Nairobi County Secretary Leboo Morintat arrested as EACC raids City Hall

By Citizen Reporter,

Acting Nairobi County Secretary Simon Leboo Ole Morintat was on Wednesday arrested after detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EA...

County Secretary Leboo Morintat , EACC

Court declines to stop vetting of Sonko’s deputy nominee Anne Kananu Mwenda

By Dzuya Walter,

The High Court has declined to issues orders barring the Nairobi County Assembly from vetting Anne Kananu Mwenda who was nominated as Deputy Governor ...

Anne Kananu Mwenda , Mike Sonko

Judge disqualifies herself from hearing Sonko case

By Dzuya Walter,

Lady Justice Mumbi Ngugi has disqualified herself from hearing the case involving Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko. This comes a month after the e...

Mumbi Ngugi , Sonko

OPINION: Anti-graft efforts bear fruit as Moi era secrecy falls in age of transparency

By Citizen Reporter,

By Michael Cherambos In recent months, as President Uhuru Kenyatta’s anti-corruption campaign gains more and more public attention, I have found ...

Sonko claims he is broke, can’t provide for family after 9 bank accounts frozen

By Dzuya Walter,

Embattled Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has accused the Assets Recovery Agency of freezing his bank accounts without an appropriate court order. Acco...

Assets Recovery Agency , Governor Mike Sonko , Lawyer Harrison Kinyanjui , nairobi county

Sonko writes letter to DPP over Anne Mwenda

By Dzuya Walter,

Embattled Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has written to Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji insisting that he did not violate his bail ter...

mwenda , Sonko

Speaker Elachi and ex-Majority Leader Guyo bury hatchet to fight Sonko

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Beatrice Elachi and ousted Majority Leader Abdi Guyo have put aside their differences to rally Members of County Assem...

Abdi Guyo , Beatrice Elachi

‘Ametumia felt pen kwa kichwa?’ Sonko’s hair sends KOT into fits of laughter

By Citizen Reporter,

A gold jacket, gold ring, gold chair, gold-plated table, white cap and two flags: these were the items seen in the picture of Nairobi Governor Mike So...

mwenda , Sonko

Sonko nominates Anne Kananu Mwenda as Nairobi Deputy Governor

By Ian Omondi,

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has nominated Anne Kananu Mwenda, the county's current Disaster Management and Coordination Sector Chief Officer, to the p...

Governor Mike Sonko , nairobi county , Speaker Beatrice Elachi

72 babies born on Christmas Day in Nairobi, Kirinyaga counties

By Duncan Mutwiri,

Christmas Day was a particularly joyous occasion in Nairobi and Kirinyaga Counties as 72 successful child births were recorded in separate hospitals w...

Christmas Day , Kirinyaga , Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital , Mbagathi Hospital , Nairobi , Pumwani Maternity Hospital

Sonko Rescue Team rewarded for outstanding community service

By Citizen Reporter,

The Sonko Rescue Team (SRT), a non-profit organisation founded by Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko, has been awarded a certificate of recognition for it ex...

Nairobi MCAs plot to impeach Speaker Elachi over failure to call special sitting

By Stephen Letoo,

A section of Nairobi MCAs pushing for a special sitting to be held have since deferred their push to the first week of January next year after Speaker...

Governor Mike Sonko , impeachment , Nairobi MCAs , Speaker Beatrice Elachi

Murkomen: War on graft is targetting BBI and handshake critics

By Tonny Ndungu,

Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen has rubbished the government's war on graft as a political witch-hunt targetting Building Bridges Initiativ...

BBI , handshake , Kipchumba Murkomen

What next for Governors Sonko, Waititu, Lenolkulal? COG vows to move to Supreme Court

By Citizen Reporter,

The Council of Governors has vowed to move to the Supreme Court to seek an interpretation of the law following the move to bar Governors charged in co...

Ferdinard Waititu , Mike Sonko , Moses Lenolkulal

Sonko wants three judges barred from hearing his appeal case

By Dzuya Walter,

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko now wants three judges barred from hearing an appeal case he filed on Wednesday seeking a review of the bail terms blockin...

Grace Ngenye , Mike Sonko , Moses Lenolkulaal , Mumbi Ngugi

Sonko answers Matiang’i on Nairobi county pending bills

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Governor Mike Sonko has disputed reports claiming that Nairobi County has pending bills amounting to Ksh.64 billion. Responding to a directive by I...

Mike Sonko , nairobi county

Sonko fails to show up in Voi for assault case

By Julius Joho,

Embattled Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko was a no show at the Voi Law Courts on Wednesday where he was expected to answer to assault charges. Al...

Sonko

Sonko set to face assault charges in Voi

By Sam Ogina,

Embattled Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko is expected in court on Wednesday in Voi to answer to assault charges. Sonko is set to face three count...

Mike Sonko , voi

OPINION: BBI report is right on corruption

By Citizen Reporter,

By Michael Cherambos Of the nine major issues of national importance highlighted by the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) taskforce, perhaps the mo...

BBI report , Henry Rotich

CoG to challenge ruling barring governors charged with graft from office

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Council of Governors has vowed to move to court challenge a court ruling requiring governors charged with economic crimes to vacate office for the...

Council of Governors , FERDINAND WAITITU , Mike Sonko , Moses Lenolkulal , Oparanya