Ambrose Makech frequented social venues in Eldoret, enticing people to join the scheme, which promised an 18% monthly interest rate.
Author: Special Correspondent
A housewife, Liza Koima, accused of killing her estranged husband over a domestic dispute, has now been sentenced to 20 years in prison. The mother of two was found guilty by Eldoret High Court Judge Reuben Nyakundi. In his ruling, Justice Nyakundi condemned the act, stating that Koima had cruelly taken the life of her husband. He also noted that the accused did not reach out to the family of the deceased to ask for forgiveness “I have considered all factors and found that Koima was linked to the gruesome murder of her husband. I sentence the accused to serve…
Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organization (MYWO) is appealing to President William Ruto to reconsider Stella Soi Lang’at whose nomination as Cabinet Secretary for Gender, Culture, Arts and Heritage was rejected by the National Assembly Committee on Appointments. The Committee observed in its report tabled in the August House on Wednesday that the nominee failed to demonstrate adequate knowledge of topical, administrative and technical issues touching on the Ministry. “That the nominee is unsuitable for the position to which she was nominated as she was unable to respond satisfactorily to the queries raised during the approval hearing relating to Gender, Heritage and…
It is clocking towards 16 years since the 2007/2008 post-election violence left at least 84,000 people internally displaced in Western and Nyanza regions. The Internally Displaced Persons under the Western Region Caucus for IDPs are now eyeing the Sh3.7 billion set aside during the 2024/2025 budget. According to former Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u, the government earmarked the funds for settling the landless as the government endeavoured to solve the issue of IDPs. The Caucus members argue that although some of them had previously received between, Sh10,000 and Sh50,000 from the government, they needed further compensation to be at par…
Individuals driving vehicles in Kenya require specific requirements to ensure legal operation.These regulations apply to both foreign nationals and kenya citizens who own or operate foreign -registered vehicles. With the cost of buying a vehicle in Kenya ,and the price of maintaining the vehicles because of the taxes ,it may be cheaper to acquire the vehicles from the other East African Countries (EAC)or the Common Market of East and Southern Africa ( COMESA). The National Transport and Safety Authority ( NTSA) manages road operations while the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) handles revenue from these vehicles. Both agencies require a few…
The long arm of the law has finally caught up with Yagnesh Mohanlal Devani as the director of Triton Petroleum Co. Ltd finally takes plea in court after over 16 years of cat and mouse. Mr. Devani, whose company stole over Sh7.6 billion of taxpayers’ money in the irregular sale of petroleum products belonging to Kenya Pipeline Company Ltd, was arrested on Tuesday by EACC. He was charged on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to all 11 counts before Chief Magistrate Hon. Thomas Nzyoki at Milimani Law Courts, where he was arraigned on two counts of fraudulent disposition of mortgaged…
Lawyers tasked with representing Kenyan families of victims of the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max plane crash are seeking up to $58 billion (Sh7.5 trillion) in compensation. The new compensation demands are more than double the initial request for the crash victim’s families. In the past month, the US Department of Justice finalised a deal with Boeing, the American plane manufacturer,where Boeing plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge and was to pay fines between $243.6 million (Sh31.6 billion) and $487 million (Sh63.1 billion), which is only a fraction of $24.8 billion (Sh3.2 trillion) in compensation that families…
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has announced updates to banknote denominations, including new features and signatures to enhance design and security. The changes affect the fifty shillings (KES 50), one hundred shillings (KES 100), two hundred shillings (KES 200), five hundred shillings (KES 500) and one thousand shillings (KES 1,000) currency banknotes. The bank which is mandated to issue currency as conferred by Article 231 (2) of the Constitution of Kenya and Section 22 (2) of the Central Bank of Kenya Act has said that in fulfillment of the mandate the bank notes will now bear, the signature of…
Former world javelin champion Julius Yego is looking forward to an exciting outing at the Paris Olympic Games on Thursday after qualifying for the final with a season best of 85.97m on Tuesday. Mr YouTube was in a great form finishing second in Group ‘A’ of the qualifiers, behind German Webber Julian, who threw 87.76m at the Stade de France. Based on the challenges he has encountered this year, Yego who has hinted to retire after the Paris Olympics, said he is already proud of his final qualification. “Let’s hope I will have a good throw on Thursday. I had…
Police are seeking authorisation to hold suspect Joel Kakuli Mwangangi at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) to retrieve a memory card he is alleged to have swallowed to destroy evidence in a fake title deed syndicate. The suspect was arrested on 1 August and allegedly swallowed the memory card, which led to him being taken to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport anti-narcotics unit for assistance in retrieving the card, an attempt which was unsuccessful. On Monday, prosecutor James Gachoka requested Milimani Chief Magistrate Bernard Ochoi to order that the suspect be taken to KNH for his bowels to be examined…
