Author: Wycliffe Nyamasege

The family of Felix Orinda has rubbished reports doing rounds on social media that the entertainer popularly known as DJ Evolve is dead. DJ Evolve’s father John Orinda told Kahawa Tungu that DJ Evolve is doing well contrary to the social media reports. “I was also shocked when I heard the reports, my son is fine. We pray that he recovers fully. Nowadays, he is able to sit for one hour unlike before,” the father said. Evolve’s brother Andrew Orinda also confirmed that his brother is fine and was having lunch with the rest of the family members at their…

A Kajiado Court has granted police more time to hold the main suspect in baby Shantel Nzembi’s murder pending further investigations. Navity Mutindi will continue being detained at Kitengela Police station for seven more days, Magistrate Edwin Mulochi ordered. Mutindi was arraigned in court on Monday alongside another suspect identified as Patrick Mureithi. But the two did not take plea. The charge sheet read that Mureithi fraudulently registered a sim card that was used to demand a ransom from the deceased’s mother Christine Ngena after she was abducted a few weeks ago. According to detectives who are probing the murder,…

A doctor in Nakuru County has moved to court to challenge President Uhuru Kenyatta’s move to reject six judges nominated for appointment by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). President Kenyatta on Thursday, June 3, appointed 34 judges from a list of 41 submitted by JSC and left out the six that included George Odunga, Aggrey Muchelule, Joel Ngugi, Weldon Korir, Judith Cheruiyot and Evans Makori. Dr Magare Gikenyi, a general surgeon undertaking trauma consultancy at the Nakuru Level Five Hospital, wants the court to declare the nominees duly appointed. He argues that the President’s action contravenes the law hence should…

Kenya’s Covid-19 positivity rate has dropped to 4.7 percent from 9.7 percent that was recorded on Saturday. The Ministry of Health on Sunday announced 166 new cases from a sample size of 3,561 tested in the last 24 hours. Total confirmed cases are now 172,491. Cumulative tests conducted so far now stand at 1,834,247. The new cases are distributed in counties as follows: Nairobi 48; Uasin Gishu 21; Nyeri 18; Busia 17; Kisii 9; Nakuru 8; Kilifi 8; Meru 4;Narok 4; Siaya 4; Murang’a 3; Nandi 3; Trans Nzoia 3; Elgeyo Marakwet 2; Mombasa 2; Homa Bay 2; Kajiado 1;…

On Sunday, June 6, the world woke up to news that controversial Nigerian Televangelist  Temitope Balogun Joshua commonly referred to as TB Joshua had died. TB Joshua, the founder and leader of Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), is said to have passed on Saturday, June 5 at the age of 57. The cause of his death was not immediately revealed. He, however, according to his church, died shortly after concluding a program in his Lagos church on Saturday evening. “On Saturday 5th June 2021, Prophet TB Joshua spoke during the Emmanuel TV Partners Meeting: ‘Time for everything – time…

Popular Nigerian Televangelist Temitope Balogun (TB) Joshua is dead. TB Joshua’s church, Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), issued a statement on Sunday morning confirming the pastor’s death. According to the statement also shared on Joshua’s social media pages, the pastor died on Saturday, June 5, 2021, aged 57. The cause of his death remains unknown. However, the church said Joshua’s ‘last moments on earth were spent in the service of God’. “On Saturday 5th June 2021, Prophet TB Joshua spoke during the Emmanuel TV Partners Meeting: ‘Time for everything – time to come here for prayer and time to…

A Machakos Court has awarded a Kenyatta University lecturer Ksh6 million in compensation of his wife who died in a road accident 10 years ago. In a ruling delivered on Wednesday, Machakos High Court Judge George Odunga ordered Bash Hauliers Limited and a Ms Jeninan Munini, the wife of one Fred Kinyamasyo, to compensate Dr Joshua Mulinge Itumo Ksh6,052,865 for the loss of his spouse Damaris Nduku on June 4, 2011. At the time of her death, Nduku was serving as a deputy principal at St Kitulu High School. The accident occurred along Mombasa Road. The car that killed Nduku…

The Kenya Magistrates and Judges Association (KMJA) has criticized President Uhuru Kenyatta for omitting the names of six judges in his recent appointments. The Head of State yesterday appointed 34 judges from a list of 41 recommended by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) nearly two years ago, rejecting the names of the six among them justices Joel Ngugi and George Odunga who were among a five-judge bench of the High Court that recently declared President Kenyatta’s pet project, the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) process, unconstitutional. The President also declined to appoint Justices Weldon Korir and Aggrey Muchelule to the Court…

A robbery suspect was on Thursday night fatally wounded in Buruburu Shopping Centre, Nairobi, by police over links to criminal activities. In a statement released on Friday, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said the deceased and his two accomplices had stolen valuables from members of the public who were rushing home to beat the nationwide 10pm curfew. The incident happened at around 9:30pm. DCI said officers who were on patrol got wind of the incident and responded swiftly just as the robbers staged their escape using a motorcycle whose registration number plate was missing. But upon arrival, the George…

Devki Group has withdrawn its bid to lease troubled Mumias Sugar Company which is under receivership. In a statement to newsrooms on Friday, Narendra Raval (Guru), the Chairman Devki Group of Companies, cited a call for a public bidding as the main reason for the withdrawal. “As a local investor with deep understanding of the local operations, we had expressed interest in reviving the miller, following an invitation by the receiver manager.” “However, given the ongoing public interest which the matter has attracted and the call for a publicly run bidding exercise, we have found it worthwhile to take out…

The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) Chief Executive Officer Dr Peter Kamunyo on Thursday had difficulties explaining how Sh200 million that was to be refunded to the Ministry of Interior after lapse of police and prison officers medical cover was utilised. Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu had flagged a delay to refund the funds in her report on the accounts of the Interior ministry for the 2018/19 financial year. The Sh200 million was part of the Sh4.79 billion comprehensive medical cover awarded to NHIF on September 26, 2017, to cushion the members of the National Police Service who might exhaust their cover…

A meeting organized by the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party leadership in Nyali, Mombasa County, was on Thursday disrupted by police. In a video seen by this writer, police officers stormed the venue of the meeting at Terrace Villa Resort dispersing members who were apparently on a tea break. https://twitter.com/RadioCitizenFM/status/1400420790730899465?s=20 The police described the meeting as an illegal assembly where Covid-19 containment measures were not observed. UDA chairman Johnson Muthama and the party’s secretary-general Veronica Maina reportedly fled the scene to escape arrest. The forum brought together about 100 leaders and aspirants from Lamu, Taita Taveta, Mombasa, Kilifi, Kwale and…

Detectives from the Anti Human Trafficking and Child Protection Unit have launched a hunt for a man who recently lured a teenage girl through Facebook in an attempt to sexually exploit her amid a worrying trend of abductions. In a detailed statement shared on Twitter by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Wednesday night, the George Kinoti-led directorate gave a blow-by-blow account of how the girl almost fell victim after she was invited to Mombasa by a man she had never met before. The case was reported by the bus conductor working for Executive Bus company that plies the…

Former Kibwezi Member of Parliament Kalembe Ndile’s burial has been scheduled for Friday, June 11, 2021. Mavoko MP Patrick Makau said Ndile will be interred at his Mbui Nzau home in Makueni County. The lawmaker confirmed the burial date after attending a funeral preparation meeting at Ndile’s other home at Greepark Estate in Machakos. He also urged politicians to contribute wholesomely to give their colleague a befitting send-off. Read: Former Kibwezi MP Kalembe Ndile Dies After Long Illness Ndile, 57, died on Sunday morning at the Nairobi Hospital after a long illness. He was reportedly battling liver cirrhosis. The late…

Kenya’s Acting Director-General of Health Dr Patrick Amoth has been elected to Chair the World Health Organization Executive Board for the next one year. This was revealed on Wednesday by outgoing chairperson Dr Harsh Vardhan during the 149th session of the WHO Executive board. “Dr. Amoth, who took over the position during the Board meeting in Geneva, succeeds Dr Harsh Vardhan from India. During his term, there will be the key election of the Director General of the WHO, a function which he will preside over,” read a statement from the organization. The Executive Board consists of thirty-four members. The…