Ukambani Network News

06/09/2026

When Mama Charity Kaluki Ngilu learned that teenage mothers and their newborns were being detained at Kitui Referral Hospital over unpaid bills, she didn’t send an aide, she went herself.

Even after clearing all the medical bills and having them released from the wards, security at the main gate had reportedly been ordered to keep the mothers and babies locked in, acting on *“orders from above.”*

Mama Ngilu walked straight to the gate, personally saw the young mothers and their children set free.

No child should be held hostage to a hospital bill.

No mother should be punished for being poor.

MAMA NGILU is the exact definition of leadership that shows up.

25/08/2026

Edwin Sifuna to William Ruto: “wewe ni mslow.

06/08/2026

EACC arrests Gladys Kivoto, Kitui County Chief Officer, and five others over allegations of conflict of interest and procurement irregularities involving Sh17.48m contracts.

05/08/2026

Anthony Kibagendi ameamua kushuka na Rigathi Gachagua.

04/08/2026

01/08/2026

Ngilu Rallies Kamba Nation Behind Kalonzo: “This Is His Time”

Mama Charity Ngilu has thrown her weight fully behind Kalonzo Musyoka, issuing a direct call to the Kamba community to close ranks and push their son to State House.

Speaking with her characteristic charm, Ngilu framed the moment as one of political duty, not choice.

Ngilu is famously remembered for playing the pivotal role in uniting Kibaki and Wamalwa who eventually included Raila to form the NARC dream team that kicked Moi out of power in 2002.

_“Kalonzo needs us now, and we cannot fail him,”_ she said. _“This is his time. We have a responsibility to bring our numbers and give him the support he needs as he negotiates with the rest of the country.”_

Her message was unambiguous: *unity now, or risk losing leverage at the national table later*. Ngilu’s call doubles up as both endorsement and mobilization order for the entire Kamba community — *”numbers on the ground, she implied, are the currency of any bargain Kalonzo strikes beyond Ukambani”.*

26/07/2026

Edwin Sifuna at Chwele

26/07/2026

They will not believe!

25/07/2026

*DISRUPTOR-in-CHIEF*

A few months ago, Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna, who is on a whirlwind tour of Western Kenya this weekend, was nowhere in the complex mathematics of picking the top 2027 presidential contenders. Today, the Linda Mwananchi leader is threatening established political careers and rattling both the opposition and President William Ruto's camps to position himself as a key player.