Author: Wycliffe Nyamasege

Two people were today arraigned at a Mombasa Court and charged with stealing a Ceska pistol and 15 bullets at Deputy President William Ruto’s Mombasa residence. The suspects, Elsia Kazungu and Joshua Owiti, are also accused of stealing Ksh700 and a mobile phone worth Ksh1,200 belonging to a police officer attached at the DP’s residence. The charges sheet read that the two committed the offence on December 19, 2019. Police reports indicate that the police officer identified as Francis Kariuki had picked a sex worker at Mombasa’s Moi Avenue at around 1 am and took her to the DP’s residence.…

A rare migratory bird that recently flew a distance of 6948 kilometres from Finland to land in Siaya County has died. A statement by the Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) indicates that the bird known as Osprey died over the weekend while under the care of KWS veterinaries. The team attributed the four-year-old bird’s death to “long term starvation which precipitated systemic organs failure”. The raptor bird was rescued last week in West Imbo location, Usalu village in Siaya County by a local identified as Walter Oloo. Oloo spotted the bird trapped in a fishing net and reported the discovery at…

The family of Felix Orinda alias DJ Evolve, who suffered gunshot wounds after a shooting incident that led to the arrest of Embakasi Member of Parliament Babu Owino, has opposed the release of the lawmaker on bail/bond. In a bail assessment report presented before Milimani Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi on Monday, the family expressed their fears saying if the suspect is freed he might interfere with witnesses in the case. They argued that the suspect being an MP wields a lot of power that he may use to subvert justice. “Their plea to the court is that if the same…

Tob Cohen’s widow Sarah Wairimu is expected to collect her personal items today from her matrimonial home in Kitisuru. This comes days after Wairimu accused the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss George Kinoti of disregarding court orders granting her access to the palatial home to collect clothes, shoes and cosmetics. The expansive home was declared a crime scene following Cohen’s murder. Last week, Wairimu, through her lawyer Philip Murgor threatened to file a contempt application against the DCI for disobeying court orders. Murgor now says his client was allowed to collect the items today after the intervention of the…

Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria has been charged with assault and causing bodily harm. Kuria is accused of assaulting Joyce Wanja at Royal Media studios on December 8. Appearing at Milimani law Courts, Kuria pleaded not guilty to the charges and was freed on Ksh50,000 bond with an alternative cash bail of Ksh20,000. The case will be mentioned on February 8. The MP appeared in court last week but did not take plea after his lawyers John Khaminwa and Harun Ndubi contested the validity of the charge sheet and its particulars. The court heard that Kuria received threats…

Planners of the Buiding Bridges Initiative (BBI) consultative meeting in Mombasa have announced change of venue from Tononoka Grounds to Mama Ngina Waterfront. The declaration was made on Friday by Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga ahead of the rally set for tomorrow, January 25. Odinga was speaking during the coastal region BBI Delegates Forum at the Wild Waters. The event was hosted by Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho. The leaders reportedly cited capacity concerns as reason for the last minute changes. They argued that Mama Ngina Waterfront, which hosted last year’s Mashujaa Day celebrations, has a bigger…

A section of Mombasa youth on Friday disrupted a press conference by Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa and local leaders. The vocal lawmaker allied to Deputy President William Ruto was making her remarks on the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) meeting scheduled for tomorrow at the Tononoka grounds when the rowdy youth armed with stones interrupted forcing journalists to scamper for safety. The MP, who had just begun her remarks by saying there won’t be any showdown during the rallies, was taken aback following the invasion. “Most of these stories are a creation of the media. All this I’m hearing about a…

Senate Majority leader Kipchumba Murkomen has claimed that he been threatened with dire consequences should he attend the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) rallies in Mombasa scheduled for tomorrow, January 25. In a tweet on Friday, the Elgeyo Marakwet senator claims that he has been warned of imminent humiliation if he graces the function. According to Murkomen, the people behind the plot intend to deny him a seat and opportunity to address the public. “If I am allowed to talk I shall be heckled, ” said Murkomen. Despite the threats, the vocal senator says, he won’t be cowed. Read: Murkomen Criticizes…

Deputy President William Ruto has taken issue with a recent statement by ODM leader Raila Odinga and his allies welcoming his Tanga Tanga wing to Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) consultative meeting in Mombasa. Speaking in Embakasi on Thursday the DP lashed out at the leaders saying nobody needs any permission to attend the much-hyped rallies. “Wewe ni nani unatoa ruhusa ya watu kwenda mkutani wa BBI? (Who are you to give permission on who should attend BBI meetings?), ” the DP posed. https://twitter.com/BreakingNewsKE/status/1220331749110157313?s=20 The remarks come just hours after Raila said lawmakers allied to the DP are free to attend…

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday omitted hard-hitting remarks from his speech at the Supreme Court of Kenya, Nairobi. The comments were apparently targeted at the Judiciary and Chief Justice David Maraga. Speaking during the annual launch of State of the Judiciary and Administration of Justice report for the year 2018-2019, the president paused severally to say that he had deliberately skipped reading a section of his speech to maintain “peace”. Unlike in the past events where the President has publicly castigated the Judiciary, Uhuru was forced to adapt to the “friendly mood” set by the CJ, who spoke before him.…

The Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) has accused the family of former military officer Peter Mugure of interfering with investigations in Mugure’s murder case. The ex-soldier was early this year charged with murdering his estranged wife and two children. State Counsel Peter Mailanyi told Justice Jairus Ngaah on Wednesday, during a pre-trial conference, that Mugure’s sister had visited the second suspect, Collins Pamba, on January 6, 2020, at G. K Prison in Kerugoya. The lawyer told the court that during the visit, Mugure’s sister asked Pamba to recant his initial statement over the murder and say that the police coerced…

The government has heightened surveillance in Kenya’s entry points to prevent the entry of deadly  coronavirus which broke out in China less than a month ago. The Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday afternoon that all travellers coming to Kenya will be screened before being allowed into the country. Dr Patrick Amoth, the Acting Public Health Director-General, said that the ministry was not taking anything to chance owing to deep business relations with the Asian country. He said the ministry had sent out an alert to all 47 counties to take part in the surveillance exercise. “As a country, we…

17 students of Kabianga High School in Kericho County, who were recently suspended for refusing to sit for exams on Saturday,  have been recalled. The students skipped the exams on grounds that they are Seventh Day Adventists (SDAs), a religious organisation that worships on Saturday, a day popularly known as Sabbath. Confirming that a section of the students had reported to school, Kericho County Education Director Zachary Mutwiri said the students were recalled after an amicable solution was reached with their parents. Parents and guardians had threatened to move to court should the school’s administration have failed to revoke the…

A motorist was on Wednesday arrested for allegedly blocking a VIP motorcade on Lang’ata Road, Nairobi. Activists Boniface Mwangi criticised the police for preferring drunk driving charges on the man identified as Said Musa Jobba. He was charged and freed on Ksh10, 000 bail. In a video shared by Mwangi on Twitter, the man, who was in the company of another passenger is heard in the background demanding to know what he had done wrong to warrant his arrest. He maintained that he had not contravened any traffic rules by blocking the motorcade. A vehicle with a wailing siren can…

Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed’s brother, Ahmed Rashid Jibril, was on Tuesday charged in a Nairobi Court over alleged involvement in land fraud and skipping court. The court had issued a warrant of arrest against Jibril after he skipped court to answer to four counts of fraud charges on December 24, 2019. Jibril was charged alongside Farrah Ali Mohamed at Milimani Law Courts. In the first count, the two are accused of conspiring to defraud Francis Nyaga Njeru of his parcel of land valued at ksh75 million on October 19, 2015. The charge sheet read that the accused entered into…