Reports indicate that the Budalangi Disaster Management committee convened a meeting last week on Thursday at the sub-county headquarters and resolved to ban the night parties. This comes just after a 17-year-old girl was defiled and killed in a gruesome manner in the neighboring Funyula constituency. According to the region Deputy county commissioner, disciplinary actions will be taken against leaders more so chiefs and assistant chiefs who fail to implement the directive in their jurisdiction. Read: Panic As Defilement Cases Skyrocket In Kisumu County “Chiefs and…

Kenya has recorded 181 new COVID-19 cases out of a sample size of 5,577 tested in the last 24 hours. The total confirmed positive cases are now 105,648. The cumulative tests so far conducted are 1,295,556. On a sad note, one patient has succumbed to the disease pushing our cumulative fatalities to 1,854. 88 patients have recovered from the disease, 46 from various health facilities, while 42 are from the Home-Based and Isolation Care. Total recoveries are now 86,609. Read: Kenya Announces 410 New COVID-19 Cases, 6 Death In 24 Hours A total of 347 patients are currently admitted to…

Alfred Nyadera Nyakwama, a man who tortured and stabbed his girlfriend in Embakasi’s Pipeline area has been freed. According to Star, Jane Mutheu, the victim who was also his girlfriend has withdrawn the charges that were leveled against the suspect. Alfred had been charged with attempted murder for torturing the girlfriend for four hours before stabbing her severally with a knife on the head, shoulders, hands and back. Reports indicate that he suspected his girlfriend was dealing with other people hence went to her place to confront her before the events unraveled. Read: Kayole Man Suspected Of Killing Girlfriend Arrested…

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has put breaks on the strike notice issued two weeks ago following a new salary deal. Through a letter by KNUT SG Wilson Sossion to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) on Friday, the union retracted its earlier notice that detailed a looming strike. “Note that we had already registered a trade dispute with the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Labour. However, based on the commission’s response citing the process of concluding internal consultations with SRC, we hereby retract our letter to the CS and urge that you give strict and clear timelines of undertaking…

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) casualty wing that is under construction has collapsed although no casualties have been reported. https://twitter.com/CharleeOddie1/status/1365563898917752834 Last month, services at the facility were paralyzed as nurses and medics went on strike. Inpatient and outpatient services were also affected forcing residents to opt for services in other healthcare facilities. The National Construction Authority (NCA) has since ordered the evacuation of all patients after the collapse. According to NCA Regional Coordinator Eng. Amos Musa, investigations into the cause of the collapse have commenced with the intention to ascertain what exactly took place. Ultimately, JOOTRH Chief…

Kenya has announced 410 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. This was after a sample size of 7,180 was tested. The country’s caseload is now at 105,467. The cumulative tests conducted so far are 1,289,979. Of the new cases, 368 are Kenyans while 42 are foreigners. 276 are males while 134 are females. The youngest is a one-year-old child while the oldest is 83 years. Read: 277 Positive Cases Of Covid-19 Recorded As Tally Reaches 105,057 On a sad note, the country has lost 6 more patients to COVID-19 bringing the death toll to 1,853. Consequently, 24 patients…

ODM politician Omar Boga has bagged a government job just months after losing the Msambweni by-election. Through a gazette notice dated Friday 26, 2021, Boga has been appointed Chairperson of the Coast Water Works Development Agency (CWWDA) by water CS Sicily Kariuki. He is expected to serve for three years. “In exercise of the powers conferred by section 66 (1) of the Water Act, the Cabinet Secretary for Water and Sanitation appoints Omar Boga to be chairman of the Coast Water Works Development Agency for a period of three years with effect from February 26, 2021,” the gazette notice reads.…

32-year-old Daniel Mwangi Wang’ondu, a businessman from Wendiga village in Nyeri was brutally murdered and his body discovered at his gate in the wee hours of January 1, 2021. For two months, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have been trying to piece together the events that led to his death, until earlier this week when a breakthrough was reached. New details have however emerged, revealing that the deceased’s father, Stephen Wang’ondu who hired hitmen to kill his son was in love with his daughter-in-law. Police reports indicate that Mr Stephen was in love with his son’s wife…

Nyamira County is on the spot over the misuse of bursary funds meant to cushion needy students as Sh126 million is untraceable. Speaking yesterday during the launch of the 2021 bursary fund, Nyamira governor Governor Amos Nyaribo revealed that there were hundreds of absentee learners who have been benefiting from the project. For instance, he intimated that approximately 369 learners could not be traced in one Ward alone despite County officials awarding them bursaries. Governor Nyaribo called on the relevant stakeholders to investigate the matter while working closely with the county security teams to unmask those responsible for the misappropriation.…

The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has issued a 72-hour ultimatum for police to expedite investigations into the disappearance of Nairobi lawyer Benson Njau. Through a statement on Wednesday, LSK Secretary Mercy Wambua stated that the police should ensure the lawyer is produced within 72 hours or the society would take serious actions. Ben Njau Kayai has been missing for close to two weeks now with family and friends unaware of his whereabouts. In a poster that was shared on social media, Njau had been reported missing since Sunday, February 7, 2021, around South C area. The family appealed to…

Kenya has announced 280 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours after 4,919 samples were tested. The country’s caseload is now at 104,780. The cumulative tests so far conducted are 1,278,200. Of the new cases, 221 are Kenyans while 59 are foreigners. On a sad note, 2 patients have succumbed to the virus bringing the tally for fatalities to 1,839. Consequently, 713 patients have recovered and were discharged bringing the tally for recoveries to 86,378. 676 are from the Home-Based and Isolation Care while 37 are from various health facilities. Read: 10 Dead, 194 Test Positive For COVID-19 In 24…

The graft case involving Migori County Governor Okoth Obado and others will be heard and determined in Nairobi, the court has ruled. In a ruling by Justice James Wakiaga today, February 24, 2020, the application by one of the governor’s co-accused to have the case tried in Migori has been dismissed. For instance, the court cited that since the application to have the case transferred and tried in Migori was only done by one person, it concluded that the other accused persons were comfortable with it being heard in Nairobi. Last year, Obado was arrested and released on Sh8.75 million…

Social media users have been left in stitches after a morning tweet by ODM leader Raila Odinga on “Reggae Music Again” after the Super Tuesday win. “I woke up to Busy Signal’s – Reggae music again hit. ‘Peace and love for every day.’ What are you listening to?” He tweeted. https://twitter.com/RailaOdinga/status/1364451555290841095 The tweet comes just a few hours after over 30 county assemblies passed the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) constitutional amendment bill. Read: Next Stop Parliament: Over 24 County Assemblies Vote To Pass BBI Bill The tweet has been likened to Raila’s famous quote, Nobody can stop reggae which is a…

32-year-old Daniel Mwangi Wang’ondu, a businessman from Wendiga village in Nyeri was brutally murdered and his body discovered at his gate in the wee hours of January 1, 2021. For two months, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have been trying to piece together the events that led to his death, until earlier this week when a breakthrough was reached. In a series of tweets, the DCI revealed that the murder plot was initiated in December 2020 by the deceased’s father, Stephen Wang’ondu over a family feud. Mr Stephen reportedly hired three of his longtime friends to have…

Kenya has announced 194 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. This was after a sample size of 3,935 was tested. The country’s caseload is now at 104,500. The cumulative tests conducted so far are 1,271,281. Of the new cases, the youngest is a six-year-old child while the oldest is 95. Also,  146 are Kenyans while 48 are foreigners with 108 being males and 86 females. On a sad note, 10 patients have succumbed in the last 24 hours. The country’s death toll is now at 1,837. Read: Six More Patients Succumb To Covid-19 As Kenya Records 208 New Cases…