The Star 10/26/2017

Two men were arrested yesterday in connection with the shooting of Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu’s driver and police called the attack an apolitical robbery. The two suspects, aged between 18 and 22, were picked up by DCI officers from a house in Kawangware. This was just hours after constable Titus Musyoka was shot on Ngong Road on Tuesday evening. Sources said the DCJ told investigators the driver called her after the shooting and said the attackers had peeped inside the car, indicating they were looking for her. Sources told the Star the two suspects are known criminals in Dagoretti and Kawangware, but had never been arrested before. Musyoka was shot twice by gunmen on a motorcycle and was rushed to Nairobi Women’s Hospital. Nairobi DCI chief Ireri Kamwende confirmed…

GOVERNOR MIKE SONKO Defiant hawkers arrested City askaris are arresting hawkers defying an order by the governor on where and when to sell their wares. On October 10, Sonko said hawkers will be allowed to operate within the CBD only from 2pm.According to the new guidelines, the hawkers will operate only on one side of the road and must leave enough space for pedestrians. See Page 23 LA NIÑA Brace for less rain, drought The NDMA has warned of a possible La Niña between October and December. The Met last month forecast enhanced rainfall over much of the country during the October-December short rains. But the authority said drought conditions remain critical in Garissa, Isiolo, Kajiado, Kilifi, Marsabit, Narok, Samburu, Tana River and Wajir. See Page 10 MOB Man kills…

The government has accused four researchers of doctoring data that showed blood donated in Kenya is contaminated with HIV, syphilis and Hepatitis B. The Ministry of Health said the findings are based on non-existent data. “The [lead] author alludes to data for the period March to December 2016 to support his findings. We can confirm that neither the author nor mHealth Kenya Ltd had access to data for the period July to December 2016,” director of medical services Dr Jackson Kioko said. The authors analysed data on blood donated by individuals recruited through the Text for Life mobile platform last year. The platform was created by local NGO mHealth in partnership with Kenya National Blood Transfusion Services, Bloodlink Foundation, CDC Foundation and Intellisoft Consulting. It allows individuals to receive messages…

DID IEBC CEO Ezra Chiloba proceed on leave as widely claimed? Well, sources whisper to Corridors that the man has been reporting to work as usual at Anniversary Towers. So, who engineered the narrative that the CEO had taken a sabbatical? And if it’s true he is on leave, why would he make appearances in the office? Well, these are questions that only the eloquent, soft-spoken Chiloba can answer. On Monday, opposition chief Raila Odinga said in Kisii he had received intelligence the CEO was still in office. He claimed the narrative was only being peddled to lure him to participate in today’s polls. A diplomat in Nairobi is under pressure from his country, Corridors has been told. It’s alleged his country is concerned the confidence level the country once…

On Election Eve, Opposition leader Raila Odinga rebranded NASA as a national resistance movement to defy “illegitimate government” and boycott goods and services benefiting “dictatorship”. The former Prime Minister yesterday repeated his call for a nationwide boycott of today’s “sham’ presidential rerun but called on his supporters not to demonstrate, lest they be massacred by a “bloodthirsty regime”. Hold prayers away from polling stations or stay home, he told a cheering crowd at Uhuru Park. Yesterday, for the first time in its history, the The Supreme Court failed to muster a quorum, prompting furious speculation as to why.Only two of seven justices, including CJ Maraga, were present and unable to rule on a petition to postpone the election today. Meanwhile, security was tightened countrywide, especially in opposition strongholds and hotspots…

There are several examples of resistance movements. The National Resistance Movement of Uganda is an example. But even Mahatma Gandhi’s nonviolent movement was resistance. There was a resistance movement in Guinea-Bissau and Mexico. There are two types of resistance movements. There are some that are engaged in peaceful resistance like Gandhi’s that led a no-violence resistance. There are also ideological resistance movements. So the differences are occasioned by the methodology used. Some use militancy alone, like the NRM movement. They started when a few people entered the forest like Museveni did. He went with a few people but his movement was very ideological and backed by a clear vision. They even formed resistance councils. A resistance movement has got various ideologues around it and they know always that the journey…