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Police in Nakuru East have arrested the county’s former deputy mayor, Joseph Munyiri, on allegations of causing grievous bodily harm to his wife, Joyce Wangui.

The couple’s fight started after Munyiri, 36, on Monday afternoon (April 27) allegedly went to his spouse’s electronics shop in Menengai Ward, Nakuru East and sold a 32-inch TV set to his friend at Ksh2, 000 without his wife’s knowledge or approval.

Munyiri is also said to have failed to record the sale of the TV set in the sales record-keeping book, prompting his wife, 36, to ask him why he hadn’t registered the transaction.

Later Monday evening, when Munyiri and his partner returned home, the ex-deputy mayor is said to have descended on Wangui with kicks and blows, causing her dental trauma and grievous injuries to the face and ears.

The suspect is alleged to have been angered after his partner “challenged his authority as the head of the family in front of his friends”.

Wangui, who has sought treatment at Nakuru Mediheal Hospital, told police that it wasn’t the first time her spouse was meting out violence on her.

“He has anger problems. While beating me up yesterday (Monday, April 27), he threatened he would kill me. He even followed me to hospital as I went to seek treatment,” said Wangui.

“He often brags that he is the man of the house, whose authority shouldn’t be questioned by his wife. He often says he has a right to sell anything at my shop without seeking my consent,” said Wangui.

The two have been married for nearly 20 years, and have seven children together.

Munyiri is being held at a Menengai police station.

“I urge the Government to ensure I get justice,” said Wangui.

The former deputy mayor vied for Menengai Ward Jubilee Party ticket in the run-up to 2017 general election, but lost.

Ever since, he has been eking a living out of selling second-hand clothes in Nakuru Town.

A report by the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) shows that 85 per cent of domestic violence victims in the world are women.

In Kenya, 40 per cent of all married women have been abused at one point or another in their relationship, a figure that is higher than the global average of 30 per cent.

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Flamboyant city lawyer Donald Kipkorir has defended himself after cyber bullies landed on him on Thursday morning.

The controversial lawyer took to his social media account to complain about the trolling he has been facing on twitter.

According to him, his social media bullies are from one wing of the ruling Jubilee party.

He says he don’t understand why he is being trolled yet he has no any political ambitions, neither does he hold any public office in Kenya.

The lawyer goes ahead to note that he has nothing to do with the current squabbles being faced in jubilee party, arguing that losers should have themselves to blame.

“Am not in Public Office & have no political ambitions .. I don’t understand why digital terrorists from one wing of Jubilee have to troll me all the time.. I have nothing to do with collapse of Jubilee or destruction of dreams of some people .. Losers should blame themselves,” he tweeted.

Kenyans on twitter on Thursday morning woke up to troll the lawyer under the hashtag #SonkoMalong, a tag he was given by economist David Ndii sometime back when they differed on political opinions.

KOT have been trolling him, with some referring to him as a slayqueen lawyer.

Some, while attacking him, doubted whether his wealth is as a result of his legal practice.

Here are screenshots of some of the reactions.

His Thursday morning attack resulted from his comment on one of the local dailies, where he argued that he is never bothered about changes in fuel prices in Kenya, since they don’t affect him.

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President Uhuru Kenyatta will form a coalition ahead of 2022 elections should his deputy Dr William Ruto leave the ruling party ahead of his 2022 political quest, David Murathe has revealed.

Ever since Murathe returned to Jubilee party, DP Ruto has no peace, and is now pointing blame fingers at some party officials whom he has termed as fraudsters.

But in an interview with a local daily, Murathe stated that he is not afraid of DP Ruto dumping Jubilee.

“It has reached a point in DP Ruto’s camp that they have to go or we leave the party to them,” said Murathe.

However, he hinted at a possibility of forming a coalition with opposition leaders ahead of 2022 elections to face off with DP Ruto.

“We can go form alliances with Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka, Musalia Mudavadi and Gideon Moi,” he added.

He also cautioned the DP against confronting President Uhuru Kenyatta over the looming changes in the leadership of the party.

“When he is saying there are fraudsters in the party, does it mean that Uhuru Kenyatta is one of them?,” asked Murathe.

Murathe slammed DP Ruto for taking internal party affairs in social media rather than addressing them through the right channels.

“I am shocked that the Deputy President can go and prosecute matters of the party on social media, yet he is the same person who told us he talks to Uhuru every day,” said David Murathe.

The Deputy President and the TangaTanga brigade have been at war with Uhuru’s allies on who controls the party ahead of 2022.

In what seems to be a marriage on the rock, It is only a matter of time before the Jubilee party explodes into pieces ahead of 2022.

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The Deputy President, William Ruto writing to the registrar of political parties rejecting the move to change Jubilee party’s top organs and terming it fraudulent is a clear show that the DP is in a burning house fighting for survival.

If it has reached a point where he gets to know about what goes on in Jubilee through Gazette notices, its means he’s already an objectionable figure in Jubilee Party.

DP Ruto should accept the fact that Jubilee is gone. The real owners have come for it and that its time to move on.
He should stop fighting battles he can’t win.

Ruto is simply trying to tell us that all is well when we can clearly see the ship has capsized.

Ruto should instead formulate on how to revive URP or seek refuge in the Isaac Ruto led CCM party  because it is evident that he no longer have clout in Jubilee.

The second in command on Friday evening took to his official twitter account to slam those involved in changing a section of the officials.

The seemingly angry Ruto said that as Kenyans are focused on fighting COVID-19 pandemic, some people, whom he has termed as shadowy characters are attempting to fraudulently institute illegal changes in the officials of the President Uhuru Kenyatta-led party.

He vowed to fight on and ensure that the illegal changes don’t happen.

Ruto alerted the registrar of political parties about the changes, arguing the party had never made the changes.

He further urged Jubilee Party members to remain calm, noting that the matter was being handled.

” As Kenyans are focused on the Covid-19 pandemic,some shadowy characters are attempting to FRAUDULENTLY institute ILLEGAL changes in officials of Jubilee party. As deputy leader I have alerted the registrar of the fraud. Party members should know that the matter is being handled,” he tweeted.

Ruto shared a gazette notice number 3084 that showed the officials that have been changed.

The notice dated April 6, 2020 and addressed to registrar of parties in Kenya Ann Nderitu indicates various changes in the National Management Committee of Jubilee party.

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Deputy President Dr William Ruto is crying fowl after some officials of Jubilee party got changed without his knowlegdge.

The second in command on Friday evening took to his official twitter account to slam those involved in changing a section of the officials.

The seemingly angry Ruto said that as Kenyans are focused on fighting COVID-19 pandemic, some people, whom he has termed as shadowy characters are attempting to fraudulently institute illegal changes in the officials of the President Uhuru Kenyatta-led party.

The DP however, has vowed to fight on and ensure that the illegal changes don’t happen.

In his twitter post, Ruto cites that he had already alerted the registrar of the alleged fraud.

He further urged Jubilee Party members to remain calm, noting that the matter was being handled.

” As Kenyans are focused on the Covid-19 pandemic,some shadowy characters are attempting to FRAUDULENTLY institute ILLEGAL changes in officials of Jubilee party. As deputy leader I have alerted the registrar of the fraud. Party members should know that the matter is being handled,” he tweeted.

Ruto shared a gazette notice number 3084 that showed the officials that have been changed.

The notice dated April 6, 2020 and addressed to registrar of parties in Kenya Ann Nderitu indicates various changes in the National Management Committee of Jubilee party.

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Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria has once again exposed the rot in President Uhuru Kenyatta-led Jubilee party, this time round hitting hard at the party’s headquarters.

The controversial lawmaker has vowed to fight for members of Jubilee Party who are being intimidated and blackmailed.

Kuria through his social media account claimed that some Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) from Jubilee are being intimidated and blackmailed by the party.

Though Kuria did not give details on the nature of the blackmail, he said the members of the Party are ready to take the Party back.

The MP urged the Jubilee MCAs not to live in fear saying they will no longer be intimidated as long as he is still alive.

“To all Jubilee MCAs countrywide. The Party HQs will no longer intimidate or blackmail you. Not as long as I live. Enough is Enough. No longer Owner-Occupier mentality in Jubilee. The tenants want their party back. Kwani iko nini?,” said Kuria.

Kuria had earlier on Saturday took a swipe at Jubilee party Secretary General Raphael Tuju and other party officials for carrying out party affairs yet they are not elected officials.

The MP said Tuju or any other member of the party who is not elected does not have any business appointing or dismissing Majority Leaders.

Kuria claimed that Tuju and his team are in office illegally saying, “the Jubilee Party had not sought from the Registrar of Political Parties an extension of the term of the interim officials.”

“For far too long, the Jubilee Secretariat has been carrying out party affairs with reckless abandon. One would be forgiven for thinking the unelected officials at the Secretariat do own the party. They exhibit an owner-occupier mentality towards Jubilee Party.”

“Even if they are the owners of the Jubilee House and we, the elected leaders are the tenants, even the tenants would have a right to purchase part of the home through a Tenant Purchase Scheme. Enough is Enough. The tenants want their party back!,” he added.

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There is an uproar among Members of County Assembly in Kirinyaga after the assembly’s Majority leader James Kamau Murango received a letter from Jubilee Party Secretary General Raphael Tuju, ousting him from his post.

It is said that Mr Murango received the ouster letter after he presented complaints about governor Anne Waiguru to Jubilee Headquarters in Pangani, Nairobi.

Kirinyaga MCAs who had on Thursday tabled Waiguru’s outer motion are now up in arms, expressing their disappointment in Jubilee.

In his dismissal letter, Tuju also notes that after complaints, the party found that apart from two issues of disbursement of funds for bursaries and women projects the rest of the issues raised by the MCA were personal.

Murango is also accused of being part of a cohort of mainly independent MCAs who addressed the mass media on notice of motion to impeach Waiguru.

‘It is no longer tenable for you to lead Government business in the county assembly, we find this behaviour of refusing to listen to the party headquarters to be gross misconduct as articulated in artcle 13 of the party constitution’ the letter said

Speaking on Thursday, Wamumu ward MCA John Bapstita Kanga and Tebere ward MCA Gudson Muchina said the Jubilee party has no power to dictate who is supposed to be majority leader in Kirinyaga.

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Recuperating Jubilee Party Secretary General Raphael Tuju’s duties have been taken over by Jubilee executive director James Waweru.

In a move seemingly taken by the party to see its operations run in absence of SG Tuju, Waweru will be assisted by directors.

In a statement released on Monday, Jubilee communications director Albert Memusi said Tuju is now conscious and fully in control of his limbs.

However, he said Tuju has been immobilised to minimise aggravation of injuries.

“Doctors managing Tuju have started the process of weaning him off sedation and so far all indications are that his injuries are healing well,” Memusi said.

“He is conscious and fully in control of his limbs just as he was when he walked into the accident and emergency section of Kijabe hospital.”

“The family through the party wishes to thank all those who have been praying, sending messages of goodwill or encouraging them in one way or another.”

The family has further requested that Tuju be allowed more time to recover before he can be visited. It has also reassured all that Tuju is under the able hands of both in-house and consultant health care givers.

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Tuju was rushed to AIC Kijabe Hospital on Wednesday last week, together with his bodyguard and driver by good Samaritans following an accident on their way to Kabarak to attend the burial of former late President Daniel Moi.

They were later all airlifted separately to Nairobi.

Tuju’s car collided with a matatu belonging to Nuclear Sacco, which was heading towards Nairobi.

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A section of Tanga Tanga members, a Jubilee Party faction associated with Deputy President William Ruto are now blaming Raila Odinga-led ODM party for their woes.

The Tanga Tanga group over the weekend held a retreat meeting in Naivasha which they termed as Jubilee party Parliamentary Group meeting.

However, their meeting was on Monday evening dismissed by Jubilee party Secretary General Raphael Tuju.

Tuju through a notice issued on Monday evening said the Naivasha meeting convened by members of its Tanga Tanga faction, was not a PG meeting.

Tuju said that such a meeting cannot and will never qualify to be a PG meeting.

According to Tuju, a PG meeting is only valid when it is convened and chaired by party leader or such other person whom the party leader may delegate the role.

He added that any resolutions of any meeting not convened in accordance with party’s provisions are not official party’s resolutions.

However, Nandi County Senator Samson Cherargei who is a tanga tanga member that was present in Naivasha retreat meeting says that Tuju is pushing an ODM narrative.

He accuses Tuju of working together with the enemies who are plotting to kill Jubilee.

According to Cherargei, their enemies fear that Jubilee has become a formidable political party with a national outlook.

“Tuju is pushing an ODM narrative & he is in bed with enemies & merchants who want to kill jubilee. they fear that jubilee has become a formidable political party with a national outlook.
I didn’t know being a CS without a portfolio is this idle,” he tweeted.

The Tanga Tanga MPs had announced the beginning of their own BBI rallies after the retreat.

The MPs said that the first rally will be held in Nakuru County on February 8, 2020.

The group outlined that the ongoing rallies spear-headed by handshake partner Raila Odinga have proved to be politically inclined.

The MPs noted that part of their recommendations on the BBI report include a 5% allocation of the national budget to go to farmers in Kenya.

They also recommended another 5% to be allocated to the unemployed or job seeking graduates in Kenya as a stipend to cater for their needs before they get a stable source of income.

Lastly, the Tanga Tanga squad recommended 3.5% allocation of the national budget to be directed to of the Judiciary arm of government for it to act independently.

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Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Secretary General Edwin Sifuna has blasted The Standard newspaper over a controversial headline that dragged ODM into Uhuru Kenyatta-led Jubilee party problems.

The newspaper on Tuesday ran a story titled ” The Wars in Uhuru and Raila parties”.

Sifuna says the story under the titled is all about Jubilee but ODM were lumped together.

He says he read the story keenly looking to see who was fighting who in ODM and over what, but the writer of the story did not say.

Sifuna is now accusing the Mombasa road-based media house of misunderstanding balance when it comes to news.

He says that the media house understands balance as including everyone in their stories.

@StandardKenya understands balance to mean including everyone in their stories. This story is about Jubilee…but it had to “balance” so we were lumped together. I read looking to see who was fighting who in ODM and over what…the writer Moses Nyamori doesn’t say. Takataka tu,” he tweeted.

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Just a few days after the official launch of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report by president Uhuru Kenyatta at Bomas of Kenya, some MPs are already mulling an amendment to the Constitution to make Garissa Township MP Aden Duale Prime Minister.

With the excitement around the BBI, a lawmaker who sought anonymity has revealed that they plan to present the proposal next week.

Just like the BBI report recommends, the proponents of the idea say Duale is the leader of the party with the majority in Parliament and should without delay become the premier.

If endorsed, he will also chair cabinet sub-committees and not Interior CS Dr Fred Matiang’i.

The only brake to the plot is the fear of a backlash in the wake of no implementation framework.

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Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party has claimed that Deputy President Dr William Ruto’s Jubilee faction Tanga Tanga is planning to ferry non-Kibra residents to vote for their candidate McDonald Mariga in tomorrow’s (Thursday) mini polls.

According to ODM, the alleged people are to be ferried from Lang’ata and Embakasi constituencies.

The party further claims that vehicles has been hired to ferry the people who have been paid to vote.

In a video shared by ODM’s director of communications Philip Etale, vehicle operators who have been hired to ferry voters have been warned.

The non-Kibra residents who are planning to vote have also been told to step in Kibra at their own risk.

Jubilee’s Mariga will face off with ODM’s Bernard Okoth Otieno (Imran), ANC’s Eliud Owalo, Ford Kenya’s Khamisi Butichi among others on Thursday.

Watch the video below.

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ODM communication boss Philip Etale is breathing fire just hours to Kibra parliamentary by elections.

Etale on Wednesday afternoon took to his social media accounts issuing out several claims on the Thursday battle.

While issuing out a series of threats, Etale alleges that on Tuesday night at around 10:00 pm a section of Jubilee party officials met with IEBC officials at Weston Hotel where bribing took place.

He says IEBC returning Officer Madam Beatrice Muli has briefed ODM on what IEBC officers were told and instructed to do by Jubilee officials.

He notes that ODM are ready for anything silly and fishy.

“The brown bags that exchanged hands last night at Weston Hotel from 10pm between Tangatanga and IEBC officials won’t help anything. Returning Officer Madam Beatrice Muli, tell us what your officers were told and instructed to do. Nonetheless, we in ODM are ready for anything silly and fishy,” posted Etale.

Etale in another post notes that as Jubilee plan to play dirty, they should know that the people they talk to, mingle with and share information with are feeding ODM with the same information.

“As they plan to play dirty, they should know that the people they talk to, mingle with and share information with are feeding us with the same information. They are not happy with their plans,” reads the post.

He notes further that IEBC Must produce the updated voter Register as it has been directed by the high court.

“IEBC Must produce the Register. Stories mingi baadaye. We mean business as O D M. Ni hayo tu kwa mukhtasari,” he posted.

In another video shared by Etale, ODM alleges that Jubilee officials are planning to ferry non-Kibra residents to vote in favor of McDonald Mariga tomorrow.

The party alleges that vehicles have been hired to ferry people from Lang’ata and Embakasi.

They issued a warning to those planning to be ferried and vehicle owners, threatening an action against them.

Watch the video below.

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Statehouse employee Dennis Itumbi has found himself in trouble with Kenyans on twitter after he shared the news of Legendary Jamaican reggae artist Kenyatta Hill endorsing Jubilee’s candidate in the November 7 Kibra by elections McDonald Mariga.

Itumbi posted Kenyatta Hill’s video, captioning it “Kenyatta Hill Endorses Mariga. He will be performing on Sunday in Kibra.”

In the video, the legendary singer who is the son to former reggae star Joseph Hill of the group Mighty Culture says he will be in Kenya for one reason.

Kenyatta Hill, who is named after Kenya’s founding father Jomo Kenyatta says he will be here to support Mariga because Mariga has promised to support the talent once elected.

But Kenyans on twitter have refused to take any of Itumbi’s narrative. They argue that Kenyatta Hill is just after money. Some are arguing that he comes from one of the most poorest regions in the world.

Some have accused Itumbi and his team of affording the money to pay the musician but can’t afford to upgrade Kibra.

Some blasted Itumbi for what they argued as thinking that performing at a rally based on a promise will make things change for their candidate.

Kenyatta Hill began his music career one day after the death of his father Joseph Hill who collapsed and died while on stage in Germany in 2006.

From the time of the death of his father, Kenyatta Hill has staged numerous shows across the world perhaps proving to the globe that he has the capacity to step into the shoes of his late dad who was internationally respected for songs including Adis Ababa, Where Do You Get Your Bread Mr Slagad, Wings Of A Dove, Be Honest To Yourselves, among others.

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Former sate house director of digital and diaspora communications Dennis Itumbi on Thursday found himself in trouble with Kenyans when he invited Kenyans to take Jubilee candidate in Kibra mini polls McDonald Mariga for shopping in Othaya market.

Itumbi through his official twitter account said that Mariga had invited his supporters in and outside Kibra Constituency to take him shopping in Othaya Market.

He noted that Mariga would later on after the shopping unveil his Infrastructure and Trade Manifesto.

” Jubilee Candidate MacDonald Mariga is inviting his supporters in and outside Kibra Constituency to take him shopping in Othaya Market. After shopping he will unveil his Infrastructure and Trade Manifesto,” tweeted Itumbi.

Kenyans on twitter however could not take any of Itumbi’s invitations.

While reacting to the post, Itumbi was trolled, with some alleging that Itumbi is just creating a confusion since Mariga had no any manifesto.

Some went ahead to tell him off, arguing that fingers will be pointed at him should Mariga fail to clinch to parliamentary seat in the by-elections scheduled for November 7.

Here are some of the reactions.

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Jubilee’s McDonald Mariga has unveiled his education promise for Kibra residents after handing mathematical sets and a personalised success cards to all students sitting KCPE and KCSE exams in the constituency.

According to the sixpoint education promise, if he sails through in the forthcoming Kibra mini polls, he will within a year establish a public school in every ward.

He promises to form a Technical Bursary Committee made up of parents and teachers in each ward to ensure transparent allocation of bursary.

“I will actively seek international scholarships to empower our Kibra students,” he said.

The six point promise further states that Mariga will build a Kibra Constituency TIVET with students benefiting from the automatic bursaries and helb loans.

“I will introduce a Kibra CV bank which will use technology to lobby for jobs for our youth,“ he said.

Mariga added, “We shall introduce a school based mentorship programme using Kibra Alumni and their international contacts”.

According to him, he will progressively introduce a feeding programme in all the public schools which will be supported by Mariga Foundation.

He said Jubilee is already building Tivets in every constituency and thus the residents can be sure that within a year, he will lobby and build a technical school in Kibra.

Mariga will on November 7 battle with over 15 candidates to win the Kibra seat.

The seat fell vacant after the late Ken Okoth succumbed to cancer.

ODM’s Imran Okoth, ANC’s Eliud Owalo and Ford Kenya’s Khamisi Butichi are among top contestants in the by election.

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