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Deputy President William Ruto has dared the deep state, citing that he was not afraid of the system.

Ruto in a video that went viral on social media on Tuesday August 11, 2020 termed the deep state as a shadowy group that allegedly controls and influences key decisions in the country, including outcomes of elections.

Ruto says that he will surprise the system in 2022 by ensuring that voters’ ballots will count in the next election.

We are being threatened that there is a system, Deep State, that will steal your votes when you cast your ballots,” said DP Ruto.

He said that this is not the first time threats have been issued.

He was speaking at his Karen residence during a meeting with leaders from Kajiado County led by Kajiado South MP Katoo Ole Metito and Senator Mary Senata.

The DP argued that as the Deep state relies on the system come 2022, he will come with God and voters, the only way he says the system can be outsmarted.

Citing the 2013 General Election when he joined hands with President Uhuru Kenyatta to form Jubilee Party which won the presidential election, Ruto said they were threatened with veiled threats their choice to run will have consequences.

“If I was a coward, I would not have supported President Kenyatta in 2013 because some people told me not to work with him,” he said.

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President Uhuru Kenyatta is reportedly laying the ground for former Gatanga MP Peter Kenneth to be his successor in Mount Kenya region.

And to achieve this goal, Uhuru and his strategists are out to have the Building Bridges Initiative passed and have Kenneth as the prime minister.

The picking of Kenneth as prime minister is part of Uhuru’s power game to win back the confidence of his Kikuyu tribesmen who incidentally together with others, are not happy with his leadership and claim he has been pushing for BBI so as to remain in power as prime minister after his tenure as president ends.

Another claim has been that Uhuru and Raila Odinga are pushing for the PM slot to have the president’s younger brother Muhoho Kenyatta land the post.

Sources say that Uhuru is aware of the ramifications and backlash in his Mount Kenya region if he grooms his kinsman to succeed him, hence the emerging Kenneth factor in the region, and nationally.

According to a local daily, Devolution CS Eugene Wamalwa is part of the power-sharing formula and he is likely to be in the Raila-Uhuru lineup after Musalia Mudavadi refused to play ball.

Eugene may go for the Kiminini parliamentary seat 2022 in his plan to land a cabinet seat being as it is that if BBI is adopted, CSs would be MPs.

Surprisingly, in the new lineup,it is said that Raila is out to block Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka getting a position and prefers Kitui Charity Ngilu.

Claims by ODM secretary general Edwin Sifuna that Kalonzo is hijacking and staging a coup in the handshake deal clearly shows that they are uncomfortable with him.

Baringo Senator Gideon Moi is another key player in the political arrangement. In Central region anti-Uhuru sentiments, and to an extent entire Kenyatta family, are widespread and a rebellion is largely looming.

Perhaps, aware that the Mt Kenya ground is not accommodative to him, Uhuru is working on plan B to endear himself to the vote bloc.

Together with powerful Kikuyu tycoons working under the umbrella of Mount Kenya Foundation, they are slowly grooming Kenneth to take care of the region’s interests.

Uhuru sometimes back told Kikuyus the person he will pick to unify them will surprise them.

It is true, picking on Kenneth, is a surprise political card as in 2013, Kenneth ran for presidency opposing Uhuru.

In 2017, Kenneth ran for Nairobi governorship and was Uhuru preferred Jubilee candidate, but William Ruto, who read the move as aimed at positioning PK to play a key role in Uhuru succession, decided to back Mike Sonko.

Locked out of Jubilee, Kenneth went for the top city seat as an independent candidate. Those surrounding Uhuru mostly from Murang’a county wanted to have Kenneth as city governor controlling billions of shillings and number two politician after Uhuru and easily succeed him as regional kingpin.

They have never forgiven Ruto for blocking the plan in 2017 thus Mt Kenya having a leadership vacuum.

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Just minutes after Nairobi County Assembly speaker Beatrice Elachi rendered her resignation to President Uhuru Kenyatta, Nairobi County governor took to social media to celebrate her downfall.

Through his verified Facebook page, Sonko sent out coded messages which clearly implied that he was in celebrations.

The County chief posted three different video songs, in which artists are praising God for standing with them, and answering their prayers.

One of the videos had the message “God has listened to our prayers. There is a God in heaven who listens to our cries and answers them.”

The message in the other video also had a similar same message: “We have seen your mighty hand Lord. Your deeds are grateful from lower to higher. You have brought us from far. While holding our hand. You lift up your people and forever we praise you.”

He then posted Nadia Mukami’s ‘Maombi’ video song, which says “it is not witchcraft, but prayers.”

However, netizens who have reacted to his videos have warned him not to just celebrate yet, with some insinuating that Elachi’s resignation might be a well calculated move to dissolve Nairobi County.

Should it be dissolved, the city will be handed over to Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS) under Director General Mohamed Badi.

Elachi while resigning on Tuesday morning said she was moving on to a new season in her political career and journey and going back to her Dagoretti North constituents.

She thanked President Uhuru Kenyatta for giving her the opportunity to serve Nairobi for the last three years and said she hoped to serve in his administration in any other capacity in the near future.

She asked the assembly to stand firm and support Nairobi Metropolitan Services Director-General Mohammed Badi in transforming the capital.

Elachi advised Governor Sonko with whom she has had a frosty relationship with to focus on God and stop intimidation.

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Boya police station OCS and four other junior police officers have been arrested for stealing alcohol in Kisumu.

The five are being held at Kisumu Central police station on allegations of looting alcohol from a vehicle that had been involved in an accident.

Nyando police boss Leonard Matete who led the operation confirmed that they got complaints from the crew of the ill-fated vehicle that police officers had looted the alcohol the vehicle was ferrying.

Matete says he responded and after a search in the OCS house at the Boya police station they recovered 72 bottles of white pearl vodka.

He says the OCS  William Cheruiyot, other junior officers including corporal Jane Chepkemei, police constables Bernard Macharia, Samuel Maina and Rodrick Laushuset are all being held by the DCI officers in Kisumu.

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Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Beatrice Elachi has resigned as Nairobi County Assembly speaker.

Her Deputy and Ruai MCA John Kamangu has taken over in an acting capacity.

While tendering her resignation this morning, Elachi said that she was moving on to a new season in her political career and journey.

She also noted that she was going back to her Dagoretti North constituents. Is this her next target? Will she battle out Simba Arati in 2022 general elections?

Well, whilst she maintains that she is going back to her constituents, Elachi is most likely to be appointed for another post in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration.

Ever since President Kenyatta formed the Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS) and Director General Mohamed Badi, Elachi has been supportive, even as governor Mike Sonko and his allied MCAs tried to fight Badi.

While resigning, Elachi thanked President Kenyatta for giving her the opportunity to serve Nairobi for the last three years and said she hoped to serve in his administration in any other capacity in the near future.

Well, does this indicate that she is aware of an appointment awaiting her in the near future?

Well, she asked the assembly to stand firm and support Nairobi Metropolitan Services Director-General Mohammed Badi in transforming the capital.

“That is the critical agenda..the legacy for our President and I believe he would be proud to see us support him. If I ever did wrong, within the duties I was given, I ask for forgiveness,” she said.

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Gor Mahia is currently restructuring ahead of the new season whose kick off date remains unclear.

Reports indicate that the team will part ways with a total of 11 current players and sign similar number for next season where they will be seeking an unprecedented fifth league title in a row.

Among those who have exited is Tanzanian keeper David Mapigano who has returned home joining Azam, winger Boniface Omondi and keeper Peter Odhiambo have also exited the club.

Others rumored to be on their way out are; Charles Momanyi who is a KCB target, Joash Onyango who may be heading to Simba, Kenneth Muguna has offers from Angola and Tanzania.

All these are leaving because of one reason, lack of payment. The club is struggling financially and players are literally running from club. After six months without pay, life has become literally unbearable and COVID-19 has not made matters any easier for the players.

“I cannot tolerate it anymore, it’s time for me to move and get some greener pastures, yes I love the team but seeing my team suffer yet I player for the most successful team in Kenya is a shame. I have played my part in the team for the last four years and I am now going somewhere where I can be able to pay bills,” one of the departing players said.

The team is also finding it difficult to sign players with a number of them shunning the team. The promises of CAF Champions League football is no longer appealing to the players. A number of them like Fidel Origa, Kelly Wesonga have blatantly refused to join the side despite getting some well packaged empty promise.

Wazito FC is the contrast of what’s happening at Gor. The team is paying their players well, they have medical cover, good allowances. It is the best paying team in the league by far. With the window opening, players from rival clubs literally want to join the Ricardo Badoer owned side because it’s the team that appeals most to the players, their welfare will be taken care of well .

The team is in the process of acquiring young ambitious players who want to play for the club. it promises to be an exciting season for the ambitious side and we can’t wait to see COVID-19 disappear so that we can go back to playing football and watch Wazito thrive.

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Just days after meeting at COTU boss Francis Atwoli’s home, Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga, Jubilee Vice Chairman David Murathe and Siaya senator James Orengo met again over the weekend.

This time round they met at the home of Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya.

The leaders had attended the initiation ceremony of Munya’s son Karauni Munya.

Among the political issues discussed in the ceremony was the revenue sharing formula and the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).

Raila was on Saturday, August 8, endorsed by Murathe for Presidency, a move which was later backed by Central organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli.

In an exclusive interview with KTN News, Murathe asked Kenyans to prepare for Raila’s presidency in 2022, comparing his situation to former South African President Nelson Mandela.

“We think it’s time Kenyans rewarded the years of struggle of Raila Amollo Odinga. They owe it to him. It’s like Mandela, and 2022 will be a Mandela Moment.

“And we would also like to tell him (Raila) to be a transitional president who will then nurture the young generation to take over in 2027,” stated Murathe.

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Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga has opened up on the ailment that saw him jet out of the country for Dubai, to seek specialised treatment.

In an exclusive interview with Nation Media Group Editorial Director Mutuma Mathiu on Sunday August 9, 2020, the former premier revealed that he experienced pain around his waist down to his legs.

He, however, noted that he was feeling much better and was even capable of undertaking nearly all the tasks he used to perform before the illness kicked in.

“I am feeling much better now. I was having bit of pain around my waist and going down my legs all the way to the foot and the doctors told me it was called Spinal Canal Stenosis,” he said

The African Union envoy further revealed that a minor procedure called Lumbar decompression and fusion was done on him in Dubai, to ease the pain he was feeling.

The procedure lasts for between 2 hours and 7 hours to operate after which the patient needs time to recuperate.

He also noted that he will be getting back to the gym very soon.

He arrived back in the country on Sunday, July 12, from Dubai where he had traveled to undergo the minor surgery.

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Jubilee party Vice Chairman David Murathe has asked Wiper Movement leader Kalonzo Musyoka not to run for Presidency come 2022.

Instead, Murathe wants Kalonzo, whose party is a member of the NASA coalition, to step aside and let Kenyans make ODM party leader Raila Odinga a one term President.

In an exclusive interview with KTN last evening, Murathe said it is time to reward Raila for all his struggles and sacrifices for the country’s democratic growth and progress.

Raila would then be a one-term transitional president who will clear the way for generation change in Kenya’s political order. Murathe is listed among the eight men shaping President Uhuru Kenyatta succession politics.

According to him, it should by now be a forgone conclusion that Raila will be on the ballot.

“Untill Kalonzo moves from the Nasa coalition, what we are doing is co-operating. Just like we are co-operating with ODM. I don’t know what the arrangement is on the Nasa side but if you ask me I would like him (Kalonzo) to also let Raila run,” he said.

In an interview with Daily Nation last month, Kalonzo said he has a secret pact with Raila on how they will work together in 2022.

He said the pact is separate from the 2017 National Super Alliance (Nasa) coalition agreement that included Amani National Congress leader Musalia Mudavadi, Ford-Kenya’s Moses Wetang’ula and Chama Cha Mashinani’s Isaac Ruto.

According to Kalonzo, even though Nasa is dead, he has signed an agreement with Raila on how they will approach the 2022 elections.

He however, refused to disclose details of the deal, but said it was entered into without the knowledge of the other Nasa principals.

ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna later dismissed the claims, saying that ODM had no any political deal with Kalonzo ahead of 2022.

Kalonzo however, maintained that his deal with Raila was intact, arguing that he was sober while making his claims in the interview with Daily Nation.

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Detectives from Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) based in Kilimani have arrested a Nairobi man that has been trading in counterfeit medicines.

The sleuths who were accompanied by Pharmacy and Poisons board officers, and acting on a tip off from members of the public on Friday evening nabbed a 47 year old man namely Peter Cummings Thatia, a trader in counterfeit medicine within Hurlingham in Nairobi County.

Counterfeit ViagraPro capsules, two polythene bags containing a white powdery substance, a capsule filler machine, advertising fliers together with Motor Vehicle Registration number KCK 442A, a Nissan Note that the suspect was driving were recovered and retained as exhibits.

Mr Thatia is in custody awaiting arraignment for the offence of unlawfully manufacturing and selling in the course of trade in counterfeit medicines contrary to The Anti-Counterfeit Act No. 13 of 2008.

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Former Changamwe Member of Parliament Ramadhan Kajembe has died, barely two weeks after his wife died from Covid-19 complications..

According to reports, Kajembe passed on at Pandya Memorial Hospital in Mombasa on Friday afternoon (August 7. 2020).

The former lawmaker is suspected to have succumbed to COVID-19 complications after spending one week at the hospital.

The former legislator has died aged 76.

Kajembe served as Changamwe MP between 2007 and 2013 on an ODM Party ticket.

Kajembe, who ran for Mombasa senatorial seat in the March 4, 2013 general election, lost to former Senator Hassan Omar in the elective post race.

Kajembe lost his first wife Aziza Kajembe on July 24, 2020 barely four months after losing his second wife Zaharia.

He will be buried on Saturday, August 8 at the Kajembe family cemetery in Changamwe.

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Kenya African National Union (KANU) secretary General Nick Salat on Friday August 7, 2020 landed a new lucrative position in government.

President Uhuru Kenyatta through a gazette notice appointed Salat to be the Chairperson of the Board of the Agricultural Development Corporation.

Salat is set take up the position for one year, with effect from August 7, 2020 to June 5, 2021.

“In exercise of the powers conferred by section 7(3) of the State Corporations Act, I, Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces, appoint Nicholas Kiptoo Arap Korir Salat to be the chairperson of the Board of the Agricultural Development Corporation, up to June 5, 2021, with effect from the August 7, 2020,” read the statement.

He added that the appointment of Benjamin Cheboi, who previously served in the same position, had been revoked.

At the same time, the head of state revoked the appointment of Salat as the Chairman of the Board of the Postal Corporation of Kenya effective August 7, 2020.

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President Uhuru Kenyatta has today issued an Executive Order establishing a framework for the management, coordination and integration of public port, railway and pipeline services under the Kenya Transport and Logistics Network (KTLN).

The network brings together Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) and Kenya Pipeline Company Limited (KPC) under the coordination of the Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC).

KTLN will leverage on the efficiencies and synergies of the four State agencies so as to achieve Kenya’s strategic agenda of becoming a regional logistics hub.

Further, the new structure is expected to lead to the lowering of the cost of doing business in the country through the provision of port, rail and pipeline infrastructure in a cost effective and efficient manner, and within acceptable shared benchmark standards.

The new framework also allows for the centralization and coordination of operations without amending the existing laws or causing undue disruption to the legal structuring of the State entities. This helps to secure comfort with the concept, and utilize the experience to guide the development of a more permanent legally structured organization.

Consequently, the four State agencies have been transferred to the National Treasury in line with the recommendations of the Presidential Taskforce on Parastatal Reforms.

In the new arrangement, the ICDC will act as a holding company to the three agencies, and be responsible for the management of the State’s investments in Ports, Rail and Pipeline services.

Going forward, the State agencies are required to enter into a joint operations agreement within 30 days that will reorganize individual entity structures, resources, operations and services. The reorganization will help to establish a seamless and coordinated national transport and logistics network.

In order to secure his vision for the Sector, His Excellency the President has reorganized the Boards of Directors of the four State entities.

The ICDC Board will be responsible for securing the achievement of the commercial vision and objectives of KTLN, through the Board of Directors of each entity so as to operate as a single coherent unit. For this reason, the Board of ICDC is exempted from the requirements of Mwongozo on multiple directorships.

Further, the National Treasury has been tasked to strengthen its internal capacity by securing the necessary technical skills and competencies needed to effectively oversee investment portfolio management, and the setting up, monitoring and reporting of the financial performance of commercial State corporations.

In view of the above reforms, the proposed merger of the ICDC into the Kenya Development Bank has been postponed. However, ongoing transactions involving KPC, KRC and KPA will proceed uninterrupted.

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One person has been killed, with another one left injured after they were suspected to have attacked two police officers in Lamu County.

According to an update posted by Citizen TV on Friday August 7, 2020, the police officers are said to have been attacked at Pate Island in Lamu East.

The Lamu County Commissioner said that one of the attacked police officers is currently nursing injuries.

This is however not the first time police officers are being attacked in the Coastal region County.

Just last month, a police officer was hacked to death at night by a gang of panga-wielding thugs in Tchundwa village in Lamu.

Constable Rodgers Odhiambo, who was attached to the Tchundwa police post in Lamu East, was accosted as he walked out of a shop in the village at around 8.30pm.

The attack was not however, the first one.

In October last year, a similar incident was witnessed in the area.

The incident was confirmed by Lamu county commissioner Irungu Macharia, who said the officer suffered cut wounds to his forehead, neck and limbs.

The officer who was in civilian clothes and unarmed as he was not on duty at the time is believed to have bled to death.

Hesborn Okemwa, who was attached to the same post, was lured to his death by an unknown gang on October 2, 2019.

His badly mutilated body was recovered several meters inside a mangrove forest in Kizingitini on October 5.

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A Mt Kenya politician who tested positive for Covid-19 days after meeting Deputy President William Ruto at his Karen residence in Nairobi has come out to clarify on how he contracted the virus.

Speaking to a local news publication on Thursday August 6, 2020, Muteti Murimi, a Kirinyaga politician and 2022 parliamentary aspirant acknowledged that indeed he had contracted the virus a few days after the meeting, but maintained  he wasn’t ill when he met the DP.

The politician met Ruto alongside a section of young entrepreneurs from the Mt. Kenya Region.

The group held a consultative meeting with Ruto and later on posed for a photo session.

His response came shortly after a section of Kenyans on Facebook launched attacks on him with accusations of flouting (Coronavirus) Covid-19 rules when meeting Ruto.

“I tested positive two weeks ago but I have already recovered and I am now negative. I was on self isolation and was treated from home. I was well when I went to Karen that Monday (July 20), so the issue of the DP should not arise here,” he was quoted saying.

He added that  all Covid-19 measures were observed during their meeting, maintaining that the DP should not isolate since he was not sick when he visited his Karen residence.

He however, stated that he started experiencing some chest complications and went to hospital and results turned positive.

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Citizen TV news anchor Jeff Koinange has recovered from Covid-19.

The JKLIVE show host on Thursday August 6, 2020 revealed that he had tested negative for Coronavirus after spending 17 days in isolation.

He encouraged Kenyans, noting that they can as well defeat the Covid-19, since he has managed to do so.

He also thanked his fans for their prayers, kind words and good wishes, citing that Kenya can win the war against Covid-19 should all people work together in the fight.

“Folks…Day 17 in isolation and I just got my 2nd test results…NEGATIVE…I have BEATEN this MONSTER! And YOU can too! Thank you for ALL your Prayers, Kind Words and Good Wishes! TOGETHER can win this WAR against #COVID19 God Bless! Twende Kazi,”

The veteran journalist last month disclosed that he had tested positive for the virus, saying that he was asymptomatic, and that he was doing well and his family was safe.

“Folks, just to let you know, I have tested positive for Covid-19. I am doing Good. No symptoms…and my family is fine,” he tweeted.

Koinange said all his close contacts had been informed and that he was in self-isolation.Koinange also urged Kenyans to stay safe.

“All my close contacts have been informed. Right now I am in self-isolation. Many thanks to Royal Media Services management for its support. Stay safe and God bless!”

Another Citizen TV journalist Stephen Letoo also tested positive but said he was fine.

The journalist said he found out his status after undergoing testing at the Nairobi Hospital. “I didn’t have any signs and even now I don’t have any signs,” he said.

Letoo urged Kenyans to be careful and adhere to the containment measures put in place to combat the disease.

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