KENYA NEWS
2
The Kenyan government on Tuesday deported three Italian nationals arrested in a drug trafficking swoop at the Coast last week.
The three, Mario Mele, Leone Alberto Fulvio and Stephano Poli, were wanted in Italy for various crimes, and were on Interpol’s Most Wanted list. They were arrested along…
0
Police in Nyanza have banned ‘Men in Black’ from campaign rallies in the area. Assistant Inspector General of Police Joseph Keitany warned politicians not to use private security guards at their functions, and instead request for such help from the National Police Service. Keitany said only the…
0
Nominated Senator Elizabeth Ongoro has defected from Orange Democratic Movement (ODM).
Ongoro’s move comes less than a week after she was barred by ODM from contesting in this month’s ODM nomination for Ruaraka parliamentary seat against area MP To Kajwang’. ODM at the time said she was barred…
0
Former Imenti Central MP Gitobu Imanyara has announced he will support President Uhuru Kenyatta for re-election. Imanyara, a former fierce critic of the Jubilee administration, on Sunday said his move is final and that it is for the good of his constituents that he is supportive of the current…
1
Seven Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) governors have been given direct party nominations.
ODM announced the governors are free to collect their nomination certificates after not having any opponents in the party primaries.
The seven governors are Evans Kidero (Nairobi), Hassan Joho (Mombasa),…
1
Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho says the shooting incidence that took place at an ODM campaign rally in Migori on Monday was an assassination attempt on his life.
Though reports indicate the incidence that led to Joho’s bodyguard and at least one other person getting shot and injured occurred after…
1
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has said it is the only body in the country allowed by law to tally and announce election results, and any other body or political party planning to do so would be acting illegally.
IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati announced this on Monday in…
4
Opposition leader Raila Odinga has said NASA (National Super Alliance) will tally and announce its own results in the August general election to ensure the voting fraud does not happen.
The ODM leader said NASA has the votes needed to kick Jubilee out of power if the votes are tallied correctly,…
0
Justice Said Chitembwe of the Malinda High Court has issued an injunction stopping the deportation of an Italian national arrested last week in Malindi for drug trafficking and wanted in Italy on tax evasion charges.
Mario Mele, 56, is among three Italians last week arrested in an operation in…
1
State House Spokesman Manoah Esipisu at a press briefing on Sunday defended Cabinet and Principal Secretaries campaigning for President Uhuru’s re-election, saying it is their duty to explain to Kenyans the progress the Jubilee administration has made.
“They have to account for the trillions of…
