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A prison warder from Mpigi District in Central Uganda has been arrested after she lost an AK-47 rifle assigned to her.

Police say that Hadijah Katono was chatting on WhatsApp on Monday afternoon, when the firearm was snatched from her.

According to Daily Monitor, Katono had been deployed to guard prisoners in Mpigi Town Council, when a man armed with an arrow tip-toed to where she was, slapped her twice, picked the weapon and escaped into a nearby forest.

“It’s unfortunate that we haven’t recovered the gun (AK-47) yet. Our preliminary investigation shows that the prison wardress was on WhatsApp before her gun was stolen,” Mpigi District police boss, Joab Wabwire, told Daily Monitor.

The news outlet reports that cases of insecurity are rampant in Mpigi District.

Katono was arrested and detained at Mpigi Central Police Station as investigations into the loss of the firearm continue.

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The Governor of Central Bank of Kenya Patrick Njoroge has been named the Central Bank Governor of the Year for Sub-Saharan Africa.

The annual award by GlobalMarkets magazine recognises exemplary individual effort by CBK managers across the world.

Njoroge was awarded for improvements in the banking sector in Kenya during his tenure and for helping the expansion of Kenya’s domestic capital markets.

”Njoroge has presided over a period of consolidation within the Kenyan banking sector that has helped clean up the country’s banks and vastly improve oversight over the sector. Banks have tightened their lending standards in response, thanks to the central bank’s oversight,” GlobalMarkets said.

In a statement to media houses, the apex bank said the award reinforces Njoroge’s high acclaim amongst central bank managers in the continent and globally, having scooped the same award in 2016.

While accepting the award, Njoroge recognised the work done by CBK staff, and pointed to the ongoing work in support of the innovation and green finance.

He dedicated the award to the youth of Africa.

Njoroge is serving his second term as CBK governor, having been reappointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta in June for another period of four years.

He has been on the forefront of fighting for the repeal of the interest capping law that was introduced in his early days in office in 2016.

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Prominent Uasin Gishu farmer and politician Jackson Kibor has advised men to bolt out of unpromising marriages and relationships instead of waiting for “disaster to strike”.

Kibor arranged and presided over what Kenyans term as the first “real” men’s conference after the concept hit the Interwebs in February this year.

Attendees parted with Ksh2, 000 each for the event that was held at Noble Hotel in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County on Monday, October 21.

At least 200 men, including wealthy businessmen from Uasin Gishu County, attended the 10-hour session that began at 8am and ended at 6pm.

Kibor said he got the idea mid this year after Kenyan men christened him the “chairperson” of their outfit in February.

The concept of the “men’s conference” was given birth to ahead of the 2019 Valentine’s Day. Most Kenyan men joked online that — in a bid to avoid spending money on their women on February 14 — they would lie to their partners that they were holed up in a two-day men’s conference that began on February 13 and ended on February 15.

And, the reason why they settled on Kibor as their “chairperson”, the men said: “He [Kibor] is in his 80s, yet he still has the energy to attend to his wives, the same way a twenty-something year-old would attend to his girlfriend.”

Kibor, 86, has been married three times, and divorced twice. He formally ditched his second wife in October 2017, and third wife in December 2018. The love drama that erupted around Kibor earned him the moniker “chairman”.

And, on Monday, October 21, the “chairman” addressed the outfit he leads – Kenyan men.

In his address at the event themed “Men and Seven Mountains of Social Influence”, Kibor urged men “not to be easily swayed by their women”.

The millionaire-farmer also cautioned men against being violent towards their spouses, saying: “A true man, never beats up a woman”.

“I always advocate for men to be strong. They should strive to fight for their rights, even when they are old,” said Kibor.

The controversy-laden former ward rep also advised men to embrace and maintain healthy lifestyles.

“Poor lifestyles lead to shorter life spans. Eat healthy foods, including traditional vegetables, and avoid alcohol if you want to live long,” said Kibor.

The 86-year-old also urged men to shun the temptation of waiting for their wealthy parents to pass on their properties to them.

“Build your own empire from scratch,” he said, revealing why he refused to transfer a 1, 250-acre parcel of land to his sons Elkana Kipleting, Evans Kipkosgei, Eric Kipchumba, Raymond Kibitok and Edwin Kipkoech.

“I decided to rescind a decision of transferring the land to them after one of the five became an alcoholic,” said Kibor.

According to the octogenarian, the son who succumbed to alcohol addiction became lazy, and couldn’t raise “the normal” Ksh4 million from a maize farm that he [son] used to till.

The men’s conference in Eldoret was attended by, among others, ex-Elgeyo-Marakwet County Assembly speaker Albert Kochei, who moderated the session, and Bishop Jackson Kosgey.

The event was organised to assist men who are battling identity crisis.

The former speaker said they settled on Kibor to chair the meeting because he has “unparalleled success” in agri-business.

Kibor warned men against adopting quick-money tactics, saying: “Remember, money gotten through corrupt deals will come back to haunt and embarrass you in the future.”

The “chairman” has in the recent past hogged media headlines for divorcing two of his three wives in quick succession, citing “cruelty, desertion and being denied conjugal rights” as key reasons for the separations.

On Monday, however, Kibor sensationally said he wasn’t the one who ditched his women, but it is his now ex-wives who went to court and successfully applied to dump him “after staying with me for more than 40 years”.

And, from that experience, Kibor advised men not hold on to “abusive and unpromising relationships”.

“When the marriage hits rock bottom, and there are more sorrowful days than blissful ones, then don’t hesitate leaving that union. Walk out before it becomes a disaster,” he said.

Kibor served as a ward rep in Wareng for at least 20 years.

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A city-based lawyer has filed a complaint against Safaricom, Airtel and Telkom Kenya over high cost of data and expiry of unused data bundles.

In his complaint to the Communications and Multimedia Appeals Tribunal, Adrian Kamotho accused the three firms of unlawfully and irregularly depriving consumers of their unused data bundles.

Mr Kamotho said the firms have failed to provide an option to consumers to roll over unused data thus illegally depriving them of their property.

“The complainant is immensely aggrieved over the high cost of data and profoundly frustrated by the arbitrary expiry of hard earned data bundles…Expiring data bundles have become a thorn in the flesh of Kenyan mobile users. Despite charging an arm and a leg for data, the Respondents have been depriving off consumers, the right to quiet enjoyment of legitimately acquired data bundles,” Mr Kamotho said in his complaint.

Further, Mr Kamotho accused the telcos of discriminating against their consumers by charging them “out of bundle” rates that are different from normal bundle rates.

The lawyer wants consumers allowed to keep the data that they have purchased for as long as they remain active on the vendor’s network.

“Data should not have an expiry date until used up‚ as long as the SIM card is active and the consumer keeps recharging,” said Mr Kamotho.

Mr Kamotho said the data expiry model is unfair to the poor majority, who can buy low-amount bundles, which are designed to expire sooner than big bundles, which only the rich can afford.

He said requiring consumers to use their bundles within a given period is irrational, given the phenomenal deficiency in network coverage in various parts of the country.

He added that the frequent pain of losing data when mobile devices run out of power is unbearable.

Mr Kamotho said he had written to the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) demanding a clarification on the model in vain.

He accused CA of failing to provide consumers with the option of rolling over unused data, illegally depriving them of their unused data.

He said the firms should send consumers reasonable depletion notifications to enable them to track usage.

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Jubilee’s McDonald Mariga has unveiled his education promise for Kibra residents after handing mathematical sets and a personalised success cards to all students sitting KCPE and KCSE exams in the constituency.

According to the sixpoint education promise, if he sails through in the forthcoming Kibra mini polls, he will within a year establish a public school in every ward.

He promises to form a Technical Bursary Committee made up of parents and teachers in each ward to ensure transparent allocation of bursary.

“I will actively seek international scholarships to empower our Kibra students,” he said.

The six point promise further states that Mariga will build a Kibra Constituency TIVET with students benefiting from the automatic bursaries and helb loans.

“I will introduce a Kibra CV bank which will use technology to lobby for jobs for our youth,“ he said.

Mariga added, “We shall introduce a school based mentorship programme using Kibra Alumni and their international contacts”.

According to him, he will progressively introduce a feeding programme in all the public schools which will be supported by Mariga Foundation.

He said Jubilee is already building Tivets in every constituency and thus the residents can be sure that within a year, he will lobby and build a technical school in Kibra.

Mariga will on November 7 battle with over 15 candidates to win the Kibra seat.

The seat fell vacant after the late Ken Okoth succumbed to cancer.

ODM’s Imran Okoth, ANC’s Eliud Owalo and Ford Kenya’s Khamisi Butichi are among top contestants in the by election.

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Eliud Kipchoge, the greatest marathoner on the planet, has just been conferred with the second highest honour granted to civilians in Kenya.

President Uhuru Kenyatta conferred the honour, Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart, on Kipchoge on Sunday during Mashujaa Day celebrations held in Mombasa.

Kipchoge received the honour for his accomplishment of running a marathon in under two hours in Vienna, a feat thought unthinkable and nearly impossible, and in the process inspiring not just Kenyans, but the whole world.

But what are Kenya’s national heroes entitled to?

Under the National Heroes Act which was passed by Parliament in 2014 — but yet to come into force — Kipchoge would be entitled to the following benefits.

But Kipchoge may not enjoy the benefits listed below because the EGH honour he has received is under the National Honours Act.

In addition to a Certificate Of Declaration of Hero, Section 25 of the National Heroes Act says that a person recognized as a hero would be entitled to:

  • Invitations to national and community functions as a state guest.
  • Having cultural festivals, concerts, exhibitions and sports events organized in their honour.
  • Having towns, institutions, open parks in urban areas, roads, streets, estates, stamps and notable landmarks named after them.
  • The award of medals, insignia, commendations, certificates and such other commemorative as may be determined by the Council from time to time.
  • The issuance of such postage stamps, scarves, mementos, utensils, apparel and artifacts as may be determined by the Council from time to time.
  • The publication of books depicting their respective roles in the country’s history or the social life of the society, which shall be part of the educational curriculum or being accorded financial assistance from the National Heroes Fund where their economic circumstances warrant such assistance.
  • The government may also give national heroes who are in need of assistance the following, though they are not entitled to them: health care services, housing, food, access to clean and safe water, social security, and free education for their dependants of school-going age up to tertiary level.

What are those with national honours entitled to?

The National Honours Act does not specify any benefits but in Section 14(2) it says that the Cabinet Secretary may make regulations to “prescribe the privileges or benefits that shall attach to a national honour.”

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Betin has announced that it would be closing down 500 retail outlets, rendering another 2,500 Kenyans jobless.

The firm said in a statement that the government’s hard stance left it with no option but to issue its staff with redundancy notices.

They will join thousands of Kenyans who have lost their jobs since July in a wave of layoffs by companies seeking to remain afloat.

This has created fear among Kenyans working in both formal and informal sectors.

Betin joins other betting firms in the country that have laid off their workers after they failed to meet the tax obligations. 

In an earlier statement, the firm had announced that its employees will be rendered redundant on October 31, 2019.

“In view of the above, we have had financial constraints as you might all expect. As a result of the deterioration of the profitability, the management has had to rethink its operational model and to proceed with the exercise of termination on account of redundancy,” wrote Betin in their statement.

Sportpesa also closed its shops in Kenya laying off all their employees.

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The family of Likoni Ferry tragedy victims Mariam Kighenda and her 4-year-old daughter Amanda Mutheu has moved to court to sue Kenya Ferry Services(KFS) over negligence.

This had already been revealed by the family’s spokesperson, Luka Mbati, following the release of post-mortem results on Wednesday.

The family expressed satisfaction with the results, saying burial arrangements would kick off immediately.

Chief Government pathologist Johansen Oduor conducted the autopsy on Wednesday and found that Kighenda and her daughter died out of suffocation.

The post-mortem examination took one-and-half hours, said Dr Oduor. It was conducted at Jocham Hospital mortuary in Mombasa.

Burial arrangements are currently ongoing in Makueni county where Kighenda’s husband, John Wambua, hails from.

The remains are being transported to Makueni today (Friday) and later be buried tomorrow (tomorrow).

Nairobi governor Mike Sonko has offered to transport the bodies from Mombasa to Makueni through his Sonko Rescue Team.

Meanwhile, President Uhuru Kenyatta has sacked all members of the Kenya Ferry Services board following the deaths of Mariam and her daughter Amanda at the Likoni Channel.

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Controversial music artist Willy Paul is no longer new to controversies! After confusing his fans with his ‘lamba nyonyo’ hit, the gospel-turned secular musician has a new hit dubbed ‘bure kabisa’ and in its teaser video, he has paraded fully naked women.

Taking to his instagram account, Pozze posted the video captioning it “THE BEAUTY OF THE EYE CAN BE SO DECEIVING, INSIDE NI BURE KABISA!!! NEW SONG LINK IN BIO “.

The women paraded in the video are seen standing trying to hide their nudity as they sipped juice using straws under a shower. Well, let us hope moral police Eziekiel Mutua will block it from reaching the audience.

Before he released his previous song, Chuchuma, taking to social media, he quoted the qualities of video vixens he was looking for and stated that they had to be bootylicious.

“Would you like to be in my next video?? Are you a female with a big a**** and sexy body??? Speak up tumalizane,” he said.

Here is the video teaser the musician has shared.

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Raila Odinga-led Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party has won big in the just concluded by-elections held in Ganda ward in Malindi and Abakaile Ward in Daadab Constituency.

In the race to determine the MCAs of the respective wards, ODM’s Reuben Mwamure Katana won the Ganda ward race as Mohamed Sheikh won the Abakaile ward seat.

ODM through their official twitter account have congratulated their candidates, urging them to now go and serve the people that elected them.

“Congratulations Reuben Mwamure Katana and Mohamed Sheikh Ali for your victories in Ganda Ward in Malindi Constituency and Abakaile Ward in Daadab Constituency respectively. We are proud of you. Now go and serve your people,” tweeted ODM.

The Malindi by-election recorded a high turn out of voters despite the heavy rains that hit the area.

Hundreds of voters braved the heavy rains and flooded roads to reach polling stations to exercise their democratic right.

Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa ended up being arrested on Wednesday and later freed on bail on Thursday following a fracas when she stormed the home of ODM candidate Reuben Katana in a bid to stop campaigns.

Katana’s uncle was killed in the process.

She said the campaign period was over. 

Jumwa was released on bail on Thursday and declared, “No retreat, no surrender.”

ODM’s Katana defeated Abdulrahman Omar – independent, Joseph Kiponda of Jubilee party and Kadu Asili’s David Mitsanze.

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Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko says he will — through his Sonko Rescue Team outfit — transport the bodies of Likoni tragedy victims, Mariam Kighenda and her daughter Amanda Mutheu, from Mombasa to Makueni on Friday.

A representative of Kighenda’s family, Luka Mbaati, on Wednesday told media that the mother-and-daughter’s remains will be transported from Jocham mortuary in Mombasa on Friday night (October 18) ahead of the burial, which will take place at Ngaamba area in Kilome Constituency, Makueni County the following day, Saturday, October 19.

And now, Sonko says he has offered to transport the bodies at no cost to the family.

“We have agreed with those in charge of the burial arrangements to transport the bodies and play any other possible role in the burial arrangements,” Sonko said on Thursday.

The bodies of Kighenda and Mutheu were removed from the sea last Friday, October 11, after staying immersed in the Indian Ocean for 13 days.

Kighenda and Mutheu died after their vehicle, a Toyota Isis, slid off MV Harambee on the Likoni Ferry channel on September 29 and plunged 58 meters into the sea.

Mariam’s family said Wednesday that after burying their loved ones, they will sue the Kenya Ferry Services Limited for negligence.

“We are, currently, continuing with burial plans. Once we have laid our loved ones to rest, we will institute legal action against the Kenya Ferry Services Limited,” Mbaati said.

Thirty five-year-old Mariam Kighenda and her 4-year-old daughter, Amanda Mutheu, suffocated to death, autopsy results released Wednesday, October 16, showed.

According to State’s chief pathologist, Dr. Johansen Oduor, the two died of asphyxia – a condition arising when the body is deprived of oxygen.

Asphyxia, simply known as suffocation, causes unconsciousness or death, Oduor said.

“I can confirm that Kighenda and Mutheu died as a result of lack of oxygen in their bodies. We’ll now hand over the report to police so that they can continue with their investigations,” the pathologist said Wednesday after overseeing the 1-hour and 30 minutes’ postmortem exercise at Jocham Hospital in Mombasa.

Oduor said the autopsy outcome showed that the mother-and-daughter “died around the same time.”

“None of them suffered any physical injury,” said Oduor.

The pathologist, however, said it was impossible for them to ascertain the time Kighenda and Mutheu remained alive under water before finally succumbing.

“We couldn’t establish that because the bodies had stayed immersed in the ocean for long,” said Oduor.

“The longer one remains immersed in water, the more difficult it is to get accurate results on how long one stayed alive before succumbing to asphyxia. Decomposition of the bodies had begun. However, it couldn’t be possible to tell when it exactly started because when one dies in a water body, the [decomposition] process is delayed,” said Oduor.

Likoni lead detective, Charles Onyango, told K24 Digital that they have commenced investigations into the death of the two.

“We are yet to question Kenya Ferry Services managing director, Bakari Gowa, in regard to the mother-and-daughter’s deaths. However, we have lined him up for interrogation,” said Onyango.

Following the Likoni tragedy that claimed the two lives, President Uhuru Kenyatta sacked the Kenya Ferry Services Limited chairperson Dan Mwazo.

In a Wednesday, October 16, Gazette Notice Number 9833, the Head of State said Mwazo was dismissed with immediate effect.

Also fired, were other non-executive board members of the Kenya Ferry Services Limited. They include: Naima Amir, Philip Ndolo, Rosina Mruttu and Daula Omar.

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The DCI chief, George Kinoti, has hired city lawyer Donald Kipkorir to represent him in a civil case in which a contempt action against him was filed by Sarah Wairimu-Cohen.

In a letter addressed to Wairimu’s lawyer, Philip Murgor and State prosecutor, Catherine Mwaniki, Kinoti says he “read on social media that Wairimu had sued him for contempt of court”.

Kinoti said he was out of Kenya, and that he has been meant to understand that the State is yet to receive the application of contempt against him.

In the letter to Wairimu’s lawyer, Kinoti is asking Murgor to serve his legal rep, Kipkorir, with the application.

Kinoti has termed the letter as urgent.

On Tuesday, October 15, Tob Cohen’s widow, Sarah Wairimu, filed to have Kinoti, Nation’s special projects boss and senior journalist, John Kamau, and State prosecutor Juma Victor Owiti jailed for six months for contempt of court.

Wairimu’s list also included Office of the DPP (3rd respondent) and that of the DCI (1st respondent). The applicant wants the two offices fined for contempt.

Wairimu said the five respondents disobeyed an edict issued by Lady Justice Jessie Lesiit on September 16, which barred the DCI, DPP and the media from publishing content involving investigations into Tob Cohen’s death.

Wairimu accused DCI chief Kinoti (2nd accused) of “prosecuting” the case against her on September 13 after discovering Cohen’s body in his Kitisuru home.

“…[ On September 13], the 1st and 2nd respondents, knowing well that there was no iota of evidence directly or indirectly linking the applicant to the murder of her husband, continued to prosecute their trumped up case against the applicant through the print and electronic media by going into a frenzy of: malicious and unsubstantiated allegations; unsolicited commentaries; uniformed opinions; and unverified theories, all calculated to depict the applicant as a cold-hearted originator, facilitator and executor of her husband’s initial disappearance and subsequent murder,” said Wairimu in her application filed at the High Court in Nairobi on Tuesday, October 15.

On John Kamau, whom she listed as the 5th respondent, Wairimu accused him of writing a “damning article” published on September 16, which, she said, “cast aspersions on the innocence of the applicant”.

The article, Wairimu said, was titled Inside web of lies that led police to Cohen’s body.

Wairimu also accused Kinoti of holding on to her matrimonial property with the aim of “handing it over on a silver platter to interested parties, including the siblings of the deceased as confirmed in an article published in The Star newspaper on September 16 titled Cohen gave sister Ksh400 million will”.

Juma Victor Owiti, the 4th respondent, is the State prosecutor.

The pre-trial for Tob Cohen murder case begins on October 30.

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Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja wants appointment of former Othaya MP Mary Wambui to the National Employment Authority (NEA) quashed.

The Senator says the the appointment goes against the provisions of Section 10(2) of the NEA act.

‘I have asked her to politely decline this appointment’, Sakaja said in a statement.

The appointment of Mary Wambui and many other old people brought to sharp focus the issue of youth unemployment since last week.

Sakaja believe that Mary Wambui is no fit for the position and can serve Kenyans ‘in a different capacity’.

‘Hon. Mary Wambui Munene is known to me, as we served together in the 1 1 th Parliament as well as having been a member of The National Alliance party which I chaired. I have confidence that she has the ability to serve Kenyans in a different capacity but not as the vision carrier and Chairperson of the National Employment Authority. I therefore urge her to politely decline this particular appointment’, he wrote.

The Senator went a step further to file a petition to have the appointment revoked.

‘I have further instructed my lawyers as well as those of the Kenya Young Parliamentarians Association to file a petition this morning seeking to quash this appointment. The respondents of this suit are The Cabinet Secretary of Labour, The Hon. Attorney General and Hon. Mary Wambui Munene’, the statement concluded.


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COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli has been relieved his duties as board member of the National Bank of Kenya (NBK) recently acquired by the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB).

According to a local publisher, KCB has announced the purging of the former board and appointed seven new directors who are expected to breathe a new lease of life into the previously troubled bank.

Atwoli who occupied one of the two seats reserved for the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) nominees represented workers’ interests in the lender.

Besides Atwoli, former NBK Chairman Mohammed Hassan, Mark Obuya and Joseph Kering have also been given the boot.

The new management has also done away with board seats reserved for treasury cabinet secretary and the managing trustee of the NSSF.

“Following the completion of all the regulatory processes for the takeover of National Bank of Kenya, changes have been made to the board of directors,” reads the public notice.

“The directors have voluntarily retired from the board to pave way for the smooth transition,” adds the notice.

In their stead, KCB has appointed  NBK chief executive Paul Russo, John Nyerere, Stanley Kamau, Jones Nzomo, Linnet Mirehane, Gen (Rtd.) Julius Karangi and KCB CEO Joshua Oigara.

“The new board will provide oversight over all the operations of National Bank in line with the overall KCB Group strategy,” adds the notice.

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The weatherman has warned that Nairobi, Central Kenya and Coastal counties will experience heavy rainfall of more than 20mm beginning Wednesday, October 16, at 6am.

Besides the listed areas, the intensity of the rainfall is expected to hit at least 40mm in Western Kenya, North Eastern and South Eastern regions beginning Thursday, October 17, to Sunday, October 20 at 9pm.

Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi, Tana River, Lamu, Nairobi, Nyeri, Kiambu, Nyandarua, Murang’a, Embu, Meru, Kirinyaga, Tharaka-Nithi, Kitui, Machakos, Makueni, Taita-Taveta, Busia, Kisii, Nyamira, Kericho, Bomet, Nakuru, Narok, Migori, Nandi, Trans-Nzoia, Uasin-Gishu, Elgeyo-Marakwet, Vihiga, Bungoma, Homa-Bay, Kisumu, Siaya, Kakamega, Kajiado, Nakuru, Marsabit, Mandera and Wajir are the counties that the Kenya Meteorological Department says will be hardest hit by the downpour.

“Residents in all the mentioned areas are advised to be on the lookout for potential floods,” said the Kenya-MET in a press statement to newsrooms.

“Flood waters may suddenly appear even in places where it has not rained heavily and can be deeper and faster than they look, especially in semi-arid and urban areas,” added the weatherman.

“Residents are advised to avoid driving through, or walking in moving water or open fields, and not to shelter under trees and near grilled windows to avoid exposure to lighting strikes,” said Kenya-MET.

The weather forecaster has advised Kenyans living in landslide-prone areas such as Mt Kenya and Central Kenya regions “to be on high alert”.

“The heavy rains and moderate to strong winds may result in storm surges along the Coast, hence fishermen and all the marine industry should be on high alert,” said the weatherman.

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Attempts by Ida Odinga, through her lawyer, to stop the media from publishing details about the Fidel Odinga property row pitting his widow, Lwam Bekele, against Ida and her daughter, Winnie, have been thwarted by High Court judge Aggrey Muchelule.

Ida’s lawyer, Victor Olao, sought orders from Muchelule on Wednesday to have the media stopped from covering the dispute that has ended up in the public space.

“You are fighting in an open court; therefore, we cannot stop the media [from accessing the courtroom, or covering the case]. If the media finds the story juicy, let them publish [its details],” Muchelule told Olao.

Muchelule, earlier Wednesday, ordered a DNA test on twins allegedly sired by the late Fidel Odinga.

The judge directed that the test be conducted to ascertain the paternity of the two before proceeding with the succession case.

This is after Lwam objected to an application filed by Ida Odinga and her daughter, Winnie, seeking for grant of representative in the estate.

In her response, Lwam asserted that her son is the only heir to her late husband’s properties, denying knowledge of the said twins whose interest was raised by Ida and Winnie.

Lwam said Ida and Winnie’s application to have her son co-share the properties with the twins has been overtaken by events, having been allegedly filed outside timelines stipulated by the law of succession.

She said the grant of letters of administration of the estate was already issued on January 9, 2019.

Lwam claims that birth certificates of the twins, which were attached in Ida and Winnie’s affidavits, did not indicate the father of the minors, hence it is yet to be proven that Fidel sired the children.

She further claims the birth certificates show the minors were born on July 1, 2015, six months after Fidel’s death but Ida and Winnie alleged Fidel was already supporting the children.

But Lwam said that if it’s proven that her late husband fathered the minors, she will include them as beneficiaries.

The widow also denied claims that she has hidden her son from Raila’s family or even withdrawn him from the formal education system as alleged by her mother-in-law.

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