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Kitui County governor Charity Ngilu has revealed another victim of fraudulent activities allegedly happening from Deputy President William Ruto’s office.

Ngilu on Sunday evening issued a statement listing some of the fraudulent activities that have previously happened in the office of the second in command.

Ngilu says it is now evidently clear through his (Ruto) own admission that these activities have been taking place in his office, which he admitted in his tweet that the meeting took place albeit for 23 minutes.

The Kitui county chief says Stephen Ngei Musyoka, a proprietor of Makindu Motors, is a living victim of these mafia like schemes that take place at the DPs office.

In 2018, in a similar run in with conmen operating from Dr Ruto’s office, Mr Musyoka supplied 2,800 laptops worth Sh200 million. To date Mr Musyoka has never been paid.

Ngilu has called for the resignation of DP Ruto to allow investigations to take place.

“The Deputy President should stop hoodwinking Kenyans through tweets and do the honorable thing, STEP ASIDE and let investigations be conducted in an impartial environment,” Ngilu says in part of her statement.

Below is her full statement;

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Detectives from Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are said to have spend the better part of Friday at Deputy President William Ruto’s office at Harambee House Annex in Nairobi.

This was in search of crucial evidence that can aid them pin down former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa in a Ksh 39 billion fraud case.

During the raid at Ruto’s office, the detectives checked into the building to view the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) footage for the period of interest to them.

According to The Standard, the detectives are also said to be keen to rope in all the ring leaders of the scheme as well as to corroborate the evidence adduced by the victims.

Of key interest are three top officials of the office who by the virtue of their positions ought to have been in the know when such a humongous deal was being struck.

These are long-time personal aide of the DP Farouk Kibet, Chief of Staff Ken Osinde and Private Secretary Reuben Maiyo.

Echesa is spending the weekend in police cells as detectives concluded the initial part of their probe.

Ruto  was yesterday furious with the turn of events implicating his office.

The news that his office was a place of interest to detectives also unfurled a wave of criticism by his political rivals demanding he tells his side of the story.

ALSO READ: How Echesa Used CS Monica Juma’s Signature to Cut The Fraudulent Multi-Billion Deal

“Go for the fraudsters. Leave me to serve the nation,” Ruto tweeted in reaction to the Saturday Standard story naming his office as the theatre of the alleged fraud.

“The desperation of my political competitors on their choreographed smear campaign against WSR is evident even for fools (whom we have a shortage for) to see. Just wait and see where this will end up. Washindwe!” he wrote.

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Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa is no longer new to controversies! Or is he?

Well, after his arrest on Thursday, details have emerged of how the former ODM party youth leader used the office of Deputy President Dr William Ruto and Defence Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma’s signature to strike a multi-billion fraudulent deal.

According to The Standard, Echesa is said to have used the Office of the Deputy President and the signature of the Defence Cabinet Secretary to cut the fraudulent multi-billion-shilling deal to supply military surveillance equipment and guns.

The complainant, who is an American based in Poland, told the police Echesa approached them through e-mail, introducing himself as a Kenyan politician who would hook them up with a lucrative Sh39.5 billion tender.

The complainant said Echesa summoned the directors of the company into the country and had a meeting at a Nairobi hotel in the presence of people dressed in military uniforms, one of them introducing himself to the investors as a general who would be the user of the military equipment to be supplied to the Department of Defence.

The directors then arranged a trip for Echesa and three others to Poland, the headquarters of the company to inspect the surveillance equipment.

It is here that he said he would receive Sh52 million upon the signing of the contract after allegedly approving the standards of the equipment.

The victims told the police that they were on Thursday shocked to establish the man who identified himself as a military general was dressed in a suit this time round.

They also said they never got to meet the Deputy President despite Echesa promising that the contract would be signed in his presence.

What baffled investigators is that the fictitious tender document found both in the Office of the Deputy President and in Echesa’s car, bore the signature of CS Juma, among other senior ministry officials.

Forensic investigations on the signatures have been launched as part of the probe.

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Another Kenyan MCA Dies

by Mustafa Juma

Another Member of County Assembly (MCA), the nominated Meru MCA Petronilla Gainchi is dead.

Petronilla has passed on at a Nairobi hospital after illness.

Meru County Assembly Speaker Kaberia Arimba has announced the passing on of the MCA.

This comes barely two days after the death of Kahawa Wendani MCA Cyrus Omondi.

Omondi was found dead in his hotel room in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday while on an official duty.

Kiambu Senator Kimani Wamatangi described the death of Mr Omondi as a great loss to the people of Kahawa Wendani and Kiambu as whole.

“Cyro will be remembered for his passion and dedication to his work both in the county assembly and in his ward,” said the senator.

He added: “Through Cyrus, the people of Kahawa Wendani and Kiambu demonstrated that it is possible to rise above petty considerations and elect a leader based on merit. This, indeed, is the true spirit of the great people of Kiambu. I wish to pass my deep and heartfelt condolences to Cyrus’s family, relatives, friends, the people of Kahawa Wendani and Kiambu in general.”

Nominated Senator Isaac Mwaura, who condoled with the family, termed the late Omondi a hero who showed that ethnicity was slowly losing its place in Kenya.

Nominated Senator Isaac Mwaura, who condoled with the family, eulogised Omondi as a hero, who, through his election, showed negative ethnicity was slowly losing its place in Kenya.

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Leonard from the great city of Kisumu is Odibet’s first BIG winner of 2020 after winning Ksh 2.401, 045 from four back to back soccer bets on Kenya’s fastest betting website.

Born a little over 30 years ago, Leonard is one of many young Kenyans who’ve embraced Odibets ending up with big wins overnight.

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Speaking to the Odi Mtaani Team

When the Odi Mtaani team (which distributes uniforms and soccer balls to the County soccer leagues sponsored by Odibets.com) visited him at his home in Kisumu, an elated Leonard had quite a bit to say.

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Deputy President Dr William Ruto is set to attend his first ever Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) rally.

According to Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria, who is also a staunch Tanga Tanga member, The DP will attend the Meru BBI rally.

Ruto will be attending the rally alongside its brainchild the ODM party leader Raila Odinga.

The rally is scheduled for February 29, 2020, with Moses Kuria noting that it will be the best rally so far.

“The Meru BBI rally on 29th February will be the best so far. If inclusivity is one of the aspirations of the BBI, this will be the hallmark of the Meru rally with the Deputy President H.E Dr William Ruto set to attend for the first time alongside former Prime Minister Rt Hon Raila Odinga. This is the Kenya we want,” he posted on facebook.

The first Mt Kenya region BBI meeting was to be held in Meru County on February 15 but was postponed to allow national mourning following the death of former President Daniel Moi.

Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi said the event which will bring together 11 counties in the region will now be held at Kinoru Stadium.

He said the meeting will be preceded by a leaders’ meeting from the 11 counties from the region a day earlier, before their resolutions are read in public.

The county chief further revealed that counties from the region, among them Meru, Tharaka Nithi and Embu had already held their local caucuses and were ready for the inaugural regional BBI meeting.

Other regions expected to make their input are Kirinyaga, Laikipia, Nyeri, Nyandarua, Nakuru, Nairobi, Murang’a and Kiambu counties.

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Wanga elders have today warned Luhyas against electing people that crippled Mumias Sugar Company when they had power to save the only economic source in western province.

Speaking at a meeting in shiembekho restaurant in Matungu constituency, Mr. Peter Mumia Shitawa who is the current Nabongo warned Luhyas against electing those leaders that had evidence that would take Kidero to jail for freezing Mumias sugar on the governorship position.

Up to date millions of residents of Mumias youth dropped out of school as they soley depended on Mumias Sugar Company as their main source of income. Mr. Shitawa asked Luhyas not to vote for Ayub Savula and Bonny Khalwale as governor for it will be suicidal to their economy as people will languish in poverty forever.

Lugari MP and Kakamega gubernatorial aspirant in 2022 Ayub Savula who is a former journalist is said to have had massive intensive evidence against Dr. Evans Kidero, the then Mumias sugar company CEO.

The evidence could have seen Kidero’s property repossessed and Mumias sugar reopened.

When Kidero knew the massive evidence against him was going to bring him down, he approached Ayub savula with a bribe totaling to 300 million shillings.

Savula on the other hand rejected the bribe and asked Kidero to show him “how to fish” from the sweat of Luhyas.

This is when Kidero introduced savula to the business of importing cheap sugar from Uganda and repackaging it into Mumias sugar company packets.

The two became millionaires and hence the source of Savula’s massive wealth and intention to become the governor.

On the other hand former Kakamega senator Dr.  Bonny Khalwale tabled massive evidence against Kidero in the senate.

This evidence was enough to impeach Kidero as the governor of Nairobi should he have been found guilty of corruption.

Kidero being a corruption mafia, he summoned the poor beggar khalwale to a hotel in Uganda and offered him a bribe worth 20 million., the money the polygamous khalwale could not reject and ended up selling the Luhya people to the dogs.

Should the people of Kakamega County listen to peter, the second Mumia, then it is obvious that Khalwale and Savula stand no chance of becoming governors of Kakamega county come 2022 and should not waste their finances on the campaigns.

Currently Kakamega County stands as one of the most developed counties after the introduction of devolved system of government.

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A Kiambu Member of County Assembly has been found dead.

Reports indicate that Kahawa Wendani MCA Hon Cyrus Omondi has been found dead inside his room in India.

The MCA was in the company of his colleagues at the country for a workshop.

According to the emerging reports, the only Luo MCA in Kiambu who was elected on a Jubilee ticket might have died from a heart attack.

According to Kiambu County Assembly Speaker, Stephen Ndichu, says Omondi died after suffering a heart attack.

Cyrus Omondi, who was on a trip to India, was found dead in his hotel room Wednesday, Witethie ward representative, Julius Macharia has also confirmed.

Macharia alias Taki said Omondi’s death has come as a shock to the Kiambu County Assembly fraternity, given he was of good health at the time of his demise.

“I received news of Omondi’s death via a social media platform that all Kiambu MCAs are on,” said Macharia.

Another MCA from Kiambu County, Simon Kuria Wakarema, who represents Theta Ward, said Omondi was among MCAs in the Education Committee, who attended a workshop in India recently.

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Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko was on Wednesday morning ejected from Mzee Daniel Moi’s funeral at Kabarak.

Sonko was ejected from the main dais shortly after arriving.

The embattled governor tried to access the main dais where other dignitaries were sitting.

Sonko had to suffer the humiliation after he was ejected from the VIP dais at the burial ceremony of retired President Daniel arap Moi, at Kabarak University grounds in Nakuru County.

The final journey for the late former head of state is fully under the control of the military.

Sonko in this case, had breached the protocol.

However, in the videos doing rounds on social media, Sonko looks undisturbed.

The body left Wilson Airport, Nairobi at around 7.40am and headed to Kabarak airstrip for his final journey.

Tens of people started streaming into Kabarak University compound at Moi’s Kabarak home as early as 3am where the burial service will take place, with the first 30,000 getting free snacks, a bottle of soda and a loaf of bread.

Heavy commercial vehicles have been kept off the Nairobi-Eldoret Highway.Police officers were lined up along the highway from Nairobi to Kabarak to enable easy movement of vehicles.

Police said the heavy commercial vehicles will be allowed back on the road at 7pm Wednesday.

The former president died on February 4 in Nairobi aged 95, with the family arguing that he was aged 105 instead.

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The body of the late former head of state Daniel Moi has arrived in Kabarak ahead of a military burial.

The body left Wilson Airport, Nairobi at around 7.40am and headed to Kabarak airstrip for his final journey.

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The body was on Wednesday morning driven in a military car from Lee Funeral Home to Wilson Airport and loaded onto a military transport helicopter.

Baringo Senator Gideon Moi accompanied the body.

Tens of people started streaming into Kabarak University compound at Moi’s Kabarak home as early as 3am where the burial service will take place, with the first 30,000 getting free snacks, a bottle of soda and a loaf of bread.

Heavy commercial vehicles have been kept off the Nairobi-Eldoret Highway.Police officers were lined up along the highway from Nairobi to Kabarak to enable easy movement of vehicles.

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Police said the heavy commercial vehicles will be allowed back on the road at 7pm Wednesday.

The former president died on February 4 in Nairobi aged 95, with the family arguing that he was aged 105 instead.

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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……

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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.

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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:-

  1. Non Luhya- senator Malala ancestral background does not trace him to Luhya land. His roots are in Luo land Siaya County to be specific. Malala, the shackles of doom drama teacher is said to have found himself in western after his father buying land in Butere constituency after being ex communicated in Siaya County which borders butere. Malala does not know how to speak Luhya to date apart from the word “’Mulembe”’ which means greetings.
  2. Unlike his political competitors, Malala does not have a solid voter base region. In Kakamega County there are three voter base regions and for one to ascend to power they must have a stronghold voter base support. These voter base regions are the Wanga region, the Isukha region and the Kabras region. The current governor Wycliffe Oparanya controls the Wanga region while Isukha region is controlled by the former Kakamega senator bony khalwale who is also a candidate in the 2022 gubernatorial elections.  I the Wanga region where Malala resides, there are several candidates who are natives of the region and the strongest among will automatically be endorsed by the wanga elders.
  3. Poor relationship with Oparanya: Powers close to the governor informed daily trends that Oparanya and Malala do not see eye to eye. Let it be remembered that Oparanya is also the deputy party leader for ODM and a close confidant of Raila Odinga. To get party tickets of ODM in western is impossible if one doesn’t have a good rapport with Oparanya. It goes without saying that Malala will not be given the ODM party ticket in 2022.
  4. Poor relationship with ANC and other Luhya leaders- Malala is on record not once not twice for disrespecting the ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi amongst other luhya leaders in western province. Currently ANC is the political party that sponsored malala to senate and with his indiscipline case he is more likely to be denied the party ticket come 2022. Actually ANC will not give him the party ticket as indicated by the ANC national youth league chair Nathaniel Akadima in a presser given to the media late last year.
  5. Fall out with Atwoli-Malala who was initially known as Atwoli’s last born child, having been brought to the county politics by Atwoli has been abandoned by his political godfather and Secretary General Central organization of trade unions Francis Atwoli. This is after Malala embezzled over 3 million shillings given to him by Atwoli to organize the BBI rally in kakamega and he ended hiring low end public address systems that resulted to sound problems at the rally. Something that annoyed Mzee Francis Atwoli and made him keep silent on malala. Sources close to Atwoli indicate that Atwoli is in the process of looking for another favorite candidate that he will name in his list of 2022 preferred candidates as indicated in the Bukhugu BBI rally.
  6. Sexual harassment of his communication team- Margret Nechesa popularly known as “sasha” who is a camera lady at the Malala communications team has on several occasions come out in public on sexual harassment from the senator. She says the senator wants sex every time and anywhere every time they are on official duty. Failure to this she is threatened to be fired.
  7. Financial constraints- Malala being a first timer in senate, he has not accumulated enough wealth to run a gubernatorial campaign of the second most populated county in Kenya. This has been seen in his craftiness behavior whenever he is trusted with money by people. This has been seen by the way he has handled the Malala Cup donor funds and the BBI money amongst others.
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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;

  • President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected at 10:30 am at the stadium.
  • State reception of the cortege of President Moi at 10:35 am.
  • State memorial service between 10:45 am – 12:00 pm
  • Casket leaves for Lee Funeral Home at 2:15 pm

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.

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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.

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Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi. PHOTO/COURTESY

 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.

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Lugari MP Ayub Savula. PHOTO/COURTESY

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.

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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.

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