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How Sh180m looted Youth Fund cash was shared

1Oct

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local news

How Sh180m looted Youth Fund cash was shared

Details have emerged showing how the Sh180 million stolen from the Youth Enterprise Development Fund was shared out. An anti-corruption court on Thursday fined businessman Mukuria Ngamau Sh700 million for defrauding the Fund of the money. Chief magistrate Douglas Ogoti held that the director of Quorandum Limited irregularly acquired the money. Ngamau will spend 27 years in jail if he defaults in paying the fine, having been found guilty of five counts of looting seven years ago. The magistrate further ordered the businessman, and by extension his company, to compensate the fund Sh180 million, being the amount that was lost. The money trail by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission revealed that the cash was moved from the YEDF account at Chase Bank to Quorandum Ltd a...

Ethiopia to expel seven senior UN staff for ‘meddling’

1Oct

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International news

Ethiopia to expel seven senior UN staff for ‘meddling’

Ethiopia said on Thursday it would expel seven senior UN officials for "meddling" in its affairs, ratcheting up worries over the humanitarian response in the war-torn and famine-threatened Tigray region. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was "shocked" by the decision, expressed full confidence in his staff in Ethiopia and said the UN was engaging with the government "in the full expectation" that the officials would be allowed to return. According to diplomats, an emergency UN Security Council meeting will be held behind closed doors midday on Friday to discuss the matter. The White House condemned the ejections of the UN staffers "in the strongest possible terms" with Press Secretary Jen Psaki calling it "unprecedented action to expel the leadership of all of the...

Kenya cancels Pakistani free stays, orders crackdown on illegal arrivals

30Sep

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Business

Kenya cancels Pakistani free stays, orders crackdown on illegal arrivals

Kenya Wednesday announced a crackdown on illegal immigrants from Pakistan and imposed a freeze on the free transit arrangements it has with the Asian country in a bid to prevent the spread of Covid-19. The Interior Ministry said it was reacting to the surge in numbers of Pakistanis passing through the country on their way to Saudi Arabia. The groups have been arriving in large numbers since last week, taking advantage of softer conditions on travellers from Kenya to the Middle East concerning Covid-19 regulations. Dr Karanja Kibicho, the Interior and Citizen Services Principal Secretary said authorities had noted a possible abuse of existing free transit arrangements between Kenya and Pakistan. The Kenyan Government is alarmed by the threat of the spread of the Covid-19 pande...

R. KELLY BATON ROUGE ‘KEY’ HONOR Withdrawn Following Guilty Verdict in Sex Crimes Trial

30Sep

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Entertainment

R. KELLY BATON ROUGE ‘KEY’ HONOR Withdrawn Following Guilty Verdict in Sex Crimes Trial

R Kelly persona non grata in Baton Rouge ... his "key to the city" there has been rescinded by the very same official who bestowed him with the honor. Kelly was given the honor back in February 2013 by Denise Marcelle, who, at the time, was a member of Baton Rouge Metro Council. Marcelle tells us after Kelly's guilty verdict, she regrets giving Kelly a key to the city in the first place and is going to rescind it. If you're wondering how that works, the process doesn't include actually physically taking the $256 plaque and key back from the singer ... but he's stripped of the honor. Obviously, there were allegations against Kelly when Marcelle presented the key to him back in 2013, but she tells us she only knew he had been acquitted in 2008, and didn't do her homework ...

Uhuru hints and endorses Raila in Kibera

30Sep

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Politics

Uhuru hints and endorses Raila in Kibera

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday gave the clearest signal he is backing ODM leader Raila Odinga as his preferred successor. The President made the revelation when addressing a gathering in Kibra where he was accompanied by Raila for a tour of development projects. The president opened two hospitals in the populous area that Raila represented as MP for decades. President Kenyatta for the first time left no doubt that he wanted someone who would continue with his development plans after he exits in 2022. He heaped praises on Raila for accepting to enter into a handshake with him in March 2018 saying the peaceful environment that followed helped his legacy projects. “When we came together, didn't we experience peace? So where is the problem? Isn’t that what we want? D...

RHOA’ Star Kenya Moore Gets Ultimatum from Bravo Over Dancing with the stars gig.

29Sep

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Entertainment

RHOA’ Star Kenya Moore Gets Ultimatum from Bravo Over Dancing with the stars gig.

Kenya moore decision to join "Dancing With the Stars" pissed off her bosses at the network where she got famous -- so much so, they tried to force her into a very tough decision. Sources connected to 'Housewives' production tell us ... when 'DWTS' approached Kenya months ago about being on its new season, she immediately ran it up the flag pole at True Entertainment, the production company behind "Real Housewives of Atlanta," and there was no issue. However, the problems started when we broke the story Kenya was officially signed on for the 30th season of 'DWTS.' We're told that's when Bravo came to Kenya and told her to choose one show or the other. What's bizarre about that is ... lots of other Housewives have done 'DWTS' before without Bravo raising a stink. Erika Jay...

Anderson Cooper Vows Not Leave His Son an Inheritance

29Sep

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Entertainment

Anderson Cooper Vows Not Leave His Son an Inheritance

CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper has disclosed that he will not be living his vast wealth to his son as his inheritance. The media personality appeared in a recent interview on the Morning Meeting podcast, where he said he does not believe in passing down wealth to children, according to Page Six. Cooper, reported to be worth about KSh 22 billion, said he did not know what he would be worth by then, but he was not really interested in money. He is not intending to leave his one-year-old son Wyatt a "pot of gold" but instead follow on his parents, who promised to pay for his college education and figure out life thereafter. Cooper is said to have inherited only KSh 166 million from his late mum, Gloria Vanderbilt's, huge estate after her demise in 2019.

Germany’s centre-left secures narrow win against outgoing Chancellor Markel.

27Sep

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International news

Germany’s centre-left secures narrow win against outgoing Chancellor Markel.

Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) secured a narrow win over outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives in national elections with party leader Olaf Scholz claiming a “clear mandate” to form the government for the first time since 2005. Preliminary results on Monday morning showed the SPD on track for 26.0 percent of the vote, ahead of 24.1 percent for Merkel’s CDU-CSU conservatives, the worst by the CDU in 70 years. Figures on the election commission’s website showed the Green party came third with 14.8 percent. An official announcement from the Federal Returning Officer is expected shortly. With neither main group commanding a majority, and both reluctant to repeat their awkward “grand coalition” of the past four years, the most likely outcome of the vote i...

Brendah Jons Apologizes to fans says sorry after revealing her lesbian lover

27Sep

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Entertainment

Brendah Jons Apologizes to fans says sorry after revealing her lesbian lover

Content creator Brenda Jons has apologised to her fans and anyone she dragged into the revelation she is gay. Jons, famed for her 'Plesdent Kingston' clip, trended over the weekend after coming out on social media. She went on a live video on Instagram to explain her orientation to fans on Saturday and within hours, she said she found out that her girlfriend had cheated on her. In a series of videos on her Instagram stories, the content creator highlighted that the news of cheating allegations had hit her hard. She went on to name the 'other woman' in her nine-month relationship as one of her friends who is a celebrity hairstylist. Brendah also unveiled @phy_lamar as her girlfriend, adding that they had already moved in together and that they are en...

27Sep

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Business

Fuel, beer prices set to go up, again

Consumers in Kenya are facing yet another increase on at least 31 products. This comes with the adjustment of the excise duty rate by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), a move that will force manufacturers and importers to pass costs to consumers. It will see fast-moving excisable goods such as fuel, beer, cigarettes, bottled water, energy drinks, and juice cost more from October 1, with consumers who are reeling from the effects of Covid-19, amid reduced spending power, forced to dig deeper into their pockets to access these products. In a notice issued on August 10, Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Commissioner General said the taxman would adjust the rate of excise duty using 4.97 per cent, as the average inflation rate covering the 2020/21 financial year. PRICE CHANGE ...