The Star 10/10/2017

SECURED A LOAN FROM NBK USING KOGO’S 8 PROPERTY, WHICH WERE AUCTIONED AFTER HE FAILED TO REPAY The High Court yesterday declared former presidential candidate Cyrus Jirongo bankrupt after he failed to pay a Sh700 million debt. Justice Olga Sewe, of the commercial division, ordered an official receiver appointed as trustee of Jirongo’s estate. This is after it was proven Jirongo could not settle his debt to businessman Sammy Kogo. Kogo, through his eight companies, petitioned the court to issue bankruptcy orders against Jirongo. The order was granted on September 29, 2017. Jirongo secured a loan from the National Bank of Kenya using Kogo’s property, but he failed to repay. According to court papers, Jirongo was to settle his debt within 180 days. Subsequently the bank moved in and auctioned…

FREE MEDICAL CAMP Go for early cancer screening Fewer people would die of cancer if they went for early screening and frequent checkups. Karatina University DVC in charge of Academics Peninnah Abutho said most people wait until they are very sick to seek treatment. The university and the Aga Khan University Hospital organised a free medical camp at Karatina Stadium. See Page 29 KNCHR Cops killed 37 during poll unrest Thirty-seven people were killed, among them children, by police in three days of unrest after President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared winner of the August 8 polls, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has said. They included a six-month-old baby, clobbered by agents in Kisumu. Most of those killed were from one tribe. See Page 9 BENARDET LOLOJU 8-day-old infants…

A court yesterday warned the prosecution in Bishop Gilbert Deya’s child theft case not to delay the hearing. Deya was charged in August with stealing five children under the age of 14. State counsel Nicholas Mutuku had asked the court to interpret its ruling on hearing dates. He said the court had said the case should be heard on daily from October 9. The High Court had said the case should be heard and determined in 120 days. Mutuku wanted interpretation on whether the case will be heard during weekends and public holidays, including Election Day. Lawyer Fred Ngatia asked the court not to allow the prosecution the opportunity to keep his client in remand by delaying the case further. In his ruling, chief magistrate Francis Andayi said he found…

WHATEVER happened to Knut boss Wilson Sossion after he was sworn in as a member of the National Assembly? Little has been heard from the firebrand trade unionist-cum-politician who was expected to take the August House by storm. Admirers of the ODM-nominated legislators, especially teachers, now want him to be more assertive and lobby strongly to be a member of the departmental committees on Labour and Education so he can push for their interests. THE JUBILEE Party is going all out — employing all possible seductions and pressures — to court opposition politicians, men and women of principle who swore they would never, never, succumb to the party that was taking Kenya to the dogs. Well, guess what? A just-elected North Rift governor is under enormous pressure and on the…

NASA leader Raila Odinga’s withdrawal from the presidential election will not stop Kenyans from going to the ballot on October 26. It looks virtually certain that he will not take part the rerun, whether he formally withdraws or not, and will urge his supporters to boycott what he calls a rigged, sham election. The ex-Prime Minister Raila departs today for the UK and there are fears he might announce his withdrawal from the UK, and might not return for the poll. He keeps everyone guessing. According to Regulation 52(1) of the Election (General) Regulations, Raila would have to formally inform the IEBC that he had withdrawn from the race, within three days after nominations. A highly placed source at the IEBC told the Star last night that several lawyers they…

NASA Chief Raila Odinga’s communications agents say he’s travelling out of the country on invitation to the UK and US for official business. It’s not true he wants to avoid being in the country in the event chaos resultsbecause he absconds the election on October 26. In my view, he will be back in to prepare and participate in the election — subject to the demands being made to IEBC having being met. In the event, Raila boycotts the election, then the IEBC will be left with a scenario of having two candidates — Uhuru Kenyatta and Dr Ekuru Aukot. The question will be if an election is held between those two, will it meets the threshold set in the Constitution?. People will argue the election will have been conducted…