Author: Wycliffe Nyamasege

New mom Tanasha Donna recently left tongues wagging after flaunting her sexy postpartum body slightly a week after giving birth to a bouncing baby boy. In the Tuesday photo, Tanasha showed off her body in a pair of pink shorts and brassiere. Many thronged her Instagram page seeking to know the secret behind such quick and impressive results. To set things straight, Tanasha, during a question and answer session on her page, sought to address the queries. The radio personality stated that to achieve her flat tummy she used a stretch mark removing lotion on a daily basis after delivery.…

Police Constable Simon Mwaniki, who is linked to the recent Ksh6 million Eastleigh robbery, has been arrested after being on the run for nearly a week. The officer attached at Kayole Police Station was arrested on Wednesday night alongside two other suspects at Kahawa West by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). The other suspects include a DCI officer, Kelvin Marangu, attached at Kasarani and a civilian who police identified as Martin Kithinji. The three were arrested after police officers, who were acting on intelligence leads, intercepted a Toyota Caldina — Reg. No. KAY 443N — they were…

A 37-year-old man died on Wednesday in Busia shortly after winning a chang’aa-drinking competition. Michael Ouma, who hails from Matayos area, is said to have gulped down three glasses of chang’aa and passed out shortly thereafter. Efforts by his friends to save his life didn’t bear fruit as he was pronounced dead on arrival at a Busia hospital. A postmortem examination is yet to reveal the cause of Ouma’s death. However, doctors suspect dehydration as the cause of his death. According to the deceased mother, Jackline Nabwire, her son left with some friends on Wednesday morning to a local where…

Taita Taveta Governor Granton Samboja was on Wednesday evening impeached over alleged gross misconduct. Reports indicate that 30 local Members of County Assembly (MCAs) unanimously voted in favour of a special motion moved by Rong’e MCA Harris Keke after a four-hour debate. Issues said to have led to Samboja’s impeachment include failure to submit to the county assembly an annual report on the implementation status of the county policies and plans, misappropriation of funds as well as misleading the people of Taita Taveta in dissolving the county. The ward representatives also accused Samboja of failing to remit statutory deductions of…

Five police officers have been arrested after they were allegedly busted stealing money from a Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) ATM in Machakos County. A Police report indicates that the officers were arrested after a security guard raised alarm. Upon search, the suspects were found to be in possession of Ksh268,000. The five have been identified as Corporal (CPL) Richard Wambua (from Kahuro Police Station in Murang’a), Administration Police Constable (APC) Boniface Wambua (from Rapid Deployment Unit in Nairobi and currently attached at RDU Mau). Others are APC Cyprian Odundo (based in Machakos), Prison Warder Julius Mwalili (attached to Prisons Headquarters)…

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on Wednesday morning held a meeting with representatives from the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) to address Kibra poll preparedness. Addressing the press after the meeting, the commission chairman, Wafula Chebukati, stated that the electoral body will assign an investigator in the constituency to probe rigging claims raised by ODM. Chebukati noted that the commission had agreed to share the 2017 voters register with the ODM party which was represented by Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna and National Assembly Minority leader John Mbadi. Reiterating that the commission is fully prepared for the mini-poll, the chair stated…

Ugandan Afropop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine has reportedly been placed under house arrest after local authorities cancelled his Independence Day music concert. Taking to his Twitter handle the vocal Kyadondo East MP stated that the police had surrounded his residence since Tuesday 11pm limiting his movement. “Since 11:00pm, police & military surrounded my home & my private property, One Love Beach Busabala, in yet another move to place me under house arrest & block our Independence Day music concert. 156th concert so far! For singing truth to power, I can’t perform in my own country, ” he wrote. In the pictures…

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has responded to claims made by the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) that it had refused to serve the party with an updated voter register ahead of the Kibra by-election. In a statement released on Wednesday, Wafula Chebukati, Commission chairman, stated that the 2017 General Election Register for Kibra Constituency is ready for sharing. He, however, noted that IEBC has in the past few days been engaged in the process of facilitating changes in the Kibra voter register and confirmed that the changes were posted yesterday. The changes include new enrollment and transfers during the…

Award winning-actress Lupita Nyong’o has attracted wild cheers from her fans across the globe after showing impressive rap skills during a recent interview on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. The actress, who stole hearts with her roles in “Black Panther”, “12 Years A Slave” and many other recent films like “Little Monsters”, was dared by Fallon to try a freestyle song. She seized the moment to introduce her alter ego “Troublemaker” and to the amazement of many she didn’t disappoint. https://twitter.com/im_misstaylor/status/1181500300089274369?s=20 During the talk show, the Oscar winner gave a shout out to American singer Beyoncé for her role…

The Supreme Court of Kenya has dismissed an objection by the National Assembly on its jurisdiction to hear a revenue suit filed by the Council of Governors (COG). In a ruling delivered on Tuesday by Justice Njoki Ndung’u the court ruled that it has a jurisdiction to hear the matter. Justice Ndung’u, however, stated that although the court will hear the case, it will not give its opinion all the issues raised by counties. She noted that the Deputy Registrar will on 16th October communicate to all the parties in the case-specific issues that the court will entertain during the…

The New York Times has named Abdi Latif Dahir as its East Africa correspondent months after it’s former Bureau Chief Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura came under fire over insensitive reporting during the Dusit D2 attack on 14 Riverside Drive, Nairobi. Latif is joining New York Times from Quartz Africa and is expected to take up his new role next month. “We are excited to announce our first new correspondent: Abdi Latif Dahir is joining The Times in Nairobi from Quartz Africa, where he has served for three years as East Africa reporter, ” NYT said on Monday. Born in Nairobi and…

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has defended the government’s effort to regulate gambling in the country saying it’s bearing fruits. Speaking on Monday during a meeting with Muslim clerics at Jamia Mosque, the tough-talking CS noted that the government was not going to backtrack on its move to protect the young generation from the addictive activity. “Data shows since we started a crackdown on gambling, change has been seen. It has not been a bed of roses but I am resolute in stopping it, ” said Matiang’i. He added, “No country has been built by gambling. This must be fought…

A Kenyan woman was last week arrested in Delhi, India, over drug trafficking links. According to Indian media reports the woman, Mariam Mweke, had been on police watchlist for seven months. Authorities had offered Rs50,000 (Ksh73,000) reward on her head. Police sources revealed that Ms Mweke, 36, had been on the run after she jumped bail in a 7.5kg drug trafficking case. In the case, Ms Mweke had been arrested in June last year while on her way to deliver 2.5 kgs of heroin to a peddler in Punjab. “On January 7, 2019, the accused was granted bail by the…

At least 20 human rights activists were on Monday morning arrested after protests against a directive requiring importers to use the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) to transport all containers from the Mombasa port turned chaotic. During the incident at the City Blue Hotel near Nyali Bridge, police were forced to lob teargas canisters at the demonstrators. Several activists are said to have sustained injuries during the mayhem. Among those arrested include Muslim for Human Rights’ Francis Auma, Haki Africa’s Hussein Khalid and the leadership of (Fast Action Business Community). The weekly protests against the directive that was jointly issued by…

John Wambua, the kin of the Likoni Ferry tragedy victims, has dismissed calls by local elders who have been urging him to offer sacrifices in a bid to appease angry sea gods still ‘holding’ his family in the Indian Ocean. The bodies of Mariam Kaghenda, 35, and her four-year-old daughter, Amanda Mutheu, are yet to be retrieved from the sea more than a week after their car plunged into the Indian ocean. It’s for this reason that the local Mijikenda elders, who believe that it will take longer for divers to retrieve their bodies from the sea as the thirty…