Politics

BBC 09th June, 2025 09:41 PM Best-selling author Frederick Forsyth during a past event. PHOTO/https://www.facebook.com/FrederickForsythOfficialBest-selling author Frederick Forsyth, known for thriller novels including The Day Of The Jackal, has died at the age of 86, his agent has said. “We mourn the passing of one of the world’s greatest thriller writers,” Jonathan Lloyd said…

Nandi senator Samson Cherargei during a past event. PHOTO/@scherargei/XNandi Senator Samson Cherargei has demanded the immediate sacking of Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen, accusing him of failing to address the growing insecurity in the country. Addressing the media on Monday, June 9, 2025, Cherargei decried the rising cases of lawlessness and criminal activities across the…

Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Economic Planning John Mbadi at a past event. PHOTO/@JohnMbadiN/X The National Treasury Cabinet Secretary, John Mbadi, is set to present the Ksh4.239 trillion national budget for the 2025/2026 Financial Year before a joint sitting of Parliament on Thursday, June 12, 2025. This will mark his first official Budget Day…

Former Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala at a past event. PHOTO/https://www.facebook.com/cleophasmalalahThe Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) interim deputy party leader, Cleophas Malala, has accused police officers in Kakamega of assaulting his driver. In a statement on social media on Monday, June 9, 2025, Malala accused officers of trailing his vehicle and launching a violent assault…

Peter Kaluma speaking at a past event . PHOTO/@gpdkaluma/XHoma Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma has called on the government to scrap the zero-rated Value Added Tax (VAT) system, saying it benefits producers more than consumers. In a statement shared via his X account on Sunday, June 8, 2025, Kaluma said that although many basic goods…

National Assembly Finance Committee chairman Kuria Kimani during the drafting of the Finance Bill on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. PHOTO/@KuriaKimaniMP/X With the 2025 Finance Bill currently in the National Assembly, awaiting debate and voting before being presented to President William Ruto to be signed into law later, two confusing terms have emerged that have now…

Gachagua addresses supporters during a rally in Malii, Makueni County on June 6, 2025 PHOTO/@rigathi/x Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has now joined the growing list of leaders who have spoken out on the death of Albert Ojwang. While addressing a roadside rally in Kilifi County on Sunday, June 8, 2025, Gachagua expressed his disappointment…

Gachagua, while speaking during a church service on Sunday, June 8, 2025, in Malindi. PHOTO//@rigathi/Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has come out to appreciate the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General, Francis Atwoli, for speaking out on the diversion of the affordable housing levy to the construction of other non-housing amenities. Speaking during…

Raila Odinga and President William Ruto in a past occasion. PHOTO/@UDAKenya/xThe United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) are set to pocket a lion’s share of the Political Party Funding (PPF) in the revised allocation. Despite the Registrar of Political Parties, Ann Nderitu, informing parties that the budget has been slashed for…

Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris during a past official function in Nairobi. PHOTO/@EstherPassaris/XNairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris has referred to President William Ruto as a leader ordained by God to lead Kenyans. Passaris made the remarks in the company of the president during a church service in Nairobi’s Church of Christ in Africa (CCA) in…

President William Ruto, Siaya Governor James Orengo and Senator Oburu Oginga during a meeting at State House, Nairobi. [PCS] A meeting between President William Ruto and Siaya Governor James Orengo yielded pledges for multi-billion-shilling investments, bringing to the fore Kenya’s brand of politics, which has historically pegged development on political patronage. It is a cancer…

President William Ruto. PHOTO/@WilliamsRuto/XPresident William Ruto on Sunday, June 8, 2025, joined the congregants of the Church of Christ in Africa in Makadara constituency for the Sunday service. The president, who was accompanied by Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo, made his way into the church a few minutes before 10:00 pm. Other leaders accompanying the…

Peter Kaluma posing for a photo during a past event. PHOTO/@K24Tv/XHoma Bay Town Member of Parliament (MP) George Peter Kaluma has broken his silence in response to remarks made by former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, who recently described the Mount Kenya region members as cousins to the Ukambani community. In a post shared on his…