Author: Wycliffe Nyamasege

Former Chief of Defence Forces General (Rtd) Samson Mwathethe has been appointed chairman of the Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) board. KenGen’s board appointed Gen.Mwathethe during its meeting earlier today to replace Joshua Choge who has served in that position since January 3, 2014. Gen. Mwathethe retired in May this year after serving for five years as Chief of Defence Forces. He was replaced by General Robert Kibochi. Currently, Gen. Mwathethe heads the Oceans and Blue Economy Office. While announcing the appointment, the KenGen Board said Gen. Mwathethe brings to the parastatal immense wealth of experience in strategy and…

President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered the suspension of all political gatherings and rallies for a period of 60 days effective immediately citing a surge in Covid-19 cases in the country. In a state of the nation address on Wednesday from State House, Nairobi, the Head of State said anyone wishing to hold such meetings should do so in town halls and must observe all Covid-19 protocols including limiting the attendees to one-third of the sitting capacity and the wearing of face masks. Over the recent past, politicians have been on the spot for holding political gatherings and rallies in total…

Police are holding three people linked to a multi-million fraudulent online car dealers syndicate. According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the three including a lawyer identified as Moses Owino Angelo were nabbed on Tuesday night. Angelo and George Tsuma were arrested in Mombasa while the third suspect Charles Kipsang Koech alias Charles Brian Koech alias Ibrahim Merrali was arrested in Naivasha. Detectives launched a manhunt for the suspects after two people filed complaints at DCI Kasarani. The buyers claimed that they were swindled after making payments for vehicles they had seen posted on online market place https://jiji.co.ke. Read:…

United States incumbent President Donald Trump has vowed to move to the Supreme Court to challenge what he terms as massive fraud in this year’s election. In results that have been declared so far, Democrat’s Joe Biden is leading with 238 electoral votes against Trump’s 213. In a press statement, the Republican candidate said he is going to the Supreme Court to stop the counting process. Many battleground states are yet to release full results. “This is a fraud. This is an embarrassment to our country. We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this election.…

John Khaminwa, the lawyer of Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru, who surrendered to authorities at Hague in the Netherlands early this week, has revealed that his client left the country quietly with no clue that he was turning himself in over arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC) five years ago. The ICC issued a warrant of arrest against Gicheru in 2015 after claims of bribing witnesses in the failed case against Deputy President William Ruto and radio presenter Joshua Arap Sang. The two were charged with instigating violence after a disputed 2007 election when 1,200 people…

Deputy President William Ruto has postponed scheduled tours in Machakos, Kitui and Makueni counties until further notice citing a surge in Covid-19 cases in the country. In a tweet on Tuesday, the DP said the move is part of his plans to significantly scale down public engagements amid the worrying Covid-19 trend. “The upsurge in Covid19 cases strongly indicates that a second wave may be in the offing. For this reason, I have decided to significantly scale down my public engagements until further notice. The empowerment meetings for this weekend in Machakos, Kitui and Makueni are postponed, ” the DP…

52 students at Salvation Army Kolanya Boys High School in Busia County have tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The students are among 60 people including six teachers and two support staff members who tested positive for the disease from 100 samples collected from the school. Speaking to members of the press on Tuesday at Busia County Headquarters, Governor Sospeter Ojaamong said the positive cases have been isolated within the school and medical staff deployed to manage them. The county boss said the rest of the school fraternity has been quarantined within the institution. Read: 10 Maranda High…

The office of the Attorney General is set to file an appeal against a High Court judgement that awarded former Youth and Gender Affairs Principal Secretary Lilian Omollo one shilling for wrongful dismissal. Justice Stephen Radido of the Employment and Labour Relations Court had last month ruled that Ms Omollo’s removal from office was unconstitutional and ordered the government to pay her a nominal Ksh1 for breach of her rights. Nominal damages are awarded when the plaintiff is legally in the right but has not suffered substantial losses. But in a notice dated October 21 the office of the Attorney-General…

Kapseret Member of Parliament Oscar Sudi has claimed that there are plans to stop Deputy President William Ruto’s 2022 presidential ambitions using his failed case at the International Criminal Court (ICC). In a Facebook post on Tuesday, the controversial lawmaker claimed that Ruto’s “political enemies” are working to revive the case using what he termed as “evil schemes”. Sudi cited the yesterday incident where Kenyan lawyer Paul Gichuru surrendered to authorities in the Hague, Netherlands, after five years of being sought for allegedly interfering with witnesses in Ruto’s crimes against humanity case. Gicheru is among lawyers who played a big…

The Higher Education Loans Board (Helb) has been ordered to pay a lawyer Ksh10 million for erroneously listing her with Credit Reference Bureaus (CRB) as a defaulter. In a ruling delivered by High Court Judge James Makau, Helb was further ordered to apologise to Eunice Ng’ang’a in two national newspapers for causing her embarrassment and tarnishing her reputation. “This Court takes judicial notice to the fact that whoever is ever listed by any of the Credit Reference Bureaus (CRBs) following an adverse information or report cannot be taken as a person worthy granting a loan or doing business with otherwise.…

Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu was on Monday arrested just hours after several opposition leaders were taken into custody over a call for mass protests following the disputed October 28 General Election. Lissu’s party Chadema has confirmed that the opposition leader has been freed after being interrogated by police for more than two hours. https://twitter.com/ChademaTz/status/1323312810433105921?s=20 Kahawa Tungu understands that Lissu was arrested as he sought protection from foreign missions in Tanzania and was freed after German ambassador drove to the police station where he was being held. https://twitter.com/Smith_JeffreyT/status/1323287903225683968?s=20 Tanzanian police had earlier confirmed that Lissu was arrested in connection with…

724 more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) from 5,085 samples tested in the last 24 hours, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said on Monday. This brings to 56,601 the number of confirmed positive cases in the country with Nairobi accounting for 362 of the cases confirmed in the last 24 hours. The cumulative tests done so far stand at 704,605. Speaking after a tour at the Malindi Sub-county Hospital, Kagwe said that the youngest patient is a one-year-old baby, while the oldest is 84 years. Kagwe said 14 more patients have succumbed to the disease…

Tanzania’s opposition leader Freeman Mbowe has reportedly been arrested ahead of planned protests over recent General Election marred by fraud claims. The Chadema national chairman is said to be among several opposition figures arrested last night, just hours before the protests that were scheduled to begin today across the country. Former member of parliament Godbless Lema, the former mayor of Dar es Salaam, Isaya Mwita, and the former mayor of Ubungo municipality, Boniface Jacob, are among those who are said to be in police custody. According to Emmanuel Mvula, campaign manager with the ACT Wazalendo party, there was a heavy…

An assistant chief in Kisii has been interdicted over alleged plan to disrupt Mashujaa Day celebrations in Kisii a fortnight ago. Also sent home is a bodyguard of Kisii Deputy Governor Joash Maangi, who is also accused of attempting to disrupt the event attended by President Uhuru Kenyatta. The two, police say, despite being public servants, were involved in printing T-shirts, reflectors and banners in support of Deputy President William Ruto. The materials were seized by police prior to the event. The police claim that they were meant to be distributed to the DP’s supporters in a move aimed at…

Machakos County Governor Alfred Mutua has suspended his countrywide rallies citing a surge in Covid-19 cases. In a tweet on Monday, Mutua, who has declared interest in the 2022 presidential race, urged other leaders to follow suit. “Due to the rising COVID cases, which appear more serious than before, I am POSTPONING my nationwide Listening Tours until the situation improves. I urge other leaders to also be RESPONSIBLE & halt their public meetings & to lead by example by wearing masks, keeping distance etc, ” he said. “Wananchi mimic how we carry ourselves because they believe we are privy to…