In bits today……………………………..
?President Uhuru Kenyatta says Kenya-US trade negotiations will start on July 7th, leading to signing of the Free Trade Agreement
?Court temporarily bars Kitui County Assembly from tabling an impeachment motion against Governor Ngilu pending suit.
?Kenya records 149 new Covid-19 cases after testing 3, 090 samples, totalling to 5, 533 cases.48 patients have recovered from the virus, bringing the total to 1, 905 while 5 more deaths have been recorded. The death toll is now 137. Busia has 9 cases all from Teso South While Bungoma has one case
?Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru survives impeachment after acquittal by theSenate. The House says charges against her were not substantiated, and that she’s only guilty of giving herself personal benefit and adopting a domineering attitude in Kirinyaga, offences that are not impeachable.
?Education CS Magoha urges President Uhuru not to reopen Schools in September due to the surging coronavirus numbers?. He announced that TVET institutions will be reopened for assessments in September, and students will take examinations in shifts.
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?The Labour court suspends the decision of the Nairobi Metropolitan to appoint a new board of the Nairobi Water and Sewarage Company. Activist Okiyah Omtatah had argued that the NMS has no such powers
?Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana announces his 2022 presidential bid, says he will ensure devolution works
?Kiambu Senator Kimani Wamatangi re-elected Chairman of Roads and Transportation committee, he will be deputised by Slyvia Kasanga
?CoG Chair Oparanya names KNCCI Boss Ngatia the Special business advisor during MoU signing; commit to post-covid recovery
?The Judiciary has come out to clarify that the jail term for Sirisia MP John Waluke is 67 years and not 7 as earlier reported.??♂. The Government arms says the Total Jail terms for convicts in the Sh314m maize scam are 69 years for Wakhungu and 67 years for Waluke if the Sh2.1bn fine is not paid:Hon Waluke has since moved to the appellate court
?Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala has been expelled from ANC party following a special National Delegates meeting. He is accused of being disloyal to the party and its leadership.? Someone help me shout ‘futile!’
?DPP says there were No criminal acts were during the Kakamega Primary School Stampede that led to several deaths
?Court frees Luqman Ali Mahmmoud, the man who forced his way into State House on June 19th to speak with President Uhuru , citing mental condition.
?The two thugs caught on camera robbing a man in Kilimani yesterday morning have been nabbed.
?Former President Pierre Nkurunziza’ s State funeral went on in Burundi’s capital Gitega in a huge gathering despite covid-19 virus fears.
FACTS:-
1. During the 1930s, Round Island and Curieuse Island, all in Seychelles, were used to accommodate lepers. By 1965, leprosy had been eradicated in the country and the leprosarium was closed indefinitely. But a stone prison still exists in one of the Islands, the Round Island.
2. Tanzania is still demanding compensation from Germany for atrocities committed by German soldiers during the Maji Maji rebellion of 1905-190! At least 75,000 people were killed, but some conflicting reports put the number at 300,000
3. Rita Marley, the wife of Reggae music great Bob Marley, was among the people who strongly believed in Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia as their god. When Selassie visited Jamaica in 1966, she said she saw nail marks on Haile Selassie’s palm as he waved at the crowd??
Tupatane Jumatatu, alamsiki
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