BUSIA, Kenya –Busia Governor Paul Otuoma was on Tuesday 3rd February grilled by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) detectives over his alleged central role in two major scandals, including a Sh1.4 billion proxy company fraud and an irregular multi-decade lease for a key public utility. The anti-graft czars confirmed that Governor Otuoma appeared at…
KASGUNGA, 29th January –Homa Bay County has welcomed its first-ever sanitary pad manufacturing plant in a landmark project that seeks to dignify women. The Galentine Care Sanitary Pads Factory, officially inaugurated on Wednesday in Kasgunga, Suba North Constituency, marked a significant step toward menstrual equity and economic self-sufficiency. The social enterprise that will produce the…
KISUMU, 28th January- A faction of Kisumu’s Bunge la Mwananchi has issued a stern call for an immediate truce between East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA)Member Winnie Odinga and prominent businessman and ODM activist Oketch Salah, warning that their public feud is threatening to fracture the already fragile Orange Democratic Movement. The escalating war of words,…
OTHAYA, Nyeri, 25th January – Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua has alleged a well-coordinated plan to assassinate him due to his hard stance against the government. The immediate former Deputy President warned that if he is assassinated or injured, it will spark “turmoil and instability in the country.” Gachagua made the…
The move is set to elevate Kenya’s Green Diplomacy and Reshape Political Spectrum NAIROBI, 23rd January – In a move that merges diplomatic strategy with profound political symbolism, President William Ruto has nominated Dr Ida Betty Odinga, the widow of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, as Kenya’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations…
KOBURA WARD, Kisumu,21st January-A major government-led mobile registration exercise is underway in Kisumu County, targeting thousands of adults who have never possessed a national Identity Card. The initiative, lauded by local leaders and residents, is a critical step toward a larger political goal of increasing the county’s voter registration rate from 49% to 58% of…
ADDIS ABABA, 18th January—The African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has commended the conduct of elections in Uganda and congratulated President Yoweri Museveni on his re-election for a seventh term until 2031. In a statement released Saturday 17th January, he reiterated the continental body’s commitment to continue to support the promotion of democracy…
UGANDA, 17th January – Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhabura has been re-elected to serve for the seventh term (2026-2031), as his closest challenger, Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, rejected the results, alleging fraud and violence. This follows the declaration by the Uganda Electoral Commission announcing 81-year-old Museveni, the leader of the National Resistance Party…
WHITE HOUSE, 17th January – US President Donald Trump has extended an offer to mediate the longstanding and complex dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia concerning the Nile Basin. President Trump positioned the resolution of tensions surrounding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as a paramount priority on his agenda, integral to his pursuit of lasting…
KISUMU, 17th January-Kondele Ward Member of County Assembly, Joachim Oketch, has launched a scathing attack on leaders from the Nyanza region, accusing them of abandoning their primary duties to obsessively champion President William Ruto’s two-term agenda at the direct expense of service delivery. In a fiery address at a town hall meeting on Friday, Oketch…