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  • KenGen completes drilling of Ethiopia’s deepest geothermal well

    KenGen completes drilling of Ethiopia’s deepest geothermal well

    KenGen is optimistic that the unfolding situation will be resolved speedily through peaceful means.
    Image: KenGen

    KenGen has completed drilling the deepest geothermal well in Ethiopia, reaching a depth of 3,000 meters, surpassing a target of 2,750 meters.

    This marks the second of eight geothermal wells KenGen has been contracted to drill for the state-owned electricity producer, Ethiopia Electric Power Company which was delivered successfully amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

    “We are happy to see our teams deliver the same level of success in the Horn of Africa as we do back home in Olkaria where we have also drilled several geothermal wells to depths of 3,000 meters,” acting Geothermal Development Director, Peketsa Mangi, said.

    KenGen team is optimistic that the project which is part of the company’s diversification strategy once completed will help catalyze economic development in the horn of Africa through the provision of renewable energy while at the same time increasing access to electricity.

    According to KenGen’s Finance and ICT Director, John Mudany, the NSE-listed firm has seen significant growth in its revenues attributed to income from the projects in Ethiopia.

    “Our revenue increased by 4 per cent from Sh44 billion to about Sh46 billion in 2021 partly attributed to revenues from our diversification venture at Tulu Moye in Ethiopia,” Mudany said.

    “The ongoing geothermal drilling services in Tulu Moye contributed about Sh1.7 billion compared to only Sh440 million in the last financial year.”

    In February 2019, KenGen won a contract to offer geothermal drilling services for EEP in the Aluto-Langano geothermal fields in Ethiopia.

    At the same time, in the Horn of Africa, under a contract signed in October 2019, KenGen has completed drilling two geothermal wells for Tulu Moye Geothermal Operations PLC (TMGO) in Ethiopia and is currently drilling the third well.

    These two projects are hinged on the Company’s diversification strategy which has led to the organization’s expansion in the Horn of Africa. Besides Ethiopia, KenGen has also secured a Sh709 million project to offer commercial drilling services in Djibouti.

    In February this year, the company signed a contract with Office Djiboutien De Development De lenergie Geothermique (Djiboutian Office of Geothermal Energy Development) (ODDEG).

    KenGen is also prospecting for similar partnerships locally and in other countries in the region.

    Ethiopia has declared a six-month state of emergency in the Horn of African country but the situation on the ground is calm and KenGen hopes normalcy will resume soon.

    “We are assessing the full extent of this latest security situation and working with both the Kenyan and Ethiopian Foreign Affairs and Security authorities for purposes of monitoring the situation to ensure the continual safety of our people,” Mudany said.

    KenGen is optimistic that the unfolding situation will be resolved speedily through peaceful means.

  • Coca-cola launches ‘real magic’ logo

    Coca-cola launches ‘real magic’ logo

    FBI dancers entertain the audience

    In Summary

    •The real magic encourages people to appreciate each other.

    The Coca-cola company on October 29 launched a new brand platform called “The real magic” at Minet studios, Supersport Complex, Nairobi.

    Coca-cola through their abled team has come up with a new logo called the “Hug” Icon that evolves the logo into a graphic device that embraces the things we love and the real magic moments the product heightens. The real magic and the iconic logo are to encourage people to appreciate each other and to always embrace each moment and appreciate each other.

  • S.Africa’s last white president FW de Klerk dies

    S.Africa’s last white president FW de Klerk dies

    In Summary

    •Klerk was head of state between September 1989 and May 1994.

    •In 1990 he announced he was releasing anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, leading to multi-party polls in 1994.

    FW de Klerk, South Africa’s last white president, has died aged 85, his foundation announced on Thursday. “It is with the deepest sadness that the FW de Klerk Foundation must announce that former President FW de Klerk died peacefully at his home in Fresnaye earlier this morning following his struggle again,” the statement said.

    The foundation had announced the diagnosis – a cancer that affects the lining of the lungs – in June. Mr. de Klerk is survived by his wife Elita, his children Jan and Susan and his grandchildren, the statement said.

    The former president was born in March 1936 in Johannesburg, into a line of Afrikaner politicians. He worked as a lawyer and served in a series of ministerial posts before taking over from PW Botha as the head of the National Party in February 1989.

    In a famous speech to parliament the following year, he announced that he was removing the ban on parties that included Mr. Mandela’s African National Congress (ANC). He also announced that Mr. Mandela would be released from prison after 27 years.

    His actions helped bring an end to apartheid-era South Africa, and he became one of the country’s two deputy presidents after the multi-party elections in 1994 that saw Mr. Mandela become president. He retired from politics in 1997 saying: “I am resigning because I am convinced it is in the best interest of the party and the country.”

    Although the relationship between Mr. de Klerk and Mr. Mandela was often punctuated by bitter disagreements, the new president described the man he succeeded as someone of great integrity. However, many black South Africans have blamed him for failing to curb violence during his time in power.

    Last year, he became embroiled in a row in which he was accused of playing down the seriousness of apartheid. He later apologised for “quibbling” over the matter.

  • Kenyan ASAL counties continue to face the brunt of the Drought

    Kenyan ASAL counties continue to face the brunt of the Drought

    The ASAL Humanitarian Network (AHN) mobilized its members and the wider Kenyan community in an online campaign to raise awareness and demand accountability on the ongoing drought facing ASAL Counties. With over 2.5 million people in 23 ASAL Counties affected and numbers are expected to continue rising, the AHN is concerned by the little or no response from the authorities concerned.

    As the world is watching COP26 in Glasgow, these commitments to address the impact of climate change come too late for millions of Kenyans. Under the #DroughtKE21, AHN in collaboration with Kenyan social media activists reached a total of 651,870 online users who expressed solidarity with the plight of Kenyans in ASAL counties. Kenyans online expressed concern over the lackadaisical approach taken by both the County and National Government through the departments concerned.

    The underperformance of the long rains means that pasture and browse conditions are below average for this time of year and with forecasts of yet another below-average short rains upcoming, the situation in the ASALs will only continue to deteriorate. The below-average conditions of pasture and browse affect the condition of livestock and their condition is worsening due to increased distances to water and pasture and an anticipated increase in livestock diseases and livestock deaths.

    Tensions and conflict over limited access to resources are increasing as pastoralist communities are moving in search of water and pasture, both within the traditionally negotiated areas or outside of these locations.

    @Qamar Queen a twitter user posting from Daadab shared this post with disturbing images of
    dead livestock spanning the expansive arid landscape of Akakaile Ward:
    “There’s no much intervention on the ground. Communities lost hope and are crying for
    help. This is Alikune, Abakaile ward, Dadab subcounty. #DroughtKE21”

    Another user Ahmed Malim Adow shared: DroughtKE21 its just another phenomenon that shows governance is not working for the people in Kenya! …This is not due to lack of resources but politicians do not prioritise the
    needs of the community but their wellbeing! ….We don’t lack water or land but plans &
    intentions .

    The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated the situation by restricting access to health and
    nutrition services, a slowdown in trade and losses of income and livelihoods due to measures put
    in place to control the spread of the virus. The locust, COVID-19 and drought crises come at a time
    when Kenya is grappling with a growing debt and fiscal crisis.


    While we take note and appreciate that national media reports of government action immediately
    after our online #DroughtKE21 campaign where the government committed to disburse cash
    stipends to households targeting 369,000 vulnerable households and 734,119 individuals every
    two months, the entitlements people are receiving are not sufficient to cover immediate household
    needs.

    The ASAL Humanitarian Network:
    • Calls upon the national and county governments to release available funding to scale up
    the response with both a top-up to most vulnerable households to minimum household needs
    as well as widening the safety net program to include a larger population and to create social
    accountability mechanisms that will involve community humanitarian partners and
    stakeholders in planning, monitoring and implementation of the action.
    • Urges the Government of Kenya and the wider humanitarian community to scale up the
    response beyond December 2021, in light of anticipated below-average performance of short
    rains from October to December.
    • Appeals for special focus on the needs of women and young girls who are
    disproportionately affected by the adverse effects of the drought and put at greater risk, for
    example risk of sexual and gender based violence and early marriage.
    • Interrogates existing opportunities for the development of more responsive Disaster
    Management Policies and Legislation that look into the socio-economic impact of the
    drought and its effect on women, youth, household incomes, pastoralists and persons living
    with disabilities.
    • Recommends the adoption of Forecast Based Action that combines water and food
    security indicators, urges the Water and Sanitation Coordination Group (WESCORD) to
    prioritize the incorporation of a water severity index, which sets in prior to food insecurity in
    ASAL context
    • Calls for locally led responses that are timely, and that sustain and reinforce existing
    community efforts and linking these to the global Climate Justice agenda in line with recent
    commitments made by President Uhuru Kenyatta during the COP26 Summit.

  • KISM disagrees on the suspensions of 59 KPLC Members

    KISM disagrees on the suspensions of 59 KPLC Members

    John Karani MCIPS, MKISM Chairman of the Council

    Kenya Institute of Supplies Management (KISM) is established under Section 3(1) of the Supplies Practitioners Management Act, 2007 (the SPMA) to inter alia, register, license all supplies practitioners in Kenya and to regulate their practice. It has a direct interest in professionalizing the supply chain management and protecting its members against unfounded allegations and actions that bring the profession into disrepute.

    The Council of KISM has read with profound shock and surprise the announcement released jointly by the Kenya Power & Lighting Company PLC (KPLC) Chairman, Board of Directors Vivienne Yeda, OGW and the Ag. Chief Executive Officer, Eng. Rosemary Oduor on the suspension of 59 Supply Chain Management staff.

    The implication is that the Supply Chain Management team is at the centre of the well-documented management and leadership challenges that have seen the critical power utility company teetering on the brink of collapse in the past. Some of these issues are alive in court.

    The suspension of the 59 Staff Members is ostensibly being justified in the context of the recent recommendations made by the team appointed by His Excellency the President, to investigate what ails the company and recommend urgent remedial measures. A forensic audit of the Supply Chain process was one of the recommendations.

    But nowhere in the report is there a recommendation to suspend the 59 members of the supply chain management team. On the contrary, the selective profiling of the 59 employees further suggests that they are solely responsible for all the operational and financial problems faced by KPLC. This cannot be true! This will not only ruin the reputations of the individuals but will also have the unfortunate effect of diverting attention from the real cause of the deeply entrenched institutional problems.

    The architecture of the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act constructs the public procurement and asset disposal process as collegial, with specific roles assigned to various entities, from the Board of Directors, the Accounting Officer (the CEO in the Kenya Power case), the Head of Procurement, the User or Technical Department, the Evaluation Committee, the Contract Implementation Team, to the Inspection and Acceptance Committee.

    Specific to the Power Purchase Agreements, which is at the Centre of the Taskforce Report, the Council would like to reiterate that the Procurement Division plays absolutely no role in these agreements. These are managed by the Strategy and Engineering Divisions under CEO’s purview. 

    Whereas the KISM Council fully supports the recommendations to clean up the rot at KPLC across all functions, we however strongly condemn what we see as a deliberate effort to profile, castigate and unfairly target members of the procurement team who are merely a part of an extended supply chain which is headed by the Accounting Officer of the organization.

    The conductor of this elaborate orchestra remains the Accounting Officer. The Accounting Officer drives, directs, and controls the process and must therefore remain fully accountable for any acts of omission or commission in the procurement of public goods, works, and services.

    Any investigatory process – whether criminal or merely auditory – must note this segregation but inter-related nature of the process and hold each public officer accountable for any breach in their respective functions. This will mitigate against the generalized condemnation of Supplies Practitioners for mistakes that are committed or are attributable to the Accounting Officers or the user/technical departments.

    In the specific case of KPLC, we urge caution and call on the Board and top management to refrain from the obvious bias displayed against the supplies management team.  All efforts must be made to urgently recalibrate the audit and investigate everyone involved in the activities that have brought down the profitability of KPLC.

    We at KISM stand on the side of professionalism and integrity in Supplies Management and commit to providing technical assistance, expertise and capacity building on the procurement and disposal processes to aid clinical investigations and prosecutions in criminal, civil and administrative cases.

    We appeal to Cabinet Secretary (CS) National Treasury and CS Energy and Public Service Commission to urgently intervene in the plight of the victimized members of the Supply Chain Team at KPLC and ensure a fair and transparent process is effected in un-earthing the rot at KPLC.

  • Kenya Institute of Supplies Management welcomes efforts to transform KEMSA

    Kenya Institute of Supplies Management welcomes efforts to transform KEMSA

    John Karanu, Chairman of KISM board

    Kenya Institute of Supplies Management (KISM) is established under Section 3(1) of the Supplies Practitioners Management Act, 2007 (the SPMA) to inter alia, register, license all supplies practitioners in Kenya and to regulate their practice. 

    The KISM Council’s attention has been drawn to the Media Statement issued by the Kenya Medical Supplies Association (KEMSA) Board on the impending reforms to strengthen Universal Health Coverage. 

    KEMSA is a Supply Chain Management (SCM) Organization mandated to undertake roles and responsibilities to ensure supply chain excellence for Health Products and Technologies. The KISM Council is fully aware of the financial, supply chain and procurement, warehouse and distribution challenges facing KEMSA, which have severely affected the Institution’s effectiveness in fulfilling its mandate.

    As the umbrella body for Supplies Practitioners with statutory powers, KISM welcomes efforts to transform KEMSA into an effective public body. A functional KEMSA will always be a good showcase of supply chain management excellence. While we welcome the ongoing reforms, we wish to petition the Board to engage all stakeholders, particularly KISM. We are the custodians and regulators of Supply Chain Management practitioners and are at hand to provide the necessary technical support towards transforming KEMSA.

    Further, as the Regulator of the SCM Profession in Kenya, we note that all the staff sent home from the warehouse and the procurement departments are Members of KISM. We want to be involved in decisions and investigations involving our members with a view of subjecting them to our internal disciplinary mechanisms, where applicable. We would also like to know the criteria used to decide who leaves and who remains at the Institution and advocate for a systematic, structured, transparent and equitable process There will be a need to revisit the goals and objectives of KEMSA to determine the optimal structure consisting of the appropriate supply chain management competencies that are responsive to the complex, ambiguous, volatile and uncertain business environment in which we are all operating. We also note that Development Partners and Local Procurement experts, some of whom are members of our Institute and the international professional organizations, have been working closely with the KEMSA Reforms Teams. Therefore, it would be essential to ensure concerted efforts on building SCM capacity and capability to implement these reforms, both at the Staff and Board levels. 

    The KISM council is ready to offer any support to this end, taking cognizance of the critical role of supply chain management in achieving Universal Health Coverage, Sustainable Goal number 3 and our country’s Vision 2030. Our considered counsel is that a drastic and emotional approach to this may not achieve these desired goals, particularly in the absence of competent stakeholders in the reforms committee.

    At KISM, stand on the side of professionalism and integrity in Supply Chain Management and commit to partner with the KEMSA Board and Management in providing technical assistance, expertise and capacity building for the correct size SCM Organization that will enable the Institution to deliver its mandate.

  • iTalanta Academy in Kakuma prepares talented youth from refugee and host communities for employment as IT developers

    On Monday 1 November the first campus of the iTalanta Academy starts in the Kakuma
    refugee camp. 20 candidates, selected from the refugee camp and host communities, will
    undergo an intensive 30-week program, preparing them for employment as IT developers.
    The key learning opportunities for the students will be both focused on programming as
    well as problem-solving skills which are highly relevant in the current market and IT space.
    The program is free of charge to the selected students.

    They are equipped with a laptop and with a bicycle, for their daily commute to the campus in Kakuma. The curriculum is permanently supervised on-site by experienced coaches from iTalanta.The graduates from the program are likely to gain interview opportunities with Microsoft African Development Center or be absorbed into the iTalanta apprenticeship program. This first campus of the iTalanta Academy is co-sponsored between Windle, Microsoft and
    Elewa.

    Windle International Kenya (https://windle.org/) is a humanitarian organization working
    in Dadaab and Turkana Counties. The organization supports education in the refugee
    camps and surrounding areas hosting the camps. In Kakuma, Windle International Kenya
    is managing 9 secondary schools with a population of 17,118 learners.


    Windle International Kenya has a great wealth of experience and expertise in managing
    education programs both at secondary and tertiary levels. As such, with their skilled
    team and educational facilities on the ground, Windle International Kenya will play a crucial
    role in communicating the program to the different stakeholders and ensuring that the
    program is implemented as required. “Through the iTalanta Academy, the learners from Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kalobeyei Settlement and the host community in Kakuma will have an alternative pathway to
    generate income”, says Phyllis Mureu, Executive Director of Windle International Kenya.


    “This resonates well with the current plans to ensure that both the refugee and host
    communities work together towards social and economic development in Turkana County”.

    The Africa Development Center (ADC) represents Microsoft’s first-ever engineering offices
    in Africa. With locations in both Nairobi, Kenya, and Lagos, Nigeria, the ADC is a premier
    center of Engineering for Microsoft.

    Apart from supporting the initiative financially, Microsoft is also contributing with a
    mentorship program where members of the ADC mentor candidates of the iTalanta
    Academy. The program ends with ADC’s Game of Learners Exhibition
    (https://aka.ms/gameoflearners), providing a fun, multi-week hackathon for learners to
    showcase their newly acquired skills. “We at the Microsoft Africa Development Center are keen on enabling the next generation of great African engineers, software developers, and innovators that will not only benefit
    Microsoft, but the entire ecosystem will benefit,” says Jack Ngare, Managing Director of
    Microsoft ADC. “We look forward to the outcome of the program and the software
    developers that rise from it.”

    Elewa (https://www.elewa.education/) is a Kenyan education innovation company,
    incorporated in 2015. Elewa has been the driving force behind the iTalanta Academy. It
    intends to set up additional campuses in Kenya, with the same or similar partners,
    addressing talented youth from disadvantaged or marginalized communities.


    Elewa provides the curriculum and the coaches while the iTalanta Academy creates a talent
    pipeline for the successful iTalanta Apprenticeship program, which was started in 2020.
    “In the industrialized world, enterprises – from corporates to start-ups – experience
    increasing difficulties to find quality IT resources”, says Jente Rosseel, Founder and CEO
    of Elewa. “At iTalanta, we engage young Kenyan IT professionals for a 2-year
    apprenticeship.

    While gaining a substantial salary, they constantly up-skill their level, as
    they are coached and supervised by senior IT profiles. We are proud to see that global
    iTalanta customers are off-shoring their entire IT development needs to tech teams in
    Nairobi.”With the industrialization of the iTalanta Academy and the iTalanta Apprenticeship
    the program, more than 1,000 talented youth will be educated and employed over the next 4
    years by iTalanta (https://italanta.net/)

  • No Covid-19 related deaths as 103 test positive

    103 more Covid-19 cases have been reported bringing the total tally of confirmed cases to 253,512.

    The positivity rate stands at 2.2pc from 4,617 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The new cases are all Kenyans except seven foreigners among them 53 males and 50 females. The youngest is a three-year-old child while the oldest is 97 years.

    In terms of County distribution, Kericho leads with 18 cases Nairobi 13, Trans  Nzoia 11 and Nyamira 10. Others are Migori 7, Siaya, Turkana and Uasin Gishu five cases each,  Kiambu and, Busia four cases each, Kisii 3, while two cases have been reported in Marsabit, Kakamega and West Pokot. Kilifi , Kirinyaga , Kisumu , Kitui , Machakos , Meru , Makueni , Mandera , Mombasa , Murang’a , Garissa  and Kajiado counties have a case each.

    No deaths have been reported therefore the death toll remains at 5,282.

    68 patients have recovered from the disease with 61 from the Home-Based Isolation and Care program while seven are from various health facilities countrywide.

    “Total recoveries now stand at 247,025 of whom 199,548 are from the Home-Based Care and Isolation program, while 47,477 are from various health facilities countrywide” announced health CS Mutahi Kagwe.

    A total of 444 patients are currently admitted in various health facilities countrywide, while 1,175 are under the Home-Based Isolation and Care program.

    26 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 12 of whom are on ventilatory support and 14 on supplemental oxygen. No patient is under observation.

    Another 130 patients are separately on supplemental oxygen with  129 of them in the general wards. One patient is in the High Dependency Unit (HDU).

    Vaccinations

    As of November 2nd 2021, a total of 5,427,617 vaccines had so far been administered across the country. Of these, 3,728,033 were partially vaccinated while those fully vaccinated were 1,699,584.

    The uptake of the second dose among those who received their first dose was 42.9pc.

    The proportion of adults fully vaccinated was 6.2pc.

  • Young artistes encouraged to use arts to promote peace during IGAD awards

    Young artistes encouraged to use arts to promote peace during IGAD awards

    IGAD-Executive-Secretary-Dr.-Workneh-Gebeyehu-awards-film-maker-Wakarima-Wangui-C-Antony-Kariuki.-Wangui-was-one-of-the-contestants-of-IGADForPeace-social-media-campaign

    The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Executive Secretary Dr Workneh Gebeyehu, awarded three young poets and one young filmmaker who demonstrated excellence in their craft in a recently-concluded peace campaign.

    The #IGADForPeace social media campaign was organized in a bid to promote peace and social development through the arts.

    Those feted included Kenya’s filmmaker Wakarima Wangui, 30 and poets Norris Mwavita, 21, Troy Roy Njagi, 19 and Cheboi Wakoli who were awarded for their peace poems and peace film.

    The Executive Secretary applauded them for their talent and encouraged them to pursue their dreams. He commended them for their creativity in advocating for peace through an artistic approach to advance peace amongst the young generation for development.

    “It is a pleasure for me to meet, greet and award young promising talents in poetry and filmmaking in Nairobi today”, he said.

    “Youth account for a large majority of our population, and they are the ones most confronted with challenges such as unemployment, violence and drugs. They are the voice for a peaceful future we need to hear. Talking the language of the youth through the youth is paramount in passing the message of good governance and peacebuilding. At IGAD, we aim to leverage on young people’s talents through advocacy making them peace ambassadors,” he added before handing over the Awards.

    The peace campaign was aimed at highlighting the aspects that contribute to the promotion of peace within the IGAD region where tension between countries and armed conflicts thrive.

    The handover ceremony took place at the Office of the IGAD Head of Mission located within the premises of the Kenya Medical Training College Campus on Karen Road in the presence of the IGAD Special Envoy for South Sudan, the IGAD Special Envoy for the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Somalia, as well as IGAD Divisions Directors and Specialized. Institutions.

    Similar award ceremonies will be held in the Offices of the IGAD Heads of Mission in other IGAD member countries. The #IGADForPeace social media campaign started at the end of July and ended mid-November.

    The campaign highlights 5 areas:

    • #IGADin1Minute is a short video programmes of the history of IGAD in 3 episodes, as well as shortened pieces of videos produced by IGAD Programmes and Projects in their respective areas;
    • #IGADChampionOfTheWeek is to showcase grassroots participation and involvement in the IGAD Programmes and Projects;
    • #DiscoverIGAD is short videos emanating from member countries Tourism Boards aimed at promoting the region as a tourism destination;
    • #IGADPeacePoems is a call for short poems to be shared by our followers of our social media platforms. These poems are to bring out the beauty and benefits of peace; and
    • #IGADPeaceFilms is a call for short films along the same lines as the peace poems

  • Yes expel more leaders from Jubilee, Deputy President William Ruto

    Deputy President William Ruto has laughed off plans by Jubilee Party to expel more of its leaders.

    He said the party had already been ruined by the past removal of its key figures maintaining that no amount of effort can revive the outfit.

    “Those lecturing us about Jubilee are wasting their time. They are the ones who killed it. What are you trying to salvage now?” he posed.

    The Deputy President said it is time those who ruined the party apologised to its more than eight million members.

    “When history is written, the wrecking of the ruling party and its auction to the Opposition will take a defining chapter,” he explained.

    Dr Ruto was speaking in Murang’a and Kiambu Counties where he launched various development projects and engaged the public.

    He exuded confidence that the United Democratic Alliance will form the next government in 2022.

    He noted that Kiambu County had opened the door for the formation of the next government by electing two Hustler Nation MPs in Juja and Kiambaa Constituencies.

    “We are now a united and formidable team. We will revive and supplement the Big Four Agenda through the Bottom-Up Economic Model,” he argued.

    The DP was flanked by MPs Alice Wahome (Kandara), George Koimburi (Juja), Ndindi Nyoro (Kiharu), Irungu Kang’ata (Murang’a), Rigathi Gachagua (Mathira), Rahab Mukami (Nyeri), Patrick Wainaina (Thika Town) and Gathoni Wa Muchomba (Kiambu).

    Also in attendance were Njuguna Wanjiku (Kiambaa), Aisha Jumwa (Malindi), Isaac Mwaura (Nominated), Gabriel Kago (Githunguri), Aden Duale (Garissa Town), Githua Wamacukuru (Kabete), Silvanus Osoro (South Mugirango) and former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu.

    Duale asked leaders to stop engaging in the politics of deceit.

    “Jubilee won’t intimidate anyone by the threat of kicking out members from the party. We are done with Jubilee,” he said.

    The Garissa Town MP said they have moved forward and established a strong national party that is people-centred.

    Duale said whichever way Jubilee goes, Ruto will hold the Deputy President’s position to August 9 next year.

    Nyoro on his part said Jubilee was no longer the party they knew.

    “We left Jubilee Party long ago. No one remains to be kicked out. Jubilee is an empty shell,” he noted.

    On her part, Wa Muchomba said the Juja by-election campaigns were her turning point.

    “What I saw and heard convinced me to abandon Jubilee Party and join the Hustler Nation championed by the Deputy President.”