Jubilee Party Secretary General Raphael Tuju has been involved in a road accident.
Tuju was on his way to the late former head of state Daniel Moi’s funeral in Kabarak, Nakuru County.
The accident occurred at the Magina area on the Nakuru-Nairobi highway.
Scene of the accident photos show his mangled official car after it collided with a Matatu.
Latest details show that Tuju alongside his driver have been airlifted to Nairobi for treatment.
More details to follow……
Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday February 11, 2020 extended his Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) campaigns to Mzee Daniel Moi’s memorial service at Nyayo stadium.
speaking while giving his tribute to the late former head of state, Raila narrated how he was a victim of Moi’s mistakes during his 24-year tenure.
Raila noted that despite being a victim of Nyayo regime, he had already reconciled with Moi, and shook hands.
He noted that they came together and drafted the Kenya’s constitution for the betterment of the nation.
He then dragged BBI campaigns in his tribute, noting that he had shook hands with President Uhuru Kenyatta to unify the country.
Raila noted that through BBI, the nation was bound to unity and prosperity.
Mzee Moi’s body will be interred tomorrow (Wednesday) at his Kabarak home in Nakuru County.
Contrary to what many believe, Kakamega County Senator Cleophas Malala will have a rough time to ascend to power in 2022 as the governor of the second largest county in kenya, Kakamega.
Daily trends did an in-depth analysis on his 2022 gubernatorial candidature and here the findings:-
Thousands of Kenyans have arrived at Nyayo National Stadium to give their last respect to former head of state Mzee Daniel Moi as he takes his final journey.
In the memorial service that is being led by the state, at least seven heads of state are expected to attend.
Mzee Moi’s body first left Lee Funeral home Tuesday morning, headed to Statehouse Nairobi before heading to Nyayo Stadium for a memorial service.
The body of the late Moi had to be taken to Statehouse in respect to his 24 years of service as the commander in chief.
The body is then expected at Nyayo stadium, with the order of the events following each other as below;
Thousands of Kenyans from all walks of had arrived at Nyayo Stadium as early as 5:00 am to be part of the late Retired President’s funeral service.
Majority of netizens had already taken their seats by 8 am, the very time they were expected to have settled.
The state of the art funeral service came a day after a three-day viewing exercise of the late Moi’s body at Parliament buildings had come to an end.
Moi passed on Tuesday 4th February at Nairobi Hospital after a long battle with an undisclosed illness.
His body will be interred tomorrow (Wednesday) at his Kabarak home with at least ten heads of state expected to attend the Kabarak funeral service.
Lugari MP Ayub Savula, the man behind the 2.4 billion contract scandal at the government advertising agencies is using Cyprian nyakundi to defame several Kakamega gubernatorial aspirants in efforts to scare them from the Kakamega governorship race in 2022.
Savula, a former journalist used his power as the MP of Lugari to fraud the government 2.4 billion in efforts to solicit money for his 2022 campaigns.
The Kakamega gubernatorial race candidates include Senator Cleophas Malala, former Kakamega senator Bonny Khalwale among others.
Nyakundi who hails from Kisii County is a known blogger who earns a living by defaming and soliciting money from corporate institutions by threatening to publish articles that defame them.
Savula and nyakundi who are close friends have been spotted together at entertainment joints and Daily trends learnt that nyakundi is enjoying his share from the public funds swindlindled by savula from government advertising agency.
In 2018, Savula declared his interest in the Kakamega gubernatorial race and does not welcome competition from any possible competitor.
Currently the main stream media has given savula a complete airtime shutdown and as a defense mechanism he has tuened to the serial jailbird Cyprian nyakundi to help him campaign for his 2022 presidential aspirant.
This are kicks of a dying horse from the incompetent Member of Parliament who is also appointed his two wives as the managers of Lugari CDF money.
It should be remembered that Cyprian nyakundi was arrested early this year for soliciting 17.5 million from Victoria bank on a story he threated to publish on his site.
Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi has revealed the total number of Kenyans who viewed Mzee Daniel Moi’s body at Parliament Buildings.
According to Muturi, 72,500 Kenyans managed to view Mzee Moi’s body on Monday only.
A total of over 213,000 people were able to view the body by the end of public viewing on Monday evening.
The parliament on Monday extended the body viewing by one hour to allow more Kenyans view the body.
The number of members of the public arriving at Parliament to see Moi grew exponentially as the deadline approached.
24,863 people turned up to see the body at Parliament Buildings on Saturday while another 115,637 viewed the body on Sunday.
While public viewing of the body has officially come to a close, an official interdenominational prayer service awaits the former head of state at the Nyayo Stadium on Tuesday.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang’i has gazetted February 11th as a public holiday to mourn the late President Moi.
Sunday, President Kenyatta arrived at Nyayo Stadium to check on the progress of preparing the venue for the last public function before Moi’s burial.
Already, members of the press have camped at Moi’s Kabarak home in Nakuru County where he is set to be interred in an invite-only gravesite affair after a public ceremony at Kabarak University.
Bungoma county healthcare workers have been called upon to work and serve the community with passion and commitment.
Speaking at Mabanga where 187 recruited health care staffers were receiving their appointment letters, Governor Wangamati congratulated them and emphasized on them being committed to work hard and tirelessly towards the success of the service delivery in the health centers of Bungoma county.
“Health is so crucial in service delivery in this county and health services are real you can’t wait so please just do your best. Serve the county, serve the people of Bungoma county, “said governor Wangamati.
He further noted that through his leadership, those who will do well will be given an opportunity to grow in the county government but also cautioned those who will bore no fruits that they will have a problem.
“You have been given an opportunity, you must work and ensure that at the end of the day you are doing well at your work place and our commitment to you is that when you do well you will have an opportunity to rise within the county government and within the ministry of health,” he said.
He assured the residents of Bungoma that more funds will be directed into health which will see some projects finished like building 100-bed capacity hospitals one in Bumula and another one in Naitiri.
He expressed his satisfaction towards the coming up of devolution noting that it’s the best thing that ever happened in Kenya.
“The best thing that happened to Kenya is the 2010 constitution. A shilling spend at a national level compared to a shilling spend in the county government, a shilling in the county government level is more accountable and more transparent because at the county there are so many eyes looking at that shilling where its being spend.
“It is what is revoking us to vote in the building bridges initiative because we want more resources to come down for it will make it easier in increasing resources from national government to county government.
“When am here as a governor I understand the issues of Bungoma county better than a cabinet secretary sitting in Nairobi and so accountability and transparency is better at the county level and that’s why we are emphasizing on voting in BBI,”he noted
Kakamega senator Cleophas Malala is a lonely man after being put on blackout by the Central Organization Trade union (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli.
Sources close to Atwoli disclose that Malala was tasked the duty of organizing the Bukhungu BBI rally given over Ksh. 3 million by Atwoli to organize the BBI meeting at Bukhungu stadium.
He ended up using less than half a million on the organization of the Rally. This then led to the use of low quality public address system- something that did not go well with Atwoli.
Malala is believed to have been brought to the Kakamega senatorial race by Francis Atwoli who not only endorsed him but funded his campaign.
Malala being given a cold shoulder by Atwoli will prove difficult for him to ascend to the governor position in 2022 after the exit of ODM deputy party leader Wycliffe Oparanya considering that Atwoli is a respected elder of the Luhya community and majority of the residents of the county listen to him.
Malala is not a new face to the media limelight as in November 2019 he was expelled from the ANC party on grounds of indiscipline and disloyalty.
Malala is an expected gubernatorial candidate for the Kakamega governorship in 2022 and the silence from Atwoli is a threat to his political career.
Fire on Sunday evening razed a section of Kisumu County offices.
During the incident, most computers at IFMIS office were destroyed before the fire was contained.
However, questions have continued to rise following the incident.
Over the recent past, most offices, especially finance offices have been razed down in what many are now speculating to be a way of destroying evidence.
This has been happening mostly in devolved units suspected of corruption.
In September 2017, fire burnt down Migori County offices leading to the destruction of crucial documents.
The former Auditor General Edward Ouko was unable to audit the county since Ksh 1.5 billion receipts were missing.
The cause of the fire that razed the Migori County Procurement stores remained unknown.
In July 2019, the Kitui County Finance offices were razed down by a fire.
A year before the incident, a fire broke out at a private building housing the Kitui County Government offices.
The fire destroyed vital documents and property in five departments. Environment, Tourism and Education were among the departments affected.
In September 2019, Busia County finance offices were gutted by a fire that broke out at 2am.
The incident that destroyed property of unknown value happened within the vicinity of a fire engine at the county headquarters.
A statement from the county stated that investigations were underway to establish what started the inferno.
This trend among Counties has now continued to raise questions, with many now speculating that the county chiefs are intentionally destroying evidences in graft allegations.
Raymond Moi, Mzee Daniel Moi’s son has finally revealed the former head of state’s real age.
Speaking during a service for the second President of Kenya at his Kabarnet Gardens home in Nairobi, Raymond said that Mzee Moi died aged 105 years.
He further trashed what had been reported in the media earlier.
“We read in the magazines and newspapers that Mzee was 95 years old, but Mzee was not 95 and I think many of you have surmised that,” the Rongai MP was quoted by The Standard.
He also spoke about Moi’s friend by the name Eric Barnett, who at 103 years now, stated that he was slightly younger than the country’s second president.
“Mr Barnett today is 103 years old. He and Mzee used to play football when they were young,” he added.
“When we used to play football, we used to plead with Mzee not to break our legs, because he was much older than us,” he quoted Barnett.
Therefore, given that Moi was slightly older than Barnett by approximately two or three years, The Standard reports that the family calculated his real age to be at least 105.
It’s not clear yet whether the family will change the age to officially show that he was born in 1914 instead of the widely recognised and accepted 1924.
After the passing of the former president on Tuesday at the Nairobi Hospital, his long-time press secretary Lee Njiru put Moi’s real age at between 102 and 103 years.
“Although his ID indicated he was born 1924 that was not the correct age…Mzee Moi says he’s older than Jeremiah Nyaga and Charles Njonjo,” Njiru said.
Former Attorney General Njonjo celebrated his 100th birthday two weeks ago while the late Nyaga was reportedly born in 1920.
Moi will be laid to rest at his Kabarak farm in Nakuru on Wednesday after a memorial service on Tuesday at Nyayo Stadium.
Today (Monday) marks his last day of lying in the state at Parliament Buildings, with public body viewing also coming to an end.
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday February 9, 2020 drove himself to Nyayo stadium to inspect the ongoing preparations for the late former President Daniel Moi’s funeral service.
Mzee Moi’s funeral service is set for Tuesday February 11, 2020 at the refurbished Nyayo stadium.
The day was declared a public holiday of observation to allow Kenyans mourn the former head of state.
Moi’s body is currently lying in state at Parliament buildings for the second day of public viewing.
The body will in the evening be taken back to Lee Funeral home to wait for tomorrow (Monday) where it will lie in state for its final third day.
Mzee Moi’s body viewing on Sunday was halted briefly for the public at Parliament buildings to allow Kibaki to pay his last respect to the man he once served under as Vice President.
Earlier reports, however, indicated that the media was not allowed to broadcast the arrival of the country’s third president at parliament.
Sunday is the second day when Kenyans are being allowed to view the body which lie-in-state for three days until Monday, Feb 10.
Among other leaders expected to view the body on Sunday is ODM chief Raila Odinga, who was away on official duty in Ethiopia on Saturday when the exercise began.
The procession will on Tuesday morning lead to Nyayo stadium where the funeral service will be held.
From Nyayo, Moi’s body will be flown to Kabarak in Nakuru County where it will be interred.
It was Mzee Moi’s wish to be buried next to his late wife Lenah Moi who died in 2004.
Former President Mwai Kibaki has arrived at Parliament buildings to pay his last rest to his predecessor Mzee Daniel Moi.
Kibaki is among hundreds of Kenyans at Parliament buildings viewing the body of the second head of state Mzee Moi.
However, media has been barred from showing Kibaki’s photos or videos while at the Parliament buildings.
No civilian , police or parliamentary orderlies have been allowed in as Mwai Kibaki pays his last respect to the fallen icon.
The body of the late former President arrived at Parliament Buildings from Lee Funeral Home on Sunday morning for the second day of public viewing.
Kibaki bounced back to the limelight on Saturday but only to condole with the family of his predecessor, who died on Tuesday.
In video footage shared on social media, the retired President was recorded signing a condolences book at his Muthaiga home on Saturday.
The development came after Kenyans on social media raised eyebrows on the whereabouts of the former president as key Government officials led by President Uhuru Kenyatta, his Deputy William Ruto trooped Parliament building to view the body of the late Moi.
Other dignitaries yet to view Moi’s body include the ODM leader Raila Odinga who was sent to represent President Uhuru at AU summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, but is expected to view the body today.
The late Moi’s body is set to be laid in state at Parliament building for three days beginning on Saturday to Monday.
His funeral service is slated for Tuesday at Nyayo Stadium, Nairobi.
His remains will be interred at his Kabarak home beside his late wife, Lena Moi.
Kibaki who served as Moi’s Vice President for ten years from 1978 to 1988 had a rocky relationship with his boss leading to his sacking.
He also held cabinet ministerial positions in the Kenyatta and Moi governments, including time as minister for Finance (1969–1981) under Kenyatta, and Minister for Home Affairs (1982–1988) and Minister for Health (1988–1991) under Moi.
Kibaki served as an opposition Member of Parliament from 1992 to 2002. He unsuccessfully vied for the presidency in 1992 and 1997.
He served as the Leader of the Official Opposition in Parliament from 1998 to 2002. In the 2002 presidential election, he was elected as President of Kenya.
The body of the late former President Daniel Moi is lying in the state at Parliament buildings for public viewing for the second day.
First public viewing was done on Saturday and is expected to end on Monday evening, which is the third day of lying in the state.
On Saturday, 24,683 Kenyans were able to view Moi’s body.
However, there are rules that must be followed while viewing the body.
First, an order has to be observed. Kenyans are supposed to follow the queue so as to give the security forces manning the crowd an easy time.
When viewing the body, upon strict safety scrutiny from the security team, one is expected to spend at most 10 seconds at the scene.
In addition, children below 10 years are not allowed in the building. Some mothers were forced back by the security officials after showing up with underage kids.
Moreover, members of the public willing to pay their last respects to Kenya’s second president will only be allowed into the parliament buildings from 8AM to 5PM until Monday.
On this day (Sunday), several leaders, including former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who was in Ethiopia on Saturday, are expected to view the remains of the former president.
When public viewing of Moi’s body comes to an end on Monday evening, there will be a funeral service at Nyayo stadium on Tuesday, which was declared a public holiday of observation to allow Kenyans pay their last respects to the former head of state.
Moi’s body will then be interred at his Kabarak home on Wednesday February 12, 2020.
Emerging details have revealed what led to the sudden death of top gospel artist Papa Dennis.
According to a detailed report by a local daily written from a series of interviews, depression occasioned by a sudden change in financial fortunes and forlorn hopelessness is what led to the death of the award-winning gospel musician.
Just over a year ago, everything looked so rosy for Papa Dennis, even going ahead to reveal to Pulse Magazine that he had at least Ksh50 million stashed in three bank accounts in the country.
Fast-forward to one year later, the musician was a pale shadow of his flashy and flamboyant former self — his financial muscle had waned, and the good life was now a mirage.
He relocated from his solid rented house in Lavington, and started life afresh in a room in the Pangani studio — Nairobi Records — where he allegedly jumped from on Friday, February 7.
By the time of his death, Papa Dennis did not know where his next meal would come from, according the informants of the local daily.
“He only had a mattress in one of the rooms in the studio; that was the only thing he went back to after spending the day searching where his meal would come from. Occasionally, he would be assisted by the owner of Nairobi Records, Mash Mjukuu. Upon learning that Papa Dennis had nowhere to go after being evicted from his furnished Lavington home over unpaid rent, Mjukuu offered to house him in the studio, and gave him a mattress,” a source was quoted by the daily.
The sources further revealed Papa Dennis’ former manager, Sadat Muhindi, was the one financing his luxurious lifestyle, but allegedly stopped after the two fell out over reasons yet to be known.
A report filed at Pangani Police Station by Papa Dennis’ brother, Simon Mwangi, at 1:30am Saturday, says he fell from Kirima Building near Jubilee Party headquarters, with authorities confirming Dennis’ cause of death as suicide.
The incident — according to police — happened at 11:30pm Friday.
Police have launched probe into the death of award-winning gospel singer papa Dennis.
The 2018 AFRIMMA Awards winner was on Saturday morning found dead along the road in Ngara.
It is being alleged that he fell from a 7th floor building in Ngara, Nairobi.
His body was found on the roadside near Pangani on the night of Friday.
Veteran gospel artiste, Daddy Owen, who was at the scene copnfirmed to a local daily the passing away of Papa Dennis.
“He was found dead on the roadside near the Jubilee Party headquarters,” Daddy Owen was quoted by the local daily.
However, details of whether Papa Dennis was knocked down by a vehicle, or whether he committed suicide by jumping from a tall building remains scanty, as we wait for the conclusion of police probe.
Papa Dennis, whose real name is Dennis Mwangi, was born and raised in Matunda, Kakamega County. He has a twin brother whose name is Simon Mwangi.
His mother died in 2006, leaving him and his four other siblings unable to fend for themselves.
After his mother’s demise, Papa Dennis relocated to Kisumu where he started a second-hand clothes business.
He was known for exhibiting flamboyance, on several occasions sporting expensive designer clothes, watches and shoes.
The Late artiste, in his lifetime, won several awards, including a trophy in the 2015 Mwafaka Awards, 2016 and 2017 Pulse Music Video Awards, the 2018 African Muzik Magazine Awards (AFRIMMA) and the 2019 Dear Awards.
Papa Dennis had several songs in his repertoire, including Tornado which he featured Tanzanian legendary singer Ray C. Other songs are: Nashukuru, Mayaya, Foundation (featuring Daddy Owen), Wabebe, among others.
After the colonization of Africa by the white man Africans started struggling to attain self Independence by the help of freedom fighters .Pan Africanism was everyday dream and vision.
The rule of the white man was accompanied by many problems and difficulties such as slavery,forced labour,high taxation and death of some African leaders .
This difficulties made Africans to unite for a common goal, decolonization of Africa for over 50 years.
It is the desire of every African that he /she lives in a Continent where peace , security and harmony are key factors.
This key factors will ensure that Africans interact freely socially ,politically and economically .A continent where human rights are respected and Justice is observed.
Both men and women should have an equal say ,no gender should be superior to the other.A continent where children ,youth, women , people living with disabilities and the elderly are taken good care of.
Corruption and misuse of public funds are among the major vices Hindering development in many parts of Africa. In other words, ways should be embraced to eliminate these vices to enhance development .
Good educated leaders with integrity should be elected to avoid extravagant and careless leadership.
Transparency in leadership ,good governance and democracy should be enhanced so that citizens can understand why somethings are being done in a particular way.
Good and affordable learning institutions should be established with good learning equipment that are required to make education successful and beneficial to everyone ,good housing system to avoid overpopulation in some areas and good ways of waste disposal.
Education to all africans will reduce the high illiteracy rate in the continent and ignorance . Education equips people with different skills ,these skills in return help people in serving different sectors of the economy.
These institutions will also help students from different parts of the continent to interact freely without fear and share different ideas that will gear to development of the education sector.
An intra-trade should introduced where Africans exchange goods to improve the economic status of Africa .A central bank to be introduced with a common currency to enhance development in every part of Africa.
Waste products to be recycled into useful non pollutant products to avoid pollution of the environment.
Infrastructure should be improved to ensure that all economic and social activities are conducted in each part of Africa successfully.
Network connectivity should also be enhanced in the rural areas to ensure information reaches all sectors of the continent not only in the urban areas.
Every employer to ensure that there is good working conditions for their employees.Good working conditions includes , the environment the employee is working from, if it is suitable for the employee to work From there , reasonable salary or a wage ,reasonable time with accordance to the amount of work being done and security to enhanced in that area of work .
Health services is another concern to be taken seriously.Drugs for HIV and Aids should be available in every hospital and supplied from time to time to ensure that there is no shortage.
People suffering from HIV virus to be educated on self acceptance to avoid suicide cases. They should also be educated on the consequences of not using the drugs and to be encouraged regularly to be able feel accepted in the community.
In case of any case of a person discriminating a person living with HIV and Aids they should be punished to avoid stigmatization and to act as a lesson to those who are also thinking or trying to mistreat HIV patients.
Emerging diseases should be responded to quickly to ensure that we don’t lose a large population of people.Health services should be made cheap and affordable for every citizen.
Africa should also be a Continent where citizens have freedom of speech without fear or torture.Every citizen should have a right to contribute to public matters affecting the continent.
A forum to be established to ensure that there is progress in Africa and to ensure that there is justice. Evaluation of progress in Africa should be conducted at least once per year.