Author: Wycliffe Nyamasege

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has urged members of the public to take precautionary measures while shopping online during the festive season. The George Kinoti-led directorate said it has received numerous reports of people who have fallen victim to online scammers. Most of the fraudsters, DCI said, are targeting Instagram users fond of buying goods online. “We have received numerous reports from clients who ordered for goods advertised on social networking sites especially on Instagram, but the goods were either not delivered or the quality not similar to what was advertised,” DCI said on Monday night. Read: DCI Cautions…

The Court of Appeal has declined to suspend an order requiring members of parliament to refund Ksh2.7 billion that they illegally awarded themselves as house allowances. In a ruling delivered last year, the High Court had ordered the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) to recover the money in one year. However, the legislators lodged an appeal claiming the High Court misinterpreted the Constitution on the roles of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission viz a viz those of the PSC. They wanted the Appellate Court to suspend the order pending hearing and determination of their case. Read: MPs Ordered To Pay Back…

Ford Kenya leader Moses Wetangula has linked Defence Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa to internal wrangles that threaten unity in the party. The Bungoma senator claims the CS has been meddling with Ford Kenya’s internal affairs. He was speaking after a two-day induction work- shop for the newly elected National Executive Council (NEC) at Elementaita Lodge in Nakuru County. According to the legislator, Wamalwa aided a faction led by Kanduyi Member of Parliament Wafula Wamunyinyi to ditch the party. Wamunyinyi and his Tongaren legislator Eseli Simiyu announced their exit from the Simba outfit on Thursday. In a statement, the leaders said…

Three Maranda High School students have been arrested following Sunday’s fire that razed a 630-capacity dormitory. According to the school’s Board of Management Chairperson Eng. Carey Orege the three students are in Form Two. They are helping with investigations on the suspected arson incident. The board resolved to close the school indefinitely after a crisis meeting on Sunday afternoon. The fire began at the Boaz Owino dormitory at around 11:30am. The dormitory housed Form One students. Read: 14 Students Arrested Over Kamuiru Dorm Fire Firefighters from the Siaya County government responded to the scene and contained the fire. No casualties…

The wreckage of the ill-fated bus that plunged into Enziu River in Mwingi East area of Kitui County on Saturday has been retrieved. The number of people who perished in the tragedy rose to 33 after nine more bodies were retrieved from the river on Sunday. The body of a nine-month-old baby was among those retrieved. Efforts to pull the bus from the river took the whole day after the exercise was suspended following a heavy downpour on Saturday night. The operation was led by divers from the Kenya Navy. Read: 11 People Killed After Bus Plunges Into A River…

Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga has given the clearest indication yet that he is contemplating defecting to Deputy President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party. The fourth governor of Nyeri County is a member of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee party. He took office following the death of his boss Governor Wahome Gakuru in November 2017. Speaking during a church service attended by DP Ruto in Nyeri on Sunday, Kahiga said Jubilee is becoming lonely due to recent defections. He claimed that he is the only governor remaining in the ruling party. Kahiga went on to assure Ruto that he won’t…

A fire broke out at a dormitory at Maranda High School in Siaya County on Sunday morning, the latest of such incidents to be reported amid a wave of unrest in schools in many parts of the country. Bondo Deputy County Commissioner, Richard Karani, confirmed the incident saying the fire began at the Boaz Owino dormitory at around 11:30am. “It is true there is a fire incident at Maranda High School,” he said, “we have a team on the ground and an investigation has been launched.” The 630-capacity dormitory that went up in flames houses Form One students. Read: 14…

The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party has made changes to its top leadership amid efforts to portray itself to the electorate as a national outfit ahead of the 2022 General Election. In the changes confirmed by Secretary General Veronica Maina, the party associated with Deputy President William Ruto picked former People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Party Leader Omingo Magara as its new National Treasurer. The former South Mugirango legislator replaces Eddah Ruto. Magara, who was once a member of Raila Odinga’s ODM party, will have three deputies, Kanake Joshua (programmes), former Teso South MP, Mary Emase (policy and strategy) and David Rotich…

A heated argument between two brothers turned fatal after one of the siblings shot a neighbour who had come to separate them with an arrow in Kipchumwa, Marakwet East. According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Joel Kitum Kipkore and Onesmus Kemboi Kipkore were feuding over a family debt of one cow on Saturday. All of a sudden, Onesmus picked a bow and arrow and aimed the arrow at his elder brother. He missed and fatally injured Edwin kibor. Read: Teen Arrested After Fatally Shooting Elder Brother Over Inheritance “He, unfortunately, missed his target and the arrow went for…

At least 23 people have been confirmed dead after a bus they were traveling in plunged into Enziu River in Mwingi East area of Kitui County on Saturday. An operation led by the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) saw more bodies recovered on Saturday night before the operation was suspended till Sunday morning. The 51-seater bus belonging to Mwingi Junior Seminary, a Catholic Church- run private school, was ferrying the choir members to Nuu area from Mwingi town to attend a wedding ceremony. Mwingi East Sub-County Police Commander Joseph Yakan said the accident was caused by water tides that were too…

A planned dinner for ODM leader Raila Odinga has been postponed. The dinner, common during the electioneering period and meant to raise funds for campaigns, had been scheduled for Tuesday, December 7 at Kempinsky Hotel in Nairobi. Embakasi East Member of Parliament Paul Ongili alias Babu Owino announced on Friday afternoon that the event has been postponed indefinitely to give room for enough preparations. “Dinner postponed to a later date due to overwhelming support to enable us to prepare well and get a bigger venue,” the MP said in an Instagram post. https://www.instagram.com/p/CXBJ_xXIUHO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link The legislator said yesterday that the event…

Two Kenyans who recently petitioned the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to remove High Court Judge Said Juma Chitembwe have withdrawn the petition. John Wangai and Stephen Ooko withdrew the case on Friday morning. The petition questioning Chitembwe’s integrity was filed on November 17. The petitioners said they resolved to withdraw the case because the matter had not been handled in accordance with rules of natural justice. “I wish to confirm that we have no complaint against the honorable Justice Said Chitembwe,” the petitioners said. “As ardent defenders of the promoting fidelity to the constitution…we have resolved to withdraw the petition.”…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have launched a hunt for two thugs who opened fire outside Gatundu Law Courts, Kiambu County, injuring two people on Thursday morning. Kahawa Tungu understands that the injured men were celebrating a ruling when they were attacked by two thugs on a motorbike. The dramatic incident that occurred at around 10am brought business to a standstill in Gatundu town as residents scampered for safety. Read: DCI Cautions Public over New Trend of Crime in the Car Hire Business According to shocked eyewitnesses who managed to have a glimpse of what transpired, a…

Tongaren Member of Parliament Eseli Simiyu and his Kanduyi counterpart Wafula Wamunyinyi have announced their exit from Ford Kenya after a protracted row over the party’s leadership. The politicians opposed to Moses Wetangula’s leadership announced the move in a press conference on Thursday. In their joint statement, the leaders said they will be unveiling “a new vehicle” on December 14, 2021. Ford Kenya has been facing internal wrangles since June last year when the Eseli and Wamunyinyi faction attempted to oust Wetangula, who doubles up as Bungoma Senator, as the party leader. Eseli, then, held the position of secretary general.…

Kenya on Thursday morning received an addition of over 2.2 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. The latest consignment was donated by the Government of Germany via COVAX facility. Kenya had yesterday received 1,462,400 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. https://twitter.com/MOH_Kenya/status/1466299010399019009?s=20 The shipment was a donation from development partners with Denmark donating 266,400, Belgium 445,300 while 750,700 doses were received from Netherlands. Read: Amnesty International Warns Gov’t Over Threats to Deny Unvaccinated Kenyans Services The donations are a major boost in Kenya’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. The government targets to vaccinate 10 million people by the close of the…