Nairobi — Lawyer Philiph Murgor who is representing Raila Odinga and Martha Karua in the presidential petition has questioned the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on why Form 34As were not transmitted in color and in JPEG form as provided for in tender documents. Murgor submitted to the court that Form 34As from polling […]
Nairobi — The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairperson Wafula Chebukati has defended his “executive powers” in the wake of accusations that he sidelined his colleagues in declaring the final presidential results. Chebukati, on August 15, 2022, declared William Ruto President-Elect, however, four Commissioners immediately disassociated themselves from the results claiming that they had […]
Nairobi — The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has denied the alleged involvement of Venezuelan Jose Camargo whose name is captured on altered Form 34A on the public portal. According to the electoral body represented by lawyer Mahat Somane said that the trio was only given limited and supervised access to the said servers […]
Nairobi — Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Presidential Candidate Raila Odinga now says his petition against President-Elect William Ruto’s win is in defense of the Constitution. Through his lawyer Senior Counsel James Orengo who appeared before the Seven -Judge- Bench, Odinga Maintained that Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) violated the Constitution by not conducting […]
Nairobi — The public was treated to long but interesting submissions from lawyers Friday, as they worked to outshine each other before Supreme Court judges. Fresh from the Solomonic wisdom phrase by lawyer Kioko Kilukumi, for President-Elect William Ruto on Thursday, it was lawyer Willis Otieno’s turn to prove his oratory flair and mastery of […]
Nairobi — There was no imminent danger occasioning the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chair Wafula Chebukati to hurriedly announce the results on the pretence that their lives were in danger, the lead petitioner in the Presidential petition Raila Odinga told the Supreme Court. Lawyer Pheroze Nowrojee told the court that the defense that […]
Nairobi — Zehrabanu Janmohammed, the lawyer representing, John Njoroge, the second petitioner in the presidential petition against President-Elect William Ruto’s win now says that it was not envisaged in the Constitution that the IEBC Chairperson shall act alone in the tallying and verification of votes in the election process. In a rejoinder, Janmohammed said all […]
Nairobi — Lawyer Tom Ojienda now says the August 9 Presidential Election victory does not belong to the two frontrunners Raila Odinga and President-Elect William Ruto, but to the people of Kenya. Ojienda who represented Busia Senator Elect Okiya Omtata in the Presidential Petition maintained that none of them got the required Constitutional threshold of […]
The Ministry of Communication and Digitalisation has commissioned a Community Information Centre (CIC) at Kokofu in the Ashanti Region to serve as an information hub for businesses, educational institutions and individuals within its catchment area. This forms part of efforts by the government to leverage ICT to increase productivity; promote economic growth; reduce poverty and […]
The Ministry of Communication and Digitalisation has commissioned a Community Information Centre (CIC) at Kokofu in the Ashanti Region to serve as an information hub for businesses, educational institutions and individuals within its catchment area. This forms part of efforts by the government to leverage ICT to increase productivity; promote economic growth; reduce poverty and […]
Port Sudan — The Red Sea state Security Committee announced on Wednesday that they will enforce the articles of the Sudan Penal Code that prohibits civilians to organise themselves in a military system and carry weapons. The armed opposition group of Shaiba Dirar rejects the decision. In a statement issued by the Red Sea state […]
Kereinik — Sudanese authorities said yesterday that the death toll from ongoing torrential rains and flooding has risen to at least 104, with a further 96 injured, figures that are likely to rise in the coming days. Two recent flooding-related deaths were reported yesterday in Kereinik, West Darfur, following flash flooding in Mornei. According to […]
Following months of investigation by the Women and Children Protection Section of the Liberia National Police into allegations of rape and impregnation of a girl at the SOS Children’s Villages in Liberia, two of the accused, including former country director, Augustine Alieu, have been exonerated while the third is being held, awaiting trial for statutory […]
Liberia’s Vice President Jewel Howard – Taylor says United States – imposed sanctions against three top Liberian government officials will not in any way affect the reelection of President George Manneh Weah. President Weah and Vice President Howard – Taylor, the estranged wife of imprisoned former President Charles Ghankay Taylor, were elected on the Coalition […]
By Patrick N. Mensah, Maryland county Government pathologists have released results of two separate autopsies conducted on the remains of the late Anthony Tiaka and eight-year-old Levi Koffa in Maryland County, Southeast Liberia, following their suspicious deaths respectively in July 2022. The late Anthony Tiaka, a student at the Tubman University in Harper City, Maryland […]
Protesters in Careysburg early Wednesday morning, 31 August 2022 set a roadblock, claiming they were wrongfully dismissed as workers of the Lead Monrovia Football Academy. The protesters stormed a school facility in protest and set up their own checkpoint at the school entrance. They threatened that there will be no access to the facility if […]
The Liberian Senate’s amendment to the New Elections Law declaring all election magistrates’ seats vacant nearing crucial elections appears to send chills in the spine of an opposition lawmaker. Lofa County Electoral District #3 Representative Clarence Massaquoi of the Unity Party (UP) expressed fear that the Senate’s decision is not feasible for the law, peace, […]
The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths is in Somalia for a visit to see his own eyes on the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in the country. The UN’s aid chief met with Somali president Hassan Sheikh upon his arrival in the capital on Thursday and extended his talks with other key […]