Author: Wycliffe Nyamasege

Jubilee Vice-chairperson David Murathe has issued a warning to Members of Parliament planning to miss the party’s Parliamentary Group meeting that will be hosted by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday morning. In a Facebook post, Murathe said the party’s top leadership will not hesitate to discipline MPs who will fail to attend the meeting scheduled to be held at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) as from 9am. Reports indicate that the President will chair the meeting via online video platform, Zoom, after four staffers tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease at State House in Nairobi recently. “Missing tomorrow’s…

Inspector-General of Police Hillary Mutyambai has announced the launch of a special online session that will offer the general public a platform to share their concerns about the National Police Service (NPS) with him. This, the police boss said, is following clamour by the public to have a closer engagement with the service. Kenyans will have the opportunity of voicing their concerns on Twitter every alternate Monday from 11am to noon using the hashtag #EngageTheIG. The session will begin tomorrow, Monday, June 22, 2020. “Whereas the National Police Service has existing formal and viable structures of engagement with the public,…

TV47’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Eugene Anangwe has called it quits after just months of service at the media house. Anangwe announced his exit via his social media pages. He said he resigned because of personal reasons without going into details. “Goodbyes! Not so many people if not everyone wish for moments to say them; certainly me included! But these things are inevitable & I have come to that point myself- where I say goodbye to my team at TV47. I resigned due to personal reasons & I remain proud of my work Folded hands, ” he wrote on Saturday.…

Lawyer Donald Kipkorir has withdrawn a case challenging a list of colleagues proposed for the conferment of coveted Senior Counsel title. Kipkorir had moved to court in October last year after a committee responsible for vetting lawyers interested in joining the Senior Counsel club failed to list him among the list of 24 advocates. Kipkorir made the request to withdraw the petition on May 14, a day after the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) revoked the list following complaints that the vetting exercise was flawed. “The applicant’s chamber summons dated October 9, 2019, and this suit are hereby marked as…

117 more people have tested positive for the novel Coronavirus disease in the country raising the national tally to 4,374. Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Rashid Aman said on Friday that a total of  3,043 samples had been tested in the last 24 hours. So far, Kenya has tested a total of 133,541 samples. At the same time, the CAS said two more patients have succumbed to the disease raising the death toll to 119. Health Director-General Dr Patric Amoth said one of the fatalities is a 30-year-old male patient from Dadaab refugee camp. The patient had no underlying medical…

Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia has appointed engineer Silas Murira Kinoti as Director-General, the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA). In a statement on Friday, the CS said Kinoti’s appointment to the position, analogous to a Chief Executive Officer (CEO), took effect on June 18. “Eng. Kinoti’s appointment follows a competitive and transparent recruitment process that was conducted by the Board of KURA, ” said Macharia. Kinoti has been acting as KURA Director-General since September 2015. The new KURA boss joined the authority in 2009 as Manager (Roads) and was later promoted to General Manager (Planning and Environment). Read: Mohammed Ali…

Jubilee Vice-Chairperson David Murathe now says that the clear cracks in the ruling Jubilee party were long overdue. Reacting to the unveiling of Jubilee Asili Centre by rival Tanga Tanga camp allied to Deputy President William Ruto, the Uhuru ally says the President can now focus on delivering his agenda to the Kenyan people as the “rebels” had successfully been evicted. The DP’s allies yesterday unveiled the Jubilee Asili outfit with the original Jubilee party logo but with Ruto’s defunct United Republican Party (URP) colours. It’s touted as a new vehicle that the DP could use in the 2022 State…

Kenya has trounced Djibouti to clinch the United Nations Security Council seat in a highly competitive poll today. Kenya secured the nonpermanent seat after garnering 129 votes against Djibouti’s 62 in the second round of voting after felling short of the required threshold yesterday. Voting was conducted on a single ballot in New York. In the Wednesday poll, Kenya managed 113 votes with Djibouti getting 78 forcing a runoff. To be declared winner, a member has to get the support of two-thirds of the 193 UN member states. This means at least 128 votes. Kenyan diplomats and President Uhuru Kenyatta…

The number of the novel Coronavirus cases in the country rose to 4,257 on Thursday after 213 more people tested positive in the last 24 hours. This is the highest number of cases to be recorded in a single day since the outbreak of the disease in the country in March this year. Addressing the nation during the daily Covid-19 update, Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Rashid Aman said a total of 6,024 samples had been tested in the last 24 hours. Kenya’s cumulative tests now stand at 130,498. Dr Aman said the high number of cases can be justified…

Mediamax Network Limited employees are now seeking President Uhuru Kenyatta’s intervention over unpaid salaries and looming mass lay-off. The frustrated employees, who have spent the past few months in the courts fighting pay cuts say the President, whose family is associated with the company, needs to come to their aid. In a letter addressed to the Head of State, the employees said that efforts to solve the pay dispute with the Acting Chief Executive Officer Ken Ngaruiya had proved futile. They claim that the CEO is arrogant and often uses blackmail and intimidations to silence anyone who dares to challenge…

Felix Orinda popularly known as Dj Evolve has been discharged from the Nairobi Hospital where he had been admitted in January this year with gunshot wounds. Multiple sources intimated that DJ Evolve was discharged from hospital early on Thursday morning after being bedridden for five months. However, the disc jockey, who worked at popular Kilimani’s B-club still can’t walk. He was wheeled home in an adjustable bed provided by the hospital. He is able to talk but in a low voice due to the multiple surgeries he underwent after being shot in the neck at B-club. A video shared by…

Government Spokesperson Cyrus Oguna has come under sharp criticism over comments that the state is probing recent demolitions in Nairobi that left thousands homeless. The government carried evictions in Kariobangi North and Ruai areas last month forcing over 7000 people to spend the night in the cold in a bid to create space for the construction of Kariobangi Waste Sewerage Treatment plant. The government ignored court orders to carry out the evictions at a time Nairobi was experiencing heavy rains and Covid-19 restrictions exposing residents particularly children to diseases. In an interview with NTV on Wednesday, Oguna said that the…

Wiper Movement and Chama Cha Mashinani parties have inked a post-election cooperation agreement with the ruling Jubilee party. Party leaders Kalonzo Musyoka and Isaac Rutto signed the agreement at the Jubilee party Headquarters in Nairobi on Wednesday afternoon. They were received by Jubilee party Secretary General Raphael Tuju and Vice-chairperson David Murathe. Accompanying Kalonzo were Chirau Ali Makwere (Chairperson) Mutula Kilonzo Junior (Vice-Chair) and Judith Sijeny (Secretary-General). Last month, the Wiper boss revealed that the party’s National Executive Council had given him a green light to seal a co-operation agreement with President Uhuru Kenyatta’s party. On the other hand, Rutto,…

Two residents of Nairobi were on Wednesday arraigned at Milimani Law Courts over a CCTV footage that surfaced online early this month showing President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga touring the Nairobi city centre at night The two, Patrick Rading Ambogo and Magoma Ayonga are accused of unauthorized interception of computer data contrary to section 17 (1) of the Computer Misuse and Cyber Crime Act. “On 2nd day of June 2020, at around 2020 hours at Nairobi County within the Republic of Kenya, the two intentionally and without authorization intercepted a security CCTV footage capturing the head of…

Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala has been elected chairperson of the select committee to probe proposed Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru impeachment. Nominated Senator Abshiro Halake was picked to deputise Malala in a sitting held on Wednesday morning. The committee was given a go-ahead to probe Waiguru impeachment during a dramatic plenary session on Tuesday. 45 senators voted for the formation of a select committee route, 14 for the plenary and one abstained. Senators, who were opposed to the formation of the committee led by former Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen, said that judging from the mood in the house, the team had…