FULL LIST: Uhuru appoints former MPs, Governor to top parastatal jobs

By Benjamin Muriuki,

A handful of individuals who lost in the last General Election have been awarded plum parastatal jobs as board directors and board members. In also...

Parastatal appointments

Duale not interested in Ksh.3 million High Court award

By Benjamin Muriuki,

National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale has rejected the Ksh.3 million awarded to him by the High Court following the dismissal of a petition cha...

Aden Duale , Election Petition , Farah Maalim , Jakoyo Midiwo

Court upholds Governor Rasanga’s election victory

By George Amolo,

The High Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the election of Siaya Governor Cornel Rasanga in the August 2017 election. Justice Esther...

Cornel Rasanga , election petitions , Nicholas Gumbo

Opiyo Wandayi elected PAC Chair

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Ugunja Member of Parliament Opiyo Wandayi has been elected chairman of the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Mr. Wandayi got 15 votes wi...

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Rival groups clash at Raila rally in Rarieda

By Citizen Reporter,

Several youths have been arrested at Aram market in Rarieda after rival supporters of Siaya Governor Cornel Rasanga of ODM and opponent Nicholas Gumbo...

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MPs adopt report recommending Waiguru be barred from assuming public office

By Citizen Reporter,

The National Assembly has unanimously adopted the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report recommending that former Devolution Cabinet Secretary, Anne W...

Waiguru OUT? NYS Report wants ex-CS axed off Kirinyaga race

By Majanga Michael,

Former Devolution CS Anne Waiguru could be barred from contesting in the Kirinyaga County gubernatorial race should the recommendations of a report on...

anne waiguru impeachment , Former Devolution Principal Secretary Peter Mangiti , Hundreds of youths demonstrate in the streets of Embu town over delayed NYS projects. , Ksh.791 million NYS scandal

MPs, Senators return to parliament after party primaries

By Richard Bosire,

Parliament will resume Tuesday afternoon after a month-long recess to allow MPs and Senators to participate in the political parties primaries. Doz...

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Serving politicians running as independent candidates should lose seats – Kega

By Citizen Reporter,

The raging debate on the fate of party defectors running as independent candidates seems to have taken a new twist with emerging reports of Constituti...

Pick us or else! Midiwo, Gumbo threaten to seek ‘Plan B’

By Ronald Kibet,

Gem MP Jakoyo Midiwo and his Rarieda counterpart Nicholas Gumbo have threatened to pursue an alternative option, should the Orange Democratic Movement...

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Ranguma, Oburu stripped

By Francis Gachuri,

The ODM's National Elections Board (NEB) has upheld the controversial nomination of Kisumu Senator Prof Peter Anyang Nyong’o to fly the party’s ti...

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LIVE TEXT: Incumbents fall in Jubilee, ODM nominations

By Citizen,

Party primaries results for the Jubilee Party and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) are still trickling in as parties strive to beat the April 30th...

Jubilee Party and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) , party nominations , party primaries

Elect leaders based on capability, Oduol tells Siaya County residents

By George Amolo,

  Siaya gubernatorial aspirant William Oduol has dismissed claims that he wants to divide votes in Alego/Usonga constituency to the advantage ...

Cornel Rasanga , SIAYA COUNTY , William Oduol

Governor Rasanga vows to sue Jakoyo, Gumbo over graft accusations

By Lilian Osiema,

Siaya County Governor Cornel Rasanga has threatened to sue MPs who have claimed that he has been embezzling county funds. Speaking in Rarieda Sub-C...

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Gumbo to undergo lifestyle audit if elected governor

By George Amolo,

Rarieda MP Nicholas Gumbo has pledged to subject himself to annual lifestyle audit if he is elected the governor of Siaya County in the August 8th ele...

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The bitter truth about Public Accounts Committee and NYS scandal probe

By Citizen Reporter,

Last Thursday, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) released a report that recommended among other things, fresh investigation into the National Youth ...

Siaya MPs demand lifestyle audit on Governor Rasanga

By Lilian Osiema,

Gem Lawmaker Jakoyo Midiwo and his Rarieda counterpart Nicholas Gumbo now want the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to conduct a lifestyle...

National Assembly Deputy minority leader Jakowo Midiwo , Nicholas Gumbo.Siaya county. , Siaya County Governor Cornel Rasanga , William Oduol

MP wants Murkomen, Waiguru out of political contests

By Lilian Osiema,

Homa Bay Women Representative, Gladys Wanga, has challenged Senator Kipchuma Murkomen and former Devolution and Planning Cabinet Secretary, Anne Waig...

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THE COST OF GRAFT! NYS scam returns to haunt Waiguru

By Citizen Reporter,

The National Assembly Public Accounts Committee has recommended that the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) conducts a lifestyle audit on fo...

Businessman says ready to face Governor Rasanga again

By George Amolo,

Siaya gubernatorial hopeful, William Oduol, has laughed off claims that he is planning to back another candidate, saying that he is the only person ca...

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