Saboti MP Caleb Amisi elected Vice Chairman of the Public Investments Committee on Social Services, Administration and Agriculture at Bunge Tower, Nairobi on March 12, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] Saboti MP Caleb Amisi has alleged a scheme by the national government to silence emerging leaders from the Western, following the recent arrest of Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya. Speaking on Sunday at a Pentecostal church in Kitale, Amisi condemned the governor’s detention, describing it as a calculated move to intimidate outspoken leaders who challenge the status quo. “The arrest of Governor Natembeya is not simply a legal issue, it is…
Author: By Martin Ndiema
Mary Biketi, Director of the Biketi Foundation, addresses journalists at Kitale Police Headquarters after recording her statement. [Martin Ndiema] Chaos erupted at the Kitale Museum on Friday afternoon as a modelling competition, the brainchild of Mary Biketi, was violently disrupted by over 50 armed youths. The unexpected intrusion brought the event, poised to showcase young local talent, to a screeching halt. The incident unfolded moments after Biketi, the driving force behind the Mary Biketi Foundation, had taken her seat, just before the young aspiring models were set to grace the stage. According to eyewitness accounts, the attackers, believed to have…
The Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) Secretary General, Seth Panyako, speaking at a funeral in Kanyarakwat, West Pokot County. [Martin Ndiema] The Secretary General of the Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN), Seth Panyako, has launched a scathing attack on the country’s devolved health system, saying it has failed to deliver quality healthcare to Kenyans and is plagued by inefficiency and mismanagement. Speaking at a funeral in Kanyarakwat in West Pokot county, Panyako accused the devolved system of fragmenting service delivery and weakening the health sector, calling for the national government to reclaim control over healthcare management. “Devolution was…