The Nairobi Snitch

Uhuru being briefed by security team By Abel Korir President Uhuru Kenyatta has today unveiled the structure of his Government. The President officially released the list of ministries and state departments that will form the National Executive as follows: Under the Presidency, there will the Executive Office of the President and the Executive Office of the Deputy President with two ministries: 1. Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government. 2. Ministry of Devolution and Planning. Other ministries are: 3. Defence. 4. Foreign Affairs. 5. Education which will have the Department of Education and Department of Science and Technology. 6. The National Treasury. 7. Health. 8. Transport and Infrastructure which will have the Department of Transport Services and the Department of Infrastructure. 9. Environment, Water and Natural Resource. 10. Land, Housing and Urban Development. 11. Informat...

Odinga and Kenyatta at statehouse Former PM Raila Odinga yesterday declined an offer by the Jubilee Government to work as an envoy explaining that his “plate is full.” Mr. Odinga said his focus is to strengthen the ODM and CORD. Raila Odinga later on urged those still sympathizing with him for losing the presidency, to stop. Speaking in Khwisero constituency on Saturday during the burial of Mama Ellena Andayi, 93, mother to area lawmaker Benjamin Andola, Mr. Odinga said he was ready to soldier on despite losing the Presidency, adding he would re-organise his house. “Do not tell me sorry for what happened, I do not wish to hear this. When a cooking stick breaks, do you stop preparing your meal? Certainly not! And that is why we want to state that we have enough work to do,” said Raila Odinga. The meeting yesterday was important to show the people that there is no animosity between the Government and CORD. However, Raila Odinga is firmly in the opposition trenches...

A screenshot of wikipedia attack on Mudavadi (red circle) Former deputy prime minister Musalia Mudavadi found himself in an awkward position this week, after someone edited his page to show how weak he is.  A sentence was added to his description reading, "He's known for a general lack of political spine".  That may not be entirely false, but personal opinion is not permitted on Wikipedia. The sentence was quickly deleted but the screen-shot was quicker as seen above in the red circle.

Kenyatta as finance minister in 2009 Uhuru Kenyatta could be Africa’s richest president (ref: disclosed and undisclosed wealth has the following list of wealth, purporting to be related to Uhuru Kenyatta: Business ventures: Tourism~ the multibillion world class hotel chain known as Heritage Hotels Banking~ CBA A re gional bank with an Asset base of 75.4 billion Insurance ~ Chartis formerly AIG with a market share of 5% Dairy~ Brookside and Spin Knit Education ~ Peponi schools, an international chain of schools that charge an AVERAGE OF 620,000/= per term per child for Borders Farming~ Large scale coffee, tea and Sisal farming concerns, own farms in Central, Rift Valley and coast regions Media ~ Mediamax Group, owns K24 TV, the people Newspaper, Kameme Fm, Meru Fm and Milele Fm Enke Limited ~ holding company with interests in an assortment of sectors that include Prime and Real Estate Timber & manufacturing ~ Timsales Holdings, A timber processing and co...

Man supplying Uhuru and Ruto photos President Uhuru Kenyatta decides to allocate a Finance ministry post to Ruto, Ruto accepts the offer but then again, Uhuru decides to take the cabinet from Ruto to give it to his lieutenants from Central Kenya. According to a URP inside, this was one of the issues that stopped the cabinet naming that was supposed to happen on Wednesday night. The reasons for this are not clear but according to TNA innermost strategist who did not wish to be named,The    allocation of finance ministry to Ruto was a weapon Uhuru's men were trying to use against Ruto in order to portray him as a non performer. This is because there are not enough funds in the governemnt reserves to support the newly devolved system of government. Many questions must be arising in the minds of Kenyans why this leaders are behaving in that manner. "Kenyans must know that Ruto and Uhuru were brought together by greed and not the ICC issue as most might think, greediness bro...

EXCLUSIVE! MAINA KAGENI finally comes out: I am GAY Maina Kageni has come out of the closet and he is not afraid to tell the whole world. It is a decision I have thought about through and through; but I think there comes a time when a man has to face the truth and let people know who he really is; I cannot continue living a lie,’ he said. Kageni, who said he knew he was gay since his teenage years, said he was forced to remain in the closet due to the nature of his work in the media. '‘Its not easy being openly gay when you are in the media. I have had stints on both radio and TV but none of them would allow me to be openly gay. I had to hide it because I feared I might lose my job.’' Kageni,and his co-host, Mwalimu Kingangi (Daniel Ndambuki) are the most tuned in radio hosts in the country, according to polls. Maina has for years been rumored to be gay. Adding to speculation of Kageni’s sexuality is his supposed wealth and high rolling life. Despite being ...