Politics

Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa at a past event. PHOTO/@DidmusWaBarasa/XKimilili Member of Parliament (MP) Didmus Barasa has stated that Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua is mentally ill and needs urgent medical care. According to Barasa, this is following Gachagua’s remarks on the repeat of the 2007-2008 post-election violence and calling on people…

Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga speaking at a past event. PHOTO/@gladyswanga/XHoma Bay Governor Gladys Wanga has expressed confidence that Kenya’s youth, particularly Gen Z, will come to understand that the formation of a broad-based government aligns with the very issues they have been advocating for during the anti-government protests. Speaking to a local TV station…

Roads and Transport CS Davis Chirchir when he appeared before the National Assembly committee on delegated legislation on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. PHOTO/https://web.facebook.com/ParliamentKERoads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir was on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at pains to answer why investigations into aircraft accidents in Kenya took unusually long to conclude. Appearing before the National…

Embakasi East MP Paul Ongili, alias Babu Owino at a past event. Photo/@HonBabuOwino/XEmbakasi East Member of Parliament (MP) Paul Ongila, widely known as Babu Owino, has strongly criticised recent statements made by Tanzanian MP Maryam Said, which he deems inflammatory and unjust. Said’s comments targeted Kenyan political figure Martha Karua and other activists who recently…

Kirinyaga Woman Representative Njeri Maina at a past event. PHOTO/@Hon_Njeri_Maina/X Kirinyaga Woman Representative Njeri Maina has called out the National Assembly for what she termed as misplaced priorities, accusing MPs of focusing too much on former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua instead of addressing urgent national matters. In a statement shared on her X account on…

Former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua. PHOTO//@RigathiGachagua/XFormer Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has come out strongly to respond to the motion tabled in the National Assembly on Tuesday, May 27, by Suna East MP Junet Mohammed. The motion sought to discuss Gachagua’s recent controversial remarks in which he warned that if the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission…

President William Ruto at a past occasion. PHOTO/@WilliamsRuto/XLawyer Vincent Lempaa Suyianka has filed a petition seeking to have the court bar President William Ruto from appointing any more advisors, pending the hearing and determination of the application. In the application certified as urgent, lawyer Lempaa also wants the court to issue an order instructing the…

President William Ruto during a past event. PHOTO/@cobbo3/XKenya, Italy, and the United Nations Development Programme are expected to launch an AI Hub for sustainable development. This will be done in collaboration with African nations who have co-designed the Artificial Intelligence Hub for Sustainable Development, set to be inaugurated in Rome on June 20, 2025. This…

Tanzanian MPs Esther Matiko (L) and Maryam Omar Said (R) [@thechanzo/X] A fiery speech in Tanzania’s Parliament on Monday, May 26, has sparked outrage across the border in Kenya. Maryam Omar, Member of Parliament for Pandani in Zanzibar, unapologetically defended the deportation of Kenyan politician Martha Karua, activist Boniface Mwangi, and former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga….

Suna East MP Junet Mohamed speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, February 11, 2025. PHOTO/A scgreengrab by K24 Digital from a video by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rXWY8V5TzMJust after returning from recess, Minority Leader Junet Mohammed on Wednesday sought the Speaker’s permission to move a motion of adjournment to discuss recent remarks made by former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. Gachagua…