Mama Ida Odinga Endorses John Mbadi As Raila Odinga’s Successor Mama Ida while speaking at a function in Nyandiwa in Suba South,  settled on Mbadi whom she praised as Raila’s heartbeat in an endorsement likely to fuel tensions inside ODM. “Baba as he goes to AU has mentored many to take care of what he’s left behind. Mbadi after all these years of mentorship do you still need more training? Should I continue?” “That’s Baba’s heartbeat,” she stated to the delight of the audience which also cheered Mbadi who was present at the function. Ida, however, added that more leaders who were tutored ..read more

Nakuru West Member of Parliament Samuel Arama has irked some Kenyan netizens after a clip of him talking down parents lining up for bursary went viral. His constituents gathered at the CDF office seeking his approval of the funds on behalf of their children. But an unbothered Arama accused the parents of thronging the grounds yet forms for bursary would go on throughout February. Nakuru East MP Samuel Arama Abuses His Constituents. “Why would you come in these numbers when the forms would be available throughout the month? I think you have all started being idlers,” he told them.  Their i ..read more

Kakamega Senator Bonni Khalwale Rubbishes claims of killing his 46-year-old caretaker Kizito Moi. Though the circumstances that led to Kizito’s death are being investigated, social media has been abuzz with a section of netizens suggesting that he might have been sacrificed by the senator. Senator Khalwale while defending himself when called a media house said that those were mere speculations especially coming from social media. “If you would be having a claim, it should be from a credible source but you are telling me to respond to claims from social media really, really! Are you being profe ..read more

Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris found herself in the eye of the storm as protesters, rallying against the surge in femicide cases in Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD), heckled and demanded that she goes home. Passaris, who was delivering a speech addressing the growing concerns about femicide on Saturday, January 27, was abruptly whisked away by her bodyguards for her safety as the crowd grew increasingly rowdy. They accused Passaris of maintaining silence over the alarming cases of violence against women in recent weeks and refused the lawmaker a platform to speak. Nairob ..read more

Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza has vowed to take legal action against those who linked her to the murder of Daniel Muthiani Bernard alias Sniper. Mwangaza said she had been quiet for some time watching a group of people mudslinging her because she was waiting for the DCI to conclude a probe into the matter. “We decided to keep quiet as a family and let the investigators do their work. The DCI has now concluded the investigation and has charged two people and we did not interfere. Now it is our time to play the ball to respond and say what we know,” she said. Mwangaza who spoke at the Meru Gover ..read more

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua reacts after 15 MPs allied to the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party threw their weight behind Nyoro to take over from President William Ruto. The DP while speaking in Bomet slammed Kenya Kwanza leaders for promoting 2032 succession politics. Gachagua wondered why leaders were interested in succeeding Ruto, yet he was barely two years in office. “Those who want to succeed President William Ruto should continue, but we want him to succeed. But I am asking youthful people: William Ruto was elected recently. He has nine years to go. You are talking about succ ..read more

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has revealed his intentions to file a petition before the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) seeking the removal from office of High Court Judge Esther Maina. Gachagua while addressing the congregants at a church service at Iten Sports Ground today said he will file the petition before the Chief Justice Martha Koome-led commission on Thursday, January 18. His revelations come days after Koome challenged the executive to table evidence linking any judge to corruption after President William Ruto recently accused the courts of being used by malicious actors to st ..read more

Rwandan President Paul Kagame had shared a photo on social media where he recapped events from the 60th Anniversary of the Zanzibar Revolution Celebrations held in Tanzania on Friday. Ironically, in the photo, Kagame was pictured sitting between Gachagua and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. However, while Kagame recognised leaders who attended the meeting in the caption, there was no mention of Kenya’s second in command. Kagame only recognised the presence of Zanzibar’s leader Hussein Ali Mwinyi, and Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu, while all other regional leaders were bundled into the ‘ot ..read more

Media reports have leaked that President Uhuru Kenyatta made a last-minute decision not to attend the Mt. Kenya youth peace meeting by Maina Njenga at Kabiruini Grounds in Nyeri after receiving intelligence from his old friends within the security agencies of a hidden sinister plan by the government to infiltrate the gathering with Mungiki goons, aiming to paint him as someone reviving the outlawed gang and seeking authority in the Mount Kenya region. If Uhuru had decided to attend the meeting, the state would not have interfered, but immediately after it ended, 20 sessions had been planned wi ..read more

Kenyan communication expert Pauline Njoroge has been picked as one of the 10 members of the Commonwealth Experts Team (CET) to observe the Bangladesh elections to be held on January 7. Ms Njoroge is said to left the country last night for Bangladesh’sapital, Dhaka to join the other nine members of the team headed by former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding. The team was picked by Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland, on request by the Bangladesh Election Commission. The Commonwealth secretariat picks observers for elections in its member states, from among distinguished persons ..read more