Author: CHRISPEN AKALI
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 –Opposition leader Raila Odinga has today rewarded the youth who joined him in the recent Nairobi City anti-government protests. On Wednesday may 31, Mr. Odinga assembled hundreds of city youth in Westlands area and rewarded them with various machines to help them earn a living. He asserted that all the young men and women who were at the heart of his demonstrations now need to be supported as he had earlier promised them. Odinga used the opportunity to promise that he will continue walking with them and will do that which he can to help them…
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 -Interior Cabinet Secretary CS Kithure Kindiki fumbled responding to a question on Uhuru Kenyatta’s links to resurgence of an outlawed sect around Central Kenya. Fielding questions from various reporters while delivering the Second Public Accountability Statement for his ministry at Harambee House, the CS was challanged by Citizen Tvs Chemutai Goin to highlight how Uhuru had suddenly turned into a Mungiki militia financier. Goin, while posing the question, referenced that it was now a common narrative being peddled by Kindiki, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and a couple of other government officials. “On cultural extremism, one of the…
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 –Kenyans have called on Nairobi County Governor Johnson Sakaja to address the issue of a bridge which is risking hundreds of lives both adults and minors in Kayole area. Reacting to a video which was shared by a section of Kenyans on social media led by former gospel singer Daddy Owen, concerned netizens called upon Governor Sakaja to act with speed before things could get out of hand. “Can you imagine the number of people who have ended up in the sewage after being mugged!” Jackson Michael commented. On Wednesday May 31, in the video shared…
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 -Last month while returning from my job back to Kangemi where I live with my wife, I bumped into Catherine, my former classmate in campus. She was looking not only week but also sick and, therefore, I sought to know from her what could be the issue. “Dear Catherine, why are you disturbed. I was not used to you being this quiet?” I posed. She looked up and then down before opening up that she once took someone’s money for a date but never showed up. She instead went to another man where she spent the…
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 – Ms Winnie Odinga has reacted to Calvin Okoth Otieno aka Gaucho’s outburst on failures in Azimio leadership. On Tuesday May 30, the Orange Democratic Movement ODM Party supporter known by the name Gaucho accused part of Azimio la Umoja leaders of blocking him to meet former President Uhuru Kenyatta. He also took issue with the manner in which they respond to his arrests saying Azimio leaders have been discriminating on youth. In the viral video, he starts by pointing out how he is forced to remain in police custody for days just because Azimio cannot…
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 – Orange Democratic Movement ODM Party supporter Calvin Okoth Otieno aka Gaucho has accused part of Azimio la Umoja leaders of blocking him to meet former President Uhuru Kenyatta. In a clip which Homenews.co.ke has seen make rounds on major social circles, Gaucho laments on how Azimio has discriminated some of the youth who have stood with it in hard times. In the viral video, he starts by pointing out how he is forced to remain in police custody for days just because Azimio cannot send lawyers to secure his freedom. He also claims that hundreds…
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 –Former President Uhuru Kenyatta was spotted sharing light moments with Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi in Nigeria. The duo was captured on camera hugging each other during the official inauguration of President Bola Tinubu that took place on Tuesday May 30. President Tinubu was sworn into office on Monday, as the 16th President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Uhuru and Mudavadi met in Abuja where they have been camping for the official inauguration of President Tinubu. Speaking on this, Political Analyst Mutahi Ngunyi opined that the meetings between former President Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Cabinet…
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 –Azimio la Umoja wing has replaced Nominated Member of Parliament Sabina Chege with Embakasi West MP Hon. Mark Mwenje. Making this confirmation today Tuesday May 30 afternnon, Azimio leadership said, this move was inevitable following the fact that Ms Chege has since switched loyalty to the ruling party side. In a statement seen by this writer, Orange Democratic Movement wrote that the Parliamentary Group PG meeting held today May 30 had resolved that Chege be replaced from her current position as the Minority Deputy Whip, immediately. “Azimio PG resolves to have Embakasi West MP Hon. Mark…
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 – Embattled United Democratic Alliance UDA Party Vice Chairman Seth Panyako now claims Cleophas Malala conspired with President William Ruto to undermine him in the party. Addressing just days after he announced his departure from the ruling party, Seth noted that he was asked to leave UDA Party leadership position by President William Ruto who called him on phone. He further claimed that the president called him a day before he announced his resignation asking him(Panyako) to leave the party because he was not reading on the same scrip with the rest. “President Ruto made a…
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 – County Assembly Speakers will start receiving an increased salary of sh 601,674 in the new financial year 2023/2024. In the revelations which have leaked to parts of the media outlets, County Assembly speakers have secured themselves a sh 70,000 increment on their monthly pay. This makes the speaker the major beneficiary in the new salary review by the Salaries and Remunerations Commission SRC. Reached for a comment, an anonymous SRC official confirmed that the new salaries will be made public in a few weeks’ time. As of now, Homenews.co.ke established that county speaker pockets sh…