Junet: When I see Gachagua crying on TV, I feel so happy

Suna East MP Junet Mohamed. PHOTO/@JunetMohamed/X National Assembly minority leader Junet Mohamed has sustained attacks on former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua over his shareholding claims, which hounded him out of office. Speaking during the funeral ceremony of the late George Odour, Raila Odinga’s long-serving bodyguard, on Saturday, April 12, 2025, the Suna East lawmaker…

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George Odour: A send-off in pictures

President William Ruto and ODM Leader Raila Odinga lead insending off Odinga’s bodyguard, George Oduor. [Michael Mute, Standard] President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga are among the key leaders attending the burial of Odinga’s longtime bodyguard, George Oduor, in Rarieda, Siaya County. They are joined by Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi, Governors James…

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Reprieve for Moses Kuria as court halts property auction over Sh50m loan

President William Ruto’s advisor Moses Kuria in Kisumu. [Michael Mute, Standard] The High Court in Kiambu has issued temporary orders restraining Equity Bank from auctioning two prime properties belonging to President William Ruto’s adviser, Moses Kuria, over a Sh50 million unpaid loan. Justice Jacqueline Mogeni issued the order following an objection filed by Kuria’s wife, Joyce Njambi, halting…

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Raila blasts MPs over Sh500B county funds stalemate

Raila Odinga speaking at former Kisumu Town West MP Ken Nyagundi funeral in Gem Siaya. [Michael Mute, Standard] ODM leader Raila Odinga has criticized MPs for allegedly frustrating devolution and has threatened to lead a campaign against the sitting MPs if they fail to release Sh500 billion in shareable revenue to counties. For a man who has built his profile as a fierce critic of the past…

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JSS teacher accused of impersonating June Ruto released on Ksh50K bail

JSS teacher Samwel Mogwasi Mainga when he appeared before Milimani Principal Magistrate Robinson Ondieki on Thursday, April 10, 2025. PHOTO/Zipporah Ngwatu Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Robinson Kebabe Ondieki, on Friday, April 10, 2025, released Junior Secondary School (JSS) teacher Samwel Mogwasi Mainga on a Ksh50,000 cash bail over the accusation of impersonating June Ruto….

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KDF report reveals cause of CDF Ogolla’s plane crash

President Ruto received a report on the helicopter crash that claimed the life of Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General Francis Ogolla from Defence Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya at State House, Nairobi. [PCS] An investigation by the Kenya Defence Forces has concluded that the helicopter crash that claimed Chief of Defence Forces General Francis Ogolla’s…

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Muturi challenges leaders to learn from Kibaki’s clean record on public funds

Former Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi addresses the media on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. PHOTO/@HonJBMuturi/X Former Public Service CS Justin Muturi has decried the growing tendency among Kenyan leaders to consistently seek opportunities to embezzle public funds or simply serve their own interests through public projects, urging them to emulate the exemplary conduct…

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Kalonzo compares Malala’s scriptwriting style to Kibaki’s oratorical brilliance

Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka speaks during a past function. PHOTO/@skmusyoka/X Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has drawn an unusual but striking parallel between Cleophas Malala’s flair for scripting and the late President Mwai Kibaki’s own mastery of public speech, suggesting that the young politician’s scriptcraft style carries echoes of the statesmanship that once…

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The Mwai Kibaki Memorial Lecture: Why the ceremony that celebrates the former president was established

Former president, the late Mwai Kibaki. PHOTO/@OPLMKe/X Kenya’s third president, Mwai Kibaki, died on April 21, 2022, and to keep his legacy alive, The Mwai Kibaki Memorial Lecture was launched. This year, a memorial luncheon for Kibaki, president between 2002 and 2013, is scheduled to take place on Friday, April 11, 2025. Kibaki’s family…

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