On the radar: Jitters in Azimio amid looming arrests over anti-state demos

Key activities and events lined up for today.

In Summary
  • The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) will hold a press conference on the state of peace and cohesion in the country.
  • An anti-corruption court will rule on whether accused persons in the Anglo-leasing case have a case to answer.

Several Azimio leaders are jittery that the government could have ordered their arrest over Wednesday's protests.

The demonstrations called by Opposition Leader Raila Odinga, left at least nine people dead and property worth millions destroyed and looted.

The Star has established that top Azimio politicians are fearing that they could be arrested after Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki indicated on Thursday that they were closing in on some of them.

Measles alert in Mombasa

Health officials in Mombasa have raised concerns over an outbreak of Measles in the region.

Venezuelan found guilty of killing envoy to be sentenced

The High Court is today expected to sentence former Venezuelan first secretary Dwight Sagaray and three others after they were found guilty of murdering the late envoy Olga Fonsesca.

Sentencing was scheduled for last week but was pushed to today.

Dwight was in 2012 arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts and charged with the murder of Fonseca.

He was charged alongside Ahmed Omindo, Alex Sifuna, Moses Kiprotich and Kirui Chelogoi. Another suspect Mohamed Ahmed Hassan was never captured and warrants of his arrest remain unexecuted to date.

NCIC  to give state of peace address

The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) will hold a press conference on the state of peace and cohesion in the country.

This comes after Wednesday Azimio - led anti-government protests led to loss of lives and destruction of properties.

Fresh chaos erupted in Sondu along the Kisumu - Kericho border where two people died while 15 others sustained injuries as the anti-government protests spilt over into a boundary conflict between Kisumu and Kericho counties.

Launch of the 3rd National Cancer Control Strategy

The Ministry of Health through the National Cancer Control Programme will launch the 3rd National Cancer Control Strategy.

The main objective of the National Cancer Control Strategy is to implement a coordinated and responsive framework aimed at reducing cancer mortality and improving the quality of life among cancer patients by 2028.

Anglo-leasing case

An anti-corruption court will rule on whether accused persons in the Anglo-leasing case have a case to answer.

The matter had been scheduled for Thursday but was pushed to Friday morning.

In the case, former PSs Joseph Magari, Dave Mwangi and businessmen Deepak and Rashmi Kamani, together with their father Rasmi Chamanlal have denied conspiring to defraud the government over Sh3.5 billion.

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