Exposed:The dark side of Safaricom new CEO Ndegwa
Peter Ndegwa, the man who landed the plum Safaricom CEO position has dual citizenship; Weekly Citizen has information from a reliable source well conversant with happenings at the leading mobile service provider board of directors and top management. PN as he is known among professional colleagues holds a British citizenship...
Why have Ruto Kalenjin rebel MPs gone silent?
Though his boss has reportedly shown him the middle finger in running State affairs, deputy president William Ruto is resting easy after regaining total control of the Kalenjin community projected to be his biggest voting bloc in 2022. The DP raised a storm last week after he was photographed tending...
What is ailing Nyamira county?
In Nyamira county, a watchman and a political goon are too powerful to an extent of influencing the sacking of senior officers in the county government. This is also the only county where the governor and members of the county executive at times take orders from the enforcement officers, watchmen...
Who is who in rush for Trans-Nzoia governor’s job 2022
The one million dollar question that has kept on boggling the minds of Trans Nzoia residents is whether or not Governor Patrick Khaemba was in 2013 elected as a person, or because of his allegiance to the Ford-Kenya FK party. Could Khaemba have been voted in as a Bukusu so...
Waiguru’s woes pile as Kibicho joins Ngirici side
Kirinyaga governor Anne Mumbi Waiguru is now fighting the battle of her lifetime to save her nascent political career after Interior principal secretary Karanja Kibicho bankrolled disgruntled MCAs to oust her through impeachment. Already, a motion for her impeachment has been presented the county assembly. The PS has since sent...
IPOA probes mysterious Voi night guard death
Police are investigating the mysterious death of a night guard at Maungu Lorry Park in Voi sub-county. The deceased is said to have died due to injuries arising from a brutal beating by police officers as they enforced the 7pm-5am curfew. Kazungu’s body was recovered by neighbours from his rented...
Coverup bid as Ojaamong extends executives’ contracts
A move by Governor Sospeter Ojaamong to renew contracts of county executive committee members for two years despite a number of then under performing has left many questions unanswered. Ojaamong extended the contracts under the executive authority empowered to him. He extended the employment contracts by two years with effect...
Wives fight over late CBK senior manager body
The burial of a senior Central Bank of Kenya manager that was stopped by court after his second wife sued her co-wife is likely to proceed if Bukusu elders involved in reconciling to two warring parties does not succeed. According to family sources, relatives and elders want the case withdrawn...
KPA MD succession battle intensifies
The abrupt resignation of Daniel Manduku as Kenya Ports Authority managing director has opened a succession battle at the port of Mombasa. Rashid Salim, the GM engineering services has since been appointed acting managing director. Transport cabinet secretary James Macharia said Salim will act pending the advertisement and competitive recruitment...
Dynasties using KRA to hit business rivals
Even as the government intensifies the war on corruption, there are claims that dynasties that have ruled the country’s economic and political pillars are unleashing salvos at the Kenya Revenue Authority to cripple firms belonging to upcoming investors who they view as a threat to their political dominance. The claim...
Masinde Muliro varsity new acting VC disapproved
A section of staff at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology is opposed and have dismissed a move by Education cabinet secretary George Magoha to appoint Solomon Shibairo to act for six months as the university’s vice chancellor. Apart from challenging Magoha to reach at a compromise and have...
Graft unearthed at Embu Level Five Hospital shocks
The county assembly of Embu has suspended all the payments to non pharmaceutical supplies and food commodities at the region’s Level Five hospital after discovery that it was ridden with extreme cases of graft. According to deputy speaker of the county assembly Steve Simba, MCAs discovered a scheme where massive...
