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  • Kenyans On Facebook Slam Mariga’s Brother Victor Wanyama

    Kenyans On Facebook Slam Mariga’s Brother Victor Wanyama

    Harambee Stars captain and embattled Tottenham Hotspurs midfielder Victor Wanyama on Wednesday well-wished his brother McDonald Mariga in the coming Kibra elections but Kenyans on Facebook took that time to express the disgrace in their success.

    Victor Wanyama posted on his Facebook that “All the best and uploaded a photo of Mariga” 

    https://www.facebook.com/336205006731176/posts/1010874732597530/

    Here are randomly sampled replies on the Young footballer who’s struggling to get a number at EPL’s Tottenham Wanyama’s post.

    Karani D KM: Mariga winning the Kibra seat is like Tottenham winning the Premier League. Future impossible tense! ?????????

    Fred Peskas: Concentrate on getting into the Spurs first eleven, and build hospitals and schools like Mane is doing. That’s what it means to give back. Usikuje kutusumbua baadaye like your bro is doing.

    Muli Okong’o: Did you ever try advising your brother captain? He messed up, he nolonger have the dignity we accorded him.

    Brian Echakara: U people should learn from Sadio Mane who is doing mavellors things to his country (Senegal). Instead of even starting football academies you go on buying big cars. Baadaye unkuja kuomba kura. Anyway we wish him all the best.

    James Kioko: Don’t get mixed up in this mud. Stick to football bruh… Waiting for tonight’s game.

    Anjuh Orare: He is going to fail tremendously the way you have failed to secure a starting place in the Spurs squad! watch this space.

    Isaac K. Kanda: Please give back to society as well…umeona vile hon Mariga ameshambuliwa..build hospital or nature football here…or Victor wanyama stadium!

    Fredy Nyakeri: Unaona vile ni ngori kuuma 1st Eleven Totte, wembe ni ule ule Brathe kwa Mariga

    Isaac Kanda: Please give back to society as well…umeona vile hon Mariga ameshambuliwa..build hospital or nature football here…or Victor wanyama stadium!

    Colins Nyandiwa: The way you have failed at Tottenham your brother will fail terribly tomorrow. Stick to football

    Oloo Wuod: To be frank both Victor and Mariga have no development agenda.. Look at drogba , Eto’o,salah ,mane name them then looking how they are helping there countries …. Pliz stick to football

    Ethan Njoroge: Blood is thicker than wood. ??

    Kibra residents are voting in a battle royal between team Handshake/Kieleweke under Raila Odinga and team Tanga Tanga led by Deputy President William Ruto.

    Raila and his family have already voted since they are registered in Kibra. Also ODM candidate Imran Okoth has casted his vote.

    This video courtesy of the Kenyans.com highlighting moments Ruto’s candidate Mc Donald Mariga arriving for his vote casting at Old Kibra Primary school polling Station.

    https://twitter.com/Kenyans/status/1192379124645597184?s=19

     

  • ‪Update: Monica Okoth Says Anne Muthoni’s DNA Results Are Fake‬

    ‪Update: Monica Okoth Says Anne Muthoni’s DNA Results Are Fake‬

    While talking at Okoth’s memorial service in Moi Girls, Sonko revealed that Okoth had a son with a lady who happened to be from his Sonko Rescue team. Anne Muthoni has a son with Ken Okoth, Jayden Okoth. Apparently, the two met during a medical camp in Kibra in 2013 that Sonko has organized with the MP.Related image

    In A turn of events, MONICA Okoth, WIFE of late Kibra MP Ken Okoth, has said that the DNA results of son presented in court By Anne Muthoni are different from what she has;

    Anne Muthoni who has shocked many by siding with Jubilee’s Mariga in the hotly contested Kibra seat against her brother-in-law Imran Okoth, insists Okoth was the son’ father s revelation that was controversially blown by Nairobi Governor Sonko who claimed to have been the matchmaker.

    The case to be mentioned on Oct 2.

    More to follow…

  • Oluoch: Okoth’s Successor Should Come From His Family Not The Raila’s

    Oluoch: Okoth’s Successor Should Come From His Family Not The Raila’s

    Raila Odinga is once again on the political frying pan after the family of the late former immediate Kibra MP Ken Okoth asks him to endorse one of their own.

    Imran Okoth, the younger brother to the late Okoth wants ODM party and it’s leader, Raila, to endorse one of them as the next Kibra mp.

    Oluoch appealed to Raila just a day after the late Okoth’s body was cremated at Kariokor cemetery in Nairobi on the morning of Saturday.

    Elvis Oluoch, the Nephew to the late Okoth, told local press that the family will be sending plenipotentiary to ODM’s leader Raila Odinga to get plans of endorsing Imran Okoth, the former MP’s personal assistant and younger brother as the Kibra MP.

    Imran Okoth, was the led and organizer of development projects in Kibra constituency for three years that the late Okoth was away for medication.

    “We want to appeal to Raila to see if he can give one of the family members that opportunity to take care of the next three years,” Oluoch said.

    “We have one Imran in mind. He was the personal assistant to Ken and was the one taking care of everything when Ken was sick. So we thought he is the right person to do that because he knew every plan Ken had concerning Kibra.” Imran added.

    Raila, whose own daughter Rosemary Odinga, had ambitions to vie for the now vacant seat, is supposed to make his decision both as ODM’s party leader and as a family friend to the Late Okoth’s family.

    Early 2017, Raila’s daughter Rosemary, withdrew from the Kibra parliamentary race and most of her political ambitions on medical grounds.

    “It is following my doctor’s advice that for the time being, I will continue serving my community in other capacities and regrettably bow out of the race for Member of Parliament,” Rosemary said while addressing the media at her Hospital room in South Africa.

    Rosemary had launched her bid to vie for the Kibra seat in January 2017, but was later taken ill and transferred to South Africa for further specialized treatment of a brain stroke that left her partially visually impaired.

    Rosemary was, preferably Raila’s choice in the fight to get ODM’s ticket.

    Rosemary was set to fight it out with the former immediate late MP Ken Okoth, Mr Eliud Owalo the former Raila’s aide and Martin Okoth.

    Raila has been the Kibra MP for over 20 years and Kibra being his ODM’s zones will have the final say on who, the Party will endorse and wishes to succeeds the late Okoth.

    Will he choose one of his own or he will go as the Okoth’s family wishes? Time will tell.

    Kenya has been having political inheritance in most, even though not all, of events where the leader succumbs to longtime illnesses.

    The latest of them being Kitui West MP Edith Nyenze who was elected to succeed her husband, Francis Nyenze, who succumbed to cancer.

    Political heirs seem like the best decision to give the bereaved Family an appreciation of the well the late has been doing to the society.

    The change of Kibra is inevitable and Herculean political and social steps towards that realization have to, if not, must be cohered to.

    Raila has to make a sagacious decision between his own family, Okoth’s family and most definitely, without doubt  the larger Kibra family.

  • Ken Okoth Knew His Time Was Up And Like Bob Collymore He Was Prepared His Doctor Reveals

    Ken Okoth Knew His Time Was Up And Like Bob Collymore He Was Prepared His Doctor Reveals

    Cancer warrior and without doubt the most hardworking immediate former Kibra MP Ken Okoth knew he had less than a day to live.

    According to his personal Doctor Ahmed Kalebi, the late Hon Okoth made it clear to his family, close friends and doctors that he should not be placed on life support in the event that his condition worsens.

    But according to close friends talking to the media, the doctors were forced to put him on life support after multiple organ failure on Thursday night.

    And on Friday afternoon, the doctors were forced, as per wishes of the late Okoth, to switch off the support machine.

    Just a day before Hon Okoth succumbed to cancer, PSC under Justin Muturi met at City Hall and discussed Hon Okoth’s health condition and the piling medical bill.

    Ken Okoth succumbed to colorectal cancer at 4pm at the Nairobi Hospital where he had been rushed after his condition worsened.

    Ken Okoth was admitted to the Nairobi Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit at around 5pm on Thursday.

    Imran Okoth, the late Okoth’s brother broke the sad news stating that Ken’s condition worsened at 8pm on Thursday forcing doctors to place him on the life support machine against his wishes.

    “We want to inform the nation, the people of Kibra, that the leader they trust, a servant leader, Honourable Ken Okoth, is no more. He passed on a while ago,” Mr Imran said.

    “Ken had just recently returned to the country from Paris, France, where he had spent months battling the disease,” Mr Imran added.

    Hon Ken Okoth at Kibra Music Fest that were held at Moi Girls School, Nairobi.

    Ken Has joined the league of young vibrant and influential leaders who were prepared rather ready to face the end of humanity.

    According to Mr. Koinange’s revelations, the late Collymore had also been informed by his doctors that he, just as Ken Okoth, did not have a long time to live.

    “…he had been told by his doctors not to make any long-term plans; in fact he was told if he makes it past July he’ll be lucky. So he knew. I have never seen anyone prepared for death like I did this man,” said Jeff Koinange.

    Just like the Late Safaricom’s CEO, Ken Okoth was ready rather prepared to meet his creator.

    “Even though we both knew that the time had drawn nigh & cherished every new day as bonus time having accepted & prepared for the eventuality, I can’t help but feel severe pain of the tragic loss forcing tears in my eyes ? Fare-thee-well #KenOkoth?? We remain connected forever” Dr Kalebi tweeted.

    The late Ken Okoths’s body has been transferred to Lee Funeral Home Pending preparation for his final send of.

  • Kutuny: Youths Are Stoning Together

    Kutuny: Youths Are Stoning Together

    Chereng’anyi MP Joshua Kutuny hits again and this time around it in Sheng.

    The legislator took over the labour day podium in a language well understood by majority of Nairobi youths.

    Speaking of how low level youths are being deducted almost half of their poor salaries by NHIF, NSSF and PAYE.

    The legislator also thanked Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and urged the national government to back him up in making Nairobi great again.

    But the main point in his speech was when he talked about youths stoning together.

    (Video courtesy of NTV Kenya)

    “Tangu handshake ikuje watu wanakaa pamoja, unapata maboy ata kama wanachoma wanachoma pamoja”

    This loosely translates as; Since the Handshake was realized people are living together. You’ll find youths who smoke weed smoking together.

    Kutuny publicly speaks about youths stoning yet the government still maintained the ban of use and distribution of marijuana.

    Nairobi Sonko had previously admitted smoking weed with Kiambu governor, Ferdinand Waititu while in parliament.

    Leaders in the current government have admitted publicly of use marijuana.

    Also Read:Handshake: A Political Cheat Game

    It’s about time the legislators support the motion to legalize medicinal marijuana.

    Currently, Raila Junior and Kibera MP Kenneth Okoth are in support of the move to compel the government to legalize medicinal marijuana.