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Tuju Appointed Executive Director Of Raila’s Azimio La Umoja Secretariat

6Apr

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Tuju Appointed Executive Director Of Raila’s Azimio La Umoja Secretariat

Former Jubilee Party Secretary-General Raphael Tuju has been appointed the Executive Director of Raila Odinga’s Azimio La Umoja campaign secretariat. In a statement on Wednesday, secretariat Communications Director, Dennis Onyango, said Tuju assumes the role with immediate effect. “As Executive Director, Hon. Tuju will coordinate all member parties of Azimio and will lead the strategic and programme teams that will work to ensure Azimio's victory in the August elections,” said Onyango. Tuju formally relinquished his position in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Cabinet as well as the ruling Jubilee Party, where he served as Secretary General, on February 26. He said he was off to pursue what he termed other political engagements. “In January, I went to President Uhuru Kenyatta...

Mombasa politician Ali Mwatsau shot & Injured in Tudor

6Apr

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Mombasa politician Ali Mwatsau shot & Injured in Tudor

Police in Mombasa are investigating an incident in which an aspirant for a political seat in Mvita Constituency was shot and seriously injured in Tudor area. The politician’s car was sprayed with more than 15 bullets, injuring him. Police say they don’t know the motive of the attack on Ali Mwatsau who is a UDA politician. He was rushed to hospital in stable condition as the hunt for the gunmen continue. According to police, the shooting happened at about 10 pm on Tuesday and the gunmen were in two cars. They sped off soon after the incident. His friends termed the incident a failed assassination even as police warned against speculations. Witnesses said he sustained gunshot wounds on his arms and legs and was rushed to a Mombasa hospital for treatment. His family ...

4Apr

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ODM aspirant in Kisii stabbed to death

An ODM aspirant for Kisii's Bombaba Ward seat died on Monday from stab wounds inflicted on him Sunday night by armed assailants. Thomas Okari,38, died in the wee hours of Monday while undergoing treatment in hospital. Okari had traveled home from Nairobi on Thursday for ODM party nominations before he met his death He was eyeing the Bombaba Ward seat in Bomachoge Borabu, Kisii County. Relatives and villagers said he sustained machete injuries on the head following the attack at his home in Bombaba. Okari was found bleeding profusely before he was rushed to Oasis hospital in Kisii town where he was pronounced dead. The motive of the attack is yet to be established but his nephew, Daniel Mayaka, said they suspect his uncle's involvement in politics is a possible ...

Uhuru allocates Sh34b to Oil Marketers in New Supplementary Appropriation Bill

4Apr

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Uhuru allocates Sh34b to Oil Marketers in New Supplementary Appropriation Bill

President Uhuru Kenyatta when he signed the five bills into laws.Image: STATE HOUSE President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday at State House, Nairobi, signed into law five parliamentary bills among them 2022 Supplementary I Appropriation Bill (Supplementary Budget). He has also allocated a sum of Sh34,446,813,295 from the Supplementary Budget to the government fuel stabilisation programme aimed at cushioning Kenyans from the high cost of fuel. This comes as a relief to Kenyan motorists across the country who have been queuing for the past weeks as filling stations run out of fuel. Businesses have been hugely affected by the crisis even as the government maintained that there is enough fuel in the country. The increased prices in fuel commodities had been occasioned b...

New Bill seeking to Bar Bosses from assigning duties outside agreed working hours.

4Apr

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New Bill seeking to Bar Bosses from assigning duties outside agreed working hours.

Senators have backed the bill seeking to bar bosses from calling or assigning duties to their staff outside the agreed working hours. They have unanimously supported the Employment (Amendment) Bill, 2021, putting Kenya on the way to become the first country in the region to allow its employees to disconnect from work. The lawmakers argued that most employees have been forced to work round the clock, including odd hours, as result of phones and emails from their bosses giving them assignments. This, they said, has led to fatigue of the workers as they can no longer rest or have quality time with their families. “Technology has led to employees being called late at midnight and yet some of them are non-essential staff. Most of these issues have led to break-down of families ...

Kenya’s Ambassador To Qatar Paddy Ahenda Dies In Hospital

4Apr

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Kenya’s Ambassador To Qatar Paddy Ahenda Dies In Hospital

Kenya's Ambassador to Qatar Paddy Ahenda is dead. His family says the former Kasipul Kabondo MP succumbed to a heart stroke. Speaking from Doha, Qatar, the envoy's wife, Millie Ahenda, said that her late husband had been in the Intensive Care Unit for a week. Elected on a Liberal Democratic Party ticket, Ahenda served as Kasipul Kabondo MP between 2005 and 2007.

Uganda Deports Leading Rwandan Opposition Figure

3Apr

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Uganda Deports Leading Rwandan Opposition Figure

Uganda has deported a leading figure in a banned Rwandan opposition group, in a further sign of warming ties between Kampala and Kigali after years of tensions. The expulsion of Robert Mukombozi of the exiled Rwandan National Congress (RNC) follows a pledge by the powerful son of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to crack down on what Kigali considers a terrorist outfit. The presence on Ugandan soil of rebels seeking to topple Rwandan President Paul Kagame has been a long-running sore in relations between the two neighbours. Museveni's son Muhoozi Kainerugaba said on Twitter that Mukombozi had been expelled, describing him as an "enemy of Rwanda and Uganda" and posting pictures of him heading towards a plane at Entebbe airport. Mukombozi, a Rwandan born in Uganda, worked a...

Raila Odinga Takes Azimio Campaigns To Rift Valley

1Apr

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Raila Odinga Takes Azimio Campaigns To Rift Valley

Azimio la Umoja coalition presidential flagbearer Raila Odinga will over the weekend tour various areas in the vast Rift Valley region. Odinga will start his visit in Elgeyo Marakwet County on Friday where he is expected to attend the funeral of the late ‘men’s conference’ patron Jackson Kibor before addressing a rally at Iten. The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party chief will, on Saturday, then proceed to West Pokot County where he will make stopovers at Ortum trading centre (10am), Alale trading centre (12:30pm) and Lomut trading centre (2:30pm). On Sunday, Odinga will take the Azimio la Umoja caravan to Turkana County where he will attend a church service in Lodwar.

Supreme Court Judges Set To Deliver Ruling On BBI Appeal

31Mar

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Supreme Court Judges Set To Deliver Ruling On BBI Appeal

The Supreme Court will on Thursday deliver its judgement on the fate of the BBI constitutional review process. The verdict by the seven-judge bench led by Chief Justice Martha Koome is likely to have a significant effect on the events in the political landscape. The judgement holds the key to wide-ranging constitutional changes including among other things an expanded executive structure. It will be a culmination of a protracted political and legal contest for the first amendment to the 2010 Constitution. The nation’s attention will be on the judges who in a masterstroke will either change the county's governance structure as we know or maintain the status quo. It is a litmus test for the CJ Koome-led bench. The Supreme Court has a momentous task of deciphering previous...

Moses Kuria Before IEBC Over 2017 Vote Rigging Claim

30Mar

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Moses Kuria Before IEBC Over 2017 Vote Rigging Claim

The Gatundu South Member of Parliament sensationally claimed that he and a host of other Jubilee legislature rigging the 2017 presidential election in favour of President Uhuru Kenyatta He was summoned by the IEBC Electoral Code of Conduct Enforcement Committee for grilling and examination. On March 15, Kuria said he and other political leaders helped President Uhuru Kenyatta secure victory in both elections through dubious means.