Articles by Wangui Ngechu

Haji pleads with Kenyans to be patient over Qureshi

1957, December 8, 2018 (EAT)

The Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji has defended the move to hire foreign prosecutor Khawar Qureshi yet again. According to him, it wa...

Hudson Andambi appointed Kenya Pipeline acting MD

1204, December 7, 2018 (EAT)

The Ministry of Petroleum and Mining has appointed Hudson Andambi as the interim Managing Director of Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) to replace Joe San...

KPC Managing Director Joe Sang during a past address. (PHOTO/COURTESY)

Kenya Pipeline MD Joe Sang arrested

1205, December 7, 2018 (EAT)

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested Kenya Pipeline Managing Director Joe Sang and former NHIF CEO Simeon ol...

Sonko to Nairobians: Monday’s matatu ban was just a drill, get ready to walk again

1602, December 6, 2018 (EAT)

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko insists that the move to decongest the City by barring matatus from accessing the Central Business District that saw a cit...

The Murkomen, Kutuny interview that went up in flames

1521, November 28, 2018 (EAT)

Save for those in their inner circles, not many really knew just how much Majority Leader in the Senate Kipchumba Murkomen and Cherangany MP Joshua K...

MPs now want Nairobi Dam destroyed to save Seefar Apartments

1603, November 22, 2018 (EAT)

A section of MPs now want the dam near Seefar Apartments at Highrise Estate along Mbagathi Way destroyed in a bid to save the residential buildings sa...

DPP Haji denies bias in Mukhtar attempted murder case

914, November 21, 2018 (EAT)

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has rubbished claims of failing to act in the case where Garissa Governor Ali Korane is accused of ...

Migori Governor Obado released on bail in guns case

1257, November 16, 2018 (EAT)

Migori Governor Okoth Obado was on Friday released after the court dismissed an application to have him detained for 15 days in an illegal firearms po...

Police warn Marsabit politicians against fanning violence

1152, November 16, 2018 (EAT)

The National Police Service has directed security agencies in Marsabit to deal with individuals inciting violence in the county. In a statement pos...

ODM reinstates minority leaders in Nairobi County Assembly

1707, November 13, 2018 (EAT)

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has reinstated the minority leadership in the Nairobi County Assembly barely a month after announcing a replaceme...

File image of Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang'i

CS Matiang’i vows to stop ‘idiocy, madness’ in the insurance sector

1426, November 9, 2018 (EAT)

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i on Friday announced that the government will now go after rogue insurance companies over failure to compen...

The suspects were taken to the Isiolo Regional Office and are expected to be arraigned ...

Male students who forced their way into a girls’ dorm arrested

1359, November 1, 2018 (EAT)

Two male students were on Wednesday night arrested after allegedly forcing their way into a dormitory at Kyaani Girls Secondary School in Kitui. T...

Uhuru now orders lifestyle audit on KRA officials ‘living large’

1427, October 31, 2018 (EAT)

President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered a lifestyle audit on Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) employees living large but under-reporting income in order to ...

Jane Kiano to be cremated today according to her will

1053, October 27, 2018 (EAT)

The former chairperson of the Maendeleo ya Wanawake organisation the late Jane Kiano will be cremated today, Saturday October 27, 2018 at Kariokor cre...

Raila appointed AU representative for Infrastructure Development in Africa

1556, October 20, 2018 (EAT)

The African Union Commission has appointed NASA leader Raila Odinga as the High Representative for Infrastructure Development in Africa. In a commu...

Mashujaa Day celebrations kick off in Kakamega

1324, October 20, 2018 (EAT)

Kenyans have already thronged Bukhungu Stadium in Kakamega County to celebrate this year's Mashujaa Day. A spot check by Citizen Digital showed res...

Kipchoge Keino and Hassan Wario. Photos/COURTESY

Former Sports CS Wario, Kipchoge Keino in police custody

2117, October 19, 2018 (EAT)

Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Hasan Wario, athletics legend Kipchoge Keino and two others handed themselves over to police on Thursday morning. T...

Revealed: Details of Maribe affidavit on Joseph ‘Jowie’ Irungu

1043, October 16, 2018 (EAT)

Citizen TV anchor Jacque Maribe has confirmed that her fiancé and co-accused Joseph Irungu alias ‘Jowie’ indeed shot himself in her house in Lang...

Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Culture and the Arts, Dr. Hassan Wario, speaks during the 2016 Barclays ...

Former CS Wario, Ekai to be charged over Rio 2016 scam, DPP Haji says

836, October 14, 2018 (EAT)

Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario, ex- Sports PS Richard Ekai and former NOCK boss Kipchoge Keino will now face charges of misappropriation...

Education Ministry suspends annual leave for officers

1258, October 2, 2018 (EAT)

The Education Ministry has directed that all annual leave applications from exam officers be cancelled until the end of the said period. Also Read:...