Heartbeat of Kenya
Busia County Governor Paul Otuoma has sent all chief executive committee members, chief officers and the county Secretary, Nicodemus Mulaku on compulsory leave. The officers were ordered to hand over their respective offices to departmental directors as the governor kicks off the exercise of restructuring the county government. The governor who was flanked by his…
Former Kisii Governor James Ongwae has abandoned the Uhuru Kenyatta-led outfit Azimio la Umoja which fielded Raila Odinga as its presidential candidate in August for Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza alliance The former Governor met with President-Elect William Ruto at his official Karen residence in Nairobi on Friday. Ongwae, who served for two terms, was an ardent…
Former national assembly majority leader Hon. Adan Duale has criticized President Uhuru for referring to Raila as his leader saying the outgoing head of state is soothing his ego to perpetuate hopeless optimism. “It’s perplexing that he now refers to the 5th time loser as his leader to soothe his ego and perpetuate hopeless optimism,” In…
Lack of evidence and forgery of documents are some of the reasons that moved the Supreme Court of Kenya judges to unanimously dismiss the petitions challenging the election of William Ruto as President. The court found the petition was to some extent, based on falsehoods by some lawyers and falsified online logs by a witness….
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 30 – The pre-trial conference on the Presidential petitions challenging President-Elect William Ruto’s win has began on Tuesday, 11.00am. The Supreme Court of Kenya led by CJ Martha Koome on its pretrial sitting has framed DRAFT ISSUES FOR DETERMINATION UPON perusing the pleadings, the Court has identified the following issues for determination,…
The National Security Advisory Committee (NSAC) members have denied claims by IEBC commissioner Prof. Abdi Guliye, who said that they wanted the chairman Wafula Chebukati to alter the presidential results. In a historic gesture, NSAC filed an affidavit at the Supreme Court in a response to accusations spelled by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)…
The Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU) of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) signed off its investigations on electronics confiscated from three Venezuelans arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) last month. The three; Salvador Javier Suarez, Jose Gregorio Castellano, and Joel Gustavo Rodriguez, arrested were found in possession of election materials during their arrests….
An affidavit by IEBC commissioner Abdi Guliye has revealed that the National Security Advisory Committee (NSAC) warned IEBC Chair Wafula Chebukati not to declare William Ruto as the president-elect. According to the affidavit by Commissioner Abdi Guliye, he claims that the security committee was led by the Principal Administrate Secretary in the office of president…
An Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) official posted to Kieni constituency in Nyeri county was on Wednesday charged before a Nyeri court with breaking the Election Act by issuing a voter with excess ballot papers during the August 9 general election. Pamela Wangui who was working as a clerk at Kihuhiro primary school polling…
Here are some of the veteran lawyers that Raila Odinga has assembled for to overturn William Ruto’s victory: Senior Counsel Kiragu Kimani Kiragu Kimani SC is a partner at Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews. He has over 30 years’ experience in constitutional matters, tax litigation, procurement disputes, commercial litigation, real estate litigation and alternative dispute…