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16Jul

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Politics

UDA’s Njuguna wins Kiambaa by-election

The United Democratic Alliance party candidate had a narrow victory in the Kiambaa by-election. Njuguna Wanjiku of UDA has won against rival Kariri Njama of Jubilee in the concluded by-elections. According to the declaration by the IEBC at Karuri high school, Njuguna received 21,773 votes while Njama followed closely with 21,263 votes. Although there were eight aspirants, the contest narrowed down to a two-horse race pitting Jubilee and UDA. The announcement of results had been halted at around 3am Friday after Jubilee claimed that the election has been rigged. The win has given UDA which is linked to Deputy President William Ruto, the bragging rights against their rival and mother party, Jubilee, whose party leader is President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Ezekiel Mutua warns Kenyans against Unsavoury videos.

18Jun

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Ezekiel Mutua warns Kenyans against Unsavoury videos.

Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) CEO Ezekiel Mutua has issued a warning to Kenyans recording unsavoury videos of other people. “Making videos of others while naked, with or without their approval, is a breach of the Films and Stage Plays Act Cap 222. No film or class of film for public exhibition shall be made without a filming license from the Board. Now you know!” Mutua wrote. Others opined that the law only applies to films. Here are some of the reactions: @wilter_sarah "See your life. Where were you when Bridget Achieng was humiliated? Where were you, sir?" @Nita_salome "Now you speak up on this rampant vice because one of your own is involved. Where have you been all this time?" @NyutheDennis "We had some other video since last Sunday. You never talked. Please remain ...

Kembi Gitura’s appointment to Kemsa Board revoked by President Uhuru.

29Apr

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Life Style, Politics

Kembi Gitura’s appointment to Kemsa Board revoked by President Uhuru.

President Uhuru Kenyatta has revoked the appointment of Kembi Gituri to the Kemsa board. He has instead appointed Mary Mwadime as the chairperson of the board. In a Gazette notice dated April, the president said that Mwadime’s term in office will start on April 30 for a period of three years. The revocation follows the Kemsa procurement scandal. Last month, lawmakers raised concerns over Gitura's appointment to the Communications Authority. The committee chaired by Mvita MP Abdulswamad Nassir said the appointment of the former Murang’a senator was in bad taste considering the investigation into the Kemsa scandal was ongoing. In the same notice, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has appointed new members to the board who will serve for a period of three years, as from April 30, ...

27Apr

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Politics

Pay delays hit counties.

Workers in at least eight counties have gone without salaries for up to five months.The National Treasury being blamed for delays in disbursing funds to the devolved units. Staff in Taita Taveta, Murang’a, Kisumu, Migori, Bomet, Kericho, Meru and Makueni are struggling to foot their bills, and some counties are now asking workers to stay at home. For the majority of the counties that have been paying, some governors have had to divert budgets from other critical services, as others take bank overdrafts and loans. The Exchequer owes the 47 counties more than Sh66 billion, according to the Council of Governors, amid reports that The Treasury is running on empty. In Taita Taveta County, about 3,000 workers are yet to receive their January and February pay. In an internal memo...

Land investigations official,Antipas Nywanjwa collapses, dies in Nairobi.

21Apr

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Politics

Land investigations official,Antipas Nywanjwa collapses, dies in Nairobi.

Antipas Nyanjwa was on Monday having lunch with three friends in a hotel in Upper Hill, Nairobi when he had breathing difficulties and collapsed. The friends picked him up and rushed him to the Coptic Hospital, about two kilometres away but he did not make it. Doctors declared the deputy director of investigations at the National Land Commission dead on arrival. Officials suspect heart attack, but the death is being investigated. The food he was eating was taken for tests. A postmortem is planned to find the cause of death. One of the friends told the family Nyanjwa asked him to ensure he gets a decent send-off. “It seems he knew he was dying. He asked to be given a decent send-off,” said one of the friends. Nyanjwa had a history of heart-related complica...

Rwandan priest arrested in France for alleged role in genocide.

17Apr

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Rwandan priest arrested in France for alleged role in genocide.

A Rwandan priest was arrested in France this week on charges of providing, among other things, food to militiamen who massacred members of the Tutsi minority in his church during the 1994 genocide in the African country, authorities said Friday. Marcel Hitayezu, who was born in 1956, was charged on Wednesday with genocide and being an accomplice to crimes against humanity, according to the national anti-terrorism prosecutor's office. He was arrested the same day at his home in Montlieu-la-Garde, southwestern France, a source close to the case said. Prosecutors said Hitayezu was the priest at a church in Mubuga, in southern Rwanda, when the genocide took place and in April 1994 withheld food and water to Tutsis who had sought refuge in his church. He instead gave food to extre...