Author: Wycliffe Nyamasege

Kenya’s largest telecommunication company, Safaricom, has announced a Sh4.5 million sponsorship for the second edition of the Kip Keino Classic Continental Tour scheduled for Saturday, September 18. The track event which is part of the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold series will be held at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani. In a statement to newsrooms on Friday, Safaricom said the sponsorship will cater for a fully kitted media centre and high-speed internet connection to all the functional areas at the event. Safaricom Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Peter Ndegwa noted that the sponsorship is part of the telco’s commitment to…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are pursuing a gang that fatally stabbed a man after a daring robbery in Riruta, Nairobi, on Wednesday. George Omondi was responding to a distress call from a robbery victim when he got in the way of the attackers who stabbed him as they staged their escape. According to police reports, Omondi and his wife were soundly sleeping when their sleep was rudely interrupted by loud distressing screams outside their house at about 5am Wednesday. He quickly left the house to go and find out what was happening. On arriving, Omondi busted…

Chief Justice Martha Koome on Thursday named the best performing courts in the country. Speaking during the launch of the Performance Management & Measurement Understandings Evaluation Report 2019/2020 at the Supreme Court of Kenya in Nairobi, the CJ said the best performing High Court Stations in the different categories were Makueni, Milimani Civil Division and Nakuru. In the Employment and Labour Relations Court, she named Kisumu and Nakuru as leading stations. The report detailed that there were six best performing Magistrates’ Courts in the different categories. These were Limuru, Marsabit, Mombasa, Engineer, Tononoka Children’s Court and Gatundu Magistrate’s Court. On…

Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with the death of a farm caretaker in Kapsimatwo, Nandi County. The Standard Seven pupil is said to have hit Jackson Liboyo Kaderathe with a stone after a confrontation leading to his death. According to the area assistant chief Philip Magut, the pupil had trespassed into a parcel of land manned by the 44-year-old man on his way home from school. Kaderathe attempted to warn the boy against passing through the tea and beans which led to an argument that degenerated into a fistfight. Read: 4-year-old Boy Dies After Mother Plunged him,…

The prosecution has lined up at least 12 witnesses in the witness tampering case against Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands. Gicheru is set to stand trial after the court confirmed six charges against him in July this year. Pre-Trial Chamber A, composed of Judge Sophie Alapini-Gansou stated that there is sufficient evidence that the accused tampered with prosecution witnesses through bribery and corruption in the case against Kenya’s Deputy President William Samoei Ruto and Journalist Joshua Arap Sang. The two were charged with instigating violence after a disputed 2007 election when…

A Kenyan national has been arrested in Nairobi in connection with a fake gold deal that left an Indian businessman counting losses of close to Sh200 million. Hezbon Nyabola was arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) following a complaint filed by the Mumbai-based investor identified as Malian Sanjay. According to the DCI, the suspect worked jointly with a fraudster from Guinea Bissau identified as Cavalho Lopes to defraud the businessman the colossal amount. Lopes, who styles himself as a gold dealer, is said to have obtained $1,780,000 from Sanjay on the pretext that he would sell…

Commissioner Juliana Whonge Cherera is the new Vice Chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). Wafula Chebukati, the Commission Chairman, said in a statement on Wednesday that Cherera was unanimously elected in a plenary meeting held at the Commission Boardroom on Tuesday. “The Commission takes this opportunity to congratulate Commissioner Cherera on her appointment,” said Chebukati. “The Commission would like to assure all stakeholders and the public in general of its commitment to delivering a free, fair and credible 2022 General Election that meets the democratic aspirations of the people of Kenya. Read: Catholic Bishops Urge IEBC To…

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has been urged to expedite the recruitment of a substantive Chief Executive Officer (CEO) ahead of the 2022 General Election. The appeal was made by the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) on Wednesday, September 15. Addressing members of the press in Nairobi, KCCB said the lack of a substantive CEO at the electoral body could lower the confidence of key stakeholders in the agency’s ability to conduct credible polls. “The process of hiring a new CEO must also kick-off to ensure no room is left for doubting the competency and integrity of…

Nakuru-based businessman and founder of Mololine Services Limited Kibera Muchai has passed on. Muchai died on Tuesday at the Nakuru Level Five Hospital where he was undergoing treatment after a short illness, his family said. The former Molo councilor was the founder of Mololine Sacco, a pioneer Matatu organisation that revolutionised public transport in Kenya. Mololine Services Limited was founded in 1994 with a vision of bringing order in the industry and stop touting that was rampant then. The company became popular in 2004  after the then Minister of Transport, John Michuki, introduced what are now famously called the ‘Michuki rules’.…

CIC Insurance Group has launched a medical cover for senior citizens. The cover dubbed Seniors Mediplan targets senior citizens from the age of 60 years. The insurer said, in a statement on Tuesday, that while the joining age is capped at 80 years, beneficiaries will remain on cover for life, guaranteeing medical protection to senior citizens after retirement. Speaking during the launch, Managing Director CIC General Insurance Fred Ruoro divulged that the cover is designed to benefit senior citizens who spend most of their savings on treatments in old age. “As you age, medical care becomes more expensive. Senior citizens…

Murder suspect Joseph “Jowie” Irungu now risks going back to remand prison after allegedly violating his bail terms. Irungu is charged alongside former Citizen TV journalist Jacque Maribe for the murder of businesswoman Monica Kimani which occurred in September 2018. Justice James Wakiaga had in February last year released Irungu on a Sh2 million bail or an alternative Sh3 million bond noting that the prosecution had failed to provide evidence showing why the suspect should continue being detained. The prosecution now wants Irungu’s bond canceled arguing that he has violated terms issued by the court. In an application filed in…

Meru Senator Mithika Linturi was on Tuesday morning charged with attempted sexual assault. The embattled Senator was arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi. The charge sheet read that on January 30, 2021, the lawmaker attempted to rape a 36-year-old woman at Maiyan Villas Hotel in Nanyuki at around 3am. He faced a second charge of committing an indecent act with an adult contrary to section 11(A) of the Sexual Offences Act. Linturi pleaded not guilty to both counts before Magistrate Nanzushi and was freed on a cash bail of Sh200,000. The case will be mentioned on October 26.…

A contractor of the two-storey building that collapsed and killed three people on Monday in Mamboleo estate, Kisumu County, has been arrested. Police confirmed the arrest on Monday evening saying they are still pursuing the owner of the building who is still at large. The contractor, Gilbert Aono, is being held at the Kondele police station. According to the authorities, Aono will be arraigned on Tuesday. Read: Several Trapped as Five-storey Building Collapses in Gachie The fatalities have since been identified as Victor Odhiambo aged 29, Florence Odhiambo, 25, and Beatrice Awuor aged 30. Their bodies were moved Jaramogi Oginga Odinga…

A 37-year-old woman was on Monday charged with stealing over Sh834,000 from the Kenya Defence Forces’ canteen. Faith Njoki Gachagua is accused of dishonestly receiving the money in her Equity bank account from defence forces. She was arraigned at the Milimani Law Couts. The charge sheet read that on May 27, 2020, at Equity Bank in Kitale within the republic of Kenya Njoki received Ksh834,098 in her account in the name of Asper Kenya domiciled at Equity bank Kitale branch ‘knowing or having reasons to believe them to be stolen goods’. Read: Househelp Charged With Theft Of Employer’s Ksh300,000 In…

Anglican Church of Kenya Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit now says that members of the clergy should distance themselves from the politics of the day and stick to evangelism. According to Sapit, the clerics should not visit politicians’ homes to seek ‘political directions’ because that is not what they are called to do. He said this during an interview with KBC on Monday. “Our bishops and clergy should not be part of the so-called grassroots and religious leaders who troop to homes of politicians to be given political direction because that is not our work,” said Sapit. Sapit made the remarks…