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Politicians who attended the Kakamega BBI rally last weekend were each paid Ksh100,000 as facilitation fee. Everyone else who attended the meeting received Ksh 1000. This is according to Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen.
The money is partly the reason why Tanga Tanga members have vowed to attend the next BBI rallies, and where necessary take charge.
As the BBI rally was going on in Kakamega, parents in the nearby Mumias East Constituency were waiting for their children to come back home from school by swimming across a flooded river.
According to reports on local media, the pupils from Petros Primary School have to swim across River Lusumu when going to school and back because a makeshift bridge they were using was washed away in December. They have to do this without their uniform and holding their books on their heads so that they don’t get wet.
We want to built bridges towards 2022 elections but we are not ready to construct a simple bridge to enable kids get to school. Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya is believed to be one of the most performing county bosses, in fact he wants to be president owing to his ‘impeccable’ development record.
In Murkomen’s Elgeyo Marakwet County, at least three people have died from a Malaria outbreak. Seriously? Malaria killing Kenyans in 2020? We hope BBI will fix this.
Here are the stories making headlines on Opera News:
DCI Reopens Ruto’s Land Grabbing Case
Fresh investigations have started almost nine years after Ruto and his co-accused were acquitted of charges of defrauding the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) through the sale of ungazetted Ngong Forest land.
The Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has lined up several individuals for questioning about the saga, which almost cost Ruto’s political career in the past.
Ruto’s Plan to Hijack Raila’s BBI Rallies
Deputy President William Ruto and his allies have devised a scheme to hijack the Building Bridges Initiative rallies and take charge of the debate.
They have decided to attend and address BBI rallies which they have opposed previously.
The decision to join the Raila Odinga-led BBI rallies is aimed at ensuring that they are part of the process and control its narrative.
Witnesses Refuse to Testify Against Moses Kuria
Eight witnesses are not willing to testify in a case where Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria is charged with hate speech, a court heard.
When the matter came up for hearing yesterday, the court was informed that the witnesses had indicated that they were not ready to give evidence.
Kenya National football team, Harambee Stars have been drawn against East African neighbours Uganda, Rwanda and West African Giants Mali in the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers. Do you think we have a chance of going to the World Cup?