Author: CHRISPEN AKALI
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 -First Rift Valley County has endorsed the Building Bridges Initiative BBI draft Bill. West Pokot now joins five other counties which have passed the BBI 2020 Constitutional Amendment Bill now at a critical County level. Among the Counties which have already approved the draft Bill are Siaya, Narok, Trans Nzoia, Kisumu, Busia, Homa Bay and now West Pokot. In Busia, for instance, all the MCAs accept one supported it. Our sources disclosed that only nominated MCA Bernard Odako from Budalang’i Constituency where Hon Ababu Namwamba hails from opposed the Bill during the voting exercise which was…
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 -Amani National Congress ANC Party received a major boost in Matungu Constituency race after three bigwigs threw weight behind their candidate. In a press brief address issued today Tuesday February 16, Retired Major Suleiman Sumba led a huge KANU delegation to rally support for the ANC Party candidate Mr. Oscar Peter Nabulindo who is largely touted as a threat to rivals. Mr. Sumba observed that, as per the ratings, Nabulindo was above the rest and to make this journey a success, there was need to rally more support behind him. He promised to make sure all…
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 -Anyone who will utter the word Hustler(s) in the country risks being jailed for five years under the newly proposed law. Through the National Assembly Security Committee, MPs have drafted a bill whose aim is to stop those propagating class division in the country through risky narratives. Those found culpable will be sentenced for five years or required to pay sh 5 million in fines. In the Bill, civil servants who will be found guilty of this offence risk being sacked or and completely banned from vying for any political seat in the country. Commenting on…
Monday, February 15, 2021 -Drama ensued at AIC Church during a fundraiser where Kinangop MP Kwenya Thuku gathered courage and told off DP William Ruto in the face that he is misleading Mt. Kenya Region on the BBI. The vocal MP who recently decamped from Ruto’s camp to join Uhuru’s side stressed that the DP was not being sincere on the BBI matter and that his main agenda was to mislead people from Mt. Kenya for political reasons. He confirmed his new loyalty saying after seeing the light, he found out that both Raila Odinga and President Uhuru Kenyatta were…
Monday, February 15, 2021 – Sylvanus Osoro, Member of Parliament South Mugirango, was arrested while allegedly planning to disrupt Simeon Nyachae’s funeral service. According to the police, the youthful MP was in top gear organizing youth groups to heckle a section of leaders who were in attendance. Osoro was on Friday 1 involved in an altercation with his Dagoretti North counterpart Simba Arati over the Building Bridges Initiative politics. This happened immediately Arati sought an apology from the DP for the Kisii families who lost their kin in Eldoret during the 200/8 post-poll chaos. “We have several leaders here in…
Monday, February 15, 2021 -Garissa Township Member of Parliament Aden Duale has challenged both President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto to make a day and iron out their differences for the sake of the nation. Speaking while presiding over football activities in his constituency, Mr. Duale who is also the former Majority leader in the National Assembly said it is time for the two leaders to sit down and talk as gentlemen. He argued that nothing was impossible and just like Uhuru and Raila Odinga sat down and again became bossom friends so can be Ruto and Uhuru.…
Monday, February 15, 2021 – Garissa Senator Mohammed Yusuf Haji has died. Family has made an official confirmation. Before his demise, Mr. Haji was the Chairman of the Building Bridges Initiative BBI Taskforce, a brainchild of former Premier Raila Odinga and his friend Uhuru Kenyatta. “Mzee has rested, he passed on this morning at the Aga Khan Hospital,” a family member said. According the family spokesperson, the late was out in Turkey where he had been flown for a specialized treatment but returned on Sunday after he showed an improvement in his health. Haji who has died at 80, suffered…
Sunday, February 14, 2021 – Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi has officially rolled out his 2022 campaigns by promising to bring to an end the toxic political rivalry in the country. The ex-United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNCTAD Secretary general while responding to claims of project tag, clarified that he cannot be someone’s project because there is no one who can convince him on grounds of both merit and competitiveness. He added that up to now, there was no politician in the country with bigger vission than his and therefore difficult to be under someone’s shadow. He called this destructive…
Sunday, February 14, 2021 – Deputy President William Ruto got a demotion without a sack. He still enjoys the heavy perks and all the Stately treatments required for any one serving in that capacity. Simply put, the government is making losses on Ruto as he makes profits. Ruto is still the bonafide Deputy President with or without an official role assigned who executes whatever he is assigned, few and far between as they may be. It doesn’t therefore bother him because he has managed to spin around Mr. Kenyatta to appoint he looks displaced and completely headless. Yes, Interior Ministry…
Sunday, February 14, 2021 – Members of County Assembly from Western Kenya want additional incentives on top of the car grant which President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration awarded them. According to sources, the Ward representatives want sh 500,000 immediately put on their accounts if they have to support the Building Bridges Initiative BBI Bill. They also demanded that the sh 2 million car grant be released by Monday February 15 before they decide on the fate of the Bill. The MCAs were fetched from four counties of Buisa, Kakamega, Bungoma and Vihiga who met with Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa, Kakamega…