Ian Omondi
2025 Articles
EACC freezes Ksh.278M unexplained assets belonging to KEBS Board Chair Jeremiah Kinyua
Mr. Kinyua was recently appointed by CS Moses Kuria as the new Chairperson of KEBS Board, which is referred to as the National Standards Council.EACC sought orders to freeze Mr. Kinyua’s assets claiming he had acquired unexplained wealth during his time as a senior KRA official....
Raila gives President Ruto until Monday to withdraw Finance Bill or else...
Mr. Odinga said the President Ruto-led Kenya Kwanza administration has upto Monday next week to listen to the voices of Kenyans on the Bill or “face their wrath.”The opposition chief hit out at the Head of State for what he termed as imposing undue taxes on already overburdened Kenyans, majority of...
Sigh of relief for medical interns as Gov’t set to clear salary arrears
KMPDU Secretary General Dr. Davji Atellah said the agreement was arrived at following consultations with the ministry on Monday.Dr. Atellah said the government has already disbursed the May salaries, adding that any other arrears for present and past interns will be paid next month....
DPP Noordin Haji declines to reveal his net worth, says it’s a ‘national security issue’
Haji was appearing before the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations.He stated that his net worth could become a matter of “national security” in the near future if he succeeds in getting the job, hence he would rather not disclose it publicly....
Public sector unions stage peaceful march opposing housing levy, tax hikes
The march was occasioned by looming tax hikes spelt out in the proposed Finance Bill, 2023, as well as the heavily controversial 3 per cent housing levy.KMPDU Secretary General Dr. Davji Atellah said the procession took the union officials to Parliament where they presented a petition against the sa...
Raila to President Ruto: Listen to Kenyans, or face a battle never seen before in Kenya
Mr. Odinga urged the government to start paying attention to the country’s citizens, or risk igniting a one-of-a-kind revolt never before witnessed in Kenya.According to the opposition chief, the issues his side has been raising and fighting for have much more to do with shielding Kenyans than benef...
IPOA launches probe after six people killed during dramatic raid at police station in Migori
According to a police report on the incident, the mob arrived at the police station in a pick-up truck and unleashed machetes and stones.IPOA said six people were shot dead during the dramatic raid and several others left severely injured, among them a police officer....
Shakahola probe: Interior CS Kindiki blames Judiciary for letting Mackenzie roam free
CS Kindiki on Friday appeared before a Senate Ad-Hoc committee probing the proliferation of religious organisations in the country.He intimated that many lives lost through Mackenzie’s starvation cult in Shakahola forest would have been saved if the justice system had acted and locked him up on the...
Mackenzie’s guards ate balanced diets, supervised his followers as they starved to death – CS Kindiki
The CS spoke when he appeared before a Senate Ad-Hoc committee investigating the proliferation of religious organisations on Friday.According to Kindiki, this army of relatively young men were tasked with ensuring that followers of Mackenzie’s cult starved to their eventual demise, even if it meant...
UoN revises fees for medical students after talks with KMPDU
The institution had proposed a hike in the fees in 2021, but KMPDU took to court to oppose the change as being too “drastic and unjustifiable.”The union argued that the increase would deny plenty of young Kenyan doctors access to quality education....