Deputy President William Ruto Spokesman David Mugonyi was on Tuesday night carjacked as he entered his house along State house road in Nairobi. Mugonyi was entering his home at around 9.30pm when four armed gunmen attacked him as he waited for a security guard to open the gate to his house. The thugs forced themselves into his car and demanded for cash. Mugonyi handed in all the money he had to the thugs who continued demanded for more. They forced him to call friends and ask for money in the pretext that he had a problem and wanted money sent to him via MPesa. The thugs took control of the...
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DP Ruto's spokesman carjacked in Nairobi
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We are modernizing security agencies - Uhuru
The Government has embarked on a modernization of all its security agencies to cope with emerging security challenges, President Uhuru Kenyatta has said. Addressing Cabinet and Principal Secretaries during the ongoing retreat in Nanyuki, the President said more resources will be allocated to the Kenya Defence Forces and the National Police Service to enable them carry out their mandate more effectively. “For a long time, the security sector has not been given the attention it deserves. We are changing that,” the President said. He cited the training of officers, the purchase of modern...
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Safaricom confirms Essar buyout rumours
SAFARICOM has for the first time made it public that it is interested in buying some assets of struggling mobile operator yU. In a cautionary announcement yesterday, Safaricom told its shareholders that it has entered into discussions for the acquisition of some of the assets of Essar Telecommunications Kenya Ltd. Press reports have it that Safaricom wants to buy the infrastructure division of Essar, the operators of yU while Airtel will acquire the mobile subscribers of the mobile firm. Neither of the two competing firms have come out in the open with details of the impending deal with most...
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TV anchor Tom Mboya to pay for child upkeep
TV journalist Tom Mboya has been ordered to pay a monthly upkeep of Sh40,000 for his child. Milimani magistrate A Nyoike directed Mboya to make the payments with effect from today and by fifth of every month pending the hearing and determination of the case. He was also ordered to surrender his ID card for purposes of acquiring the baby’s birth certificate. Elsie Achieng, a Kenya Methodist University student, moved to court on Monday saying Mboya has refused to offer any form of financial assistance. She says the child is two years and four months old. Achieng says upon the birth of the child...
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Tobiko appoints prosecution deputy directors, county chiefs
Keriako Tobiko has appointed Elijah Nduati as Secretary and organizations Chief Executive Officer of Public Prosecutions. The DPP also announced that alongside Nduati, a career civil servant and advocate of the High Court, he has also appointed three new deputy directors. They are: Dorcas Oduor who will serve as Deputy Director of Public Prosecution to handle the department of Economic, International and Emerging Crime at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP). Jacob Ondari , Deputy Director Public Prosecutions and Head of County affairs and Regulatory prosecutions while...
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Two objects spotted possibly related to MH370 in Australia
Two objects possibly related to the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been sighted by satellite in the remote southern Indian Ocean, Australian officials said Thursday, calling it the "best lead we have". Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the "new and credible information" had come to light nearly two weeks after the plane vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew on board. An Australian air force Orion was due over the area some 2,500 kilometres (1,550 miles) southwest of the western city of Perth imminently with three more long-range...
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Ole Lenku given the green light to arrest Barasa
INTERIOR Cabinet Secretary Joseph ole Lenku is now at liberty to present his application to be allowed to enforce a warrant of arrest against journalist Walter Barasa. Justice Richard Mwongo yesterday vacated an earlier order stopping Lenku from going on with the extradition proceedings against Barasa after his lawyer Kibe Mungai failed to appear in court. The judge had in January dismissed the journalist’s application seeking to block his arrest and surrender to the International Criminal Court to face charges of witness tampering paving way for the minister to institute his application...
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Govt clears Nyeri PGH over death of new born
A committee investigating the death of a new born baby who died at the Nyeri Provincial General Hospital after falling down on the floor during delivery has concluded that the mother is to blame over the child's death. Nyeri county government has concluded that the mother Charity Wanjiku Ndigirigi is to blame for the death of her baby who died at Nyeri Provincial General Hospital on January 16 this year in the maternity ward. During the release of the report at the Nyeri PGH , Nyeri county executive secretary for Health Services Charles Githinji said that the mother’s conduct during labour...
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KCB ready to buy Nairobi county's Sh5 billion Equity loan
KENYA Commercial Bank could take over the lucrative accounts of Nairobi county from Equity Bank. This follows a disagreement over a Sh5 billion loan given to the defunct City Councill by Equity in 2011. In a letter by Governor Evans Kidero to Nairobi County Assembly speaker Alex Ole Magelo dated February 26, Kidero is seeking approval of the deal by the county assembly. This is after a county executive committee meeting held on February 20 resolved to assign the loan to KCB on a long term basis. It is among the three banks that the county had approached for funding. Others are Cooperative and...
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I authorised Cabinet retreat costs - Rotich
Treasury Secretary Henry Rotich has said he authorised the Cabinet to hold the current retreat at the Mount Kenya Safari Club. Rotich said after reviewing the Cabinet proposal for the retreat, his office determined that it did not breach the terms set out in his December circular on government spending cuts. “My office received a costed proposal to host the retreat at the Mount Kenya Safari Club. That proposal reviewed a number of factors, chief among which were the overriding need for security and the necessity of seclusion to protect our frank and open discussion,” Rotich yesterday said in...
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Scrapping womens rep position will not solve wage bill problem - NGEC
National Gender and Equality Commission has said the wage bill debate has been hijacked by a section of legislatures through suggestions that the positions of women representatives and nominated senators be scrapped. NCEG termed these suggestions and others to to reduce the number of counties as a “devious plot, whose motivation is to undermine devolution and undermine the Constitution,” “The Commission considers the wage bill debate to have been subverted by forces keen on clawing back the gains made by the Constitution of Kenya 2010 especially securing the rights of special interest groups...
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Torture claim in Egypt trial of Al Jazeera journalists
The trial of Al-Jazeera journalists accused of supporting deposed Egypt's president Mohamed Morsi's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday heard defendants charge they were tortured and denied medical care. The high-profile trial is seen as a test of the military-installed government's tolerance of independent media, with activists fearing a return to autocracy three years after the Arab Spring uprising that toppled longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak. The trial of the Qatar-based channel's journalists also comes against the backdrop of strained ties with Doha, which was a strong supporter of...
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Gays flee Mombasa over public attacks
HUNDREDS of men who have sex with men at the Coast have moved away from major towns for fear of their lives. According to statistics by the Mtwapa Initiative for Positive Empowerment, an organisation working with MSMs in Mombasa and Kilifi counties, more than 200 of the men now avoid public health facilities. Mipe says a number of the homosexuals default from HIV treatment for fear of victimisation following the heightened debate about homosexuality in the country. The debate, escalated by the passing of harsh antigay law by the Uganda government, is reported to have subjected MSMs at the...
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COURT HALTS OLIVE LAPTOP CANCELLATION
COURT yesterday temporarily suspended the cancellation of the Sh24.6 billion tender award for 1.2 million laptops to Olive Telecommunications. High Court judge Weldon Korir's decision will delay restarting of the tender as directed by the Public Procurement Administrative Review Board on March 7. The suspension will remain in place until April 10 when the appeal by Olive will be heard. On February 7 the Education ministry awarded Olive the tender but it was cancelled on March 11 by the Review Board chaired by Josephine Mong’are. The board ruled that only Hewlett Packard Europe and Haier...
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Kenya Airways to cease operations between Nairobi - Eldoret
Kenya Airways will from April 1 cease operations within the Nairobi - Eldoret route. The airline has advised clients with existing bookings for travel on the cancelled route to contact Jambo Jet for further assistance. Clients affected will be the change will be provided by alternatives including a full refund and refund waived for fully unutilized tickets. While holders of partially utilized tickets can receive refund less one way for the portion utilized and refund penalty will also be waived.
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Suspected thugs lynched near Kenyatta University
TWO suspected gangsters were on Wednesday night lynched on Thika superhighway next to Kenyatta University's main entrance. The duo and two of their accomplices who managed to escape during the 9.30 pm incident attempted to steal a motorbike. A toy pistol was recovered from the dead bodies. A witness said the gang has been robbing motorists and pedestrians at night. Kasarani OCPD Augustine Nthumbi confirmed the incident. The bodies were taken to Nairobi's City Mortuary.
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Mwau wants his name out of drugs report
FORMER Assistant Minister Harun Mwau wants his name expunged from a journal on drug trafficking. Mwau, who vied for Makueni senatorial seat but lost to the late Mutula Kilonzo, wants his name removed from ‘Termites at Work: Transnational Organised Crime and State Erosion in Kenya’ authored by Peter Gastrow. In a case before High Court judge Mumbi Ngugi, Mwau accuses Africa Centre for Open Governance of painting him as a criminal in the journal. Gastrow and Africog have been named as respondents in the case. Through lawyer Nchogu Omwanza, the former Kilome MP is irked that the journal alleges...
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Referendum won't help us
THE Kenya National Union of Teachers has rejected calls for a referendum to address the spiralling wage bill. Knut secretary general Wilson Sossion said calls for a referendum are untimely and uncalled for. He said the government should seal corruption loopholes and also address wastage in government. “The wage bill is an issue the government should handle keenly. Calling for a referendum is not a solution,” he said. Sossion was speaking at the Tom Mboya Labour College in Kisumu during the Kiambu County Heads Association Meeting on Annual Capacity Building on Education Sustainability. He said...
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Tobiko appoints four aides in key positions
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has confirmed the appointment of four chief officers as part of efforts to complete its organisational structure. DPP Keriako Tobiko said the four include the secretary of prosecution services and three deputy directors of public prosecutions. Tobiko said the appointments are consistent with the provisions of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 2013, which provides for the retention of deputy directors to assist the DPP. Elijah Nduati, a civil servant and advocate of the High Court will serve as the Secretary of Public...
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Expert warns on TB cases
THE public has been urged to go for tuberculosis testing and access treatment to avert further spread of the disease. The head of TB department at Kenyatta National Hospital, Eunice Wahome says enhanced awareness and strict adherence to prescribed medication will help lower statistics of the deadly disease. She was speaking in her office yesterday ahead of the March24 World Tuberculosis Day. Wahome appealed on the public to observe symptoms of the deadly disease, and seek early medication.
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