Secret Meeting That Put Kang ata on Road to Defection
Senate Majority Chief Whip Irungu Kang ata addresses the Senate on Wednesday, May 13, 2020
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Senate Majority Whip Irungu Kang ata is a man on the crosshairs since a letter he had addressed to President Uhuru Kenyatta was allegedly leaked to the public on January 3, 2021.
However, new details have emerged, revealing that the Murang a Senator had held a series of consultations that culminated in a secretive night meeting held at his Grogan home in Murang a on New Year s eve.
Nation on January 7, 2021, reported that the meetings had been prompted by Jubilee Party and Governor Mwangi Waria s Civic Renewal Party (CRP) losses in a by-election held in Gaturi ward, Murang a on December 15, 2020.
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Daniel Wesangula |
January 7th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
ODM leader Raila Odinga. [File, Standard]
Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga has shifted gears, setting his party on the path of active political mobilisation.
From declaring that he had not given up on the presidential race and attempting to dissociate himself with failings of Jubilee government, a new Raila has been born in 2021.
Yesterday, he backed off government rhetoric by voicing support for the striking health workers who he had, weeks ago, implored to go back to work before their grievances were addressed by the national and county governments.
In a statement, he called on both levels of government to engage in a dialogue and ‘urgently bring to an end this ill-advised and ill-timed stand off, and a possible strike.’
First Year UoN Student Makes History in Concluded By-Election
16 December 2020 - 11:24 am
Kelvin Mwangi Maina (center) receives his certificate of clearance from IEBC Returning Officers Faith Mugo (second right) and Stephen Gitau (right) on October 16, 2020.
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Kelvin Mwangi Maina, a first-year student at the University of Nairobi made history by becoming the youngest political aspirant in the by-elections held on Tuesday, December 15, 2020.
The 20-year-old Bachelor of Commerce student vied for the vacant MCA seat for Gaturi Ward, Kiharu constituency. The seat was declared vacant following the death of MCA Cyrus Kiiru Mbembe.
Maina was presented with a clearance certificate to run for the by-elections on October 16, 2020, after which the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) declared him the youngest candidate.