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"NASA Leader Raila Odinga never took any case to Supreme court. Together with him, we are not expecting any ruling in our favor for the case is not ours. NASA's plans are not dependent on court ruling, in fact the petition at the Supreme court delayed our processes. What is crystal clear is that Uhuru will not serve whether sworn in today after the supreme court ruling or later. Canaan is sure." ~James Orengo

The electoral commission has welcomed the unanimous decision by the Supreme Court to uphold President Uhuru Kenyatta’s re-election in the October 26 fresh presidential election. In a statement, Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula Chebukati said the court’s verdict affirms the electoral bodies efforts to conduct a free and fair election. “The unanimous determination by the honorable court affirms our resolve and deliberate efforts to conduct, free, fair and credible elections. We await the reasoned judgment to inform our post-election evaluation that is about to commence; as well as initiatives focused on developing our institution and enhancing electoral democracy,” read the statement from IEBC. In a unanimous decision read by Chief Justice David Maraga, the Supreme Court judges dismissed the two petitions challenging Kenyatta’s re-election saying they were not ‘merited’. “Having carefully considered the above issues, the specific praye...

National Super Alliance leader Raila Odinga is promising a “way forward” to his supporters on October 25, just a day to the scheduled election he insists will not happen. In speeches during rallies in Bondo and Kisumu, Mr Odinga largely preached peace, urging supporters not to attack traders and supporters of Jubilee. He specifically mentioned the Kikuyu community, saying they have equally suffered despite sharing ethnic identity with President Uhuru Kenyatta, his competitor in the poll held on August 8. NO ELECTION He also mentioned the Abagusii, cautioning supporters against targeting them because of acting Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i, whom he accused of being high-handed on Nasa protesters. Mr Odinga accused the government of plotting to use the military to coerce voters to take part in polls. “I will give a way forward on October 25. But the President should know that there will be no election,” Mr Odinga told supporters at the Oginga Odinga P...

Excellency and Dear Brother, I have learnt with the deepest shock and great sorrow of the tragic loss of 250 lives on 14th October 2017, following a horrific terror attack, in Zobe District, southern Mogadishu. All Kenyans join me in conveying to you, Excellency and dearest brother and through you, to the resilient, patriotic people of Somalia, my deepest and most heartfelt condolences, following this horrendous attack on our brothers and sisters in Mogadishu. The calculated intensity of this beastly attack, obviously intended to cause the most harmful physical, psychological and emotional damage, could only be aimed at one dastardly bigger goal – to strike fear and despondency in the hearts of the Somali people, thereby derailing them from the path of unity and progress which they have so gallantly chosen since your historic election in February 2017. Since then, it has been clear that the terrorists have felt frightened and threatened ...

One thing you will notice among the Kenyans on Twitter recently is the emergence of a group of trolls only known for empty viral following. They run  followership  campaigns hoping to gain followers or reward the very foolish with non-existent followers. Leading this band is xtiandela.a self proclaimed "THEE TREND SETTER". To know whether someone has fake or real followers on Twitter, you just need to deploy a little common sense and study the followers and their behaviour. I have been analyzing  Xtian  and their distribution. First, let’s agree that you can’t tell XtianDela on street the same way you can tell,lets say Jeff Koinange or Larry Madowo! So he is not my popular gang. He ais not celebrity in any way. He don’t have any cause or business to their name worth mentioning. There is no way you’d be so popular on Twitter to have almost the same number of followers as the Jeff Koinange. In brief April 2017,Jeff Koinange hit 1Million followers on twitter an...

President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has the internet shook with his latest policy. According to a Press Release from the Zimbabwean government, the Ministry of Cyber  Security and Threat Detection and Mitigation announced new reforms for social media use in the nation. The strict policies require WhatsApp administrators to register with the ministry or risk criminal prosecution. Furthermore, WhatsApp group members who belong unregistered groups could also be prosecuted for their participation in an unlicensed group.  The new outlandish requirements have many online questioning how one of Africa’s most outspoken leaders plans to implement the new regulations. With new WhatsApp groups formed every day, the new policy will be quite the undertaking for the Ministry of Cyber Security.