FORTY-NINE candidates who sat their KCPE exam last year risk missing out on selection to national schools, a parent has said. Benjamin Kibet, who has sued the Knec on behalf of 35 parents, says Knec’s decision to cancel the results has affected their children. The candidates sat the exam at Precious Gift Schools last year. Kibet says the candidates have not been given a hearing over the alleged irregularity in Kiswahili paper. He says parents have visited the school several times and Knec offices on January 5 but have not been assisted. Kibet says Knec has refused to release the names of...
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Parent sues over cancelled KCPE results
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Tout in court over assault
A matatu conductor was yesterday charged with assaulting a passenger for giving him an old Sh50 note. Elias Lusava, 28, denied beating up David Mwangi on Thika Road near Survey area on December 18. Nairobi principal magistrate Caro Ocharo released Lusava on Sh10,000 bail. The case will be heard on April 16. Mwangi told police that he boarded a bus from Githurai to town and paid the conductor. The bus fare was Sh40 and he was to be given Sh10 change. The conductor hurled insults at him, saying he will give Mwangi an old coin. Mwangi did not accept a dented coin and an argument ensued. Lusava...
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UN staff on fraud charge
A 40-year-old claims assistant at the United Nations was yesterday charged with fraud and conspiring to steal a car. Eric Nyotu was accused of stealing a Sh620,000 car in Westlands, Nairobi, between November 19 and 25 last year. Nyotu was also charged with fraudulently obtaining Sh620,000 from James Ndiema on November 25. Nyotu denied the charges before Kibera chief magistrate Judith Wanjala. The case will be mentioned today.
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Party chief denies theft of Sh1.9m
THE national treasurer of Chama Cha Uzalendo party was yesterday charged with stealing more than Sh1.9 million from the party. Veronica Mativo is also charged with forging a cheque from Commercial Bank of Africa. She denied the charges before senior principal magistrate Ellenah Nderitu. The magistrate ordered Mativo released on Sh1 million bond or Sh500,000 bail. The hearing is set for February 18. Mativo was accused of forging a Sh1,940,000 Commercial Bank of Africa cheque payable to Maur Abdalla Bwanamaka. She then allegedly stole the money at the bank’s Wabera branch, Nairobi, on March 26...
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Chinese suspects denied bail for the third time
THIRTY Seven Chinese accused of operating an illegal telecommunication system were yesterday denied bond for the third time by a Nairobi court. Magistrate Enock Cherono said the suspects are likely to flee the country. The suspects made the application through their lawyer Macharia Nderitu, but it was opposed by prosecutor Duncan Ondimu. Cherono said the accused have not shown any evidence that they know any businessman or any person who has business in the country to stand as surety for them. He ordered all the accused remanded until the determination of the case against them. Cherono...
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Five judges to hear security law dispute
CHIEF Justice Willy Mutunga has appointed five judges to determine a case challenging the new security laws within one month. Judges Isaac Lenaola, Mumbi Ngugi, Hillary Chemitei, Hedwig Ong’udi and Joseph Onguto will hear the case filed by Cord. He directed the five judges to hear the case for three consecutive days and give judgment on or before February 13. Cord wants the security law nullified on grounds that it violates human rights. Cord says the law is invalid because its provisions are inconsistent with the constitution. Through lawyers Anthony Oluoch and James Orengo, Cord says the...
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50kph rule here to stay, says NTSA
MOTORISTS must drive at 50km near urban centres, the National Transport and Safety Authority said yesterday. NTSA’s chairman Lee Kinyanjui told the Star on the phone yesterday that the authority has put up road signs with speed limits. The authority in September last year warned motorists heading to major urban centres against violating the 50km rule. The Law Society of Kenya moved to court last year challenging the 50kph speed limit introduced by the authority. The society argued there were not enough visible road signs prescribing speed limits. Kinyanjui said the level of compliance so far...
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Father denies kidnapping his baby boy
A 22-year-old casual labourer has denied kidnapping his seven-month old son. Joel Waweru allegedly took the baby from Purity Njeri on December 15 last year after they quarrelled at Kabiria village in Riruta. Njeri is the child’s mother. After the quarrel, she went to her parents home and when she came back for the child, he was not there. Police say Waweru has not said where the baby is. Waweru was released on Sh200,000 bond The case will be heard on May 6.
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Oloo defends TNA leaders against MPs
TNA secretary general Onyango Oloo has defended the secretariat against claims of misusing party funds. Some MPs led by Kieni’s Kanini Kega have asked chairman Johnson Sakaja and Oloo to convene a meeting to discuss the party’s finances. “We have given them a two-week ultimatum to call a meeting failure to which the TNA Parliamentary Group will organise its own retreat and pass the agenda,” Kega said. But yesterday Oloo denied that he had refused to call a meeting. “I don’t want to cast aspersions on the group but the MPs must get their facts right before making allegations.”
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Machakos medics go back to work
HEALTH workers at Machakos Level Five Hospital called off their three-day strike yesterday evening after making a deal with the county government. The Kenya National Union of Nurses secretary general Seth Panyako said the county has a return-to-work formula for the health workers. He called on all the striking workers to resume their duties. Panyako said the county government has agreed to tackle the issues. In an agreement signed between the health workers representatives and the county, the parties agreed to form a joint committee to confirm workers’ dues today. The team will meet on...
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Deliver or resign, Uhuru tells Cabinet Secretaries
PRESIDENT Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday said the Jubilee government plans to fulfill most of the promises it made to Kenyans this year. Speaking in Mathare slums in Nairobi, the President directed public servants to focus on their mandates to ensure all promises are delivered. He warned Cabinet Secretaries they must deliver or resign. Uhuru said those who cannot do their work should mave way for performers. He said politics should be shelved until 2017. “We expect the people of Kenya to see what has been done by my government,” Uhuru said. He warned CSs against corruption. Uhuru said those linked...
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Rebel chief to be tried at the ICC
A senior Lord’s Resistance Army commander who surrendered last week will be handed over to the ICC for trial, a Ugandan army spokesman has said. Dominic Ong’wen, wanted by the ICC for crimes against humanity, surrendered to the US military in the Central African Republic. He was a child recruit who rose through the ranks of the LRA. The group first took up arms against Uganda in 1980s and gained a reputation for massacres and torture. Uganda earlier said Ong’wen’s future was being discussed between Uganda, a critic of the ICC, the US and other African parties. “It has been decided that...
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Bid to have LSK chair Mutua out
TWO lawyers want LSK chairman Erick Mutua removed over plans to build a controversial Sh1.2 billion arbitration centre. LSK plans to construct a four-storey building, starting with the Sh100 million in its bank accounts. It expects lawyers to contribute. More than 1,000 lawyers have filed a petition in court opposing construction of the centre in South C. The lawyers say the LSK meeting held last September was convened illegally, and all resolutions, including that to construct the centre, should be declared null and void. In a letter, Kyalo and Kibiru want the agenda discussed in the next...
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NPSC fires 3 officers
The National Police Service Commission has sacked three police officers who sought a review of their vetting. Two others were retained following a review application made by 12 officers. Chairman Johnstone Kavuludi yesterday recommended senior assistant commissioner of police Peter Muinde and assistant commissioners of police Emmanuel Kenga and Stephen Kemei be removed from office. Assistant commissioner of administration police Paul Onyango and Joseph Musyoki were retained. “All the 12 officers found unsuitable applied for review to the vetting panel of the commission,” Kavuludi said. NPSC...
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Witness Yebei was threatened - Ruto's lawyer
DEPUTY President William Ruto’s lawyer Karim Khan yesterday said a prosecution witness threatened ICC witness Meshack Yebei. Yebei was abducted on December 28 at Turbo market. His body was dumped in River Yala, Nandi county. In a statement, Khan said a prosecution witness threatened Yebei months before he was abducted. “The defence has learned the prosecution was fully on notice, months before the alleged abduction and murder of Yebei, that he had been threatened with abduction by one of the prosecution’s witnesses,” Khan said. He said he requested information from the prosecution on what...
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Don't drink and drive, call my team - Sonko
NAIROBI residents too drunk to drive their cars will soon have their vehicles towed to their doorsteps by Senator Mike Sonko – for free. He said he acquired five breakdown trucks because drunk driving is claiming too many lives. “If you are drunk please don’t drive. Contact Sonko Rescue Team on 0789 111 999 and they will tow your car for free to your doorstep or a petrol station of your choice,” Sonko said. His ambulances are available to rush people to hospitals and those who are planning to get married can use his top-of-the-line limousines for their weddings. Hearses are also available...
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Uhuru shifts office to Harambee House
PRESIDENT Uhuru Kenyatta has moved operations from State House to Harambee House. The move has been officially described as aimed at improving accessibility to the President. As a result, all his key personnel, such as Secretary to the Cabinet Francis Kimemia, advisors Nancy Gitau and Joshua Kuttuny, among others, have also move to Harambee House, where they have been allocated offices. Harambee House, designated the Office of the President (OP), has traditionally been the core centre of State operations, but Uhuru has preferred to work from the secluded and more private State House, Nairobi...
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Senior Jubilee politician told NLC to keep off school land
A top Jubilee politician has strong-armed the National Land Commission into shelving investigations into the Lang’ata Road Primary School land grab, the Star can report. In one of the most brazen land grab cases of the past 10 years, the politician called a senior NLC commissioner on Monday, hours before commissioners were scheduled to visit the disputed site. The public school is situated opposite Wilson Airport and next to Weston Hotel. The administrators said the construction of a perimeter wall to hive off one acre of land that has served as a playground since 1963 started on December 19...
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MY DAD WAS POISONED, SAYS MUTULA
MAKUENI Senator Mutula Kilonzo Junior has sensationally claimed that his father, the late Senator Mutula Kilonzo, was poisoned. Mutula Jnr told journalists yesterday that the excessive bleeding witnessed in Mutula Snr’s internal organs was triggered by a poisonous substance he may have ingested. However, he did not name the substance. Mutula Jnr made the claims after he recorded a statement with the police over recent allegations that body specimens from his late father’s postmortem examination were tampered with while in transit to Britain. “I have no doubts with the findings of Dr Ian...
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Gor Mahia stay focused despite the exit of three key players
Gor Mahia assistant coach Frank Ouna is confident the reigning Kenya Premier League champions will be ready for a tough 2015 season. Ouna, who has been with the team for their two league winning seasons, has also expressed confidence and satisfaction in the club’s new season acquisitions who were officially unveiled last Thursday. “The upcoming season will be tougher but I am confident we will be ready and stronger to deliver our goals. We have acquired a good blend of youthful and experienced players to do the job in the coming season and our squad depth will be boosted as well,” said Ouna...
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