Kakamega Senator Dr. Bonny Khalwale has threatened to place a suit against businessman Cleophas Shimanyula alias Toto. The seasoned politician through his lawyers on Wednesday issued a notice of 48 hours to the prominent Kakamega contractor to publicly apologize or face a defamation suit. Senator Khalwale through his Lead Counsel Danstan Omari told journalists at […]
While companies negotiate sumptuous contracts for services, they pay employees beggar salaries and evade taxes through under-declaration of income and overstating deductions. Major private security companies are now on the spot over tax evasion, denying the government KES14.6 billion in the last eight years, according to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). Despite security firms charging […]
A Mombasa court on Tuesday sentenced a middle-aged Tanzanian woman to 45 years in prison for trafficking heroin with an estimated value of Ksh 16,167,000. In his Judgement, Principal Magistrate Martin Rabera found Maimuna Jumanne Amir guilty of drug trafficking in 5,389 grams of heroin concealed in a black travelling bag. The accused was also […]
The award of government advertisements through MyGov newspaper was a competitive process and the lowest bidder was awarded the tender. Broadcasting and Telecommunications Principal Secretary (PS) Prof. Edward Kisiang’ani has said reports going round in media spaces that the government advertisements were exclusively awarded to one media house are untrue as he called on the […]
The head of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations’ Operation Support Unit (OSU) Zachary Kariuki, a Commissioner of Police, and his six junior officers are expected to be charged in court with torturing a suspect. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) recommended that Kariuki, a Commissioner of Police (CP) and his juniors be charged with torturing […]
The High Court in Mombasa has quashed the appointment of a senior Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) staff saying he was not qualified to hold the position of the Harbour Inspection Officer at the Port of Mombasa. Justice Monica Mbaru of the Employment and Labour Court also ruled that the appointment and translation of Mr Francis […]
The National Construction Authority on Friday announced the termination of services of some of its high-ranking officials. Those who received summary dismissal letters are five compliance officers who are accused of engaging in misconduct including seeking to find a compromise with a contractor whose construction site had been suspended for one reason or the other. […]
Prominent lawyer Donald Kipkorir has called out Ololo Safari Lodge in Nairobi Safari Park for promoting racism by omission and not admitting African/black guests. The lawyer says he had stories from friends before about the discrimination allegations against black guests but it was until himself tried to find out the truth by making reservation calls […]
A Meru based lawyer Gituma Kaumbi Kioga found himself being the center of attention following claims that he was withholding cash awarded to one of his client from an insurance company. The issue was raised in X (formerly Twitter) in which he claimed that his sister had lost both her husband and her kid in […]
Kileleshwa MCA Robert Alai has sensationally claimed the Senator of Nakuru Tabitha Karanja spends most of her time partaking in binge drinking forgetting to serve her oversight duties in the senate. Alai who was reacting to the impeachment threats initiated by the senator on governor Susan Kihika, claimed that Tabitha is oblivious of what’s going […]
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has, today, arrested the Managing Director for Garissa Water and Sewage Company (GAWASCO) Dolal Mohamed, who forged his KCSE Certificate to attain qualifications for University admission. Investigations established that the Managing Director scored Grade D (Plain) in his 1998 KCSE Exams but forged a new KCSE Certificate awarding himself […]
The Commercial and Tax Division of the Milimani High Court has received a notice of liquidation of Spectre International Company Ltd Staff Provident Fund. The notice was presented through a petition prepared by Miller and Company Advocates, initiated its hearing yesterday. It cites the Specter International Company Limited Staff Provident Fund, the minimum funding level […]
