DP Gachagua: Gov’t to Fire County Administrators Colluding with Drug and Alcohol Peddlers Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has warned that the government will take strict measures against county administrators who are colluding with drug peddlers and illicit alcohol brewers in their respective regions. He expressed his concern about the increase in drug and alcohol abuse in devolved units due to the complacency of county administrators. Speaking in Ngong, Kajiado County, he said that the government was willing to sack 50% of county administrators who fail to address this issue. He emphasized that there would be no transfers, and if an…
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Kenyatta Family’s Sheep Worth Ksh 450K Seized in Police Raid on Private Home On Saturday, April 29, individuals who are believed to be police officers searched a private residence in Juja Kiambu County to locate Dorper sheep that had been stolen from the Kenyatta Family’s Northlands City property. According to the reports, the armed men tracked down the nine animals to the farm where the owner was away on business. Kioi, on the other hand, stated to Kenyans.co.ke that he was unaware of any recovery of the stolen livestock during the stated period, and he played coy when it came…
Zubeida Kananu Elected Kenya Editors Guild President. The editors also elected Radio Africa Group digital Editor Francis Mureithi without opposition to the Online council. Saturday, the Kenya Editors Guild elected Zubeida Kananu of the Standard Media Group as guild president. Before she was elected president of the Kenya Editors Guild, Kananu served as vice president of the guild; Ruth Nesoba of the BBC now holds that position. Zubeida received 72 votes to defeat Sammy Muraya of Journalists for Human Rights, who received 36. There were 110 participants in the election. Tom Onyango, the Returning Officer, announced the winner at Nairobi…
Military choppers land in Shakahola as detectives intensify operation. Military helicopters touched down in the expansive Shakahola forest as government officials continued exhuming bodies. Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki stated that the government had intensified search and rescue operations in A former disciple of Shakahola Pastor Paul Mackenzie provided insight into the controversial activities of the embattled pastor. Shakahola, Kilifi Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki returned to the Shakahola village in Kilifi on April 28, as the search for additional bodies intensified. Before Kindiki’s second visit to the region, military helicopters landed in the vast forest while government officials continued…
Atwoli Calls for Changes to Retired Presidents’ Roles, Criticizes Uhuru Francis Atwoli, the secretary general of the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU), proposed a constitutional amendment to rein in former President Uhuru Kenyatta on April 7. Atwoli, speaking to COTU members, opined that the 2010 Constitution should be amended to assign a specific role to Uhuru and other presidents whose 10-year terms expire. The unionist advocated for the Peacemaker position, which he insisted should be a constitutional requirement. “However, recall that in 2017 I forewarned that Uhuru’s retirement would cause numerous issues. I stated that he has a substantial…
Ruto Fires Contractor, Gives Fresh Directive at Roadside Rally Saturday, April 29th, President William Ruto terminated the contracts of a contractor responsible for a stalled road project in Uasin Gishu County. Ruto, while addressing residents, criticized the contractor, claiming that his incomplete work had impeded the area’s development. Ruto defended his decision by noting the project’s decline over the past five years. “Therefore, I’ve advised that individual to leave that path and find something else to do. Ruto stated, “Let him go and become a charcoal burner, as that is also work.” “That person has been on this road for…
President Ruto vows to intervene in planned Azimio protests “Mtajua Hamjui” President William Ruto has vowed to use all of the resources at his disposal to prevent the planned protests in Azimio, which are scheduled to take place on Tuesday of the following week, from degenerating into anarchy and violence. Following the move by the Azimio la Umoja Coalition to resume the nationwide protests over what the party’s hierarchy has termed as Kenya Kwanza’s failure to commit to holding constructive bipartisan talks, Deputy President William Ruto has expressed his views on the matter. In a speech that he gave on…
Police Rescue 31 from Spiritual Leader’s Home in Nakuru At least 31 people, including 17 children, were rescued by the police in Nakuru after they were being held captive at the home of a person who is suspected of being the leader of a cult. A man named Hellen Wanjiru Weri, who was 62 years old, was holding the people captive in his home. The residence can be found in the Kamwene ‘B’ village. More specifically in the Mugumini sub-location of the Lusiru location of the Kihingo ward. According to a police report that was filed on April 27. And…
Cliff Ombeta and Danstan Omari claim the government stopped Shakahola’s exhumations to hide evidence of extra-judicial killings. Three attorneys, Danstan Omari, Cliff Ombeta, and Shadrack Wambui, will join Jared Magolo on Pastor Ezekiel’s legal team. Saturday, April 29, the three attorneys confirmed that they had received instructions to join Ezekiel’s defense team and promised a battle royale. They asserted that the Shakahola exhumations would unearth victims of extrajudicial killings, citing this as the reason why the government ceased to exercise its authority. Danstan Omari, Cliff Ombeta, and Shadrack Wambui, who arrived in style in Mombasa for Pastor Ezekiel’s case, have…
Police Suspect Pastor Ezekiel Odero Linked to Shakahola Deaths Ezekiel Odero, the flamboyant leader of the New Life Prayer Centre and Church, was arrested on Thursday in the coastal town of Malindi on charges of “mass killing” his followers. According to prosecutors, Odero is suspected of murder, assisting in suicide, abduction, radicalization, crimes against humanity, child cruelty, fraud, and money laundering. The state has linked televangelist Ezekiel Ombok Odero to Kilifi cult leader Paul Mackenize, describing the two as individuals who share a history of business investments, particularly the television station previously used to spread radicalized messages to their followers.…