Former CS Justin Muturi addressing the media at Ufungamano House on April 2, 2025. [Jenipher Wachie, Standard] Former Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi has accused President William Ruto of corruption and declared him unfit to hold office. Muturi, once ally, now arch-nemesis, claims the president has abandoned their shared commitment to integrity in public…
Former Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi. PHOTO/@HonJBMuturi/X Former Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi has said William Ruto is not fit to hold the office of the President of Kenya. Muturi says Ruto is a man with a double personality, and this kind of man, according to the former attorney general, is not…
Lieketseng Lucia Tjatji, 34, a fashion designer and a traditional healer (sangoma), poses for a photograph inside her tin shack, where she practices her traditional healing, at her home in Maseru, Lesotho on March 19, 2025. [AFP] In a sunlit shack on the outskirts of Lesotho’s capital Maseru, 34-year-old Lieketseng Lucia Tjatji sits under…
Golden exit: The perks and payouts awaiting Justin Muturi after his firing. [Standard] Days after his dismissal as the Public Service Cabinet Secretary, Justin Bedan Muturi is set to walk away with a hefty package. President William Ruto, in a remark on Monday this week, dismissed concerns over Muturi’s fate, stating, “He will be fine….
Former Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi addresses the media on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. PHOTO/@HonJBMuturi/X Former Attorney General Justin Muturi, who was recently sacked by President William Ruto as the Public Service Cabinet Secretary, has accused the head of state of trying to divert him from pursuing the case of abductions and extrajudicial…
Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka speaks during a past function. PHOTO/@skmusyoka/X Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has admitted that he has considered quitting politics to take care of his ailing wife, Pauline, but remains committed to his political journey. Speaking candidly in an interview with a local TV station on the night of Thursday,…
Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has dismissed claims that President William Ruto has lost political support in the Mount Kenya region following his fallout with former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. Speaking at the launch of a Goat Artificial Insemination (A.I.) Center in Ahiti Ndoba, Mwea Constituency, Waiguru criticized those who suggested that Ruto’s political base was…
President William Ruto has broken his silence on the impeachment of former Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza, urging residents to rally behind her successor, Isaac Mutuma M’Ethingia, for the sake of the county’s progress. During his visit to Meru County on April 2, 2025, as part of his wider Mount Kenya development tour, Ruto acknowledged the…
Nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba has called for the immediate sacking of Labour and Social Protection Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua, accusing him of incompetence and failing to safeguard Kenyans from fraudulent diaspora job schemes. Speaking during a Senate session on April 2, 2025, Orwoba directly appealed to President William Ruto, urging him to dismiss Mutua over…
Former nominated Member of Parliament (MP) Wilson Sossion has suggested that the warm reception President William Ruto received in Mount Kenya likely came as a surprise to former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. Speaking on a live TV show on Thursday, April 3, 2025, Sossion attributed the large turnout to Kenyans’ growing support for issue-based politics….
South Korea’s impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol. PHOTO/@President_KR/X South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted by the Constitutional Court on Friday, which upheld parliament’s impeachment motion over his short-lived imposition of martial law last year that sparked the country’s worst political crisis in decades. With Yoon’s ouster, a presidential election is required to take place…
President William Ruto. PHOTO/@WilliamsRuto/X President William Ruto has held a telephone conversation with United Nations (UN) secretary general António Guterres the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti. This comes days after two Kenyan police officers in Haiti were seriously injured in clashes with gangs, adding to the mission’s growing list of casualties as it comes under…
National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah speaking in Ol Kalou in Nyandarua county on April 03, 2025 where he was heckled by residents during President William Ruto’s Mt Kenya Tour. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] President William Ruto’s allies in Mt Kenya were met with public anger during the third day of his regional tour. Kimani Ichung’wah,…
Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja. PHOTO/@NPSOfficial_KE/X The National Police Service (NPS) has defended Inspector General Douglas Kanja after he attracted criticism following his appearance at a Nyeri political meeting attended by President William Ruto. NPS has said that Kanja’s appearance at the said meeting does not in any way undermine the principle of…
Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wah addresses members of the public during President William Ruto’s tour of Mt Kenya on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. PHOTO/@KIMANIICHUNGWAH/X Kikuyu Member of Parliament and National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah has dismissed a heckling incident that occurred on April 3, 2025, when he attempted to speak in Nyandarua County during…