Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, DCI, have recovered 254 HP laptops in Nairobi. The 254 HP Laptops were recovered yesterday within Embakasi area, in Nairobi. The laptops are part of the 795 Laptops obtained falsely from a business man within Nairobi.
Three suspects, in possession of the laptops, were arrested in connection to the recovery and are currently in custody. They will be arraigned in Court soon.
Directorate of Criminal Investigations, DCI, Detectives working jointly with Kenya World Life Service, KWS, kenya officials yesterday (Tuesday, 6th November, 2018) arrested Mr. Samuel Wahome and Mr. Hillary Kiplangat in Nakuru Town.
They were arrested for being in Possession of Elephant Tusks (weighing 13kgs) worth millions of shillings concealed in a Manila sack. They were arraigned in court today, Wednesday 7th November 2018.
The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Commission of Kenya has announced new pump prices. Super Petrol and diesel prices have dropped by Sh2.86 and Sh3.28 per litre respectively as kerosene price increases by Sh1.98 in the August,2019 review; the three commodities will now go for Sh109.89, Sh97.97 and Sh101.32 respectively per litre in Mombasa.
Here is a breakdown of fuel costs across all major towns in Kenya.
Ms. Jane Wawira Mugo; a serial Criminal is wanted by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, DCI, for various criminal activities including Robbery with Violence, impersonation and threatening to Kill. A warrant of arrest to that effect was issued by Milimani Law Courts. The suspect is to be be arrested wherever she’s found.
The suspect who claims to be a Private Investigator and CEO for Trimo Security Limited has been charged with various offences:-
In 2015, She was accused and charged with detaining a man for hours after forcing him to pay Ksh.440,000 to her.
That same year, she was also accused of Personating a person employed in the Public service whereby she stormed the office of the victim’s lawyer (The detained man’s lawyer) and introduced herself as a Police officer; searched the house and created disturbance.
Further, she is accused of abducting a Nrb businessman and locking him up in her office at Baba Ndogo and forced him to pay a debt of Ksh. 400K. She was charged with abduction, personation and Creating disturbance vide CR141/183/2015. All cases withdrawn under Section 204 of the Penal Code.
On 12 th December 2016, her employees; Isaac Ndirangu, Noreen Malala and Michael Gita robbed off a man ksh. 90,000 which he had withdrawn from a Bank after they had introduced themselves as Police Officers. They were carrying a Radio Phone, Handcuffs and a Pistol and were charged with Robbery.
On 15th August 2019, Ms Jane Wawira Mugo while at New Muthaiga Este drew a Pistol and threatened to kill a man on allegations that he was spying for a relative of the Director in a Company where she was the Private Investigator. The suspect is ordered to report at the nearest Police Station.
Here is the Presidential address on the Coronavirus pandemic: The 8-Point Stimulus Program, Saturday 23rd, May 2020;
“Today I want you to reflect on the state of our economy with me.
But before I invite you to do so, let me first make an observation. Whenever we talk to you about the economy, we bombard you with figures and statistics without a human face.
Yet behind these figures are real lives.
There is a hardworking farmer who mixes his sweat with the soil in order to feed his or her family and our communities;
a diligent mother who has the double role of nurturing the family and maintaining a full-time job;
an aspiring and driven young person, with hopes and dreams for tomorrow;
and an impatient teen who cannot wait to grow up and be a part of the game.
But when we give you economic figures, you never see the faces of these Kenyans.
Today, I will paint a picture of these Kenyans.
The Coronavirus pandemic will continue undermining our efforts to revitalize the economy for the unforeseeable future. The rate of infections may SURGE upwards if we FAIL to comply with the protocols issued by the Ministry of Health. It is my prayer that we heed the call and conduct ourselves with responsibility and
As of this morning, we have cumulatively tested 57,650 samples, out of which 1,192 persons have tested positive for the Coronavirus disease, with 50 of our compatriots having so far, succumbed.
Because of the effects of this pandemic on the economy, there are Kenyans who have been stripped off their dignity, they cannot feed their families or pay their rent.
Many of these Kenyans find themselves in a vulnerable and difficult situation.
And that is why EVERY week, my Administration, has been dispatching a total of 250 Million Shillings to vulnerable families.
And you may ask WHY we have chosen to directly send the money to these vulnerable groups? We are MOTIVATED by two reasons.
One, in the past, if a family could not feed itself because of floods or famine, or other such natural calamities we rushed to give them FOOD RELIEF.
Government got suppliers, gave them resources to buy the food and arranged for the logistics of distributing the relief to those in need.
Unfortunately, with this measures we only discovered with time.
We noted that half the financial resources given to relief suppliers were LOST to BROKERS and logistics.
Very little of such resources reached to the targeted groups. We had to change this method of support delivery by leveraging on technology through cash transfers directly to the families.
This way we have by-passed BROKERS and CARTELS.
Two, we have catalyzed the local economies by injecting 250 million shillings each week through these families.
Money in the hands of a family, gives them power to make economic choices in their local spaces and not depend on lining up to receive food donations.
And these choices catalyze and build the economy from the bottom up.
During these unprecedented times of CORONA VIRUS, we have to cushion the economy from below and not from top down.
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Now, I will PAINT a second PICTURE. It is about our young people.
Our nation is made up of over 70% young people.
Although this gives me hope, because a young population is better equipped to fight the Corona virus, it also WORRYING.
Worrying because, during a pandemic like the one we have, the SHEER ENERGY of our young population will FIGHT the VIRUS, alright.
BUT in the process, their energy could also be misdirected.
And this is why we MUST direct it to constructive use.
As we fight this VIRUS, I have started to HARNESS the ENERGY of our young people, engaging them in the National Hygiene Programme – Kazi Mtaani Initiative.
Under this programme, we will SPEND a total of 10 Billion shillings engaging our youth in restoring public hygiene standards, urban civil works, and other public undertakings.
Currently, during the trial period the number of youth engaged is 26,000; we intend to increase that number to 200,000 youths, across the country.
And to make it sustainable after the COVID crisis, we will regiment them into livelihood guilds. These are small groups of young people with a purpose, and a passion for Kenya.
Working with county governments, we will look for ways of generating work for them.
We are making this endeavor through an urban renewal programme to upgrade and to modernize our towns and cities; we want our towns to be clean and green, just like Singapore is. There is no reason why Kenya cannot be.
Fellow Kenyans,
This COVID-19 pandemic is not only a health crisis, it is fundamentally an economic crisis. Jobs have been lost, businesses have closed and the economy is on a go-slow. To combat the effects of this down-turn, my Administration has had to take additional measures.
Today, I am happy to announce the rolling out of my 8-Point Economic Stimulus Programme, amounting to a total of Ksh 53.7 Billion.
The injection of this money into the economy will stimulate growth and cushion families and companies as we navigate our way out the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first element of the 8-point programme will focus on infrastructure. Following the ongoing rains, road infrastructure has been adversely affected across the entire country. To address this challenge in the short term, as a Government, we intend to rehabilitate access roads, footbridges and other public infrastructure.
We have set aside a total of Ksh. 5 billion to hire local labour for this undertaking.
We are convinced, with the use of local labour and local construction materials, in line with our “Buy Kenya Build Kenya” Policy, we will stimulate and support micro and small business enterprises.
The second element of the stimulus programme will be about education. I know the anxiety weighing on the minds of parents and their children in regard to when schools will re-open. We will in the very near future, be communicating, what plans and programmes we have for the education sector. In that regard, we have allocated an additional budget of KSh. 6.5 Billion to the Ministry of Education.
The purpose of this is to hire 10,000 teachers and 1,000 ICT interns to support digital learning. The programme will also support the improvement of school infrastructure, including acquisition of 250,000 locally fabricated desks. The aim is to get thousands of our graduates off the bench and into action while we support local artisans and builders businesses.
The third element of the programme will target Small and Medium Enterprises. During this COVID pandemic, the liquidity of these enterprises has been adversely affected.
The stimulus programme will deal with this in two ways. First and Foremost, we have allocated Ksh 10 Billion to fast-track payment of outstanding VAT refunds and other pending payments. I am also happy to note that just yesterday, we released Ksh. 30 Billion towards payment of pending bills in the roads sector.
In addition to this, we will inject Ksh 3 Billion as seed capital for the SME Credit Guarantee Scheme. The intention here is to provide affordable credit to small and micro enterprises.
And to do so in an efficient and structured manner, borrowing from the professional standards and practices of private sector credit arrangements.
Health is our fourth target of the 8-point stimulus programme. My Administration intends to hire an additional 5,000 healthcare workers with diploma/certificate – level qualification for a period of one year. This will not only enhance our COVID-19 response capability but also enhance the implementation of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) programme.
Further, the stimulus programme will set aside Ksh.1.7 Billion for the expansion of bed capacity in our public hospitals. I encourage the Ministry of Health to utilize our Jua Kali Sector in this endeavor.
Similarly, resources will be pumped into our medical research facilities to enhance their research capacity, which is critical to generation of new innovations in the medical field.
But with the extra resources, these facilities will also undergo some level of reforms to optimize their performance.
Fellow Kenyans, we will in due course announce a raft of reforms in our research institutions. I am persuaded that these reforms will upscale our medical research facilities to a standard that can rival the best in the world.
The fifth element of the stimulus programme will focus on agriculture. My Administration has prioritized Ksh. 3 billion for the supply of farm inputs through e-vouchers, targeting 200,000 small scale farmers.
This is meant to cushion farmers from the effects of adverse weather, and to secure food supply chains in the post COVID-19 period and into the future. Further, under this programme we have allocated Ksh. 1.5 billion to assist flower and horticultural producers to access international markets, in a period where we have a shortage of flights into and out of the country.
These interventions will support the sustenance of our farming communities and provide continued gainful employment for thousands of workers in our bread basket areas.
Tourism is the sixth area of target for the stimulus programme. This sector has suffered the most – because of restricted movements, and termination of international flights.
To jumpstart this important sector, and protect its players from heavy financial losses, my Administration will provide soft loans to hotels and related establishments through the Tourism Finance Corporation (TFC), and A total of Ksh 2 Billion will be set aside to support renovation of facilities and the restructuring of business operations by actors in this industry.
In addition to this, funding will also be set aside to support the operations of our premier hospitality institution, Utalii College, to guarantee the steady supply of well-trained hospitality professionals.
The tourism component of the stimulus programme will also engage 5,500 community scouts under the Kenya Wildlife Service at a cost of Ksh. 1 billion. Additionally support will be made available to approximately 160 community conservancies at a cost of Ksh. 1 billion.
Fellow Kenyans, we want to green our country and hence the seventh element of the stimulus concerns the environment. To mitigate the impact of deforestation and climate change, and to enhance the provision of water facilities, my Administration will rehabilitate wells, water pans and underground tanks in the Arid and Semi-Arid areas. For this purpose, we have set aside Ksh. 850 million. A further Ksh 1Billion has also been set aside for flood control measures; and another Ksh 540 Million for our Greening Kenya Campaign.
Our Eighth and final element of the stimulus programme is manufacturing. As a strategy, we will enforce the policy on “Buy Kenya Build Kenya”.
To this end, my Administration will set aside an initial investment of Ksh. 600 million to purchase locally manufactured vehicles. This is expected to sustain the operations of local motor vehicle manufacturers, and the attendant employment of workers.
I also want at this point to thank the National Assembly and Parliament as a whole for its incisive and speedy consideration and approval of the tax measures my Administration proposed to spur the economy – by ensuring that employees have more of their earnings available to them to spend and to reduce the corporate tax burden as an incentive to business enterprises.
I therefore take this opportunity similarly urge the August House to consider, on a priority basis the Budget Proposals to anchor my 8 – Point Economic Stimulus Programme in order to release this money to Kenyans who are in need.
Finally, my Fellow Kenyans, the challenges of the moment have put us on a new road. And the twists and turns of this road are unknown. Not only to us, but to the world at large. Every Country is struggling to find a way forward.
But I am comforted by only one thing about Kenyans. Throughout our history, we are on record as a people who know how to do a good fight. And we have proven this over and over again. If we stay the course, we will overcome this challenge as we have done in the past.
I urge all of us to remain true to our country and confident that the endurance we are so famous for will drive us to victory.
I take this early opportunity to wish our Muslim Brothers and Sisters a Happy Idd-Ul-Fitr.
God bless you, God bless our Beloved Nation.”
Police Committee of the Republic of South Africa Calls for Visible and Community Policing to Be Intensified. Memo:
The National Assembly is staring at an imminent dissolution if a petition sent to the Chief Justice, Honorable David Maraga, goes through. Two Petitioners, Honourable Stephen Owoko and John Wangai, in a petition dated 29th November 2018 want the Chief Justice to dissolve Parliament for failing to pass the two thirds gender bill. In the petition, the two want the Chief Justice, who is also the president of the Supreme Court, to advise the president, H.E Uhuru Kenyatta, to dissolve the parliament pursuant to Article 261 (7) of the Kenya Constitution 2010 and High Court Ruling by Justice John Mativo that was made in March 2017.
According to Article 81(b) of the Kenyan Constitution, there should be not more than two thirds of the members of elective public bodies of the same gender some thing that parliament has continued to violate. The bill by Parliament majority leader, Hon. Duale, to pass the gender bill flopped this week after the house was hit by a quorum hitch.
“If the gender principle will not be implemented by June (2017) anyone could write a petition to the Chief Justice to advise the president to dissolve the parliament,” reads a verdict issued by High Court Judge, John Mativo, in March 2017.
In the historic precedent set by the Supreme Court of Kenya, the Honourable Chief Justice stated that, “It is also in our view that the greatness of a Nation lies not in the mighty of its armies, important as that may be, not in the largeness of its economy, important as that may be, the greatness of a Nation lies in its fidelity to the Constitution and the strict adherence to the rule of law and above all the fear of God.”
“Therefore, your humble petitioners pray that pursuant to Article 261 (7), the Honourable Chief Justice to advise the president to dissolve the parliament until it is conformity with Article 81(b) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 and is well constituted,” the petitioners say in their final submission.
It now remains to be seen if indeed the Chief Justice will heed to the petition and advise the president to dissolve the National Assembly for not meeting the Constitutional requirement.
The National Police Commission has this afternoon denied claims on how corrupt police officers are allowing the dangerous Al Shabaab militia into Kenya. The story formed the headline story in today’s Daily Nation News Paper.
Here is the police response;
The attention of the National Police Service has been drawn to the front page story in today’s edition of the Daily Nation accusing the police of receiving bribes to allow al Shabaab terrorists into the country.
We have read the UN report which is largely based on our Investigations into the matter of the VBIED found in Merti by our officers in February 2018, in which we foiled a major terror plot, recovered deadly weapons and arrested several culprits who are now facing court charges. Hence we find the “Nation” story full of unfair inferences and distortions of the report that appears driven by malice aimed at painting the police, especially those engaged in dangerous counter terrorism efforts in bad light for reasons that are unknown to us.
We take great exception to the malicious distortions published in today’s edition that serve only to insult the souls of our brave security personnel from all agencies who have been killed or maimed while on counter terrorism operations, as well as victims of terror attacks.All Kenyans of goodwill are aware of the fruits of the painstaking efforts and sacrifices made daily by our personnel to protect and defend our country from terrorist elements.
Therefore, whilst we are all aware that some parts of our borders are porous and could allow infiltration and that there exists a few corrupt individuals within the Police, to exaggerate in such a sensational manner without providing an iota of evidence to prove corrupt activity not only serves to aid the enemy, but is outrightly irresponsible and unfair to all Kenyans.
Starehe constituency Member of Parliament, Hon. Charles Njagua, has raised concerns over the influx of many Chinese into Kenya. The first time law maker now wants the responsible agencies to explain measures put in place to ensure the Chinese do not grab jobs meant for the youth.
“We are experiencing an influx of Chinese Nationals in Kenya. I directed my questions to the CS. Ministry of interior and coordination of National Government.
We need to know measures are being take to ensure that the Chinese nationals don’t take up jobs reserved for Kenyan youth,” said Hon. NJaguar commonly known as Jaguar. (Watch video in link, below)
Video: Hon Njaguar on influx of Chinese
Already, the Deputy President, Hon. William Ruto, has supported calls to limit Chinese invasion into Kenya. The Deputy President who was speaking in Karatina stadium in Mathira, Nyeri on Saturday, during the ordination of Mount Kenya Pentecostal Evangelistic Fellowship of Africa (PEFA) bishops, said Chinese should leave ‘small’ contracts to Kenyans.
He said this in support of Mathira Member of Parliament, MP, Rigathi Gachagua’s motion that seeks to protect locals’ jobs and contracts from foreigners.
“We have no problem with foreigners, but let them do big jobs. They should not take the jobs that we can do,” Hon. Ruto said.
The large numbers of Chinese working as laymen in the construction of the Standard Gauge Rail way has raised eyebrows. Many argue that such jobs should be left to locals, Kenyans.
Hon. Gachagua plans to introduce a bill in Parliament that will ensure all contracts worth less than KShs. 1 billion are awarded to Kenyans, only.
The Kenya Tea Development Agency, KTDA, has released the 2020 tea bonuses payout per kilo. This year’s bonuses show a significant drop per kilo compared to 2019.
The highest paid farmer in Nyeri County will be from Gitugi tea factory and is set to get Sh26.35 per kilogramme of green leaf. Other payouts will be Ragati Tea Factory (Sh20 per kilo) Iria-ini Tea Factory (Sh20), Gathuthi Tea Factory (Sh23.5) and Chinga Tea Factory (Sh21).
In Murang’a County farmers will get between Sh30 and Sh24.40 per kilo.
Here are the 2020 proposed payouts per kilo for each factory;
Iment Tea Factory- Sh31.75
Kionyo Tea Factory- 28.35sh
Kinoro Tea Factory 27,50sh
Weru Tea Factory 23,50sh
Kithongo Tea Factory 30,65
Nduti Tea Factory 24.50
Kimunye Tea Factory 26.20
Thumaita Tea Factory 25.50
Gacharage Tea Factory 30.00
Kebirigo Tea Factory Sh10.40
Gianchore Tea Factory Sh10.45
Iriaini Tea Factory Sh20.15
Gathuthi Tea Factory Sh23.35
Kangaita Tea Factory Sh26.50
Njunu Tea Factory Sh25.00
Ndima Tea Factory Sh25.05
Ikumbi Tea Factory Sh28.50
Tombe Tea Factory Sh9.30
Nyankoba Tea Factory Sh13.00
Sanganyi Tea Factory Sh12.50
Nyansiongo Tea Factory Sh15.00
Makomboki Tea Factory Sh30.10
Ngere Tea Factory Sh30.00
Chinga Tea Factory Sh21.00
Ragati Tea Factory Sh20.00
Gitugi Tea Factory Sh26.35
Mataara Tea Factory Sh24.50
Kanyenyaini Tea Factory Sh20.30
Mununga Tea Factory Sh27.00
Ogembo Tea Factory Sh9.00
Michimikuru Tea Factory Sh17.00
Kiegoi Tea Factory Sh21.00
Gatunguru Tea Factory Sh22.00
Ex-Senator Joy Gwendo Pictured below) has been Sentenced to 2-Years in Jail over a KSh1.7 million Debt. She was handed the sentence without an option of paying a fine for failing to honour a plea bargain she entered with the state to pay the Kshs1.7 Million debt.
In January this year (2018), the former nominated senator was accused of forging a Sh200, 000 cheque drawn from a Kenya Commercial Bank account in favor of Kivuli Development Initiative and signed by Willy Kipkorir Bett.
The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) is mandated to establish systems and procedures for, and over-see the training, testing and licensing of drivers, formulate and review the curriculum of driving schools vide section 4(2) (i) and () of the National Transport and Safety Authority Act 2012.
In implementing its mandate, the Authority undertook a Driving School Licenses Revalidation exercise in order to assess compliance with the
Traffic Driving School Rules. The exercise is intended to weed out driving schools operating without meeting the set requirements. The documents submitted by driving schools are being assessed to establish their compliance levels.
However, the following driving school/branches within Nairobi, Embu, Kisii, Kisumu Kakamega, Mombasa, Meru, Nakuru, Garissa, Thika, Kiambu,
Bungoma, Murang’a, Eldoret, Marsabit and Machakos Counties failed to comply with the directive of the Authority to submit requisite documentation to facilitate the revalidation exercise.
The Authority has therefore revoked their licenses and deactivated their access to the NTSA Driving School Portal.
Here is the list of affected schools:
NAIROBI COUNTY
1). Charkar Trade Company
2). Ganatra Plant And Equipment Training
Institute Limited
3). Kifaru Driving School
4). Motorycycle Riding School (K) Limited
5). Printax Driving School
6). Safe Link Driving School
7). Sony Driving School
World International Driving
8). Baba Dogo Road
EMBU COUNTY
1). Nation Wide Driving School
2). Mike Saba Driving School
3). Jabs Driving School
KISII COUNTY
1). Imperial Driving School.
KISUMU COUNTY
1). Samtech Driving School
2). Kwach Driving School
3). Leach Driving School
4). Captain Driving School
BUNGOMA COUNTY
1). Sayona Driving School
MOMBASA COUNTY
1). Gakara Driving School
2). Iqra Driving School
3). Isma Driving School and Computer Services
MERU AND MARSABIT COUNTIES
1). Marsabit Driving School
2). Turima Driving School
NAKURU COUNTY
1). Mercy Driving School
2). Motorcycle Riding School
3). Kareu Hardware Driving School
4). Rift Valley Institute Of Business Studies
5). Batian Driving School
UASIN GISHU COUNTY
1). Camy Driving School
THIKA, KIAMBU AND GARISSA COUNTIES
1). Life Style Driving School
2). Baraka Driving School
3). Geombuki Driving School- Branch
4). Digitex Driving School
5) Thogoto Technology
6). Gakuyo Plant
7). Operators Driving School
8). Aha Driving School Limited
9). Nyaga Youth Polytechnic Driving School
10). Excel Driving School
11). Petanns Driving School And Computer College Limited
12). St. Kizito Driving school
13). Waki Driving School
14). Shanik Driving School
15). Batian Driving School
16). Sony Driving School
17). Angelica Ventures Company Limited
18). Joho Driving School
19). Denis Motor Vehicle Training And Driving School
20). Ithoka Driving School
MACHAKOS COUNTY
1). Amon Driving School- Machakos
2). Double Vision Driving School- Machakos
3). Kaewa Technical Training & Driving School- Machakos
4). Kitengela-Namanga
Autotech Automobile Driving School Road
Mr.Hans Egon Dieter Vriens, a Dutch national, who defiled three girls aged 8, 9 and 10 years in 2016 and disappeared for 2 years, was arrested today. He was arrested in Kasarani, Nairobi, by Detectives from the Child Protection Unit and Transnational Organized Crime Unit. He is set to be arraigned, in court, tomorrow; 2/11/2018.
Mr.Hans Egon Dieter Vriens
Kenyans have a reason to smile after the Government of South Africa announced the scrapping of short term Visas for Kenyans. Kenyan business and Academia community travelling to South Africa will now be issued with multiple entry Visas valid up to 10 years.
The Interior Ministry announced, today, that: “(Cabinet Secretary) CS Fred matiang’i has brokered 10 year multiple entry visas for Kenyan traders and the academia community travelling to South Africa after lengthy deliberations with the Country’s Home Affairs Minister, Malusi Gigaba, in Pretoria.”
See full details in the presser, below:
