Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has denied assertions made by Raila Odinga, head of Azimio La Umoja One Kenya, that anomalies in the recently revealed results are due to the termination of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) tests printing tender to a UK firm.

During his appearance before the Parliamentary Education Committee, Machogu stated that tenders for publishing national tests are sent out every year.

A Kenyan man is being charged in the US with murder-for-hire after authorities thwarted his plan to have a woman, with whom he has a long-running legal dispute, assassinated.

The 52-year-old former top banking executive Leonard Thuo Mwithiga was charged in Putnam, Connecticut, after he instructed a friend to find a hitman for him so that he could “finish that woman” or “inject something into her food or water to kill her slowly like cancer.”

In order to avoid being connected to the woman’s death, Mwithiga allegedly intended to have her killed between January 28 and February 3 of the following year while he would be in Kenya. He assured the hitman he would give him $4000 (Sh609,000).

Mwithiga, the prosecutor claims, found a would-be killer, whom he gave $300 (Sh46,000) “in good faith”, not knowing he was dealing with an undercover police officer. He had also given the associate $100 (Sh15,238).

Both the associate, an Uber driver, who turned informant for the police, and the woman who was supposed to be the victim have not been identified.

According to local media sites, the informant informed a state police officer, who then went up to Mwithiga and pretended to be the hitman-for-hire he required.

According to investigation files submitted to the court, the undercover police officer “spoke with Mwithiga for more than an hour on Monday night, finalising the details of” the scheme while wearing audio and video monitoring, according to CT Insider, a Connecticut-based news site.

The Kenyan man was apprehended right away by the officer after they met at a motel in Putnam, the capital of Connecticut.

The family of Florence Wabaiya Kariuki is sad to inform you that she passed away on Thursday 23rd November 2023 at her home in Austin Texas USA.

She was the last surviving child of the late Eliud Gitome Kariuki and the late Penis Muringe. She was a stepdaughter to Isabera Wambui Eliud.

She was the mother of Charles Kariuki (CK) and Rahal Muringe Morabu. Grandmother to Ng’ang’a Kariuki, Wabaiya Kariuki, Warucu Kariuki, Kuki Murugi Kariuki, Kena Muringe Kariuki, Audrey Amani Morabu and Isaiah Morabu. Great grand mother to Nakia Grace Cherono Ng’eno.

She was the mother-in-law to the late Caroline Kariuki, Alice Wangari Kariuki and Andrew Morabu. She was grandmother-in-law to Robin James Kennerley and Benson Ng’eno.

She was sister to Hesbon Mwangi, Njora Kariuki, Diana Muthoni Macharia, Janet Wanjiru Abdallah, Eunice Wangari, Marion Wanjiku Gikandi, Monica Wairimu Ngugi, Gerald Muchira Kariuki and Mwembu Mbugua (all deceased). She was the stepsister to James Mwangi, Stephen Macharia, George Muchiri, Samuel Karuga, Dinah Muthoni, Lucy Watiri and Godfrey Mureithi. She was an aunt, grandaunt, and great grandaunt to many.

Plans are underway for her repatriation and interment in Kenya.

Friends and family are meeting at the All-Saints Cathedral from 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm every Tuesday and Thursday starting from 30th November to 14th December 2023 to comfort and support the family with prayers and raise funds towards funeral expenses.

Further details will be shared during the meetings.

Financial contributions may be sent to number [paybill details to be shared soon]