The Kitui Rural Constituency Returning Officer Winfred Ndoti hands over the IEBC clearance certificate to the Kisasi MCA Hon. Emeritus Kasee Musya after being cleared to defend his seat in the August polls.
Kisasi Ward MCA Emeritus Kasee Musya has been cleared by the IEBC to defend his seat during the August 9 General Election.
In a less-hyped event that happened today at the Kitui Rural Constituency IEBC office in Kwa Vonza town, the former Kitui County Assembly deputy speaker and two-time MCA was cleared to defend his seat for the third time on a Wiper Democratic Movement ticket.
Speaking to our reporter after the event, the popular MCA vowed to continue his good work for the Kisasi Ward people, and urged them to vote for Dr. Malombe as their next Governor, terming him as the best governor he can work with for the next five years and deliver his manifesto to the electorate.
Hon. Kasee Musya is famous for his hard political stands and lack of compromise on integrity matters.
The Kitui County governor is among the top 100 most influential women in the continent, per a survey done by Africa’s leading media and public relations agency.
According to the survey done by Avance Media, HE. Charity Ngilu was placed among the most influential women in Africa on the governance category.
Others in the category include HE. Aja Jallow-Tambajano, the former Gambian Vice President; Angeléle Makombo, The President, League of Congolese Democrats; Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru; Athaliah Malokomme, the Parmanent UN Rep of Botwana; Emma Theofelus, Namibia Deputy Minister; Eve Baziaba, Deputy Prime Minister DR Congo; Jeannette Kagame, First Lady Rwanda; Filsan Abdullahi, Ethiopian Minister of Gender, Children and Youth; HE. Jessica Rose Epel Alupo, the Vice President Uganda; Kaba Nialé, Minister for Planning and Development Ivory Coast, HE. Miriam Talanta, Vice President Benin; Kenyan Chief Justice Martha Koome; HE. Sahle-Work Zewde, President Ethiopia; HE. Samia Suluhu Hassan, President Tanzania; and Victoire Dogbé, the Prime Minister Togo.
The list, which featured women who have climbed the corporate ladder, started their own successful businesses, or have been in the forefront of decision making both locally and internationally; also included among others: Graça Machel (wife to the late Mozambican freedom fighter and pan-africanist Samoa Machel), Founder Graça Machel Trust; HE. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Former Liberian President and Board Chair EJS Center; Pumzile Mlambo, the Executive Director UN Women; Dorothy Ghettuna, the NetFlix Content Manager for Africa; among other renown public figures.
According to their survey report, the criteria Avance Media used in settling for the 100 most influential women in the continent included:
Excellence in leadership and performance
Personal accomplishments
Commitment to sharing knowledge
Breaking status quo, and
Being an accomplished African Woman.
The survey report features 100 women, drawn from 28 countries in Africa, and classified into 8 categories.
A primary school girl is still a long way from getting justice, with the court never having started hearing proceedings, over two years since she was defiled by her teacher. This here is her story:
A primary school deputy head teacher in Kitui County has been charged with defiling his Standard six pupil.
The former Kaunguni Primary School deputy head teacher, Waita Zone in Mwingi Central, Justus Muli, was charged with defiling a 13-year old schoolgirl within the school’s compound on July 31, 2018.
Mwingi Resident Magistrate, Israel Ruhu, granted Muli a Sh300,000 bond with a surety of a similar amount. The case is set to be heard on October 27.
The teacher faced an alternative charge of indecent assault by touching the adolescent’s private parts.
After the plea was taken, the family of the pupil raised concern why the accused was still serving as a teacher in a neighbouring Itheng’eli Primary School when he still faces the sexual offence case.
The girl’s father, Elijah Kilinge, said he hoped that in due course, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) will seal all the loopholes to ensure truth is not suppressed and justice is fulfilled.
The matter had failed to kick off after the police slugged for years in arresting and charging the accused. Earlier, the DPP had turned down a decision by its lower Kitui County office to close a police case file of the complainant over flimsy excuses.
In a tense letter, the DDP said the decision by its lower office to order close of the defilement police case file No. 491/148/2018 against the juvenile was unjust.
In an equally verbatim letter, the head of children, victims and witnesses support at the DDP’s office, Caroline Kirimi, said it would be unjust to fault the complaint for not reporting the incident to her sister and opting to report to her parents.
“Long periods of silence cannot be construed as a suppression of truth or to mean that the incident did not happen,” Kirimi said in the letter.
She said there is sufficient evidence to prove all the elements of the defilement, the age of the victim, positive identification and a proof of penetration. Ms Kirimi observed that section 124 of the evidence act allows the court to convict on the uncorroborated testimony of a victim if found to be credible. Consequently, the DPP directed Kitui office to file a case of defilement contrary to section 8 (1) as read with section 8 (2) of the sexual offence act against the suspect.
“Proceed to prepare the charge sheet and present the suspect to court for plea taking,” Kirimi concluded.
Interesting enough, the case hearing also failed to begin on Monday 27th July because the defendant sought more time to consult with his lawyer,whom he claimed he had just acquired that same day. However, our reporter was able to unearth that the hearing date had been fixed three months prior to, and subsequent summons served, so the defendant had sufficient time to acquire himself legal representation and prepare his defense. Three of the four key witnesses are school going children, and with every postponement of the hearing coming with a heavy toll on the already squeezed education calendar.
It was joy and jubilation for the Mwingi women as Wamama Na Essie was launched . The launch took place at Mwingi township on Thursday 15th July 2021.
Wamama na Essie is a brainchild of Hon Ndile and a platform for women empowerment. The event was attended by hundreds of women from all over Mwingi sub county.
HON NDILE who is aspiring for KITUI WOMEN REPRESENTATIVE in 2022, also revealed her working agendas which will govern her leadership and top on the list is “ Women Empowerment and Leadership trainings “.
With Ndile it can only get better for the Kitui Women!
Hon.Esther Ndile is the Former Vice-Chairperson to the County Assemblies’ Forum (CAF), A Member of the Kitui County Assembly, and a Passionate Activist for Women empowerment.
The County Executive Commetee Member for Health and Sanitation Dr.Winnie Kitetu and Governor’s Communication Advisor miss Fatuma Ngesa among other health officials during an inspection tour of Kwavonza dispensary in Kitui Rural, Matinyani and Kathuma dispensaries in Kitui West.
Kitui CECM for Health and Sanitation Dr. Winnie Kitetu embarked on an inspection tour of health facilities in Kitui West and Kitui Rural Sub counties today.
The Ministry has been in the forefront in ensuring that all hospitals, Health centers and dispensaries are fully equipped and operational thus reducing congestion at all the county level 4 Hospitals.
Speaking during the tour at the Kea Vonza Dispensary, Dr Winnie Kitetu disclosed that the Kitui Level 4 facility is the first of many institutions in the county that have undergone changes to improve service delivery. The changes, among others, include: The procurement of a 64 slide CT Scan and a digital X- ray machine at the Radiology Department; all fully operational; and a renal unit that has the capacity to handle 10 patients a day. She assured that laboratory services have also been improved by fully equipping them and hiring extra staff to disperse services to Kitui residents effectively.
The hospital also has a special operational isolation unit in preparedness for any covid 19 cases with a bed capacity of 28 beds.
The minister assured the residents that Governor Charity Ngilu remains committed to ensuring that Kitui residents benefit from proper healthcare within minimum travelling distance as envisaged in her second development pillar on Healthcare.
Award winning Kamba gospel maestro Stephen Kasolo has apologized to his fans for the foul language he used in the audios circulating on social media, claiming that co- singer Fortune Mwikali provoked him to extremes with her insults.
In an exclusive interview with the Kitui Newspaper this morning, Kasolo shared exclusive screenshots of threats and insults by Fortune, that range from accusations of being gay to rather personal insults on his family and his physical looks. In one of the shared conversations, Fortune appears to be blackmailing Kasolo; and she further confesses of being ‘an agent with a mission that only prayers and real prayers can stop’!
“As a man of God and a born again christian, I feel obliged to own up to my audios and apologize to both my fans and fellow artist for letting anger get the better of me,” admitted Kasolo. “Am only human, and anyone would have snapped too, under the weight of such deep insults,” he added. “Even our Lord Jesus Christ once lost his temper too.”
He further called upon fellow musicians to be wary of singer Fortune Mwikali as ‘she is an evil agent who’s out on a mission’.
“We really need to get down on our knees and pray hard,” beseeched Kasolo. “This lady is apparently on an evil mission, and if we don’t pray hard, the devil will disintegrate our ministry,” he added.
Fortune Mwikali broke into the limelight after she did a collabo with Kasolo, and since then, the gospel maestro and Kitole hit-maker has nurtured her musical career till they fell out a week ago.
Below are screenshots of some of the insults and messages (Viewer discretion advised: Extreme Language and content!)
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Saturday, November 21, 2020, Kitui. By Our Reporter
A Kitui Police Station cruiser responds to a past crime scene in Kitui town. The police are fighting hard to suppress news of a prisoner who succumbed to breathing difficulties while in their custody in the wee hours of the morning today. [File photo]
The Kitui County Security Council is fighting to suppress news of a prisoner who succumbed to breathing difficulties inside the Kitui Police Station cells today, in the early hours of the morning, just a few hours after an officer from the same station succumbed to similar symptoms!
The Kitui Newspaper sleuths have established that the prisoner had been in custody for several days, and had reported chest pains and breathing difficulties on Tuesday this week. However, it is not clear whether the prisoner recieved any medical attention or not.
The story took another twist however, when officers from the station drove the body to the Kitui Level 4 Hospital morgue and booked him only as a resident of Majengo, Kitui Township. According to mortuary reports, the body was brought in at around half past one in the morning, and the police never gave any further details as to the nature and suspected cause of death. They also omitted to mention that the deceased had died in their custody.
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Trusted sources have informed the Kitui Newspaper that an emergency meeting was held at the Kitui County Commissioner’s office between 3am and 6 am to deliberate on the matter. All the top security officers were in attendance, according to our sources.
Our investigations have revealed that the deceased had been detained at the Kitui Police cells, pending his plea for a defilement suit. The Kitui Township sub-chief Mr. Kabede, speaking to us over the phone, confirmed the news of the death; identifying the deceased as Mr. Abubakar Yusuf, who had been in police custody for some days prior to his death.
The Kitui Level 4 hospital mortuary staff have denied having any prior knowledge of the circumstances leading to Mr. Yusuf’s death, arguing that the police did not give them much details about the deceased, apart from the entry on the official morgue book that the deceased hailed from Majengo in Kitui Township. They expressed shock in the fact that such a mysterious death would just be booked as any other body, especially during this period of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“We don’t have PPEs, we don’t have body bags either,” disclosed one morgue staff who sought anonymity for job security’s sake, “In the unfortunate event of a covid-19 case, we can’t even safely handle the body here!”
The Kitui Senator Hon. Enoch Kiio Wambua has called for the public apology and resignation of governor Ngilu, for what he terms as the governor’s failed leadership and endless counterproductive political scapegoating.
In a public statement today, Hon. Wambua accused the governor of neglecting her duties to the people of Kitui, instead indulging in retrogressive national politicking shenanigans whose intentions can only bring zero benefits to the poor electorate of Kitui.
“This is very unfortunate: Charity Kaluki Ngilu has essentially abandoned her duties as governor of Kitui County and opted to be a messenger,” the concerned senator mused, “Her new assignment is characteristically simple but very evil; try to stand in the way of H.E. Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka and scuttle any attempts to seal a working relationship with President Uhuru Kenyatta.”
Senator Kiio went ahead to dismiss the governor’s latest rantings, that H.E. Dr. Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka has an evil hand in the county assembly and has been deliberately using the wiper MCAs (who form the house majority) to frustrate her development agenda, as ‘…a shame from a person who personifies failure, political treachery and deceit.‘ He challenged Ngilu to come public with any evidence for such allegations.
“Ngilu must desist from dragging the name of Kalonzo Musyoka to her self-inflicted woes. If Ngilu really cares about the people of Kitui County, she must apologise to them for wastage of their time and theft of their resources by her administration and do the most honourable thing; resign.” Read part of the senator’s press release.
Senator Kiio termed Ngilu’s troubles as ‘self-inflicted woes’, drawing reference to the Finance Offices Fire incident that happened last year; and the pursuant report by the county assembly’s special committee investigating the incident.
“Last year, the County Assembly of Kitui adopted the report of a special committee investigating the cause of the fire that gutted Finance offices,” Hon Enoch Wambua revealed, “In the report, the committee isolated Ngilu, in her capacity as Governor of Kitui County, as the first person of interest and recommended that she be investigated.”
The senator further added that it was no longer a secret who Ngilu was working for, and that he wouldn’t look the other way as the governor looted dry the funds meant to benefit the people of Kitui county; simply because some ‘bigshot’ was sheltering her from legal repercussions.
“We know who has been protecting her from facing the full force of the law over several and serious cases of corruption in her administration,” confided Senator Kiio. “Both the messenger and her boss must prepare for a big shock,” He reiterated.
The Kitui Township ward rep has stepped up the fight against covid-19 in the county.
Addressing the media after donating free face masks and water tanks at Syongila AP Police line, Kitui Police Station, and Kitui County AP Headquarters; Hon. Ndoo, a medic by profession, who also heads the assembly Committee on Health and sanitation, the MCA has vowed to do everything within his power to ensure that the residents of Kitui Township have access to the key health and safety requirements to keep them safe from the epidemic. He also visited Syongila and Kaveta Shopping Centers where he donated free masks and soaps to bodaboda operators, residents and pedestrians.
Kitui Township ward houses the capital of Kitui County, and is home to residents from all over the country.
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