Tag: Johnson Sakaja

Sakaja interdicts 3 Nairobi county employees over collapsed Kasarani building

Three senior employees of the Nairobi county government have been interdicted as a probe into the collapsed building in Kasarani begins in earnest. In a statement on Friday, November 18, Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja said the three officers have been sent home for neglecting their duties. The affected employees are, Michael Agoya, the Senior Superintendent […]

Nyashinski, wife Zia Bett expecting second baby

Rapper Nyamari Ongegu alias Nyashinski and his wife Zia Bett are expecting their second child together. The two lovebirds got married in a private wedding that went down on Friday, December 10, at an undisclosed location. Baby No. 2 Zia, a businesswoman, flaunted her baby bump in a video which she shared on her Instagram […]

Sakaja breaks silence on Mkokoteni ban reports

Newly elected Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has denied claims that his administration has imposed a ban on hand carts in the Central Business District. Reports emerged on Monday, August 29, that Sakaja had banned the hand carts, locally known as mkokoteni, eliciting an angry reaction from a section of members of the public on social […]

I spent Ksh15 million on agents alone – Nairobi Governor-elect Sakaja reveals

Nairobi Governor-elect Johnson Sakaja has revealed that he spent a whopping Ksh15 million to pay poll agents in the August 9 general election. In an interview with a local TV station on Tuesday night, the outspoken leader decried the complexity of the Kenyan electoral process saying it makes the exercise unnecessarily expensive for Kenyans seeking […]

Reprieve for Sakaja as court declines to have IEBC drop his name from ballot

Nairobi gubernatorial candidate Johnson Sakaja can now heave a sigh of relief after the High Court declined to have his name struck off the ballot. Justice Anthony Mrima on Friday, July 1, 2022, declined to issue orders barring the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) from including Sakaja’s name on the ballot pending hearing and […]

I lacked school fees to complete my studies at UoN, Sakaja now says

Embattled Nairobi gubernatorial candidate Johnson Sakaja now says he didn’t complete his studies at the University of Nairobi because of school fees challenges. Sakaja’s academic papers have been a subject of discussion in the country in recent weeks amid allegations he forged his degree certificate from Team University in Uganda. For a long time, the […]

Win for Sakaja as CUE backs down in degree saga

Nairobi gubernatorial candidate Johnson Sakaja can now breathe easy after the Commission for University Education (CUE) withdrew a letter revoking recognition of his degree certificate. The move follows Sakaja’s petition accusing CUE Chairman Prof Chacha Nyaigoti-Chacha of disobeying court orders suspending revocation of his degree certificate from Team University in Uganda. Sakaja, through lawyer Elias […]