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Musician Charles Njagua Kanyi was on Wednesday handed the Jubilee Party nomination certificate for the Starehe parliamentary seat after the Jubilee Party Appeals Tribunal ruled he was the duly elected aspirant of the primary election. Faith Waigwa, the Tribunal’s chairperson, said there was…

The 2017 presidential race has a new entrant, joining President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition chief Raila Odinga. Pete Ondeng', the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lead Africa Foundation, announced the news on his twitter account that he will be seeking to occupy the highest office in…

National Super Alliance’s Presidential running mate Kalonzo Musyoka has spoken after his foundation, Kalonzo Musyoka Foundation accounts were frozen on Tuesday. The Non-Governmental Organizations Coordination Board announced that it has decided to freeze the accounts of the former Vice President’s…

Murang’a Senator Kembi Gitura has ditched President Uhuru’s Jubilee Party days after losing to Kiharu MP Irungu Kang’ata in the Jubilee nomination for the senate seat. Kang’ata was announced the winner after garnering 158,167 votes against Gitura’s 146,207 votes in Murang’a County senatorial race,…

Former deputy Speaker of National Assembly Farah Maalim says that the opposition outfit National Super Alliance will be swearing in Raila Odinga after the August polls should the electoral body IEBC ‘rig’ the elections in favor of Jubilee. Maalim disclosed that this time round the opposition has…

Central Organization of Trade Union (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli has endorsed nominated Member of Parliament Johnson Sakaja for Nairobi County Senate seat. "I am telling you Sakaja has been raised in my house together with my children. He is my son. I will vote for him, so will his…

Deputy President William Ruto is facing looming fallout with key allies hailing from the North-rift region following the recently concluded Jubilee Party nominations. The fall-out threat is emerging after some of his allies led by Uasin Gishu Governor Jackson Mandago , Nandi Hills Legislator Alfred…

Nominated MP and ODM leader Raila Odinga’s brother Oburu Oginga has conceded defeat to incumbent Bondo MP Gideon Ochanda. Oburu had rejected the announced final results which saw Ochanda declared the winner after garnering 28,446 votes against Oburu’s 4,000. Addressing the media, Oburu thanked the…

The Political Parties Dispute Tribunal on Tuesday nullified the nomination of Anyang Nyong’o as Orange Democratic Movement’s (ODM’s) aspirant for the Kisumu gubernatorial seat. The tribunal barred ODM from issuing the nomination certificate to Nyong’o, saying there were massive irregularities in…

Coast Kaya leaders have told Orange Democratic Movement deputy leader and Mombasa County Governor Hassan Joho to ditch opposition Coalition National Super Alliance (NASA). The elders argue that despite the commitment by Joho to push for the removal of Jubilee administration from power, he was left…