THE STANDARD By
Moses Nyamori |
February 16th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
BBI Taskforce Vice-Chair Adams Oloo yesterday. [David Njaaga, Standard]
Yusuf Haji listened to about 7,000 individuals and received tens of memoranda from various interest groups to deliver the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report. Perceived as a quiet schemer and pro-government, Haji, who until his death yesterday was the Garissa Senator, steered the 14-member team that was characterised by tense political intrigues and mistrust during the collection of views and report writing.
The former provincial administrator further led the team in a validation process that culminated in the second document launched in October last year.
THE STANDARD By
Japheth Ogila |
December 16th 2020 at 18:44:58 GMT +0300
The Senate heard that Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko treated one of his daughters to a lavish trip to New York City at the expense of the taxpayer.
That was during the house s plenary trial of the governor following his impeachment by the Nairobi County Assembly.
While tabling evidence for the ouster of the governor, County assembly Minority Leader Michael Ogada averred that Sonko flew his daughter in a first-class flight to the US which translated in the misappropriation of public funds.
Ogada told the plenary that the governor’s daughter spent Sh220,000 on a chopper flying around New York City, and another “offside party at Sh260,000 from first lady’s conference in Philadelphia, where Sh60,000 was spent on the trip. He further claimed that Sh120,000 was given to reporters and additional Sh300,000 on transport.