Investments, Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano has been accused of procurement and financial irregularities during her tenure as the CEO of the Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (Kengen). In an ouster petition filed at the High Court, a lobby group has accused the CS of spending Ksh94 billion of taxpayers’ money on white elephant […]
A UK-based report from internet organizations discloses that Kenya suffered a loss of over Ksh4.2 billion within eight days due to the government’s interruption of Telegram. NetBlock and Top10VPN attribute the social media platform outage to the November 2023 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams. The disruptions were part of the government’s strategy to […]
By Carmel Rickard A prominent Kenyan lawyer has been ordered personally to pay Kshs10 million to the country’s Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). In a decision handed down in November, High Court Judge Esther Maina said Joseph Owino Kojwando had acted to conceal the source of funds and that he was not entitled to keep […]
Kaloleni Member of Parliament (MP) Paul Katana has threatened to sue three of his constituents for allegedly linking his office to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) community. Katana has filed a complaint with the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Kilifi against the three; Steven Garama, Kitsao Ngowa and Maxwell Konde, alleging […]
The Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has written to Interpol and immigration to help establish the whereabouts of a Nairobi businessman who disappeared two weeks after a magistrate issued a warrant of arrest after he failed to appear in court. DCI is hunting for Davis Nathan Chelogoi, former Nairobi Provincial Commissioner, who is implicated in […]
Tanzania has banned Kenya Airways from flying into the country with effect from Monday next week after Kenya refused a request by Air Tanzania to operate cargo flights from Nairobi to third countries. “Tanzania has decided to rescind the approvals for Kenya Airways (KQ) to operate passenger flights between Nairobi and Dar es Salaam … […]
Airbnb operators will now be required to record and temporarily withhold identification documents of their clients. In a statement, the Private Security Regulatory Authority CEO, Fazul Mahamed said the directive is aimed at taming insecurity incidences in the establishments following a series of disturbing murders since the year began. Fazul ordered all private security services […]
The High Court has ordered Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to investigate Lawyer Danstan Omari, his client Ann Wambui Ndung’u and police officers implicated in a Ksh2 million alleged extortion scheme from two Nigerian nationals. Justice Nixon Sifuna of the Milimani Anti-corruption directed the anti-graft body to record statements from two foreigners – Richard Tsado Bala […]
Isaiya Begi Gesicho who brags about enjoying close links with the house on the hill has found himself in trouble with the law. He was charged for defrauding Jane Prema Peter of Sh1 million by falsely pretending that he was in position to secure lucrative tenders on her behalf at government and private sector which […]
High Court judge Justice Esther Maina sent a university student to collect a Ksh2.5 million from a businessman whose assets were frozen last year by the State, a petition lodged before the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) indicates. According to the petition filed by the trader Kepha Kefa Odiero, the judge demanded the bribe to facilitate […]
A bright, needy pupil who topped her school during last year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examinations only to be selected into a national boys’ school will have her education catered for by the Alego – Usonga constituency development fund. 14-year-old Gloria Adhiambo Owino, who scored 389 marks to trounce other candidates at Nyalgunga Primary […]
