Author: Wycliffe Nyamasege

A woman accused of attempting to sell her last born child in Funyula constituency within Busia county has been charged. The woman referred to MO in the charge sheet was arrested for trying to sell her one-year-and-half year old baby to Justus Ojanji at Sh300,000. “On March 6, 2019, at Namboboto village in Samia ub-county within Busia County, being mother to SO, a boy child aged one year and six months, (you) offered him for sale to a Justus Odowa Ojanji at Sh300,000,” read the charge sheet. Mo was arrested alongside a man suspected of facilitating the sale after police…

City lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi has claimed that President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila’s 14-member Building Bridges Initiative is secretly writing a new constitution for Kenyans. In a tweet posted on his official Twitter handle on Thursday, the senior counsel divulged that the committee of 14 is under the support of the office of the President. “BREAKING NEWS….A technical committee of 14 under the auspices of the handshake initiative and the Office of the President is SECRETLY writing a new constitution for Kenya…” Abdullahi wrote. Kahawa Tungu, however, could not independently verify the senior counsel’s allegations, as he did not provide proof…

The recent revelations on the war against graft could be a political strategy aimed at bringing down Deputy President William Ruto’s 2022 ambitions, renown economist David Ndii has said. Speaking in the political show, Point Blank on Wednesday night, Ndii said corruption has been weaponised to target certain individuals. “Fighting corruption has been weaponised for politics, it’s wrong to do so and it’s counterproductive,” Ndii said. He likened the war on corruption to the biblical casting of demons by Jesus into pigs before they were drowned. According to Ndii, DP Ruto is being used as a sacrificial lamb to cleanse…

Kenyan Afro Pop band, Sauti Sol has opened up on a missed opportunity to release a single with the late Oliver Mtukudzi. According to the band’s lead vocalist Bien-Aimé Baraza, the group had ignored calls from the African legend’s nephew few days before he passed on. Speaking to a local media outlet in a recent interview, Bien divulged that they had received an invitation to perform in Zimbabwe but changed performance dates to February 14. “We were meant to perform in Zimbabwe after his nephew reached out and wanted us to perform in annual festival in Zimbabwe,” Bien is quoted.…

A senior engineer at the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) is on the spot after he allegedly ordered for the removal of a speed limit signage following his arrest for speeding. Engineer Samson Murage, the KeNHA North Rift Regional Director, is accused of ordering removal of the 50km per hour speed limit sign at Gilgil Weighbridge. The incident is said to have irked traffic police manning Gilgil junction. Confirming the incident, Gilgil police boss Emanuel Opuru said Murage was arrested on Monday for exceeding a 25 kilometers per hour speed limit allowed the area. “Engineer Murage was arrested by our…

Citizen TV crew has been robbed in the ongoing 6th devolution conference in Kirinyaga County. The crew was covering the one-week devolution conference which kicked off on Monday. According to the station’s reporter Steven Letoo, the robbers got away with Mac-book laptops, PXW Camera and Citizen TV branded microphones. The Royal Media Services owned station is also said to have lost bags, money, cables and hard-drives during the incident. According to Letoo, some of the items lost belong to the sister station Inooro TV. In a photo posted by the reporter on Twitter, the robbers broke into one of the…

Nana Owiti, wife to Kenyan rapper Kennedy Ombima popularly known as King Kaka has opened up on the pain of losing a baby through a miscarriage. Taking to her social media page, the mother of two divulged that the experience came as a shocker. “In April 2014, I went to the washroom and got a blood stain. Very fast I Google and somewhere hapo napata ooh! Sijui implantation bleeding,” stated Nana. According to her, the blood stain was a red flag that something was wrong; she immediately visited a local hospital. Little did she know what awaited her… “The sonographer…

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC )has cancelled over 370,000 KCPE and KCSE student registrations over possible collusion in use of fake birth certificates. According to the examinations body, the council detected birth certificate errors after the registration exercise, informing the decision to deregister the students. The Standard reported that parents and headteachers in some schools might have colluded to use fake birth certificates to register the candidates for the 2019 national examinations. Statistics from KNEC indicate that 1.78 million candidates were registered to sit for this year’s national examinations. Out of the numbers, primary schools had the highest number…

Investigations into an incident where robbery suspects at Drive in stage long Thika Super Highway hurled a device suspected to be a grenade are complete. According to Nairobi Police Commander Philip Ndolo, the device was not a grenade but a teargas canister. The device had been handed over to the DCI for ballistic investigations after police feared it was a grenade. The officer revealed on Sunday that police are now investigating the origin of the tear gas canister. Last week, five suspects linked to the incident were arrested. According to a police report, the five suspects were in a gang…

A section of Members of Parliament led by Homabay Woman Representative Gladys Wanga have questioned Deputy President William Ruto’s recent remarks on Ksh21 billion dams scandal, alluding to the DP protecting fraudsters. This is following the Deputy President’s remarks on Thursday that reports on the Ksh21 billion lost in Arrow, Kimwarer and Itare projects are “a flat lie”. The DP said the money under investigation was about Ksh7 billion and that no money would be lost since Procurement and Construction plus Financing (EPC+F ) comes with a protected bank or insurance guarantee. “You’ have heard that the government has lost…

Police in Kakamega have rescued 38 women from human traffickers believed to facilitate movement of women to the Middle East. During the operation led by security teams drawn from regular and administration police, a 33-year-old suspect was arrested. According to a police report, the suspect was preparing to transport the women aged between 19-45 years to Middle East to work as casual labourers. The suspect is currently held at Kakamega Police Station as police dig into the matter. Kakamega Central Sub County Police Commander, David Kabena, confirmed the incident saying the women were kept at a local school waiting to…

Mary Wambui, the woman killed in cold blood at her husband’s mistress house late January was finally laid to rest on Saturday. Somber mood engulfed the burial ceremony at her rural home in Mweiga, Nyeri County as hundreds of mourners trickled in to pay their last respect, to a departed wife, mother, neighbour, colleague and a friend. Among those who had a chance to eulogize Wambui was Joseph Kori, husband to the slain Wambui. Dressed in a navy blue suit, wearing a disturbed face, Kori had a message to his slain wife whose life was cut short in what many…

Three people lost their lives on Saturday night after an accident occurred at Kumpa area on the Kajiado -Namanga highway. According to eyewitness account, the crash occurred after a motorcycle carrying two pillion passengers – a man and a woman – was hit from behind by a saloon car. The woman aged 45-years old died on the spot while the man, 55, and the rider died while receiving treatment at Kajiado Referral Hospital. The driver of the saloon car is said to have been drunk at the time of the accident. Read:1 Dead, 2 Escape Death By A Whisker In…

Kirinyaga county has reportedly distributed thousands of condoms ahead of the sixth Devolution Conference where over 2,000 delegates are expected to attend. According to reports in local media outlets, over 100, 000 condoms have been distributed free of charge at local entertainment joints including bars, restaurants and hotels within Kirinyaga town. The county Governor Anne Waiguru is said to be leading a team of health officers in the distribution exercise. According to one of the officers involved in the operation, the free distribution is aimed at advocating for save sex. “This is normal practice by health agencies when we expect…

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party has revealed that Msambweni Member of Parliament Suleiman Dori is not yet out of hook days after his Malindi counterpart Aisha Jumwa was expelled from the party. In an interview with a local daily, ODM secretary general Edwin Sifuna said although the legislator sought forgiveness from the party leadership, most delegates were not convinced that he is remorseful. Consequently, the National Governing Council (NGC) has demanded he appears before the council. ‘’Majority of the delegates attending the NGC demanded that Dori appear before them and formally make an official address recanting his political mistakes,’’…