Author: Wycliffe Nyamasege

The Registrar of Political Parties has threatened to deregister Thirdway Alliance Kenya citing endless internal wrangles. In a communiqué to the party leadership, Anne Nderitu said the rise of two warring factions in the party had greatly affected its operation, almost rendering the outfit dysfunctional. “Pursuant to the provisions of Section 21(1) (a) of PPA as read Regulation 16(1) of Political Parties (Registration) Regulations, 2019, this office hereby notifies the party of the intention to deregister Thirdway Alliance Kenya,” said Nderitu. Nderitu noted that her office has been receiving contradictory counter filings on bona fide officials of the party. “This…

A Machakos Court has issued a warrant of arrest against Governor Alfred Mutua for contempt. The Environment and Lands Court issued the arrest warrant after the Machakos County boss failed to honor an order by Justice Oscar Angote to pay businessman David Thairu Sh5.6 million for dumping waste on his land. OCS Machakos Police Station was directed to effect the arrest and bring the accused before the court. “You are further commanded to return this warrant as soon as it is executed or the money noted in the margin is tendered to you with an endorsement certifying the day on…

Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria has declared that he has no intention of vying for any elective seat in the 2022 General Election. The vocal lawmaker said his focus now is to build his new party, Chama Cha Kazi (CCM), and unite the deeply divided vote-rich Mount Kenya region. He disclosed that his primary role would be to negotiate the region’s best deal with leaders seeking the presidency in the polls scheduled for August 9, 2022. Read: Moses Kuria Unveils New Party “Chama cha Kazi” Following PEP Ouster “Mwaka hujao hakuna kiti hata moja nitasimama. Kazi yangu ni moja…

Students in tertiary institutions have been dealt a blow after a national assembly committee rejected a Bill proposing lower interest rates and a longer repayment grace period on higher education loans. In its report, the National Assembly’s Education committee rejected the Higher Education Loans Board (Helb) Bill, 2020, warning that if adopted, the state agency stands to lose Sh693 million annually and Sh3.4 billion in a period of five years. Proponents of the Bill which was tabled in Parliament in October last year sought to make changes to the HELB Act and slash interest charged on the loans to three…

13 people allied to the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party have been charged with violating Covid-19 protocols in Homa Bay County. The UDA supporters were arrested on Friday at a Homa-Bay hotel for convening a meeting contrary to COVID-19 protocols. The accused, who appeared before Homa Bay Principal Magistrate Joy Wesonga, pleaded guilty to the offense of engaging in a prohibited meeting further pleading with the court for pardon. Read: Politicians Put on the Spot as Medical Experts Meet to Review Covid Guidelines The court sentenced each of them to a one-month jail term with the option of paying a…

Deputy President William Ruto now wants Parliament to shelve plans to grill the country’s security chiefs over the state’s move to withdraw elite General Service Unit (GSU) officers guarding his residences. The change of guard was effected simultaneously on Friday afternoon at Ruto’s official Karen residence, Nairobi, and Sugoi home in Eldoret with the GSU officers being replaced with officers from the Security of Government Buildings Unit, which is part of Administration Police. The move elicited an angry reaction from his allies and his chief of staff Ken Osinde who demanded an explanation from the security apparatus over what they…

Four people have been arrested after being caught by police stealing from a lorry loaded with steel rods worth Sh1.8 million in Kendu Bay, Homa Bay County. Police said the lorry had been dispatched from Kisumu’s Abyssian Iron and Steel Company and was headed to Kisii when the incident occurred. The director of the company, who was apparently tracking the load, got suspicious after the lorry diverted from the designated route on reaching Oyugis and headed towards Kendu Bay. The director alerted police officers based at Kendu Bay who responded swiftly by immediately pursuing the lorry. Read: Three Nairobi Men…

Deputy President William Ruto seems to have moved on after the dramatic withdrawal of his elite General Service Unit (GSU) officers from his Karen residence and Sugoi home last Friday. The DP on Monday embraced his new security team of Administration Police (AP) officers and treated them to a cup of tea at the Karen residence. The country’s second in command shared photos of him and the officers sharing a light moment as they enjoyed the drink. Read: “Walete Hata G4S, I Have No Problem,” DP Ruto Downplays Security Changes “Sharing a cup of tea with the new security team…

At least 10 people are feared trapped in rubble after a five-storey building collapsed in Gachie, Kiambu County, on Monday afternoon. The building had been built up to the fifth floor and laborers were working on the sixth floor when the tragedy struck at around 3pm. Kiambu Police commander Ali Nuno confirmed the incident saying no deaths had been reported. Kahawa Tungu understands that a number of workers managed to escape when the residential building collapsed. Efforts are underway to rescue those trapped in the debris. Read: Nine Dead Following Accident at Construction Site in Hurlingham The latest incident has…

A traffic police officer is the latest victim of thugs notorious for robbing members of the public in the streets of Nairobi. In a daring incident caught on CCTV cameras on Monday, August 30, a man on a motorbike snatched a police officer’s phone at a Shell Petrol Station along the busy Kangundo Road at around 10:09am. In the 45-second footage shared on social media, the man in uniform is seen busy chatting on his phone beside a police bus when the rider, who posed as a boda boda operator waiting for a client a few metres away, approached and…

A man has been arraigned in court and charged with attempting to extort Sh100,000 from Senate Speaker Kenneth Lusaka. Victor Mayanja alias Joseph Kinuthia was arrested at Panafric Hotel over the weekend while allegedly on a mission to collect the money from the Speaker. Mayanja, who is accused of impersonating officers from the Ethics and Anti-corruption to defraud high profile people, was arraigned at Milimani Anti-Corruption Court. Appearing before Chief Magistrate Lawrence Mugambi, the suspect denied all charges including three corruption charges of impersonating an investigator and attempting to extort by threats. Read: City Blogger Abdullahi Musa Charged With Extortion…

Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria has asked Amani National Congress (ANC) party leader Musalia Mudavadi to join Deputy President William Ruto’s ‘hustler nation’, warning him that he risks another season in the cold if he doesn’t play his political cards well ahead of the 2022 polls. Speaking at the A.I.P.C.K Church in Githunguri, Kiambu, on Sunday, Kuria criticised Mudavadi for relying on President Uhuru Kenyatta’s endorsement in his 2022 State House bid. Mudavadi and three other principals in the One Kenya Alliance (OKA) have severally held meetings with President Uhuru Kenyatta in Mombasa recently with reports indicating that…

Kenya has recorded 363 more cases of Covid-19 from a sample size of 4,594 tested in the last 24 hours. Total confirmed positive cases are now 234,952 from 2,363,524 samples tested so far. In a statement to newsrooms on Sunday, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said Kenya’s positivity rate is now 7.9 percent, a drop from 11.8 percent recorded on Saturday. From the new cases, 359 are Kenyans while 4 are foreigners. 193 males while 170 are females. The youngest is a two-year-old child while the oldest is 97 years. The cases are distributed in the counties as follows: Nairobi 117, Kiambu…

Deputy President William Ruto on Sunday downplayed recent changes in his security team, terming the matter a non-isssue. The state on Friday withdrew elite General Service Unit (GSU) officers guarding the second in command’s official residence at Karen and Sugoi home, replacing them with Administration Police. Ruto’s allies criticised the country’s security bosses accusing them of demeaning the office of the deputy president. But speaking during a church service in Nakuru, the country’s second in command urged the nation to shelve the debate about the issue and shift focus to more pressing matters affecting the common mwananchi. Ruto stated that…

Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei has revealed plans to petition Parliament to summon security bosses over changes in Deputy President William Ruto’s security team that have sparked outrage from a section of Kenyans. The state on Friday withdrew elite General Service Unit (GSU) officers guarding the second in command’s official residence at Karen and Sugoi home, replacing them with Administration Police. While the Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai termed the changes as normal in the police service, a section of Kenyan leaders read malice in the whole exercise. Speaking in Nandi on Sunday, the vocal senator said top on the…