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Raila: Uhuru best placed to be my advisor after polls
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Jackson Kibor: Celebrated Men’s Conference Chairman Is Dead
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KPMG bags deal to clean voter register ahead of elections
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Jackson Kibor: Celebrated Men’s Conference Chairman Is Dead
Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 1:22 AM by Jackson Otukho Jackson Kibor died on Wednesday, March 17 at St. Lukes’s Hospital in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu county after a long illness.
Before his demise, the businessman was using oxygen since 2020 when he contracted the deadly COVID-19.
Eldoret-based businessman Jackson Kibor in a past interview. Photo: Nation. Source: UGC
When he was admitted to the hospital, the doctors established that his two kidneys had failed and was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit.
Kibor, also a renowned farmer, breathed his last on the evening of Wednesday, March 17 at St. Lukes’s Hospital in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu county after a long illness. According to his family, the KANU era politician was using oxygen since 2020 when he contracted the deadly COVID-19. The approximately 88-year-old had an oxygen cylinder at his home and another in his vehicle to support him whenever he wanted to visit Eldoret town for treatment or business. Read more on tuko.co.ke
2. the-star.co.ke
Raila: Uhuru best placed to be my advisor after polls
He says other options for the President when he retires includes international duty
- President Uhuru officially endorsed his handshake partner Raila Odinga as Azimio la Umoja presidential candidate.
- He said Raila is capable of fighting corruption in the country.
ODM leader Raila Odinga addresses the Entrepreneurs Organisation of Kenya at a Nairobi Hotel on March 3.
Image: RAILA ODINGA/TWITTER
ODM leader Raila Odinga has said that President Uhuru Kenyatta will be his advisor if he forms the next administration.
As President Kenyatta prepares to exit office in three months’ time, Raila said he will be seeking advice from him regularly on the day-to-day running operations of government.
“I will be seeking his advice just like he has been consulting me on different national matters during his second term in government,” Raila said during an interview with BBC on Tuesday. read more on the star
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Go Take Your Motorcycles From Police Stations – Ruto to Boda Boda Riders
Deputy President William Ruto has told boda boda operators in Nairobi Area to go and pick their motorcycles which were confiscated by police during the crackdown.
The work of government is to help and facilitate businesses to thrive. We should not use law enforcement to criminalize legitimate businesses and entrepreneurs. pic.twitter.com/hbQjevsOYL
— William Samoei Ruto, PhD (@WilliamsRuto) March 16, 2022
Speaking in Nairobi on Wednesday, March 16, the DP told the operators who were in his campaign trail, that they should visit the police stations where their motorcycles are being held and take them back.
He pointed out that the police were used by the political class to oppress the boda boda sector and they should not have taken the motorcycles if they had not broken any laws. read more on kenyans.co.ke
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KPMG bags deal to clean voter register ahead of elections
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By Kamau Muthoni | Mar 17th 2022 |
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has said audit firm KPMG will clean up the voter register ahead of the August 9 polls.
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001440512/kpmg-bags-deal-to-clean-voter-register-ahead-of-elections
KPMG also audited the register before the 2017 polls.
IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati said KPMG beat four others to clinch the deal.
He denied that the time to get rid of dead voters has lapsed, adding that the six-month window to audit the register only applied to the 2017 elections. read more on the standard
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5. nation.africa/kenya
News updates: State crafts tough new rules to control scrap metal trade
Scrap metal dealers will have to be licensed afresh under a new regulatory framework before the state considers lifting a ban on the trade.
Kenya Union of Scrap Metal Dealers Chairman Evanson Ng’ang’a during an interview at his yard. Scrap metal dealers will have to be licensed afresh under a new regulatory framework before the state considers lifting a ban on the trade. Lucy Wanjiru | Nation Media Group
A meeting between the heads of various government agencies and representatives of scrap metal dealers Wednesday failed to unlock a moratorium placed in January by President Uhuru Kenyatta on the trade that has been widely blamed for vandalism of critical infrastructure.
The government has, instead, slapped the dealers with a tough set of regulations, which it insists must be adhered to before a recommendation is made to the President on whether or not to lift the ban. read more on nation Africa