Author: CHRISPEN AKALI
Sunday, April 28, 2024 –Nation Tv’s Olive Burrows is now set to move to Citizen Tv along Dennis Pritt Road following the exit of Voctoria Rubadiri. Royal media Services RMS has made the changes official as Rubadiri exits the media station she has worked for years to join the CNN where Larry Madowo also works. Olive Burrows has been instrumental at the NTV as her looks and vocals have been praised for attracting millions of viewership at the Kimathi Street-based media house.
Sunday, April 28, 2024 -Central Organisation of Trade Union COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli wants opposition Leader Raila Odinga to pass the mantle to Kalonzo Musyoka. On Sunday April 28, while addressing in the Labour Day Thanks Giving prayers held at ACK Church Jogoo Road, Atwoli noted that, heading towards September 2022 elections, he clearly indicated to the Azimio leader Raila Odinga and Azimio chairman Uhuru Kenyata that Kalonzo should be the one to take over as Odinga was now aging. He also shared that, after losing the 2022 elections to William Ruto of Kenya Kwanza outfit, he has only…
Sunday, April 28, 2024 –Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has expressed his dissatisfaction in the manner in which Nairobi County City is being managed both economically and politically. Speaking in Lang’ata Nairobi on Saturday April 27 in a meeting attended by Nairobi businessmen, stakeholders and leaders, the DP said it has come a time for the Nairobi City to be protected from sinking further and that, him together with his boss William Ruto, will henceforth have a keen interest in management of the capital city. “We have started to want to know what is happening in Nairobi. I have keen interest…
Saturday, April 27, 2024 –The Kenya Airports Authority KAA has explained why another video emerged from the facility showing the leaking roofs. Addressing the concerns first raised by journalist Larry Madowo who shared another video from the scene, KAA noted that the problem was caused by a temporary material used by the current contractor and which could not hold heavy downpour. “How can Kenya Airports leadership keep their jobs when they’re this consistently incompetent and/or negligent? If they won’t take responsibility, why not resign in shame?” Madowo tweeted. The said contractor had been given only three months to solve the…
Saturday, March April 27, 2024 -A senior government official is currently nursing a severe breakup after his dear wife, Caroline, was found with a gateman. In the news report by a major news platform last week, the senior official aged about 54 years, caught the wife naked in bed with his gate man. This is after he returned home from a business tour unannounced at around 12:30AM, midnight. Sources reported having heard the altercation in the home; with the man armed to the teeth with his personal firearm ready to do anything. The police on patrol got tipped and came…
Thursday, April 26, 2024 –Details have emerged on how the late General Francis Ogolla contemplated quitting the military over personal reasons. In an undated video clip shared on X by former Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko today Thursday April 26, Ogolla can be heard confessing his resolve to quit the army for a different career. Though he fails to reveal the reason why he had reached that decision, Ogolla mentions that, in the year 1998, he wrote a resignation letter and signed all clearance papers ready to move out of work only to be stopped by General Julius Karangi. “In…
Thursday, April 26, 2024 –Siaya Governor James Aggrey Orengo has challenged the anti-graft agency to dare arrest him as it had threatened earlier this week. The first time Governor, while reacting to a statement from the Ethics and Anti-corruptioon Commission EACC, described the threats as not only empty but also reckless, irresponsible and unjustified claims that may not go far. “Complaints in regard thereto have been made many a time. But apropos the Governor, we say bring it on without delay,” Orengo commented. Orengo’s remarks came shortly after Twalib Mbarak, in a commission workshop, mentioned that a prominent governor, who…
Thursday, April 26, 2024 –Agriculture Cabinet Secretary CS Mithika Linturi could be impeached from office if the motion introduced in Parliament sails through the floor. Bumula Member of Parliament Jack Wamboka, on Thursday, April 25, introduced a motion of impeachment against the CS citing the fertiliser scandal as key in this move. This was revealed through a press briefing held on Wednesday where the Western-based MP also mentioned the fake sugar scandal. “As we speak today, in light of the recent events, it is with deep concern that I announce the introduction of a motion to impeach CS Linturi,” Wamboka…
Wednesday, April 25, 2024 –President William Ruto today officially opened the sh 9.6 billion Bunge Tower located in Nairobi CBD area. Kenyawide.com learnt that the 28-storey building comes with a set of luxurious amenities of Kenyan legislators including a gym, a beauty parlor and a restaurant. Ruto announced that there will be no more tax wastage on Members of Parliament who have been gobbling millions to rent hotel spaces for meetings and official use. “There will be no more requests for travel to hotels because we now have committee rooms here. I hope I’ll see a significant drop in the…
Thursday, April 25, 2024 –Opposition leader Raila Odinga has termed the ongoing flood emergency in the city as a national disaster. He said that it is now clear that the country was facing a flooding disaster due to pounding rains that have since overwhelmed the Nairobi’s inefficient management. Odinga addressing from Nairobi, said there is need to have a clear picture to rescue the residents who are being affected by the raging floods. He also said, this is an emergency which ought to be addressed as well as have a long-term solution. He sent a message of condolences to those…