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  • Deputy President William Ruto (in a navy-blue half coat) during the Njoro event on Monday, June 20, 2022. DPPS 
  • Deputy President William Ruto kicked out the media from a function he held in Njoro, Nakuru County with minority communities affected by the 2007 Post-Election violence.

    In the event held on Monday, June 20, the DP was in the middle of an address when he ordered the media to exit the venue. His own press unit, which was streaming the video live on social media was also asked to leave and later pulled down the streamed footage. 

    Prior to the directive, Ruto had narrated that minority groups in the Rift Valley region suffered the most in case of a breakout of the post-election violence. 

    "I asked myself, the way Kenyan politics is structured after 2007 and the problem was when the politics get to where it got, It is the Rift valley people who get political problems. I sat down with Uhuru and we agreed.

    Deputy President William Ruto together with his Running mate Rigathi Gachagua being cleared for the August 9 polls by IEBC officials at the Bomas of Kenya on June 4, 2022.
    Deputy President William Ruto together with his Running mate Rigathi Gachagua being cleared for the August 9 polls by IEBC officials at the Bomas of Kenya on June 4, 2022.

    "I told him I was ready and I had a chance. Do we still have media houses here? You people get out we discuss important things," the DP stated. 

    In a statement shared after the meeting, Ruto maintained that his movement was keen on embracing diversity as well as fostering peace across the country.

    "We cannot move forward as a country through violence and ethnic balkanisation. As Kenya Kwanza, we are firm on communities and leaders actively accepting and embracing diversity. That way, we will build a cohesive, peaceful and better Kenya for everyone," he added.

    The event was attended by grassroots leaders, opinion-shapers and professionals from Njoro and Molo who discussed their issues and priorities.

    National leaders present included his running mate Rigathi Gachagua, National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi, Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika, Bahati MP Kimani Ngunjiri and Nakuru Senatorial Aspirant Tabitha Karanja among others.

    In recent weeks, the Deputy President has fallen out with the media accusing them of impartiality in coverage and threatening to withdraw from the upcoming Presidential Debate.

    Ruto specifically singled out Citizen TV, Inooro TV, Inooro FM and The Daily Nation as among the most notorious media houses in biased reporting against him. 

    The Media Owners Association, however, maintained that the debate would carry own as planned noting that Ruto and other candidates were part of the planning process.

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    DP William Ruto during a campaign in Mandera on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. WILLIAM RUTO By Kenyans.co.ke

 

KIGALI, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and six injured when armed insurgents attacked a passenger bus Saturday afternoon in southwestern Rwanda, Rwandan police said.

The attack by suspected members of the National Liberation Front (FLN) rebel group occurred at 2 p.m. local time in Nyamagabe district, in Nyungwe forest, according to a statement by the Rwanda National Police.

"Armed thugs suspected to be members of the FLN operating across the border, shot at a public passenger bus on the Nyamagabe-Rusizi road," the statement said.

The dead included the bus driver and a passenger, police said, adding that a man hunt has been launched to track the assailants.

FLN is a military wing of the Rwandan Movement for Democratic Change led by Paul Rusesabagina, a Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda hero who was last year sentenced to 25 years in prison for terrorism committed by the FLN in 2018, which claimed the lives of nine civilians in Rwanda's southwest.

The group reportedly operates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In April, a Rwandan court in the capital Kigali upheld a 25-year jail sentence for Rusesabagina following an appeal by prosecution. - Xinhua

Tanzania club Young Africans Sports Club have signed Zambian striker Lazarous Kambole on a free transfer.

Kambole joins the 2021/2022 Tanzanian League Champions on a two year deal after being released by Kaizer Chiefs earlier this month.

Kambole had a difficult spell in South Africa having featured 46 times with only 2 goals to his name.

However, Kambole comes with a huge reputation having being prolific in front of goal for Zesco United scoring 7 goals in the CAF Champions League where he holds the competition’s fastest hattrick. Soka25East

 

Footage emerged in northern Tanzania of what appears to be members from the Maasai community being removed from the land surrounding their village.

The images were shot last week, a few days before the Tanzanian authorities announced that the first group of Maasai families had left the Ngorongoro Conservation Area as part of a programme of voluntary relocation in order to alleviate pressure on the local environment.

Human rights activists denounced the programme as forceful evictions.

"We are here and we are tired. We ran away, the three of us and we were ambushed by the military - I can say it was the military. They got out of their vehicles and started beating us. I personally tried to plead with them: 'My fellow Tanzanians, do not kill us. Why are you killing us? This land belongs to our grandparents", denounced a Maasai elder.

The confrontations erupted after Maasai community members noticed Tanzanian authorities marking off land reportedly for a game reserve.

Tanzanian authorities, including the tourism minister and prime minister, have said the goal for the disputed area is conservation and alleged that the growing number of Maasai and cattle on the land could put it at risk.

According to experts, the planned game reserve would take up 1,500 square kilometres of 4,000 square kilometres designated as village land, meaning up to 70,000 Maasai could be displaced.

The entire Ngorongoro Conservation Area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. - Africanews

  • Exiled lawyer Miguna Miguna in His Office in Canada in August 2021.  FACEBOOK  MIGUNA MIGUNA /Photo Courtesy
 
  • Outspoken lawyer Miguna Miguna has sued Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i in Canada and is seeking Ksh1.7 billion in compensation for damages caused during his deportation to Canada.

    In court documents shared by Miguna on Thursday, June 16, the outspoken lawyer also included Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho and two other international companies in his landmark suit. 

    Miguna told the court that his deportation in 2018 had damaged his reputation and business.

    Interior CS Fred Matiang'i addresses a meeting with KEPSA and the NDICCC on Monday, May 22, 2022. .jpg
    Interior CS Fred Matiang'i addresses a meeting with KEPSA and the NDICCC on Monday, May 23, 2022. INTERIOR MINISTRY
     

    The outspoken lawyer explained that the cost would cater for damages of unlawful detention, assault, and defamation among others.

    "The Plaintiff claims from the Defendants, jointly and severally general damages for malicious prosecution, unlawful detention, torture, assault and battery in the sum of Ksh1.1 billion and general damages for libel, defamation and slander in the sum of Ksh587,050,000," read the court documents in part. 

    Miguna told the Ontario Court of Justice that he was a reputable lawyer and his character was defamed following his deportation to Canada.

    "The plaintiff, Miguna Miguna (hereinafter referred to as “Mr. Miguna”) was at all material times an Ontario lawyer in good standing for more than 27 years, as well as a lawyer, writer, commentator, and human rights activist in Kenya, and a resident of the Province of Ontario."

    Additionally, he told the court that his right to privacy was contravened after the police destroyed his home during his arrest.

    Miguna is claiming damages amounting to Ksh234,820,000 for the breach of his privacy.

    He stated that the police were acting under the direct orders of Matiang'i and Kibicho.

    "On February 2, 2018, the plaintiff was abducted at gun-point from his house in Nairobi, in the Republic of Kenya, by Kenya government security agents under the direct command of the defendants Matiang’i and Kibicho. He was detained incommunicado without charge in contravention of the Constitution of Kenya, and tortured for a period of six days. 

    "On the sixth day, heavily-armed Kenya security agents under the direct command of the defendants Matiang’i and Kibicho forcefully drove the plaintiff to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (hereinafter referred to as the “JKIA”) in Nairobi and forced him into a KLM flight bound for Amsterdam," Miguna's suit papers read in part. 

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    Canada-based Kenyan lawyer Miguna Miguna visits the IEBC centre in Toronto, Canada, on February 3, 2022
    TWITTER  MIGUNA MIGUNA By Washington Mito , Kenyans.co.ke

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