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On the radar: Ruto chairs Kenya Kwanza sixth PG

Key activities and events lined up for today.

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by MAUREEN KINYANJUI

News23 May 2023 - 06:45
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In Summary


  • •Defence ministry needs Sh2.4bn for military recruitment
  • •A police officer was killed in an attack at a village in West Pokot County, which has sparked fears of more retaliation.

President William Ruto on Tuesday chaired the Kenya Kwanza Parliamentary Group (PG) at State House.

This is the sixth since he assumed office with the last having been held on April 11, 2023.

At the same time, Jubilee rebels were also in attendance.

This is despite Former President Uhuru Kenyatta( Jubilee party leader)  cracked the whip on Monday and expelled several renegade former and current MPs

 Gold scandal case against judiciary chief Amadi

A gold scandal case in which the High Court ordered the bank accounts of Judiciary Registrar Anne Amadi frozen returns for mention today.

Justice David Majanja last week certified the matter urgent and froze Amadi's bank accounts and those of a law firm registered in her name, which is at the centre of a gold scandal case in which a British citizen claims to have been defrauded of more than Sh100 million in US dollars in 2021.

Former Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkula graft case

Hearing of Sh80 million corruption case against former Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal proceeds today with the defence team expected to cross-examine the investigating officer.

The investigating officer Joel Nyongesa has already admitted that five chief officers charged alongside Lenolkulal were not employees of the county government at the time investigations into the Sh86 million graft case commenced.

Nyongesa said the probe period was between 2013 to 2019.

Police officer killed in West Pokot

A police officer was killed in an attack at a village in West Pokot County, which has sparked fears of more retaliation.

The body of constable James Rotino, 41, was found with deep stabs along Makutano- Chemoyet road within Chemoyet sub-location, police said.

Defence ministry needs Sh2.4bn for military recruitment

Ministry of Defence needs Sh2.42 billion for military recruitment in the 2023/24 financial year, a report by Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations shows.

The ministry has not hired in the last two years compared to other security agencies that have been having annual recruitment.

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