Bribery, politics mar KPA MD recruitment
The race for the advertised position of Kenya Ports Authority managing director currently held by Daniel Manduku in an acting capacity has attracted intense positioning of individuals eyeing for the lucrative post with claims of bribery, tribalism, politics, and media engagement and fixing potential candidates to the hold. The recruitment...
Investor wants Shah to refund Sh500m
Share Pin Email Intrigues and controversy continue to unravel as Bidco chief executive Vimal Shah, former Central Bank of Kenya governor Nahashon Nyaga and a coffee farmer Stephen Mwagiru, lost controlling interests in the much touted Tatu City commercial venture. The investor has sworn to fight to the grave to...
Big shots plan to buy state corporations
Our Correspondent The scramble for the 26 state-owned corporations lined up for sale has kicked off in earnest even before the exercise is officially launched. Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto, Daniel Moi and Mwai Kibaki together with Raila Odinga families are among those angling to go for the state corporations. Raila...
Ministers fight to control farmers census
Share Pin Email In a bid to rein in cartels minting billions of shillings from supplying fictitious maize to the National Cereal and Produce Board at the expense of farmers, Uhuru Kenyatta has come up with a new strategy. The president has directed the ICT ministry headed by cabinet...
Governor abandons brother inlaw
A brother-in-law of Nyamira governor John Nyagarama is being detained by police over fraudulent tender awards. Sources say Hillary Obutu’s family tried to have the governor secure his release in vain. Nyagarama, according to sources, told them off claiming he had paid them dowry and has no links with them...
London Court fines Vimal Shah, ex-CBK boss billions
Bidco chief executive Vimal Shah, ex-Central Bank governor Nahshon Nyagah and coffee farmer Stephen Mwagiru could face international sanctions before Christmas if they fail to pay close to Sh2 billion in damages to the major investors in the multi-billion-dollar Tatu City. After months...
Fear Uhuru grooming Raila to succeed him as 2022
The walkout by Bomet lawmakers from a presidential function in protest against not being called to speak is seen by some in Uhuru Kenyatta’s half of Jubilee hut as part of William Ruto’s 2022 campaign team strategy to force his boss to openly declare his support for him in 2022....
Vimal Shah camp suffers mortal blow in Tatu City wars
International investors in Tatu City have claimed a big win for the project, after years of battling with a faction led by Nahashon Nyagah, Steve Mwagiru and Vimal Shah. The trio have in the past been accused of leading a pack of wolves trying to wrest control of the project...
Obado going bonkus in prison
Though Migori governor Okoth Obado is cutting the figure of a confident man in the dock, at prison he is behaving in a strange way which has made fellow prisoners and guards suspect he is going nuts. The governor’s stay in prison was extended last week after High Court Judge...
Jacque Maribe turns to Jesus behind bars
State House top officials have abandoned Citizen TV journalist Jacque Maribe after she entangled herself in a murder case. Maribe is now on her own and has turned to her Maker as she prepares to battle the murder case. Since Wednesday last week when the High Court ordered she be...
