Articles by Vincent Afande

Babu Owino’s lawyer Cliff Ombeta speaks out over shooting incident at B Club

1643, January 17, 2020 (EAT)

Lawyer Cliff Ombeta has defended his client Paul Ongili popularly known as Babu Owino after he was arrested on Friday morning. Ombeta alleged that ...

Court orders DNA test for twins over Fidel Odinga estate

1202, October 16, 2019 (EAT)

The High Court has ordered a DNA test to ascertain the paternity of the Fidel Odinga twins. During the ruling, Justice Aggrey Muchelule ordered the...

Standoff as embattled Speaker Elachi returns to office

1522, October 9, 2019 (EAT)

Embattled Speaker Beatrice Elachi made a forceful comeback to her of Nairobi County Assembly office on Wednesday. Reports indicate that Elachi was ...

NASA lawmakers meet Raila Odinga over 8pc fuel tax impasse

1252, September 18, 2018 (EAT)

A section of MPs allied to the National Super Alliance are currently holed up in a meeting with party leader Raila Odinga over the proposed 8percent f...

ODM MPs claim DP Ruto behind Mau evictions

1718, July 20, 2018 (EAT)

A section of ODM Members of Parliament have accused Deputy President William Ruto of being behind the ongoing evictions at Mau forest. Speaking to ...

Sugar scandal: MPs claim KRA lost Ksh.10B, want CS Rotich sacked

1550, July 10, 2018 (EAT)

A section of Luhya politicians, led by Lugari MP Ayub Savula are now demanding for the sacking of Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich following th...

Treasury asks MPs to approve Sh9.9b for fresh presidential poll

1145, September 28, 2017 (EAT)

The National Treasury has requested lawmakers to approve a Supplementary Budget allocation of Ksh9.955 billion for the fresh presidential election sla...

KCPE Pupils at St.George's Primary School in the exam hall

Candidates to appeal cancelled exam results after Parliament passes Bill

1057, June 1, 2017 (EAT)

Candidates whose results were cancelled by the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) can now appeal the decision after the National Assembly adopt...

Counties struggling to pay defunct local authorities debts

1110, April 5, 2017 (EAT)

Kisii County is among the 47 Counties struggling to pay debts of more than Ksh 50 billion, owed to service providers by the defunct local authorities....

Wiper to leave NASA if Kalonzo not named candidate in seven days

1814, March 29, 2017 (EAT)

Wiper Party has given the National Super Alliance a seven-day ultimatum to name its party leader, Kalonzo Musyoka, as the presidential flag-bearer fai...

Women meeting at Bomas disrupted over presidential candidates

1312, March 10, 2017 (EAT)

A meeting convened by women political leaders to push for election of more women was temporarily disrupted after Jubilee and National Supper Alliance ...

Showdown expected in Parliament over Ouko prosecution

1315, March 9, 2017 (EAT)

A showdown between the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) Chief Executive Officer, Halakhe Waqo, and Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) K...

Onyango Oloo under fire over Ksh 4.2B ‘illegal’ Kisumu mall

1754, March 2, 2017 (EAT)

Former The national Alliance (TNA) Secretary General, Onyango Oloo, executed a contract for the construction of the Lake Basin Development Authority (...

Petitioner who wants Edward Ouko out of office says his life in danger

1249, February 24, 2017 (EAT)

The man behind a petition to oust Auditor General, Edward Ouko, failed to appear before a key House panel to present his evidence over threats to his...

Betting firms want proposed Bill amended

1934, February 16, 2017 (EAT)

Betting firms want a Parliamentary committee to introduce drastic changes to a Bill seeking to regulate the industry terming it as ‘fundamentally fl...

Ruto, Munya, Timamy and over 100 others ditch Jubilee as party hopping deadline ends

1312, October 8, 2016 (EAT)

Over 100 political leaders – among them Governors Isaac Ruto (Bomet), Peter Munya (Meru) and Issa Timamy (Lamu) – have decamped from Jubilee as th...

NYS boss ‘gave out’ cash payment system password – Muhoro Ndegwa

1818, October 5, 2016 (EAT)

Directorate of Criminal Investigations boss, Ndegwa Muhoro, says his recommendations to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to prosecute the Nat...

Peter Munya says he fears for his life following a report that he orchestrated the ...

Munya, Wamatangi in heated exchange before House committee

1321, October 4, 2016 (EAT)

Differences between Meru Governor, Peter Munya, and Kiambu Senator, Kimani Wamatangi, played out during Senate oversight committee sittings, with the ...

Namwamba, veteran journalist land top posts in ‘new’ party

1326, September 23, 2016 (EAT)

Former Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Secretary General, Ababu Namwamba, is now the Labour Party of Kenya (LPK) party leader. Namwamba, who is al...

CORD to re-introduce Prime Minister position – Khalwale

1334, September 21, 2016 (EAT)

Ford Kenya Deputy Party leader, Bonny Khalwale, has revealed plans by the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) to re-introduce the Office of the...