Emmanuel Too

Nairobi Senator and Linda Mwananchi presidential aspirant Edwin Sifuna says he will reduce taxation, establish a national data bank of schools in Kenya and ensure hospitals are paid for services rendered within 30 days if elected President.

Royal Media Services veteran journalist Fred Obachi Machokaa was on Wednesday honoured by senators, who praised his illustrious career as he prepares to celebrate 50 years in the profession this weekend. The senators, who reminisced about Machokaa and other veteran media personalities who attended the Senate afternoon session, called on Kenyans to turn up for his 50th anniversary extravaganza set for this Saturday at the Ulinzi Sports Complex in Nairobi.

Thousands of supporters of the late former Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga on Friday turned up across the country to mark one year since his passing. In Nairobi, ODM Chairperson Gladys Wanga led the candle-lighting ceremony alongside other broad-based-leaning leaders at Uhuru Park, where they remembered Odinga as a patriotic leader who put Kenya first. The celebrations were witnessed in Kisumu, Kisii, Mombasa and other areas where the former Prime Minister commanded support.