Author: Mercy Auma

The National Police has been forced to issue a statement after a viral clip captured a woman threatening to arrest revelers at a drinking joint. In a video that has since gone viral on Twitter, a woman claiming to be a police inspector was threatening to arrest revelers for alleged ‘defamation., https://twitter.com/SaddiqueShaban/status/1536610837401591810 The police, through a statement, said the lady is not a police officer but rather an enforcement officer working for the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS). Thus, she impersonated a police officer. The police further clarified that the role of the NPS officers is seconded to NMS to perform…

Detectives are trailing a woman who drove off with her lover’s car and Sh700,000 after a night out in Naivasha. Reports indicate that the lovebirds arrived from Narok on Saturday and were enjoying a blissful time and merrymaking in Naivasha. Things however took a wrong turn when the woman reportedly fled with the car which had Sh700,000 stashed inside. According to Nation, the victim had reaped big after selling some farm produce and opted to celebrate. The woman in question is in her mid-40s with speculations that the man might have been drugged prior to the gateway. “We want to…

Kenya has confirmed 213 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours after 2,147 samples were tested. The country’s caseload is now at 327,145. The positivity rate is now at 9.9% and cumulative tests so far conducted are 3,703,840. County distribution is as follows: Nairobi 139, Kitui 44, Kilifi 13, Nyeri 8, Mombasa 4, Kiambu 3, Embu and Siaya 1 case each. 150 patients have recovered from the disease, 135 from the Home-Based and Isolation Care Program while 15 are from various health facilities countrywide. This pushes the total recoveries to 319,669. No Covid-19 fatalities have been recorded hence the…

UDA’s Nairobi Gubernatorial Candidate Johnson Sakaja has insisted that his qualifications and academic credentials are not in doubt adding that he graduated from Team University in Uganda. Earlier, Dennis Wahome filed a petition before the independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) seeking to bar senator Sakaja from vying for the governorship in Nairobi citing he does not meet the required threshold. “The respondent has demonstrated fraud and forgeries that have the potential to erode the public confidence in and diminish the integrity of qualifications in Uganda and Kenyan degrees both regionally as well as globally,” Mr Wahome said. The IEBC…

Nigerian artist Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu known by his stage name as Burna Boy is on the spot after his security escorts attempted to kill a man in a club. According to Nigerian media, the security guard attached to the musician reportedly shot a man who was protecting his wife from Burna Boy’s advances. The incident happened at Club Cubana on Victoria Island with the victims identified as Irebami Lawrence and Tolu. Apparently, the singer and his security visited the club at around 4 AM on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. While four accompanied the Grammy award-winning artiste to the VIP section,…

12-year-old Maureen Wangui Kioi was reported missing by her family on April 20, 2022, in Githurai, Nairobi. Posters were circulated on social media with her family calling on anyone with information on her whereabouts to report to the authorities. Little did they know their kin would not be found alive. Weekes later, Maureen’s body was found on May 1, 2022. At the centre of Maureen’s death is a matatu driver who was previously convicted for stealing motor vehicle parts. Nation reports that Charles Githinji, a matatu driver sentenced to 18 months in Naivasha prison is the prime suspect in the…

A petty offender who was pardoned by President Uhuru Kenyatta on June 1 during Madaraka Day celebrations has murdered his mother in Kirinyaga. On June 1, President Uhuru pardoned inmates who were petty offenders serving sentences of less than three months and they were released from custody. According to Mwea East Sub-county police commander Daniel Kitavi, the suspect man who was living with his 76-year-old mother committed the crime in their home in Mwea East before fleeing. He reportedly hit the mother, identified as Grace Muthoni with a blunt object killing him on the spot and fled. So far, detectives…

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…