KAMUKUNJI MP
@MPyusufhassan
has castigated
@Meta
for curtailing the freedom of speech and the press following Facebook's censorship of Kulan Post over its coverage of Kenyans expressing solidarity with the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza strip.
"I am really sorry about this,"
It was an emotional moment for a family in Garissa as father sheds tears while seeking support for his son who's studying Medicine at the University of Nairobi. Zakaria Derow risk dropping out due to lack of school fees.
MP Farah Maalim: The easiest way to cause civil war in a country is for the top State officials to drive ethnic-based divisive politics. We will end up like Rwanda in '94.
CONSTITUTIONAL lawyer and ex-Mandera MP on why there's a rise in anti-gov't protests.
"There's a reason why we have an efficient KRA, but the EACC is in limbo. This is because the gov't of the day is interested in collecting more taxes and disregards oversight."
#GovtShutDown
BREAKING: Kulan Post Wajir correspondent, Mohamed Barre arrested by DCI detectives after he declined to disclose the source of secretly recorded video showing Wajir County Architectural Assistant, Stephen Ndathu receiving bribe from contractors at his office.
@DCI_Kenya
UMULKHEIR Ahmed, an artist in Garissa, is using drawings and wall graffitis to promote peace and tolerance ahead of the August elections.
( 📷
@AbdiweliDuale1
)
Duale: "A lot of people have asked me, including the governor of Mombasa, the secret behind why Somalis are the best in Quran. Today, I want to share the secret..."
"In three different times, Kenya was saved from falling apart by its gallant sons from Northeastern region. In 1982, General Mohamud saved us from a military coup. In 2007, Gen. Mohamed Ali of the Police saved this country at the height of the post-election violence, and in
PICTURE: This boy clutched onto a policeman's leg in a bid to protect himself from the sunlight during a welcoming event for the area MP at Korondile town, Wajir North.
[Photo: Mohamed Barre]
DAADAB MP, Farah Maalim clads "Arafat" scarf on Wednesday during a National Assembly proceedings in support of the Palestinian cause amid Israeli-Hamas war. He was later asked to remove.
The Arafat is one of the most popular symbols of Palestinian resistance over the last
"Is powder milk an illegal item in Kenya?"
Kamukunji MP
@MPyusufhassan
now task Interior CS
@KindikiKithure
to explain the intent of the "unwarranted, monthly raids on shops in Eastleigh."
● Police on the spot after they used live rounds to disperse Eastleigh traders on Monday
YOUTHFUL nominated legislator,
@missyHaroona
responds to activist Kaltum Guyo who stated that "much of the values of Islam are drawn from Arabic culture" reffering to the Hijab in an opinion article published on Nation newspaper on Monday.
"Some high-ranking Government officials have said that Somalis are taking over Nairobi. Kwani walitumia bunduki (Have they used guns)?"
Mandera Governor slams the Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua for "openly driving an agenda that's a threat to Kenya’s national unity."
Wajir North MP: "Kenya doesn't belong to two or three communities. When will we see an Ajuran, a clan in the Somali community, appointed to top jobs in the civil service?"
WATCH: 25 couples have today tied the knot at Mandera town in an unprecedented mass marriage. The much-publicised mass nuptials were facilitated by the Mandera East MP, Hussein Weytan.
Government bans celebration of clan flags in Eastleigh, the area Assistant County Commissioner has announced during Monday meeting with elected leaders and the business community.
"He didn't mean it."
Section of Nairobi MCAs have come out in defense of the county speaker who caused outrage on Tuesday after he forced a handshake with a visibly adamant Muslim female MCA, Fatuma Abdiwahab.
CS Murkomen in Garissa: "We fixing the cut-off section in Garissa bridge, Habaswein and Kutulo, but if its swept away by the floods again, please don't blame us."
"I have attended several Quran Competition both locally and internationally. I have never seen people who glorify the Quran more than the people of Northeastern Kenya. Even the leadership attends. I can also comfortably say you produce the best of the Qari's (recitors)"
~Sh.Sufi
MOMENT MP
@Moadow
and a lawyer from Mount Kenya region clashed on live TV over the appointment of Nurdin Hajji as the Director-General of National Intelligence Services
Family of former presidential candidate Abduba Dida appeals to the Government to secure his release from U.S jail.
Dida is serving a seven-year prison sentence in the United States for stalking and intimidation.
"The disputed area is Garissa's only gateway to the sea."
MP Umulkher Harun calls on Tana River County leaders to "stop inciting locals in their expansion bid"
"If you think you can bring Mungiki, let it be known that we won't accept it anymore."
Defence CS Aden Duale lauds Gen Z for exercising their rights, says peaceful protest was hijacked by orgernised criminals.
Dekow Sambul to Djibouti President: "You are now the only Somali leader with a stable state. Lead the Somalis. History will judge you by how you act."
#Somalia
FORMER Wajir County Deputy Governor,
@abdiyarow
says
@HonAdenDuale
and the former Mandera Senator
@BillowKerrow
"are men of conviction who defend what they believe in with a sincere heart."
"Guilty as Sentenced."
MOGADISHU: Banadir Appeals Court uphols a lower court's decision that found Sayid Ali guilty of murdering his wife, Luul Abdiaziz, on February 2, 2024. Sayid set his wife ablaze after a domestic scuffle, the court said in its ruling.
A month later,
"The only way to settle the population-based revenue-sharing formula is to pass the Sh 415 allocation to counties instead of the current Sh 385 billion."
Senator
@ledamalekina
rally Nothern Kenya MPs to "man up" and support bid to channel more funds to Counties.
Daadab MP Farah Maalim has been appointed the Deputy Party Leader of Kalonzo Musyoka's Wiper Party, succeeding Nominated Senator Shakila Abdallah.
Two months ago, Shakila, who was the party's Secretary General, announced the expulsion of Farah from the party after he made
"Muguka is killing a whole generation. We should fight it like we do with Changa'a (illicit brew) in the Central region."
MP Farah Maalim: I will soon name and shame politicians behind the drug menace in Nothern Kenya.
The return of Enforced Disappearances?
"Our boys were abducted by masked men with guns...in three SUVs without number plates
Isiolo families accuse the DCI's anti-terror police unit of abducting three men, challenge President Ruto to live up to his campaign promise.
"We want the President to know that enforced disappearances of our youths is back in full force."
Mandera South MP
@abduhar
says at least five people are missing in his constituency, calls for probe.
GARISSA Town Police Boss Task Parents To Monitor their Children as Security Forces Arrest Over 15 Suspected, Mainly Teens, of being Members of an Orgernised Criminal Gangs Causing Terror in the Area.
Dr Daud Sheikh, a consultant paediatrician with the Ministry of Health, has challenged the Immigration Department to explain to him why his 5-month-old child needs to appear for vetting in order to get a passport.
"Don't be scared to marry another wife. What's the point of sending all your salary to Nairobi and elsewhere yet we don't have enough circulation in our county?"
Having a family in Mandera may soon become a requirement for one to get a job in the county, Governor Mohamed Khalif
"Jirongo's nuclear toxic waste disposal shocker."
Wajir South MP
@Moadow
now wants former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo to record police statement to aid further probe following remarks he made last week revealing that the late President Moi allowed foreign firms to dump nuclear
Senator Abdul: "I want to ask the governor on what guides him as a leader of the county government of Garissa. Is it his culture, attitude, or the Laws of Kenya?"
"You said you came prepared for a war...it has its own implications."
Don't declare war against the Senate, Abdul Haji urges furious Garissa County Governor when he appeared before the Senate Devolution Committee on Tuesday.
"The Deputy President told me that the people [of Northeastern counties] have had more than their share."
Wajir West MP Yusuf Farah recounts a "disappointing" encounter with the now impeached DP Gachagua.
MORE rainfall reported in Wajir and Mandera counties including several places in Banisa and Wajir West Constituencies.
Kenya Meteorological department forecast indicate the two counties will keep receiving intermittent rainfall overnight.
While touring Eastleigh, the CEO of Safaricom
@PeterNdegwa_
stated that "more than 5% of the total revenue of the giant telco comes from Eastleigh area alone."
Abdirizack Rashid Abdille is the leading candidate from Wajir County after he scooped A- in the 2021 KCSE exam results. The former Sabunley Secondary School student also scored A in the Math test.
📷 Ahmed Hussein.
CS Duale: "We cannot be selective. If we are fighting alcohol and bhang in the Central region, we must also combat Muguka in the North Eastern region."
"We have reconciled."
EX-Garissa Governor Ali Korane says he has since reconciled with Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Aden Duale. The two fell out during the 2022 elections
MP Adow: Al-Shabab recruitment and activities likely to increase if we don't find a solution to the thousands of youths feelings marginalized along border counties.
PHOTO: A man falls in prostration, perhaps in prayerful for the skies to open at the backdrop of the worsening drought situation in Nothern Kenya and over 4 million on the verge of starvation.
#drought
[Photo/ Courtesy]
Kalonzo: You will never be the Governor of Mombasa.
Hassan Omar: Stop your empty threats.
Clash as Hassan Omar, Kalonzo Musyoka disagree during dialogue committee session
EDITORIAL: In Kindiki's announcement, Al-Shabab gained an upper at the expense of the local's high hopes
In a surprise move on Wednesday, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior Prof Kithure Kindiki announced indefinite suspension of plans to reopen the Somalia-Kenya border following
UPDATE: Mandera South MP, Abdul Haro with students at the Garissa University.
"The 125 students are the largest single block of students from one constituency studying at Garissa University… the scholarship programme will definitely play a pivotal role in the lives of many
Wajir Governor Ahmed Abdullahi delivers tons of relief food to the marooned and waterlogged town of Dadajabula in Wajir South as hundreds of families seek shelter on higher grounds.
BREAKING: Garissa High Courts suspends the approval of 30 nominated Chief Officers by Governor Nathif Jama pending the hearing and determination of a petition challenging the process of their recruitment.
UDA leader
@WilliamsRuto
arrives in
#Garissa
ahead of tomorrow rally. Most UDA affiliated candidates are set to skip the event in protest, saying Duale is "blocking them from the party activities."
"We don't want to hear (a police officer) with a gun was harmed."
Police IG Japhet Koome direct officers to use their guns "for protection," dismisses "busybodies" who raise alarm.
"There's always attempts to push Members of Parliament beyond the three main roles of legislation, oversight and representation...but elders are always available to cover for us at the local level."
Wajir South MP
@Moadow
backs bid to pay village elders monthly stipend of KSH
BREAKING: Section of elders endorse Al Jazeera journalist, Mohamed Adow as their preferred candidate in the upcoming Wajir South parliamentary contest.