Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja speaking during Jamuhuri Festival on Monday, December 12, 2022. TWITTER SAKAJA
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja maintained his stand over the closure of night clubs in residential estates within the city.
In a statement dated Saturday, December 24, the governor explained that there was a need to create order within the county given the numerous complaints that had been raised by residents over noise pollution.
However, he did not indicate whether he would seek audience with the lawmakers and Pubs, Entertainment and Restaurant Association of Kenya (PERAK) over the same.
Armed police officers at the Nairobi CBD on Sunday, November 27.
THE STANDARD
"There will be sanity in our neighbourhoods. There is no turning back from that," read the statement in part.
Sakaja's response also got a boost after a section of MCA's led by Kileleshwa representative, Robert Alai, supported the closure of the night clubs.
"It was sneaked in but know that we won't give up," he stated.
In a report by the County Assembly, the lawmakers had directed the police and the county askaris popularly known as Kanjos not to effect the governor's orders.
The MCAs noted that several businesses had struggled with the directive including the ones that were compliant.
Civil servants in South Sudan’s Lakes State have complained about high commodity prices and low salaries as Christmas approaches.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Thursday, several civil servants said they were unable to buy food items and clothes for their families to celebrate the yuletide.
John Kockedhie, a civil servant in Rumbek, said: "We are currently receiving our November salary, but it cannot buy even 10 kg of maize flour in the Rumbek market. My salary is 5,300 SSP, and 10 kg of maize flour is sold in the market at 6,500 SSP. There is nothing to afford with this salary to celebrate Christmas.”
He said salaries of civil servants should be increased so that they can meet family needs.
"But each member of the executive and legislature received 400,000 SSP. These people will celebrate Christmas and New Year. But for us, nothing to celebrate except peaceful coexistence and security,” he said.
Meanwhile, Wol Ater, a civil servant in Yirol East County, said: “The community here in Yirol East County have received two months amount of money from World Food Program. So WFP could not manage to bring them food, but they have been given money based on the family size.”
He said the amount of money distributed by WFP to the community is more than the government civil servants' salary, which he said cannot buy food in the market.
For his part, the acting minister of information in Lakes State, William Koji Kirjok, said that the payment of civil servants salaries is ongoing, and every civil servant receives a November salary ahead of Charismas.
The official appreciated the government for releasing the salaries of civil servants on time.
South Sudan has been experiencing inconsistent and rampant inflation. - Radio Tamazuj
The tribunal investigating the conduct of a serving IEBC commissioner and three of her former colleagues was yesterday told how they frantically pushed the Commission chairperson Wafula Chebukati to order a repeat presidential election.
Testifying before the tribunal chaired by Justice Aggrey Muchelule, IEBC Chief Executive Officer Marjan Hussein Marjan revealed how the four commissioners exerted pressure on Chebukati to moderate the results of the presidential election so that none of the candidates attains the requisite 50 percent plus one vote to be declared the outright winner.
The four commissioners, led by then Vice Chairperson Juliana Cherera, Justus Nyang’aya, Irene Masit and Francis Wanderi urged the IEBC chair to proceed to declare a repeat election on grounds that none of the four presidential candidates led by Kenya Kwanza’s William Ruto, Azimio la Umoja candidate Raila Odinga, Roots Party candidate George Wajackoyah and Agano Party’s David Mwaure Waihiga, had attained the 50 percent plus one vote threshold.
Marjan said that he was surprised when the four commissioners went to hold a presser at the Nairobi Serena Hotel.
“I was surprised with the statement that they made because we worked with them so closely to the last point and there was nothing wrong. Our crossing point came when they went and said the opposite,” said Marjan.
The tribunal heard that the problem with the commissioners began when they tried to influence the moderation of the results so that the country would go back for rerun.
Last standing
According to Marjan, the Cherera four wanted a rerun to give Azimio la Umoja a chance since the margin between President William Ruto and Raila Odinga was too small.
“The difference between William Ruto who was leading and Raila Odinga was around 253,000… the four commissiniors argued that the difference was too small and we should give the parties a chance to go for a rerun.., they wanted the results moderated but the chairman refused saying the law does not allow him to do so,” said Marjan.
Marjan further noted that Masit who is the last of four left standing was actually present all through at the National Tallying Centre. Three of the commissioners have since resigned. They include Cherera, Wanderi and Nyang’aya.
Besides Muchelule, members of the tribunal comprise Carolyne Daudi, the Vice-Chairperson, Linda Kiome, Mathew Nyabena and retired Colonel Saeed Khamis.
A representative from Serena who also testified in the tribunal confirmed that Masit was among the four IEBC officials who went to the Serena hotel and addressed a press conference.
Anthony Chege Kamau told the tribunal that one Edwin Okwe walked into the hotel’s reception area on 15 August, booked and paid for the ground to be used for a press conference.
A representative of Yaya apartments, Simon Ngila also testified before the tribunal that the four commissioners stayed at their apartments from August 15 and checked out on August 19.
“The person who made the booking for the said apartment is Edwin Okwe who is a repeat client... he has stayed with us before.. he just made a random booking for three days and we got him space,” explained Ngila.
According to the Accommodation Manager at the said apartments, the four commissioners were not willing to have their records written down and their security team said they would sort it out the next day.
“We provided our registration documents which were signed by their security personnel,” Angila told the tribunal.
A clip showing Masit walking into the lifts of the said apartment from the basement was played before the tribunal.
The manager revealed that former Cabinet Secretary and Jubilee party Secretary General Raphael Tuju, was among the visitors who visited the four commissioners at the said Apartments on August 16. By Bernice Mbugua, People Daily
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