Day: August 12, 2022

He was born at the Anglican Church Missionary Society Hospital in Maseno, Kisumu District, Nyanza Province on 7 January 1945 to Mary Juma Odinga and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga. His father served as the first Vice President of Kenya under President Jomo Kenyatta. He is a member of the Luo ethnic group. He went to Kisumu Union Primary and Maranda High School where he studied until 1962, when he was transferred by his father to Germany. East Germany He spent the next two years at the Herder Institution, which trained foreign students in the German language and was part of the philological faculty at the University of Leipzig in East Germany. He received a scholarship that in 1965 sent him to the Technische Hochschule (technical college) of Magdeburg (now a part of Otto von Guericke University Ma...

Police in Mukono has launched a search for two suspects who brutally gang raped a 24 year old woman after promising her a job. The suspects identified as Tony Eleti and other only identified as Arthur allegedly enticed the victim from Libu island on August 8, promising her a job as a fuel pump attendant at one of the petrol stations in Mukono town. According to the police, Eleti gave the victim a telephone number 0751264260 to call which allegedly belonged to a one Arthur who immediately offered the job at shs 250,000 per month and asked her to come and meet him in Mukono. This was confirmed by Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga while giving a crime update at police headquarters in Naguru. He revealed that the victim traveled from Libu to Mukono and they met with Arthur around St. Paul Catho...

He was born on 21 December 1966 in Sambut village, Kamagut, Uasin Gishu County to Daniel Cherui have toyot and Sarah Cheruiyot. He attended Kerotet Primary School for his primary school education. He was enrolled in Wareng Secondary School for his Ordinary Levels education before proceeding to Kapsabet Boys High School in Nandi County for his Advanced Levels. He then went on to receive a BSc in Botany and Zoology from the University of Nairobi, graduating in 1990. Ruto later enrolled for a MSc in Plant ecology, graduating in 2011. The following year, he enrolled for a Ph.D. and after several setbacks, He completed and was awarded a Ph.D. from the University of Nairobi, graduating on 21 December 2018. Ruto authored several papers including a paper titled Plant Species Diversity and Composi...

Eddie Kwizera Wagahungu has been declared the winner of the the Bukimbiri constituency by-election with 12,214 votes. Independent candidate Asgario Turyagyenda came a close second polling 10,105 votes. Edward Mutabaazi, an independent candidate, got 308 votes and Forum for Democratic Change’s, James Owebeyi got 208. The results were declared by Kisoro district returning officer Dan Nayebare at Hope Mission tally centre in Rubuguri town council. NRM leaning candidate Turyagyenda has, however, already protested the results. He alleges that the polls were marred by ballot stuffing, bribery and illegal arrest of his campaign agents, and alternation of results. Turyagenda’s protests are supported by FDC candidate James Owebeyi who has vowed to drag the Electoral commission back to court for fa...