President Uhuru Kenyatta and Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma, Photo courtesy Kenya has been nominated as the African candidate for UN Security Council seat after defeating Djibouti in second round of voting at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa. A committee of envoys representing member states of the AU headquarters, officially known as the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) made the decision in a secret ballot. Kenya will now contest at the United Nations for a one-year non-permanent seat in elections slated for next year in June.
''NEB invites interests persons for the Kibra parliamentary seat to download application forms from party website www.odm.co.ke , fill and submit to the Party Headquarters by close of business on Friday 23rd August 2019 '' a statement from the ODM Party reads. This comes a day after t he Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) gazetted November 7, 2019 as the date for Kibra Constituency by-elections . In a gazette notice dated August 16, IEBC said each political party intending to participate in the Kibra by-election has until August 26, 2019 to submit names of candidates set to take part in the nominations. Party nominations according to IEBC, will be held on September 9 and 10 ,2019. The Kibra seat fell vacant following the death of former Member of Parliament Ken Okoth, who succumbed to cancer at the Nairobi Hospital. Here is the copy of the Notice
Joe Mwangi on the left and Wendy on the right More shocking revelations have come up on the alleged proceeds received by Joe Mwangi and Wendy's mother to support the young talented Wendy. Ms. Syombua who is also Wendy's mother has accused Mr. Mwangi for taking advantage of her little talented daughter and making fortunes from it “During our trip to Rwanda, President Paul Kagame gave me Ksh.500,000 to support Wendy’s talent, I shared the money with Joe by giving him Ksh.200,000 but he still demanded for more,” Ms. Syombua said. She also alleged that Mr. Mwangi demanded an unnecessarily large share of money from amount Rwandan President Paul Kagame gave her on behalf of her daughter in 2016.
Musician Akothee Popular Kenyan musician Akothee has revealed that she charges not less than Ksh 1 million to perform at events. While appearing on Radio Citizen's Mambo Mseto, the 'Sweet love' hit-maker claimed during an interview that she is not only the biggest influencer but also among the highest paid celebrities in Kenya .
The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection on Friday suspended embattled Knut secretary general Wilson Sossion. Wilson Sossion during a press briefing, photo courtesy According to a letter by the Registrar of Trade Unions E.N Gicheha dated August 30, 2019, Sossion has been replaced in an acting capacity by his deputy Hesbon Otieno Trending DCI orders arrest of Joe Mwangi Sossion's ouster comes a day after a section of the union's National Executive Council met in Nairobi and recommended the removal of the secretary general and his subsequent replacement with Otieno. The ODM nominated member of parliament however has insisted he will be moving to court to challenge the decision. More updates South Sudan deports 16 Kenyans Oparanya: Governors to shutdown County Governments in September Seven people arrested for claiming census is satanic Denial of conjugal rights and Porn video in Linturi’s phone, made me divorce him- Kitany How i caught my husband...
Photos of drunk suspects at Kibra Law courts Police have now freed suspects who were arraigned at Kibra Law courts on Thursday while too tipsy to stand a trial. Confirming the release, Nairobi area police boss Mr.Phillip Ndolo said that the suspects were released on "humanitarian grounds ".
Police are investigating loss of more than 3000 bags of sugar suspected to be laced with mercury in two godowns in Changamwe and Jomvu in Mombasa. The godowns were closed last year by a multi agency team led by KEBS and KRA probing contraband sugar suspected to be contaminated with mercury and copper. In one the godowns owned by Bollore in Changamwe, thousands of sugar bags disappeared two weeks ago. Source the Star
Five students from AIC Chebisaas Boys High School in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County moved to court on Wednesday after they were suspended for allegedly refusing to sit for exams on a Saturday. According to the students who belong to the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) faith, Saturday is their professed Sabbath Day and they should observe it by going Church. The school management allegedly suspended them on July 6, 2019 for failing to do the allocated exams their Sabbath Day. The students accused the school of infringing on their religious rights.
Rudisha's damaged car, photo courtesy Kenyan athlete and world's 800M record holder Mr. David Rudisha is recuperating from a car crash that left him nursing minor injuries. Mr Rudisha was driving a Toyota V8 engine when its tyre burst near Keroka town, colliding head on with Ena Coach. The 10.30pm Saturday incident occurred at a notorious black spot along the Kisii-Keroka highway. Rudisha's friend Mr Stephen Marai , said the athlete is out of danger and was treated at a hospital in Keroka and later moved to Kilgoris Sub-County Hospital. "Rudisha is okay, but he is nursing minor injuries. We are leaving Kilgoris to Keroka Police Station now where he is coming to meet the police," Marai said.
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