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Changamwe Member of Parliament Omar Mwinyi is being held at Port police station for allegedly being involved in violence during ODM nominations exercise in the area. The legislator was arrested on Saturday after he led his supporters in storming a polling station disrupting the exercise. Voting…

Ford Kenya party leader Moses Wetang'ula risks a jail term after allegedly failing to pay Sh3.8 million election petition costs to Musikari Kombo, his rival in the 2013 Bungoma senatorial election. The High Court in Bungoma has ordered the Bungoma Seantor to appear before it on May 10, 2017.…

Jubilee Party politicians in Nyeri county are counting huge losses following flopped jubilee nomination exercise that was marred with confusion before they were called off. Expressing their frustrations following the cancellation of the entire exercise, the aspirants said that the incurred a loss…

Nairobi gubernatorial aspirant Mike Sonko has hinted at two potential running mates in the Nairobi governor race. In a Facebook statement he made on Saturday, the flamboyant Nairobi  Senator revealed that he had settled on either billionaire businessman and former Nairobi governor aspirant in…

Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto says that he will live to regret being part of the leaders who formed the Jubilee alliance prior to the 2013 general elections. Speaking during an interview with a local television station, Ruto asked opposition supporters to forgive him for associating himself with a…

Opposition chief Raila Odinga has mocked the Jubilee party’s failed nomination exercise saying that his party performed way better compared to the ruling party. Speaking in Meru, Odinga said that the shambolic jubilee nominations were beyond description. “They had branded our primaries a fiasco but…

Nine musicians are feared dead after boat they were boarding capsized in Lake Victoria. Confirming the incident, Nyangoma assistant deputy commissioner Angeline Were said that they were suspecting that the boat developed technical problems, adding that police were investigating the incident to get…

Bomet governor Isaac Rutto has landed a mega deal in opposition coalition National Super Alliance (NASA), days after he joined the outfit. According to sources, the five NASA principals, ODM leader Raila Amolo Odinga, Wiper Party's Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka, ANC's Musalia Mudavadi, Ford Kenya's Moses…

The Ministry of education has launched a pilot project for the new education system that is expected to elbow out the current 8-4-4 system. According to Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i, the pilot study to be rolled out in 470 schools is meant to test the feasibility and validity of the…

Several Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) officials are recuperating at a Migori hospital following a brutal attack by Orange party supporters in Migori County. Rowdy youths stormed St John’s Seminary Rakwaro Catholic Church where the officials were undergoing a training to prepare for the…