Businessman Jimi Wanjigi has been released on a Sh10 million personal bond following his Monday arrest and detention at Kamukunji Police Station. Chief Magistrate Susan Shitubi has scheduled a ruling for 12 September to determine whether Wanjigi will enter a plea or if the charges against him will be dismissed. During Tuesday’s hearing, Magistrate Shitubi ordered Wanjigi to surrender his passport to the court as a precautionary measure pending the ruling. This directive aligns with Wanjigi’s legal team’s request for a deferral of the plea. Wanjigi’s defence, led by Senior Counsel Paul Muite, Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka, and Willis Otieno,…
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Anti-Corruption Court sitting at Milimani Law Courts has sentenced former Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Services (KEPHIS) Assistant Plant Inspector to a mandatory fine of Sh4,746,834 or five years imprisonment in default for fraudulent acquisition of public property. The fine is the equivalent of the salary that Mr Zinje Juma Mwadama, the former employee of KEPHIS, received after using fake academic papers to secure employment at the institution. He was also sentenced to a fine of Sh100,000 or 12 months imprisonment in default for providing false information to a public entity and a fine of Sh100,000 or 12 months imprisonment in…
Kenya Power has set August 31 as the deadline to update the software for all prepaid token meters countrywide ahead of a global mandate to overhaul the token vending system. The electricity distributor says the upgrade targets all prepaid meter devices that use the Standard Transfer Specification, a universal method designed to transfer tokens to prepaid meters. The campaign dubbed ‘Updated Token Meter Yako’ targets 7.4 million prepaid meters. Here is how to update token meter When your token meter is scheduled for update, you will receive two codes via SMS from Kenya Power: Step 1: Enter the first code…
Parliament has summoned Central Bank of Kenya Governor Kamau Thugge to provide details about a deal signed with a German firm.
Individuals engaged in ndengu trade without a license will soon face a fine of Sh1 million or a two-year jail term if the Mung Beans Bill 2022 becomes law. Under the bill, marketers, processors, and large-scale traders will be required to obtain a license from the relevant county government to conduct their activities. “A person who contravenes the provisions of this bill commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding one million shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both,” the Bill states. Traders intending to market, process or…
Ambrose Makech frequented social venues in Eldoret, enticing people to join the scheme, which promised an 18% monthly interest rate.
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…