Author: Wycliffe Nyamasege

The Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) has deregistered three music Collective Management Organisations (CMOs) over failure to meet licensing conditions and mismanagement of funds. The three are Kenya Association of Music Producers (KAMP), Performers Rights Society of Kenya (PRISK) and the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK). In a statement to newsrooms on Tuesday, KECOBO Executive Director Edward Sigei said the CMOs failed to meet conditions set out by the board in their provisional licenses in April this year and that were valid until May 30. The guidelines included: Holding an Annual General Meeting; allocating 70% of revenue for royalty payment;…

A 22-year-old woman has been arrested in Bomet following the death of her son on Monday morning. Police reports indicate that Sharon Chebet, a resident of Chepkogen village in Chemaner, plunged her two boys aged 6 and 4 years into a 40-metre well and left them to drown at about 10am. Luckily, a neighbour heard the little angels wailing in distress, from deep inside the water hole. The neighbour raised alarm and was joined by other well-wishers who rescued the boys who were drenched in water. Read: Mlolongo Woman Arrested Selling Newborn Son For Sh60,000 The children were rushed to…

The High Court in Nairobi has restrained police from accessing premises of the Law Society of Kenya amid claims by LSK President Nelson Havi that the men and women in uniform are being used by the state to frustrate operations of the lawyers’ body. In the orders granted on Monday, Justice Antony Charo Mrima further barred police from interfering with the internal affairs of the society pending hearing of a petition by LSK. In the case, LSK had sued Attorney General Kihara Kariuki, Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai, Kabete OCPD Francis Muthui and Muthangari Deputy OCS Benson Wambua citing…

The Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) has warned members of the public against participating in Cadbury’s ‘In Our Own Words’ campaign citing exploitation by the chocolate company. The campaign requires Kenyan writers to submit original stories that would be turned into storybooks to help promote the reading culture among children. The original stories collected through the campaign will be used on the Cadbury website digital library and used across various platforms associated with the initiative. The management stated that the rights to the stories created will remain with the company and writers are not entitled to any payment besides a ‘thank…

Residents of Siranga area in Siaya county are in anguish following the killing of four security guards by suspected robbers on Sunday night. The four were manning Siranga market when the criminals attacked them in the dead of the night. Police reports indicate that property of unknown value was stolen from various shops within the trading centre. Angry residents on Monday blocked officers based at the nearby Siranga Police Station from moving the bodies of the deceased to mortuary accusing them of laxity. Read: Security Guard Killed During Mountain Mall Robbery Local authorities dispatched a team of officers to the…

Kenya has received 880,460 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in renewed efforts to inoculate a large percentage of Kenyans who are yet to receive the crucial jab. The vaccine that arrived in the country on Monday morning was donated by the United States government through the COVAX facility and transported by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). This is the first shipment of 1.76 million doses donation. It’s also the first time that Moderna vaccines have been received in Kenya. The shipment was received at the Jomo Kenyatta International Aiport (JKIA) in Nairobi by officials from the Ministry of Health…

Amani National Congress (ANC) party leader Musalia Mudavadi now says BBI failed because it was a ‘one-man choir’. The Court of Appeal on Friday declared the constitution amendment bill, popularly referred to as the Building Bridges Initiative, unlawful dealing a death blow to the BBI proponents’ push to amend the constitution before the 2022 polls. Speaking during a Sunday Church service at Friends Church on Ngong Road, Mudavadi claimed that failure by the BBI team to embrace criticism largely contributed to the failure of the initiative. According to the ANC boss, the leaders involved refused to listen to each other…

Police in Kajiado County have launched an investigation into an incident where a police officer allegedly accidentally shot a colleague after a scuffle with a truck driver at Kimuka trading center on Saturday night. According to a police report seen by this writer, a team of officers manning a mobile weighbridge along Ngong/Suswa road came across an overloaded lorry and ordered the driver to stop. The driver, who was transporting sand, reportedly defied the orders forcing the officers to pursue the lorry using a pickup. On reaching Kimuka trading center, about 5KM west of the station, the driver of the…

Four people died on Saturday and several others injured after an accident at Kaburengu bridge along Webuye Eldoret highway. The accident occurred after a truck collied with a probox before bursting into flames, burning several other cars at the scene of the crash. Witnesses said those who died were burnt beyond recognition. “Had the fire engines arrive at the scene early, maybe we could have saved more lives,” a witness recounted. Bungoma East traffic boss Idris Halkaalno confirmed the incident saying the truck was en route to Uganda from Mombasa when the driver lost control. “It is unfortunate that we…

Kenya’s Attorney General Paul Kihara Kariuki is headed to the Supreme Court to challenge a decision by the Court of Appeal to uphold a High Court verdict that BBI is unconstitutional. The Appellate Court on Friday declared the constitution amendment bill, popularly referred to as the Building Bridges Initiative, unlawful dealing a death blow to the BBI proponents’ push to amend the constitution before the 2022 polls. President Uhuru Kenyatta and his political nemesis-turned-ally, Raila Odinga, unveiled the initiative after striking a political truce on March 9, 2018, following a disputed 2017 presidential poll which caused unrest in some parts…

AIC Ngeria Girls in Kapseret, Uasin Gishu County, has been closed following protests over mysterious death of a student in the institution. Authorities resolved to suspend learning in the school and send students home on Friday after a night of protests, with the learners alleging spread of Covid-19 in the school. The learners demanded an explanation on the mysterious death of one of their own last week. Reports indicate that the School Principal Susan Sawe informed the student that the death was a result of a pre-existing leukemia condition but they could hear none of that. The girls sought more…

The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court judgment that declared the constitution amendment bill, popularly referred to as the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), unconstitutional, null and void. In a ruling delivered on Friday, a seven-judge bench led by Court of Appeal President Daniel Musinga ruled that the process was illegal and unconstitutional. Other members of the bench included Justices Roselyn Nambuye, Hannah Okwengu, Patrick Kiage, Gatembu Kairu, Fatuma Sichale and Francis Tuiyott. A majority of the judges ruled that the BBI process was not a popular initiative as it was promoted by President Uhuru Kenyatta in his capacity as…

A male student from the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) in Mwingi, Kitui County, escaped death by a whisker in the hands of an angry mob after stabbing his girlfriend on Wednesday. The 24-year-old man is said to have stabbed his lover identified as Faith Makau after an argument. The man, whose name was not immediately revealed, stayed with the 20-year-old lover in a rented house in Katumba area, Mwingi town. They are both students at the KMTC Mwingi campus. Read: KMTC Quarantine Facility Escapee Arrested In Kericho, Police Say He Used “Panya Routes” According to Mwingi Central sub-county police…

Four people have been arrested in connection with the killing of a Kericho-based M-Pesa agent that occurred on August 6, 2021. Police say the suspects are linked to a syndicate that involves luring unsuspecting motor vehicle buyers before killing them. Alex Kirui, the M-Pesa agent in question, was murdered after he completed paying for a Toyota fielder the suspects had lured him into buying. He is said to have made a deposit of Sh500,000 and was paying the balance of the same amount when he was killed. Police believe that the suspects killed the 26-year-old before dumping his body in a…

Residents of Nairobi’s Kayole area engaged police in running battles for the better part of Thursday as they protested the death of a 31-year-old man in the hands of the police. John Kiiru was allegedly killed last night by officers who were enforcing the 10pm-4am curfew. The curfew has been in place for over a year now and is, according to authorities, meant to curb the spread of Covid-19. https://twitter.com/artdehnow/status/1428311202434883585?s=20 According to locals, Kiiru had hailed a boda boda home, when police officers cornered and attacked him at Tushauriane Stage. The rider of the motorcycle that he was aboard, however,…