BREAKING NEWS: Kenya’s High Court nullifies election of a Jubilee governor

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February 22, 2018

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The High Court on Thursday nullified the election of Embu Governor Martin Nyaga Wambora.

The court ruled that there were irregularities in the race taht undermined the electoral process.

Last month the same court ordered a fresh tallying and scrutiny of votes in the Embu gubernatorial election in 710 polling stations across the county.

The order came after former Embu Senator Lenny Kivuti filed a petition challenging Governor Wambora’s win in the August election.

On Thursday, Justice William Musyoka said former Senator Lenny Kivuti, who has contested Governor Martin Wambora’s win had demonstrated that there were numerous errors in the tallying exercise.

In the tightly contested gubernatorial race held last year Wambora garnered 97,544 votes against Kivuti’s 96,597.

Thursday’s ruling was eagerly awaited by supporters of both politicians.

Nyaga wa Mbora whose win was annulled by the High Court. PHOTO/COURTESY

Musyoka cited cases where Wambora got more votes in certain polling stations surpassing the number of registered voters.

He furthered ordered Wambora to pay Kivuti a total of Sh2 million in costs.

Wambora is the third Governor to have his victory nullified after Wajir’s Mohamed Abdi’s and Homa Bay county’s Cyprian Awiti.

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‘I left and rented my own house’ Size 8 opens up on her marriage

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September 28, 2020

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Gospel spin master DJ Mo has narrated an instance in which his wife packed and left in the middle of the night when they were newly married.

Speaking to gospel artiste Pitson on their reality show ‘Dine with the Muraya’s’ the father of two shared

‘I had connected my phone to the TV and dozed off and that is when people started texting me.

Telling me ‘hi, and I miss you. It was a blunder.

My wife took the phone read the texts , took screenshots and sent the shots to her self.

Not knowing what was happening I was woken up at night,nikapatana na hizo messages.’

DJ Mo added that efforts to convince his wife that the texts were innocent fell on deaf ears.

‘She packed her things and left me, how was I to defend myself if I had been caught like a grasshopper.

I told her ‘the devil does not want us to prosper, I asked her to give us a chance to talk akakataa.

She then went and rented out her own house and furnished it, with time mfuko ikaumia karudia’ He joked

Adding

I have learnt the way women solve things is very different from how men solve their issues.’

In the past Nameless has also narrated how he has had to sleep on the sofa after a conflict with his wife Wahu.

‘Nlipata divorce papers kando yangu’ Pitson talks on the day his wife walked out on him

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September 28, 2020

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Gospel artiste Pitson has shared about a phase in his marriage to Karol Mwai when he woke up and found divorce papers placed besides him.

This he revelead during an appearance as a guest on the reality show ‘Dine with the Muraya’s’.

Talking about the horrifying experience he said

‘ It was very shocking.

Imagine waking up and finding divorce papers and my wife asking me to sign them.

She even went back to their home. I took three weeks before I went to get her back. Tumetoka Mbali’

Karol was quick to add that that move seems to have worked as he is now a changed man.

‘He should thank me, the ‘growing up’ that has happened in our marriage came up after that incident.’

Pitson hit the airwaves some years back thanks to his ‘Lingala Ya Yesu’ song.

In a past interview with the Standard, Pitson had narrated how he met Karol during a kesha (overnight vigil) in Limuru, in 2006.

“She was one of those girls that would never stay behind after keshas to mingle and talk to artists.

That day when she heard me singing, she came back inside even if her friends left, as usual,” he says.

When he was done singing, out of character, Caroline went and said hallo to him.

“She said she was a law student in first year at Moi University and bingo! I knew it. Here was the wife I wanted to marry!”

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Devastating: Tributes pour in for journalist Edwin Audi killed in road crash

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September 27, 2020

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The death of KTN news director killed in a car crash involving three vehicles, two trailers and a Toyota Probox on the Nairobi-Namanga highway has left his loved ones devastated.

Edwin Audi was in the company of four friends on Saturday when their vehicle collided with a trailer head-on near Maili Saba killing him on the spot.

Kajiado Central police boss Daudi Loronyokwe said two people were killed during the crash that involved multiple of vehicles

According to the police report, the car, a Toyota Probox, tried to overtake a truck when it collided with an oncoming trailer.

“The driver of the Probox tried to avoid hitting the trailer which was ferrying timber to Kajiado but hit the front side of the trailer prompting it to veer off the road before landing in a ditch. As a result, one of the passengers died on the spot.”

The other four occupants sustained injuries and were rushed to hospital after the Saturday evening crash.

Journalists mostly his colleagues at KTN took to their social pages to mourn their departed colleague.

**KTN anchor Zubeidah Koome with the late Edwin Audi.** [Courtesy]

Kiswahili anchor Zubeidah Koome eulogised Audi as one of the most talented and thorough news directors, describing his work ethos as top-notch and meticulous.

“One of Kenya’s greatest News Directors, very talented, thorough, professional, all the assignments we’ve gone for were full of fun, and your news directing-Top notch,” she wrote on her Facebook.

“Just the other day you were about to start our show Kioo cha Hoja, the montage was already on air, all over a sudden you asked me, are you okay, are you ready to start the show, I said no and immediately you took a break, even without saying you were able to tell I wasn’t settled, that’s how perfect you were I will surely miss you, my friend and colleague, we all will RIP my brother It is well, till we meet again. May God comfort your family,” she added.

**KTN’s Mwangi Maina with Edwin Audi.** [Courtesy]

Another colleague, Mwangi Maina described Audi’s death like a bad dream, adding that he was humble and kind.

“Shine on your way my friend Edwin Audi. It feels like a bad dream, death is cruel. A very easy, humble and kind guy. Heartbreaking! RIP Audi.”

KTN reporter Mark Namaswa eulogised Audi as a friendly and calm character in the newsroom.

“I don’t know what to say. You were one friendly news director, very calm under pressure, and equally relaxed away from work. Shine on your way, brother. Till we meet again.”