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Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru on Tuesday beat former presidential aspirant Martha Karua in a supreme court battle.

The bench ruled that the eloquent governor would continue carrying out her gubernatorial duties.

“God has been on our side, it was among the last case to be determined and I think. We won this election fairly, people of Kirinyaga put their trust in us,” Waiguru divulged.

“I think Martha Karua should finally accept and put this matter to rest, it is unfortunate that we have had to take two years of a court process that has costed a lot of money,” she added.

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Hillary Barchok will be sworn in as the Bomet governor on Thursday to replace Joyce Laboso who was buried last Saturday.

Barchok faces a daunting task of picking a deputy as pressure mounts that he should pick a woman as his deputy.

The push for a female deputy is from women leaders and some residents.

High ranking individuals in the Jubilee party are keeping an eye on the matter and want Barchok to appoint a woman, not necessarily from the Laboso family.

Among the women likely to take the seat are the county chief of staff Jayne Sigilai, Joyce’s sister Judy Laboso, former Woman Representative Cecilia Ngetich and former senatorial aspirant Stacy Chepkemoi.

Also in the list is the county Education CEC Juliana Yegon, a former principal of Moi Siongiroi Girls’ School. 

Ngetich vied for the Sotik parliamentary seat in 2017 but lost to Dominic Koskei.

The deputy governor’s seat is likely to go to Sotik where Laboso came from for fairness in the sharing available leadership positions at the county.

Chepkemoi is among the 15 nominees picked by Jubilee for East African Legislative Assembly position. She failed to secure the seat.

The 26-year-old Maseno University international relations and diplomacy graduate is a former employee at the county government.

She worked as a resource mobiliser in former governor Isaac Rutto’s administration before quitting to join politics.

She is also the current Bomet youth president.

Sigilai is Laboso’s cousin, but little is known about her.

Before politics, Ngetich served as the principal of a number of schools. In 2009, the Nairobi-based Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education in Africa appointed her the director.

Men who had lined up for the position have since chickened out after women put up spirited demands that Barchok should be deputised by a woman.

Former Chepalungu MP Paul Bii and Bomet county assembly speaker Shadrack Rotich are among potential picks.

During the  Laboso’s burial at her Koru matrimonial home in Kisumu on Saturday,  Governors Anne Waiguru (Kirinyaga) and Charity Ngilu (Kitui) said the only way to ensure that the will of the Bomet people of bestowing confidence in a woman by electing a woman as a governor was to have another woman as a deputy.

Waiguru in her eulogy pointed out that there were many able women, hence the need to set the now vacant position for a woman.

She noted: “I know there are some balancing (act to do) but we humbly request that you choose a woman as your deputy. Pick a woman as a deputy, one from Sotik and preferably choose from her family…look at the extended family of Laboso.” 

Ngilu echoed the same sentiment calling on Barchok to “honour us by giving us a woman” noting they will be watching over it.

 Barchok avoided the talk only saying he will strive to deliver on the wishes of the late governor.

“I will ensure madam governor’s agenda to the people of Bomet is realised,” he said.

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto did not speak on the issue but ODM leader Raila Odinga told Barchok that the position automatically belongs to a woman.

“A woman was a governor and a man was her deputy, now when the woman governor has left the position it is automatic that a woman would become a deputy governor. I don’t think that should be an issue,” he stated.

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Residents of Kasarani estate in Naivasha were on Sunday Shocked after finding a 38-year-old woman identified as Purity Muthoni hanging on a rope in her sister’s house barely days after being diagnosed with cancer. 

According to a local daily, the woman had told friends that she did not want to undergo the pain other cancer victims go through. 

Emotions ran high as her kin and friends tried to come to terms with the incident which came a month after her diagnosis.

The mother of two had been undergoing treatment in different hospitals before she was diagnosed with the disease that has killed hundreds of Kenyans.

A neighbour, Ann Nyambura, said that Muthoni had been living in Olkalau where she developed a growth in one of her breasts.

“She started undergoing treatment in various hospitals and was misdiagnosed with other ailments until the final blow was delivered to her at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi,” she said.

She said that the victim had been living with her sister who worked in one of the flower farms.

Naivasha OCPD Samuel Waweru said that the body had been collected and taken to Naivasha mortuary.

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The body of Ikolomani Member of Parliament Bernard Shinali’s son Chris Atema Masaka is set to be flown to Kenya Wednesday, ahead of burial likely to follow days later.

Atema, a United States marine officer, drowned in a swimming pool in the state of Arizona last week.

The family on Monday said that arrangements to fly his body home have been concluded, and it is expected in Kenya any time on Wednesday.

The planned transportation follows a funeral service in Iowa where friends of the 35-year old got an opportunity to pay their last tributes.

According to Robert Ayisti, a brother to the deceased, Masaka who was on holiday drowned while trying to save a young girl who was drowning in the same pool.

Consequently, the MP has been in the states to organize the transportation, with his Navakholo counterpart Emanuel Wangwe coordinating the burial committees in Nairobi and Ikolomani.

Family reports indicate that the deceased might be laid to rest this weekend.

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Nairobi Women Representative aspirant Karen Nyamu has left the social media streets talking after the photos of her smoking weed in public emerged.

Karen Nyamu who was among the key contestants for the Nairobi Women Rep Position which is currently held by Esther Passaris, revealed her wild side by joining a hundred of fans during the famous Koth Biro Tournament at Umeme Grounds in Ziwani, Nairobi.

She was caught on camera hanging out with ‘ghetto boys’ and also smoking weed with them in public.

This has elicited mixed reactions from Kenyans. Most of the people just asking the government to legalize weed.

Damn, legalise it

— gerald kieti (@ghkieti) August 5, 2019

Ni kienyewe kimenishika

— Martin Mwangi (@wakahum) August 5, 2019

While others have questioned the morality of Karen Nyamu of smoking weed in public yet it has not declared legal in Kenya yet.

Karen Nyamu? Women’s Representative aspirant? Kenya tuna mchezo https://t.co/Uxs6KdkmI3

— IreneNM #TuJadili (@TuJadili) August 5, 2019

Huyu ni mama ama Bibi ya mtu ?

— Mint Condition (@Frankayub) August 5, 2019

But Karen Nyamu likes controversy. In 2017, she posted a video of her creamy ass  which took over the internet by storm. She was actually selling her manifesto using her behind but seemingly she did not appeal to the thirsty team mafisi.

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Kakamega County governor Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya who chairs both Council of Governors (CoG) and Lake Region Economic Bloc (LREB) is set to resign as LREB chairman.

Oparanya while announcing his intention to resign from the post explained that the responsibilities of chairing both the bloc and the CoG have become overwhelming.

Oparanya further notes that he has been delegating majority of his LREB duties to his deputy Professor Philip Kutima due to numerous CoG meetings in Nairobi.

The bloc consists of 14 counties: Kakamega, Bomet, Bungoma, Busia, Kericho, Homa Bay, Kisii, Kisumu, Migori, Nandi, Nyamira, Siaya, Trans Nzoia and Vihiga.

LREB was launched in 2015 as an instrument of fast-tracking development projects within member counties. Each county would contribute to an LREB Bank, which is yet to be formed, and funds would be used to facilitate their agenda.

The bloc has received opposition from lobby groups which are calling for public participation before member counties pass the LREB Bill into law.

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Dr Reuben Savai, 70, whose attempts to run for the presidency in 1997 and 2002 were thwarted by the electoral commission is dead, his son Mr Daniel Lihanda said on Sunday.

Despite securing six degrees and a diploma, the controversial politician still could not secure formal employment in Kenya.

MAKERERE UNIVERSITY

Dr Savai, who holds six degrees from Greece and a diploma from Makerere University in Uganda, was barred from contesting for the top seat by the defunct Electoral Commission of Kenya in the 1997 and 2002 elections.

After failed attempts, the Kenya Republican Reformation Party leader’s effort to secure a formal job also hit a dead end.  

Some of his academic credentials include Diploma in Theology, Law degree and two Bachelor of Education degrees, one in Arts and another in Science.

His family says he was barred from practicing law in Kenya because he had not graduated from the Kenya School of Law.

Dr Savai, who had wanted to vie against retired Presidents Daniel arap Moi and Mwai Kibaki, was disqualified because he lacked prerequisite materials.

Dr Reuben Savai's room at Budaywa in Sabatia,

Dr Reuben Savai’s room at Budaywa in Sabatia, Vihiga County on August 4, 2019. PHOTO | DERICK LUVEGA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

In the 1990s, he participated in the formation of Forum of Restoration and Democracy (Ford) party, during the re-introduction of multi-party democracy in the country.

In 1997, Dr Savai contested for the Lang’ata parliamentary seat and lost to ODM leader Raila Odinga, who was then leader of National Development Party.

LANG’ATA

Lang’ata constituency has since been split into two constituencies – Lang’ata and Kibra – following the review of boundaries ahead of the 2013 General Election.

Mr Lihanda told Nation that his father was found dead in his shanty in a suspected stroke attack.

Mr Lihanda said his father never got any formal employment in Kenya despite the rich education background and his involvement in politics.

“He studied abroad and got one diploma and six degrees. When he returned to Kenya, he did not secure employment and ventured into politics. When he lost his bid for Lang’ata parliamentary seat, he also tried seeking a job but was not successful,” said Mr Lihanda.

He said his father was struggling with high pressure amid glaring poverty.

He said the politician’s family had raised only Sh30,000 out of the Sh130,000 needed to meet funeral expenses.

POVERTY

“We are calling upon well-wishers and politicians he interacted with to help us meet funeral expenses,” said Mr Lihanda.

Another son, Mr Abinayo Kivisi said the late Moses Mudavadi, father of Amani National Congress leader Musalia Mudavadi, asked his father to return to Kenya after promising to help him secure a job.     

“My father left Greece only to come home to struggle and lead a poor life,” said Mr Kivisi.

He added: “I have made attempts to reach President Kenyatta and his deputy (William Ruto) but I have not been successful. We really need their help.”

Dr Savai’s wife died in 1990. His body was taken to Jumuia Hospital mortuary in Kaimosi.

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Kimilili Member of Parliament Didmus Barasa was on Saturday, August 3 involved in a road accident at Ndengelwa area in Bungoma County.

The accident however did not claim any life.

The driver of the lawmaker’s vehicle lost control and veered off the road, resulting in the car, a Toyota Prado, rolling over several times.

While careening off the road, the MP’s vehicle rammed two cyclists.

The injured were taken to Bungoma County Referral Hospital for emergency care.

The MP and his driver, who were on their way to a funeral ceremony in Bungoma, escaped unscathed.

Barasa however managed to attend the funeral Saturday afternoon.

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The late Kibra MP Ken Okoth’s body was on Saturday morning cremated at Kariokor in presence of his family. However, the legislator’s mother, Angeline Ajwang allegedly skipped the cremation of his son’s body.

According to Okoth’s nephew Evans Oluoch, Angeline was against the cremation idea. Oluoch who spoke to Citizen TV said that Oluoch’s mother insisted up to the last minute that his body should be buried.

The mother is was also allegedly not involved in the cremation plans.

“Actually, the family did not meet because if the family met then Ken’s mum should have been there. If the family met, some of the relatives should have been there.Unfortunately, we just got the news yesterday on TV when Sifuna said that the family had agreed to cremate Ken and I’m really shocked because even his mum was never involved in this.” he remarked. 

Oluoch further revealed that ODM Party Leader Raila Odinga had agreed to provide a chopper that would carry Okoth’s body. However, this was not to be.

“Plans were already underway and everything was set.The villagers were waiting.Some of the relatives did not come to Nairobi because they knew very well that the body is going to Kabondo. To our surprise, everything just changed last evening. We heard that the body is going to be cremated yet Ken’s mum fully disagreed. She really wanted the body to be buried next to her house,” he added.

He explained that the decision to cremate the deceased lawmaker was carried out by two family members together with his wife, Monica Lavender Okoth.

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Fallen Kibra MP Hon. Ken Okoth’s remains have already been cremated this morning in accordance with his wishes and in the presence of his family.

Taking to twitter Saturday morning, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party said that his family was present during cremation.

ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna, a Spokesperson for the family, who is also their legal representative in a case filed at the Milimani Law Courts by Ann Thumbi who claimed to be a mistress to the deceased had revealed on Friday that the body would be cremated today.

Sifuna said, “we no-longer have a dispute because the matter has been settled. She was allowed to extract DNA samples from the body before interment.”

Thumbi had obtained orders blocking a cremation, burial or any manner of disposal of Okoth’s body pending the hearing and determination of her case.

Sifuna told journalists that the two sides had agreed to have DNA samples extracted from the body to determine if he is the father of Thumbi’s five-year-old son.

“The consent has been adopted by the magistrate and now there is no dispute,” Sifuna said, “This was agreed after long talks on Thursday night presided over by ODM leader Raila Odinga and Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko.”

In the order earlier issued by a Magistrate’s Court, Ken’s mother Angeline Okoth, his wife Monica Okoth had been barred from undertaking any funeral rites for the deceased until the case is heard and determined. Lee Funeral Home where his body was preserved was also named as the third respondent.

In her suit papers, Thumbi said she was angered by the family’s failure to recognize her son to be listed as one of the beneficiaries of the deceased’s property.

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He has been vocal and commanding, with him at some point insinuating that Deputy President William Ruto’s name will not be on the ballot come 2022. But is it guaranteed that he commands everyone? Well, Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) secretary general Francis Atwoli is now crying foul over President Uhuru Kenyatta’s aides and security chiefs for ignoring his calls.

Speaking to the press in his offices in Nairobi, the Central Organisation of Trade Union boss said unlike Francis Muthaura and other aides of former President Mwai Kibaki, Uhuru’s aides are rude. 

He accused them of colluding with cartels to lie to the President over the Portland Cement land saga. 

“They don’t receive my calls. If [Interior CS Fred] Matiang’i does not receive my call, how can he receive a call from a common mwananchi?” Atwoli asked. 

The Cotu chief criticised Uhuru’s administration and urged him not to take the advice of his aides on anything concerning the land.

Atwoli said he is a trustee of NSSF which has 28 per cent of shares in the 4,700 acres of Portland. 

“I and millions of other Kenyans are part of the land. We have shares there and we cannot allow cartels to lie to the President and steal land from Kenyans. No one has said that Portland has free land to give to the state,” he said.

He warned President Kenyatta to be keen if he wanted to achieve his agenda. 

Atwoli urged the state to follow the right channel if it wanted to take the land, failure to which the matter will be taken to court.

“I want President Uhuru to get this right from us. There is no free land from Portland. If anyone needs this land let him follow the right procedure.”

The Cotu chief added that he was ready to die if cartels need to eliminate him to achieve “their vision of stealing from Kenyans” but said that justice will prevail even after his death. 

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A Nairobi court on has issued orders stopping the cremation of fallen Kibra MP Ken Okoth until the case filed by Ann Muthoni, Ken Okoth’s ‘second wife’ in court is heard.

The court also stopped burial until the case is heard and determined.

Ann Thumbi sued on behalf of her son, whom she says is Okoth’s.

Through lawyer Elkana Mogaka Thumbi, Muthoni sued Okoth’s mum Angeline Okoth and wife Monica Okoth along with Lee funeral home.

“The mother and wife have deliberately and unfortunately excluded me from the funeral and burial arrangements of Okoth,” the petition reads.

Muthoni said she only learnt of the arrangements from the media.

According to Muthoni, the family has unilaterally decided to have the body cremated “among other reasons to primarily destroy any evidence of her son’s lineage to Okoth”.

The order stopping the burial and cremation was issued by Senior Principal Magistrate GA Mmasi.

The case will be heard on August 9.

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It was speculated, and it is finally happening! Did you ever think that women will emerge claiming to be fallen Kibra MP Ken Okoth’s ‘wives’? Well, his legacy might be the reason.

As push and pull on whether Ken Okoth’s body should be cremated or buried goes on, a fresh controversy has rocked the family as a second ‘wife’ emerged with his five-year-old son.

According to a local daily, the woman, a Jubilee-nominated MCA, approached Okoth’s family on Tuesday evening and demanded that her son be recognised before his ‘father’ is interred.

The son, whose pictures with Okoth have been shared online, is well known among Okoth’s close circle and family members.

The MP’s European widow, Monica, is said to have got wind of the boy and opposed the idea of publicly recognising him. She and Okoth had no biological children but adopted three.

The widow is said to have protested attempts to have him mentioned in the MP’s funeral advertisement.

The advert was to be published in Wednesday’s dailies, but the push and pull on whether the child should be listed delayed the plan.

Opposition chief Raila Odinga on Wednesday chaired a crisis meeting with the family but only told the press, “The body will be handled in the same way as that of Kenneth Matiba.”

Okoth and his secret lover are said to have met in 2011 while the woman was working as a nurse at the Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi, before she was nominated to the county assembly during the 2017 General Election.

At one time, the MP is said to have stayed together with the woman at a house along Ngong Road in Nairobi.

The revelations came just hours after Okoth’s mother Angelina Ajwang’ warned that her son did not father any child outside of her marriage with Monica.

“Ken did not sire any child. I know many women will come out to claim they have at least a child with Ken,” she told a local television station on Tuesday.

The MCA, who has the support of a number of Okoth’s kinsmen, has been blocked from burial preparations, which close family members describe as ‘unfortunate’.

On Wednesday, there was a public viewing at Lee Funeral Home and community memorial service at Starehe Boys Centre and School.

On Thursday, the human rights sector will hold another memorial service at the University of Nairobi from 2pm to 6 pm.

The body will then be flown to Kabondo, Homa Bay county, where there will be another funeral service at Got Rateng’ ground in Kabondo Kasipul constituency.

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Fallen Bomet Governor Joyce Laboso’s body on Thursday left the Lee Funeral Home, Nairobi County for the first funeral service at the All Saints Cathedral.

The body will then later in the day be flown to Sotik before spending a night at Bomet County government headquarters.

Below is the funeral program for the late governor.

9am: Memorial service begins with opening prayers and hymns

10am: Eulogy by son Ted Abonyo

12:30pm: Tributes from Kenya High choir, friends, Sotik and Nyakach family representative

2pm: Sermon by Bishop Ernest Ngeno assisted by Canon Sammy Wainiaina

3pm: Service ends. Body leaves for Wilson Airport for airlifting to Sotik

On Friday, a funeral service will be held at the Bomet Green Stadium.

She will be buried on Saturday at her marital home in Fort Ternan, Koru, Kisumu County.

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Deputy President William Ruto was, on Wednesday, present to witness history in the making, after he helped secure a peace deal in the war-torn Kerio Valley.

A two-month dialogue process initiated by the DP culminated in the penning of a peace accord, set to bring together communities from Elgeyo-Marakwet, West Pokot and Baringo counties.

The country’s second in command also witnessed the re-opening of Chesegon open-air market, formerly bristling with activities, the marketplace had metamorphosed into a ghostly centre for the last seven years following fatal clashes.

“Today, Kerio Valley has changed from the valley of cattle rustling and death to the valley of hope and peace,” DP Ruto remarked.

He then led the leaders gathered at the market centre in prayer, during which he reiterated the need to forgive and forge a new, more prosperous path to the future, The Standardreported.

“Today we put aside all other activities to witness the peace agreement so that development can begin,” he divulged.

Violent cattle rustling tales had been a mainstay in the area christened ‘the valley of death’, with at least 120 people reportedly killed in just under three years.

DP Ruto urged the residents to abandon the archaic way of living and embrace trade and commerce, for a more sustainable future.

Ruto was accompanied by governors John Lonyang’apuo (West Pokot) and Alex Tolgos (Elgeyo-Marakwet), Senator Kipchumba Murkomen (Elgeyo-Marakwet) and several MPs including Oscar Sudi (Kapseret).

In his address, the visibly joyous DP affirmed that the signing of the accord had officially opened up the area to development projects that had stalled due to constant clashes.

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Keroka Law Court Principal Magistrate Matata Kimtai has sentenced three people to 10 years’ imprisonment for vandalism and stealing of Kenya Power and lighting Company property.

The three; Zablon Johnson, his son Eric Musa and Peter Onyamu were also give an alternative to pay a fine of Sh5 million each.

Three alongside two others who were acquitted had been charged of vandalism of electrical conductors contrary to section 64(4) of the Energy Act number 12 of 2006.

The charge sheet had stated that on different dates between February 21 and 26, 2019 at Chitago village Nyankoba Sub Location in Masaba North Sub County vandalized 400metrs of low voltage conductors property of KPLC.

They also faced a second count of stealing 400 meters of low voltage conductors amounting to Sh80,000 contrary to section 268 (1) as read with section 275 of the penal code.

In his ruling the Magistrate said that the low voltage wires that had been vandalized were also removed from the scene.

“Clearly the person who damaged the wires also stole them since the use was coveted to other than the general on special owner thereof.”

Kimtai said that the three accused had not explained to the court why they were in possession of the wires.

“It is interesting to note that none of the accused works for the Kenya Power and Lighting Company.”

“I further wish to note that the said low voltage conductors cables were stole and recovered in less than a week, therefore the court will deem that anyone who found with low voltage conductors cables with no proper explanation then will be taken to be a thief as well. The said cables were in a house that was locked which the accused acknowledge same as his.”

Also read: What Laboso told doctors days before she died

The Magistrate said that the defense of the three accused does not water down the overwhelming evidence tendered by the prosecution witnesses.  I find that the evidence by the prosecution well corroborated and above all credible.  

After the ruling, South Nyanza Region Kenya power Security Head Major Retired Paul Gichovi urged all Citizens to report persons interfering with power lines to the nearest police stations, KPLC office or chiefs.

“Innocent clients are suffering in darkness because of a few criminal elements in our society. We need to be mindful of others.”

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