Nandi,emc,ug Daily

25/06/2025

Update:

Road blocks on all major roads leading to Nairobi CBD. No PSV or private vehicles allowed in town. Very limited movement than usual.

19/05/2025

Kerio Valley residents

Be notified of the following security issues:

1.There will be a curfew from 7:00 Pm -6:00 Am from today till further notice.

2.All bars to be closed by 5:00 pm.

3.All pool tables to be closed till further notice.

4.NGAOs and NPRs to do clean up of Illicit brew and drugs in their areas of the jurisdiction.

5.No idling in the shopping centers,buy and go home.

19/05/2025

19/05/2025

The EACC has confirmed the arrest of Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya over allegations of embezzling Ksh. 1.4 billion through procurement fraud, abuse of office, and bribery.

The investigation centres on irregularities in three county projects—Kenyatta Stadium rehabilitation, County Headquarters construction, and Tom Mboya Hospital—spanning the 2022/2023 to 2024/2025 financial years. EACC also conducted raids on Natembeya’s residence and other linked premises.

The arrest has sparked political backlash, with DAP-K leader Eugene Wamalwa denouncing it as politically driven and comparing it to recent cases involving opposition figures.

19/05/2025

DEVELOPING STORY:

Students of Moi Girls' High School Kapsowar have staged a class boycott and taken to the streets, demanding the immediate transfer of their principal.

12/05/2025

DEAR President Alexander Stubb. The mention of Finland your country here in Kenya evokes painful memories among several young students. Back in 2020 the students from very poor families raised millions of Kenya Shillings to enable them pursue higher education in universities in Finland. The money disappeared into the pockets of political leaders, never to be recovered. Some of those leaders are already facing criminal charges arising from that scandal which stole headlines in Kenya. The students are still traumatised. You may want to discuss that issue with your host this morning. Karibu Kenya.

12/05/2025

BREAKING NEWS: Assassination Attempt on Homabay County Deputy Governor Thwarted!

Two unidentified assailants ambushed and attacked a vehicle belonging to Homabay County Deputy Governor Hon. Joseph Oyugi Magwanga while it was en route to his Oyugis residence moments ago. Believing the Deputy Governor was onboard, the attackers intercepted the vehicle, blocking its path before firing the first shot.

Fortunately, Hon. Magwanga was not in the vehicle at the time of the attack. His security detail, who were present in the vehicle, quickly returned fire, effectively repelling the attackers. Sensing danger, the assailants fled into the nearby woods and disappeared.

Security agencies have launched an investigation into the incident and are pursuing the suspects. More updates to follow.

09/05/2025

George Saitoti; Was his Death a Political Betrayal or a Convenient Tragedy?” Helicopter Crash or Political Assassination?

Wreckage of the Police helicopter that crashed at Kibiku in Ngong killing six people including Internal Security minister Prof George Saitoti on June 10, 2012.
On a chilly Sunday morning of June 10, 2012, a police helicopter, a Eurocopter AS-350 model carrying two key public figures crashed.

The helicopter was carrying the then Internal Security minister George Saitoti and his assistant Orwa Ojode.

The country was thrown into mourning following news the two had perished after the helicopter crashed and exploded on impact.

They died alongside two pilots and two bodyguards on their way to a Harambee in Ndhiwa, Homa Bay county.

Investigations later revealed the crash, deep inside Kibiko forest, happened shortly after 9 am, just ten minutes after taking off from Wilson Airport.

On the controls were Captain Luke Oyugi and Nancy Gituanja.

Saitoti had reportedly received threats, and there were claims of poisoning in the weeks prior. The Commission of Inquiry raised questions about the helicopter's maintenance and operational integrity but offered no definitive answers.

A day after Saitoti made public the identities of the accused drug cartels, on June 10, 2012, he was scheduled to go with his assistant minister of internal security, Orwa Ojode, to a church fundraising event in Ndhiwa, Homabay County.

They boarded a Eurocopter AS350 helicopter, but little did they know that the night before the travel, the Pilot’s schedule had been changed, and he was now supposed to travel with junior pilots.

Earlier he was supposed to travel with senior pilots led by Rogers Mbithi and Captain Rogers Kuto.Junior Pilots Nancy Gituanja and Luke Oyugi were called in the middle of the night while they were on retreat in a club called Dambusters’ instructing them to report on duty the following morning.

Tragically, the helicopter crashed in Kibiku Forest, Ngong

07/05/2025

Earth Tremor Reported in Some Parts of Nairobi.

07/05/2025

Police have recovered a pistol believed to have been used in last week's assassination of Kasipul MP Charles Ong’ondo Were in a major operation in Kayole’s Chokaa area that also uncovered a second firearm, a suspect’s bag and shoes, police uniforms, mobile phones and over USD 4,800 in cash.

Forensic analysis links the murder weapon to at least three other crimes in Nairobi and Kiambu.

Four suspects William Imoli Shighali alias Omar Shakur, Juma Ali Haikal (a police officer), Douglas Muchiri Wambugu, and David Mihigo Kagame are currently detained for 30 days pending investigations, as detectives suspect the killing was organized by a well-funded criminal network.

Investigators are pursuing additional suspects, including a boda boda rider and a police officer believed to have coordinated the hit using a now-deactivated SIM registered under a false identity.

The MP’s driver and bodyguard, who escaped unharmed, have been detained after giving conflicting accounts.

Were’s body will be flown to Homa Bay on Thursday for burial on Friday in Kachien Village.

06/05/2025

A Sudanese military airstrike on Nyala International Airport in South Darfur on Saturday killed several people, including prominent South Sudanese aviation professional Captain Samson Ohide Lomoro and crew members, some of whom are reportedly Kenyan nationals.

According to regional media sources, the aircraft, whose airline markings had been removed, presumably to reduce visibility and avoid detection, was reportedly making repeated landings and takeoffs at the airport before it was hit in a pre-dawn bombardment by Sudanese military forces.

Several blasts were reported, hitting both the main airstrip and surrounding areas, including a UNAMID facility and a nearby residential block.

Casualties were transported to Nyala Teaching Hospital, and although details remain unclear, the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority confirmed no Kenyan-registered aircraft is missing, suggesting the pilot was flying a foreign-owned plane.

At the time of his death, Ohide was serving as Secretary General of the South Sudan Pilots Association.

03/05/2025

Four filmmakers linked to Blood Parliament documentary arrested at their Karen studio in Nairobi, equipment seized; reportedly detained at Muthaiga and Pangani police stations.