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Kisumu City slated to hold this year’s madaraka day, as residents reap big from the golden handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga . Raila will be acclaimed from the recent rapid development in the region. The doyen of opposition politics will begrudgingly bestrode Kisumu on Madaraka Day with grace and stride as he hosts Uhuru to lead the nation in celebrating the national event, characterized with Kenya’s past attainment of internal self-rule. Projects initiated in Kisumu by President Uhuru Kenyatta The government of Jubilee funded the construction of a Kshs.79million ultra-modern market at Otonglo in Kisumu West Sub-county to accord traders some decent space to execute their business activities. Jubilee government is credited for the rehabilitation of Kisumu Port which cost the taxpayer Kshs.3billion. The project intended to make Kisumu the economic hub for Western Kenya.  The extended Luo Nyanza, which was initially marginalized by su...

Kenya will receive Kshs. 80.6B ($750million) from World Bank loan and Kshs. 44.1billion ($410million) from IMF by end of June as it focuses on debt repayment extension from its external lenders. CBK Governor Patrick Njoroge stated that the funds are meant to bridge budget deficit. He was speaking at a post-Monetary Policy Committee meeting on Thursday, where he disclosed that part of the money will fund post-covid19 recovery programs and the national budget. “Yes, Kenya is keen on any debt repayment extension, such arrangement will free up resources to be channeled to other purposes in the direction of helping the economy recover,” Mr. Njoroge stated. Most poor countries are subscribed to Debt service Suspension Initiative (DSSCI) to help them safeguard their livelihoods as well as concentrating their resources in fighting the global pandemic. The initiative was commissioned on May 1, 2020 and has offered over kshs.544.7billion ($5 billion) as relief to more than 40 qualifi...

There is an emerging vicious battle between the Judiciary and the Executive. In the recent past, we have witnessed an array of court verdicts suppressing efforts advanced by the other arm of government. The genesis of the split between the two arms of the government was triggered when former Chief Justice David Maraga nullified 2017 presidential election results. Uhuru’s first rebuttal was implemented with budget cut for the Judiciary. President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government notoriety in disregarding court orders has put him in a tight corner. The Attorney General has been on the receiving end with numerous calls for his resignation on allegations of failing to offer judicious legal advice to the president. The deportation of Miguna Miguna was reversed by the court, but the government insisted that he should not be allowed back in Kenya. Miguna prove to be a Kenyan but his plea was quashed by the hawk-eyed government through the Interior Ministry under the no-nonsense CS Dr....

Busia Senator Amos Wako has narrated the first time he was driven in an ambulance after contracting Covid-19. He was speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast event held in Parliament on Thursday. Wako disclosed the chilling moments in the ambulance when he thought he was about to die. “For the first time I was transported in an ambulance. There were about six people in that ambulance and one of them was holding a gas cylinder. I had been put on oxygen support,” Wako told the congregation. The former attorney general caused laughter when he claimed that he failed to recognize his Party Leader Raila Odinga during the funeral of the late Wajir Senator Yusuf Haji. This was because he was unwell. “Some of you may recall during the funeral of Senator Yusuf Haji. My party leader Raila Odinga came to where I was seated, and I asked him who he was,” he stated. Wako was diagnosed of Covid-19 on February 17, 2021. He contracted the virus despite observing the Ministry of health protocols, as he ...

Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has filed an appeal that singles out 16 key issues ignored by the High Court during the BBI verdict.  ODM leader Raila Odinga faulted the court for usurping the will of over three million Kenyans who appended their signatures seeking to amend the Constitution of Kenya.  Raila alleged that High Court deliberately ignored the evidence that was presented to it about the ratification of the initiative by the aforementioned number of people. ODM alleged that Justices George Odunga, Joel Ngugi, Chacha Mwita, Jairus Ngaah and Teresia Matheka erred by declaring themselves as the decision makers of amendable parts of the constitution. In their ruling at Milimani Law Court on May 13, the judges highlighted 17 issues, which influenced the outcome. Odinga argued that the five-court bench blundered when they stopped a non-existent BBI steering committee for the implementation of the BBI Taskforce Report whose tenure had expired in 2020. ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gaining traction and proving to be a problem solver to many human related tasks. As population across the globe surge, the number of vehicle owners is drastically on the rise. Giant tech Google is striving to deploy Maps in guiding road users to avoid using “confusing lane changes or freeway exits”. In a Google blog dubbed “A smoother ride and a more detailed map thanks to AI”, Google explains how maps will be used to identify and predict when people are striking the brakes. The AI product is tailored to use the available information and AI to detect hard-breaking events. The Giant tech believes that their product will help to eradicate “more than 100 million hard-braking events in routes that are driven with Google Maps every year” and enable drivers to be cautious at certain places. Understanding Google Maps Google Maps are essential to the extent that they assist individuals to explore, navigate and make things done in an easier and mana...

President Uhuru Kenyatta is staring at another court battle, a week after landmark BBI court ruling . Even as Uhuru plans to oversee the official takeover of Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) by the military, there is an existing restraint order from the court. A prevailing court order quashed the transfer of KMC from the Ministry of Agriculture to the Ministry of Defense. The Court described the president’s move as unconstitutional and directed him to return KMC back to the agriculture ministry. President Uhuru transferred KMC from agriculture ministry to that one of defense in an Executive Order number 3 of 2020.  A High Court decree on February 2021 revealed the absence of public participation as articulated in Article 10 of the Constitution of Kenya. The court considered the already effected budget allocated from the Agriculture Ministry to the Defense Ministry and gave the government 90 days to reverse the changes. Law Society of Kenya (LSK) had moved to court to challen...