Curtain has fallen on Gen. Joseph Kassaine Ole Nkaissery, second internal cabinet secretary under Kenya’s new constitutional order. His death, sudden and chilling, occurred last night, though the exact time may remain fuzzy for eternity, in keeping with Africa’s time tested tradition of ‘silence over death’. Military man, politician, blusterous rabble-rouser, fearmonger at a time […]
Nelson Marwa, womanizer, beaten by wife, now hospitalized
Coast Regional Coordinator Nelson Marwa is recovering from multiple injuries after being assaulted by his wife last night. Marwa, a rowdy government official with a penchant for petty quarrels, is being accused by wife for infidelity. According to reports appearing on social media, Marwa lodged a case at Mombasa Central Police station of wife battering […]
Ahmednasir Abdulahi joins Al Ghurair tender case after Ksh50 million offer
In a shocking move that was totally unexpected, lawyer Ahmednasir Abdulahi will represent Jubilee Party alongside Fred Ngatia in a case in which NASA is challenging the award of ballot printing tender to Dubai based firm Al-Ghurair. Abdullahi was seen as among a number of critical voices within the Kenyan elite who had cut links […]
BREAKING: DP Ruto firm Wins IEBC Tender to CLEAR and STORE BALLOT BOXES to be used in August Polls.
A clearing firm associated with Deputy President William Ruto has allegedly been awarded the tender to clear and store ballot boxes to be used in the August 8 elections, Kenya Today has sadly learnt. The firm -Landmark Ltd- is also said to be the only firm clearing Jubilee campaign merchandise that is being sourced from […]
BREAKING: Murang’a residents keep off Uhuru roadshows, MASSIVE SILENT VOTE REVOLT
President Uhuru’s tour of Central Kenya has this afternoon came face to face with nearly empty town centres as Murang’a residents kept off his tour. Uhuru is facing a massive but silent vote revolt in Central Kenya, a traditional vote-rich bloc that has often propelled Kikuyu politicians to the presidency. Jubilee campaigns are struggling to […]
WHY DP Ruto badly wants his Allies elected Nairobi, Kiambu and Mombasa Governors, Reason He Screwed Jubilee Nominations
That William Samoei Ruto is a scheming and a shrewd politician is no longer in doubt. Any soul that might still be standing on the island of doubt about the above proposition should for the last time vacate it by consulting the Jubilee primaries for answers. It’s alleged that like an Octopus, his tentacles of […]
Fringe presidential candidates meet IEBC over Al Ghuriar tender; Uhuru, Raila boycott
In a poorly lit room with no water, biscuits or tissue paper, small time presidential candidates met IEBC officials over what was deemed as a ‘consensus building’ meeting over the storm raised by award of ballot printing tender to Al Ghuriar. IEBC is yet to make public what the novices came up with. The event […]
IEBC boss Ezra Chiloba won’t resign, or be fired, and this is WHY…..
Pressure to have IEBC Chief Executive Ezra Chiloba resign is the next battle between NASA and Jubilee as each side seeks to ensure the playing field for the August polls favour them. On the award of the Al Ghuriar tender, Chiloba’s name features prominently, with revelations that he gave President Uhuru a personal undertaking that […]
Don’t forget that Uhuru has opposed all reforms on IEBC
President Uhuru Kenyatta has opposed all reforms on IEBC. This is strange. For a fellow who believes he won the last election on a clear majority, and who claims he has performed beyond measure in the last five years he has been president, reforms that ensure free, fair, credible and verifiable elections should not worry […]
Boniface Kairu: Tenderpreneur behind IEBC ‘stinking’ ballot tender to Al Ghuriar
Tendepreneur Boniface Kairu is the shadowy figure named in new revelations as the local franchise holder of Dubai-based printing firm Al Ghuriar which was irregularly awarded the Ksh 2.6 billion ballot printing tender. It has also been revealed that IEBC Chief Executive Ezra Chiloba was summoned to State House to ensure the ballot printing tender […]
BREAKING: Raila ahead of Uhuru in new poll
NASA Presidential candidate Raila Odinga has for the first time polled ahead of President Uhuru Kenyatta in a new poll by Ipsos Synovate. Raila surged ahead in May to poll at 53% against Uhuru’s 41% in a development that is set to raise political temperatures in the country. The poll indicates Raila will defeat Uhuru […]
Chebukati deputy ‘Connie conwoman’ Maina in Ksh 200m Al Ghuriar ballot printing scam
A corrupt and well connected nexus of individuals within IEBC who are linked to State House are piling pressure on CEO Ezra Chiloba to award Sh2.5 billion contract for supply of this year’s election ballot papers to Dubai based Al Ghurair Printing and Publishing Company. The scam mover is IEBC Vice Chair Consolata-Nkatha Bucha Maina. […]
EXCLUSIVE on #SGRLaunch: Scandal hits SGR ‘sex-for-stewardess’ jobs
A damning email sent to this writer demonstrates the incomprehensible demands that young female Kenyans who applied for in-service crew jobs with the SGR were put through, with both Kenyan officials and their Chinese counterparts openly demanding sexual favours to increase chances of one landing a job with the SGR. “Typically, you’d be invited for […]
Standard Newspaper on the spot over online Uhuru ‘Unga’ propaganda
It seems Jubilee regime has hired the services of Standard Newspaper online edition to manipulate public opinion by running and sponsoring propaganda stories on the cost of living in Kenya. A stop in several Kenyan supermarkets reveals the government Unga programme has flopped, with supermarket shelves empty, yet the paper is running headlines like “Uhuru lowers […]
MASSIVE RECEPTION for Independent Governor Candidate Ochillo AYACKO in Migori, Set to VANQUISH ODM’s OKOTH OBADO
INDEPENDENT Migori Governor aspirant Ochilo Ayacko today made a grand entry in Migori County with thousands of supporters turning up to receive him following his decision to run as an independent candidate against Migori Governor Okoth Obado who got a direct ticket from ODM following the nullification of the Migori gubernatorial election by the ODM […]
HIGH COURT RULING on presidential VOTE TALLYING that Shocked STATEHOUSE, Forcing IEBC to Appeal
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has appealed a critical judgement whose net impact was to do away the the creation of a national tallying centre which has in the past been abused by incumbent regimes to rig the presidential vote. Petition No. 207 of 2016 is a case filed by Maina Kiai, Khelef Khalifa […]
EXCLUSIVE: Jostling for Deputy Governor of Mombasa NARROWS DOWN to three
The man or woman to become Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho’s number two is the most followed news across the world as ODM strongman “Sultan” Ali Joho sets his re-election campaign machinery on motion. The decision is expected in less than two weeks, but the stakes are already high. The names being tossed are heavyweights in […]
Cold reception of Migori Governor shocks ODM strategists
That the ODM Party is undergoing moments of reckoning after the just concluded primaries was witnessed this week in Migori County when area governor Okoth Obado returned for ‘home-coming’. While Obado had created the image of a populist performer with passionate grassroots support; the empty streets that welcomed him back to Migori yesterday is being […]
Gathara: Development Is About People Not Economies
Last week I was invited to what was described as a “Global Think In” event, basically a series of conversations between academics on Columbia University’s New York campus and scholars and participants in nine Columbia Global Centers in cities around the world. The question we were asked to ponder was: What issue relating to the […]
EXPOSED: How Jubilee created UNGA CRISIS to make billions to bankroll campaigns
Nothing exposes the world of Jubilee corruption like the almost instant importation of shiploads of maize just days after the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) published a notice setting the rules for importation of duty-free yellow and white maize intended to plug the huge deficit in the domestic market. The story however doesn’t start here. Ahead […]