Good Morning.
It is a sunny day with clear skies in Nairobi with clear as forecast indicates chances of showers at the Coast and thunderstorms in Western.
The weatherman had indicated that most parts of the country will likely experience above average rainfall as the short rains season kicks off this month.
Here are the stories making headlines in the Star this morning.
Governor Okoth Obado’s wife Hellen Adhiambo has alleged there was a plot to record a sex tape of her husband with the late Sharon Otieno in April.
In her statement to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) recorded on 23rd of last month, Hellen says it was at the height of this revelation that she heard of Sharon – for the first time.
She says a man, whose number she did not have, called her from Awendo sub-county and introduced himself as a friend of the governor’s family.
Hellen adds that the caller informed her of Sharon’s booking at the Imperial Hotel in Kisumu where the supposed sex episode was to be taped.
The murder case against Irungu is still pending under investigations by DCI officers from the homicide unit on Kiambu road.
Investigators said on Wednesday that they had sufficient evidence to prove that Irungu attempted to take his life on the night of September 21 at the home of television journalist Jacque Maribe at Royal Park in Langata
DCI officers from Langata police have been probing how Irungu, popularly known as Jowie, was shot on his left side of his body.
Raila’s swearing-in was a bad idea – Kalonzo
Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka has for the first time admitted that he was against NASA leader Raila Odinga swearing in disowning his initial stand and exposing himself as a flip flop.
Appearing on Citizen TV’s news-night show on Tuesday Kalonzo said he didn’t believe in the January 30 oath-taking directly contradicting his earlier belief and pronouncements that the swearing was the beginning of the struggle.
“We might not have the army like our counterparts in the government but the whole world will know that the people of Kenya have spoken and need their choice to be respected,” Musyoka said on January 26 at a NASA rally at Homa Bay County Stadium charging that it was no tenable to dialogue with Jubilee because time has run out.
MCAs have condemned the plan to impose a 25 per cent tax on Ndakaini Dam water, saying it amounts to economic sabotageand incitement.
Murang’a politicians led by Governor Mwangi Wairia want the levy imposed on the resource to raise revenue.
MCAs said the leaders are playing politics with the lives of millions of Kenyans.
“This is pure politics and incitement. We know that all rivers belong to the government,” Water committee chairman Paul Kados said.
Kados said Wairia and Senator Irungu Kang’ata are misleading Murang’a residents and inciting them for selfish political mileage.