The Star 12/10/2016

ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi yesterday said the opposition has no option but to form an alliance to send the Jubilee administration home. He is spearheading the National Super Alliance that targets to unite Cord affiliate parties. They include ODM, led by Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka’s Wiper and Ford Kenya of Moses Wetang’ula against President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee Party. Mudavadi spoke at the party secretariat after he was nominated for presidency by the party’s National Governing Council. “Kenya is on its deathbed, bleeding and moaning over the rampant corruption within the Jubilee. It is the time to make painful sacrifices to save Kenya,” Mudavadi said, “We will betray Kenyans if we dither because it’s not about who, but what we can do for the people.” Raila, who held a joint meeting…

IRUNGU NYAKERA Sh500m to improve security The Transport PS has said the security system at the Likoni Channel Crossing will be upgraded for Sh500 million. He said Sh100 million will be disbursed this financial year and Sh400 million next year. The channel is used by 300,000 commuters and 6,000 motorists daily. It has security scanners to screen passengers boarding the ferry. See page 20 WILLIAM RUTO Says he has forgiven rebel MPs The Deputy President says he has forgiven MPs Alfred Keter of Nandi Hills and Kapseret’s Oscar Sudi for rebelling against him. They have apologised. On Thursday, Ruto said he had thought of punishing them politically after they campaigned for Kanu in the Kericho by-election in March, but decided to give them a second chance. He told them to…

Five lawyers will be in the race to replace outgoing IEBC chairman Issack Hassan. The Selection Panel shortlisted them yesterday. The panel chaired by Bernadette Musundi (pictured) shortlisted former Mombasa mayor Taib Ali Taib and four others to be interviewed on December 19. An advert placed in the dailies by the seven-member IEBC panel said the interviews will be conducted in public. “Members of the public are invited to avail, in writing, by memoranda, any information of interest with respect to the suitability of any of the shortlisted candidates to serve as chairperson of the IEBC,” the advert reads. Former Law Society of Kenya representative at the Judicial Service Commission Florence Mwangangi, lawyers Wanyonyi Chebukati, Tukero ole Kina and Lucas Naikuni were shortlisted from a list of 35 applicants. The…

POLITICAL GOSSIP Who is doing what and where in the world of politics IS President Uhuru Kenyatta a worried man in the face of opposition leaders’ talks to form the National Super Alliance? Word has it that ongoing talks between Cord leader Raila Odinga and his Amani counterpart Musalia Mudavadi (pictured) to remove Uhuru in 2017 are giving his Jubilee camp sleepless nights. It is said some Jubilee MPs are afraid the Raila-Mudavadi and Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka collabo could well send Uhuru home. Corridors is told the ruling party is in a quagmire about how to counter the anticipated massed opposition because Jubilee’s plot of using Budalang’i MP Ababu Namwamba to divide the Luhya vote farther has failed. IT seems the matatu rogue culture will never go away, thanks…

THE EACC HAD ARGUED THE LAW ONLY BARS FROM RUNNING THOSE CONVICTED OF ETHICS OFFENSES AND WHO HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL APPEALS NANDI HILLS MP ALFRED KETER AND HIS NOMINATED COUNTERPART SONIA BIRDI ARE FACING CHARGES OF CAUSING A DISTURBANCE AT THE GILGIL WEIGHBRIDGE ON JANUARY 24, 2015 Candidates with pending court cases — alleged corruption, tax evasion, assault, rape, forgery and hate speech — could be disqualified from running in 2017. They are on a collision course with the EACC over enforcement of the leadership and integrity code. More than 25 prominent politicians, and probably quite a few others, have court cases and the commission could be in a fix, less than nine months to the polls. Aspirants are keen to get a clean bill of ethical health. The law…

Machakos governor Alfred Mutua Unlawful procurement of 16 cars. Garissa governor Nathif Jama Irregular lease of ambulances from Red Cross. Kiambu governor William Kabogo Ethnic contempt. Migori governor Okoth Obado DPP wants probe on graft. Ganze MP Peter Shehe Conspiracy to embezzle Sh40M from CDF. Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter Creating disturbance at Gilgil weighbridge. Nominated MP Sonia Birdi Creating disturbance at Gilgil weighbridge. Devolution Ministry Hassan Noor Facing charges in relation to the NYS Sh791 M saga. Kitutu Chache MP Richard Onyonka Corruption and abuse of office relating to tax evasion. Lamu West MP Julius Kariuki Charged with abuse of office. Kisii Senator Chris Obure Abuse of office and conspiracy to defraud the government. Gatunda South MP Moses Kuria Incitement to violence and hate speech. Kabete Ferdinand MP Waititu…