Senior Counsel SC Ahmednasir Abdullahi has suffered his first court appearance ban after his firm or himself couldn’t be allowed to appear before the Supreme Court. Ahmednasir was supposed to represent Mama Cherubet Chelugui before the Supreme Court Wednesday morning. Mama Chelugui who just turned 94 and who is critically ill won damages worth over Kshs […]
A petition to remove Kakamega county Public Board CEO Catherine Gathoni has been filed in the county assembly. The petition filed by Jacktosh Wakutuya on January 17, seeks to remove Gathoni for allegedly earning two salaries, from Kakamega and Nakuru county at the same time. This happened before her official secondment by the former employer […]
Businessmen Deepak Kamani and his brother Rashmi have been acquitted alongside three former government officials, in the Sh7 billion Anglo Leasing scandal case for lack of evidence. The Kamanis were charged alongside former PSs Dave Mwangi, Joseph Magari and Joseph Onyonka who have been declared “innocent”. They were all charged with conspiracy to defraud the government through […]
Chief Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor has expressed shock over the horrific killing of Rita Waeni, the 20-year-old university student whose mutilated remains were discovered at an apartment in Roysambu on Sunday last week. Addressing journalists in Nairobi on Friday after conducting a post-mortem on Rita’s body, Dr Oduor said he had never encountered such a case […]
The Director of Public Prosecutions has directed that two suspects implicated in the killing of Meru blogger Daniel Muthiani Bernard, alias Sniper be charged with murder. In a statement from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), the suspects to be charged are Vincent Mureithi Kirimi, popularly known as Supuu, and Murangiri Kenneth […]
The Confucius Institute at the University of Nairobi is set to hold a session. It aims to provide Kenyan students with needed information about scholarships. The scholarships are being offered by Chinese learning institutions. In a statement Sunday, the University of Nairobi indicated that the forum will be used as a platform to answer questions […]
Dr Jamleck Muturi is the Chairperson of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) The Teachers Service Commission Chairman Dr Jamleck Muturi has warned that the commission will not condone the victimisation of teachers by parents taking the law into their own hands. Dr Muturi who was in Embu asked Parents with grievances to address them through […]
Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga has said his father Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, the country’s first Vice President, sponsored hundreds of Kenyan students to pursue their education both locally and abroad. Raila made the revelation Saturday during celebrations to mark the 30th anniversary of Jaramogi’s death. Besides his contribution to politics, he […]
Benjamin Netanyahu has again insisted Israel should retain security control over all the Palestinian territories. The Israeli prime minister said this condition was “contrary” to a future Palestinian state being established. His comments on Saturday defied pressure on his government from the US and others to commit to future Palestinian statehood. Mr Netanyahu and US […]
President William Ruto on Sunday said he has information that some heads of learning institutions have been taking monies from parents for learning in total disregard of a directive from the government not to do so. The head of state says his administration has already disbursed funds to cater for learning and doesn’t understand why […]
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua now says there was a plot meant to split the Mt Kenya voting bloc. He dismissed the attempts. He warned that the masterminds will not succeed. This comes a fortnight after a section of MPs from the region promised to rally behind Kiharu Lawmaker Ndindi Nyoro as far as political supremacy […]
The Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection Florence Bore is rooting for children’s mentoring programmes, helping them to develop into responsible citizens and leaders. The CS said her Ministry believes that children who work with mentors are more likely to perform well in school, graduate, and go on to attend college and have successful, healthy lives. The […]