Nairobi birdman hits out to Mosiria

The famous Nairobi birdman had called out to Geofrey Mosiria telling him off that he never assisted him when he was on the streets. 

This comes a day after Geofrey Mosiria ordered him to surrender the birds to Kenya wildlife service within 24 hours or face legal consequences. On his video, the birdman said he was on the streets and Mosiria never helped him out. 

NTSA revokes Nicco Movers 1 sacco licence after student death

 The National Transport and Safety Authority NTSA has revoked Nicco Movers 1 Sacco operating license after the recent incident in which a KMTC student named Eugene Mutuku died after being thrown out of a moving Nicco bus along Thika road.

In a statement issued by NTSA on Friday, the Authority said it conducted a comprehensive assessment was conducted on the compliance and safety standards of the company which exposed serious operational and management shortcomings.

This orms part of the ongoing investigations of the incident in which a KMTC student Eugene Mutuku died as a result of being thrown out of a moving vehicle along Thika road. 

"The authority conducted a thorough assessment of the operator safety practices and compliance status" read part of the statement.

The authority noted that the Sacco lacks safety protocols and has failed to demonstrate any efforts to address safety concerns. 

The Authority further noted that vehicles operating under the Sacco are unsafe and pose a danger to other road users.

As a result of these findings the Authority resolved to revoking the operating license and to cease all its operations with immediate effect.

The Authority directed law enforcement agencies to impound any vehicle operating under the Nicco Movers 1 Sacco that will be found operating against the revocation of the operating license.

Kithure Kindiki was legally appointed as Deputy President

The high court of Kenya has today made a landmark ruling that H. E Kithure Kindiki was legally appointed to the office of the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya. 

This comes after former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua went to court to question the legality of how Kithure Kindiki was appointed to the office of the deputy president of the Republic of Kenya after his removal from office by way of impeachment. 

Gachagua had argued that there was no public participation in the process of nominating H.E Prof. Kithure Kindiki as the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya to replace him Rigathi Gachagua.

The court dismissed the claims holding that there was no requirement for conducting public participation in the process of nominating Kithure Kindiki to the office of the deputy president.

On his reinstatement to office, the High court held that the matter was long overdue since there was already a deputy president in that office who is none other than H. E Prof. Kithure Kindiki

Gachagua impeached again

The high court has today maintained the removal of Rigathi Gachagua from the office of the deputy president of the Republic of Kenya. 

In their landmark ruling on the case challenging the removal from office by way of impeachment, the high court held that the former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua was legally removed from office by impeachment.

On the matter of public participation, the High court held that there was no requirement by the Senate to conduct an independent public participation therefore dismissing the claims by Gachagua and his legal team that there was no public participation by the Senate to remove him from office by impeachment. 

On the matter of fair hearing, the court held that Gachagua was not given fair hearing after his case proceeded in his absence raising questions of fair hearing in the determination of his impeachment.

The high court also awarded Rigathi Gachagua a sum of Ks 50million shillings as damages for unfair hearing during his impeachment proceedings at the Senate.

Gachagua had argued that despite him feeling unwell and being admitted at Karen hospital, the Senate went ahead with the proceedings of his removal from office and he felt that he was not given fair hearing of his impeachment case.