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On the radar: Murkomen to tour Expressway after damages from protests

Key activities and events lined up for today.

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by MAUREEN KINYANJUI

News13 July 2023 - 06:26
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In Summary


  • • President William Ruto will head to  Kitui and Tharaka-Nithi Counties.
  • • The Tecra death inquest will proceed today for a hearing.

Cabinet Secretary for Transport Kipchumba  Murkomen will on Thursday tour Expressway to access damages caused during the Azimio protests.

Protesters on Wednesday pulled down the Expressway barrier near Mlolongo.

They were seen pulling the barrier by force to remove it.

The fate of 600 to be determined

More than 600 people have been arrested and detained at various police stations in Nairobi during Wednesday’s anti-government protests.

Across the country, more than 10 people were shot and killed and dozens were injured in the confrontations that broke out for the better part of the day.

In Nairobi, police are interrogating and sorting out the individuals to know the kind of charges to prefer against them, if any.

TIFA polls

TIFA research will on Thursday release public opinion data on the Kenya Kwanza government's performance.

The results will include the Best performing Cabinet secretary, failures of the government, and direction Kenya is heading among others

President's diary

President William Ruto will head to Kitui and Tharaka-Nithi Counties.

He will issue land title deeds at Kangundu Tharaka Adjudication Area, Mwingi North Constituency, and later launch of Chogoria Water Supply Project, Maara Constituency

Court to decide fate of accused in Sh3.5b Anglo leasing case

Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku is expected to deliver a ruling on whether accused persons in the Sh3.5 billion Anglo leasing scandal have a case to answer.

The lead investigator in the Anglo leasing case has maintained that Sound Day Corporation, the entity contracted to supply police security equipment to the Kenyan state was a ghost company.

Tecra death inquest to proceed 

The Tecra death inquest will proceed today for a hearing.

Tecra, the daughter of Keroche Breweries boss Tabitha Karanja, died on May 2, 2020, at the Nairobi Hospital after she allegedly fell down steep stairs at a house in Lamu.

Her then-boyfriend Omar Lali was arrested and kept in custody but the DPP dropped the murder case against him in July and ordered an inquest.  

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