Guyo, who doubles up as Matopeni/Springvalley MCA, said the plan will be a befitting tribute to a man who has been a peace ambassador in the country leading to President Uhuru Kenyatta choosing him to chair the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) taskforce.
As the chair of the taskforce, Guyo says Haji played a crucial role in the BBI Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which aims at putting an end to perennial tribal animosity every election cycle as well as dealing with issues of marginalization.
Haji passed away on Monday at the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi after battling illness. He was 80.
THE STANDARD By
Abdimalik Hajir |
February 20th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
The family of Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji
(pictured) who passed away on Monday has said it will contribute the equivalent of his six-month’s salary to vulnerable children in the county.
In an emotional prayer meeting held in Garissa yesterday, a grieving Director of public Prosecution (DPP) Noordin Haji and his brother Abdul Haji recalled their last moments with their father whom they said had wanted to quit his senatorial position.
The children said that before the ailing senator slipped into unconsciousness, he regretted that he was earning a salary that he was not working for. “He wanted us to call the Senate Speaker to resign because he said it was
THE STANDARD By
Roselyne Obala |
February 18th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Raila, in a statement to newsrooms yesterday, said he had learnt of proposals by Parliament s National Security Committee that seek to criminalise Ruto s hustlers versus dynasties campaign slogan.
The proposed punishment are severe fines, jail time and even removal from office for any leader who propagates the slogan.
While maintaining that he had on several occasions explained that the slogan was dangerous given its similarity to Adolf Hitler s national socialism most often referred to as Nazism and its subsequent damage to the world, he strongly appealed to MPs to drop any attempt to legislate against the hustlers tag.