Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - Renowned radio presenter Nick Odhiambo has been trending after an alleged compromising photo of his newly-wed wife with another man surfaced on social media.

The trending photo was shared shortly after he posted his wedding photos on his X account.

In the image widely shared on social media, especially on X, a woman purported to be Nick’s wife was seen enjoying a steamy session with an unidentified man.

Kenyans took to social media and mercilessly trolled the popular radio presenter, with some creating memes and predicting that his marriage will end in tears.

However, Nick has trashed the trending photo (See photo here)

He noted that the same photo went viral 10 years ago, only for it to resurface after he shared his wedding photos.

Taking to his X account, he wrote, “Mumesema mwanaume hawezi kaa happily married for more than 24hrs? Who hurt you. 

"That trending pic is from 10 years ago. And a cropped screenshot. 

"I was wondering why people are calling my No. and hanging up all day today,”

Nick got married to his long-time girlfriend Annie Sumbeiywo in a colourful traditional wedding ceremony attended by friends and family.

 Annie, 43, is an experienced Project Manager with over ten years of experience in various industries.

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - A car enthusiast has shared photos of an Audi that was sold online as a salvage and later repaired, before being advertised as an accident-free car.

The Audi Q4 registration number, KDE 596T, was involved in an accident and almost written off.

The owner sold it as a salvage.

Whoever bought the badly damage vehicle repaired it and advertised it online as an accident-free car.

Check this out.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - An X user has shared a video of a drunk man who was almost run over by cars at the Gatukuyu area in Gatundu North.

The heavily drunk man was filmed staggering along a busy road as he made his way home.

He was too drunk to support himself.

He lay in the middle of the road, forcing motorists to slow down to avoid running over him amid the foggy weather.

At some point, a lorry almost ran over him.

Thika-based journalist Moses Ngige shared the video on his X account and urged Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua to come up with new tactics to fight the alcohol menace in the Mt Kenya region.

“It looks like it's getting out of control! See how this drunkard is risking his life in Gatukuyu, Gatundu North. Dear Rigathi, you need to introduce new tactics if we are to win this war,” he wrote.

The video comes at a time when the government has heightened the war on illicit brew, especially in Central Kenya.

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has been leading the war against the alcohol menace in his backyard.

Watch the video.

😭 It looks like it's getting out of control! See how this drunkard is risking his life in Gatukuyu, Gatundu North. Dear DP @rigathi you need to introduce new tactics if we are to win this war. #NgigeUpdatespic.twitter.com/UXQC8u6vpg

— 𝕄𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕤 ℕ𝕘𝕚𝕘𝕖 ♐💎 (@MosesNgigeKE) April 15, 2024

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - Striking medics in Eldoret Town were forced to prematurely end their protests on Monday after they were countered by hundreds of youth. 

The youth staged a counter-protest at the same venue where the doctors had prepared to organize their match.

Overwhelmed by the huge number of locals blocking the roads, the medics retreated to re-strategize. 

Some of the doctors seemed enraged by what they had met and wanted to engage the protesting locals.

 They had to be restrained by their leadership. 

The angry youth, who are against the strike, threatened to stone the doctors if they did not return to their workstations. 

Instead of going back to their workstations, the doctors instead chose to kneel in the middle of the street and start praying for patients. 

Despite the confrontation, the doctors maintained they would not resume work until the government honoured the Collective Bargain Agreement (CBA) signed in 2017.

Police officers were seen on the scene but did not interfere with any of the two concurrent protests. 

After the doctors knelt to pray, the youth staging counter-protests refrained from their initial threats of stoning the medics.

Among the demands doctors want fulfilled by the national government include; promotion of qualified doctors as well as placement of medical interns at a Ksh206,000 monthly salary.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 – President William Ruto’s magic seems to be working pretty well to the disappointment of his critics.

After reducing fuel by a whopping Sh10, Ruto has more good news for Kenyans. 

This is after he reduced electricity prices by a big margin.

In a statement, Ruto, through Kenya Power, announced a 13.7% reduction in power prices for domestic customers.

The power utility firm attributed the reduction to the strengthening of the shilling and the fall in the cost of fuel that is used to generate electricity.

"We are happy to note that the reduction has given reprieve to our customers and we are optimistic that the prevailing macro-economic environment and the improved hydrology in the country." 

"This enables us to dispatch less thermal power, will sustain the benefit to our customers," said Kenya Power's Managing Director & CEO, Dr. (Eng.) Joseph Siror.

According to the company, a 37% cumulative reduction in fuel cost charges between March and April 2024 as gazetted by the Energy Petroleum and Regulatory Authority (EPRA) was one of the largest contributors to the price reduction.

A customer under the Domestic Customer 1 (DC1) tariff band (those consuming less than 30 units per month) using 30 units of electricity will pay Ksh629 in April 2024 compared to Ksh729 for similar units in March 2024 representing a 13.7% reduction.

Kenya Power also provides that a customer under the Domestic Customer 2 (DC2) tariff (averaging 31-100 units per month) who consumes 60 units will pay Ksh1,574 in April 2024 compared to Ksh1,773 in March 2024 representing a 11.2% reduction.

Meanwhile, a customer under the Domestic Customer 3 (DC3) tariff band (averaging more than 100 units per month) who uses 120 units per month will pay Ksh3,728 in April 2024 compared to Ksh4,127 in March, representing a 9.7% reduction.

The company further stated that this was an affirmation of its commitment to ensuring access to affordable electricity.

Moreover, the firm noted that this was key to spurring socio-economic development in the country.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - The internet has erupted after two Kenyan ladies found out that they are dating the same man.

The reality that they are ‘sharing’ the same man dawned on them during his birthday.

Each of them crafted a sweet birthday message to make him feel special on the big day.

Check this out.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - The Central Organisation for Trade Unions (COTU) has suffered a huge blow after President William Ruto’s government ordered all private security companies to stop contributing to the union effective immediately.

The bad news was delivered by Private Security Regulatory Authority (PSRA).

In a statement, PSRA CEO Fazul Mahamed noted that all private companies will be required to cease their contributions with the order taking effect immediately.

PSRA explained that Francis Atwoli-led COTU has failed in its mandate of advocating for the rights of the security workers despite their significant membership and contributions.

“Regrettably, notwithstanding their significant financial contributions, COTU has not lived up to its mandate and has persistently disregarded, declined, and/or neglected to advocate for their rights,” read the statement in part.

Additionally, the Authority faulted COTU for its failure to ensure that the private security workers received a minimum wage as earlier proposed.

According to Fazul, each of the workers is deducted a fee ranging from Ksh150 to Ksh620 depending on their salary range.

The regulatory authority has also stated that they have instituted an investigation into the collection and use of all the finances that have been deducted from the security workers.

PSRA, therefore averred that its preliminary investigations showed that its members had made contributions amounting to billions of shillings to the union.

Moreover, PSRA warned private security firms that any organisation, heading into the future, found culpable of violating this directive risked having their license revoked.

“Any private security company that continues to deduct and remit the said fees to the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU), SHALL be subjected to a statutory review of its registration and licensing status in accordance with Section 32 of the Act,” explained PSRA.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 – Doctors have vowed to teach Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome a lesson he will never forget after threatening them.

Speaking yesterday, Davji Atellah, the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists Dentists Union (KMPDU) Secretary General, announced that the union has sued Koome after he ordered police to deal ruthlessly with the striking doctors.

Atellah emphasised that no threats, victimization, or intimidation would make the doctors call off their strike.

He stated that the union and the government should meet to come up with a working agreement.

"As KMPDU and other societies, we have already proceeded to court against the defamatory statement that was released yesterday. As a union we will serve the IG," he stated.

The medic remarked that the IG cannot contravene the Constitution and issue threats rather than offer an amicable solution.

Atellah reiterated that KMPDU and other unions were ready to meet with the stakeholders to come up with a solution and end the strike which has left hospitals unattended and patients lacking critical care.

Additionally, Atellah noted that it was counterproductive to bring in foreign doctors who end up failing the set test.

He urged the government to stop putting the lives of patients at risk by failing to meet their demands.

Atellah reiterated that negotiations were the only way to end the ongoing strike.

IG Koome lamented that the striking doctors were becoming a nuisance by blowing whistles and vuvuzelas in the streets.

He also complained that those doctors lying on roads and pavements were disrupting traffic. Koome therefore called upon all Police Commanders to deal with this disturbance firmly across the nation.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 – President William Ruto is now tempted to alter the Constitution and extend his rule beyond 10 years.

This is after Kimilili Member of Parliament Didmus Barasa also joined the push, saying the Kenya Kwanza regime should rule for the next 50 years. 

Speaking during an interview, the legislature alleged that if the regime rules for 50 years, it would ensure continuity. 

"The only thing that we would want for continuity is that the Kenya Kwanza government rules at least for the next fifty years like Chama Cha Mapinduzi in Tanzania and ANC in South Africa," Barasa stated. 

"We can still do so, by not necessarily removing the term limits, but by ensuring that the Presidents who would come after President Ruto has completed his 10-year constitutional limit, would pick it up from the progress Ruto would have made at that time,” he added.  

However, Barasa's sentiments did not augur well with a section of netizens who criticized him. 

According to the Constitution of Kenya, a President shall not hold office for more than two terms which equals ten years. 

(1) The President shall hold office for a term beginning on the date on which the President was sworn in, and ending when the person next elected President in accordance with Article 136 (2) (a) is sworn in.

(2) A person shall not hold office as President for more than two terms.

This comes days after Devki billionaire Narendra Raval wished that Ruto would rule Kenya for 25 years and transform the country.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - A close ally of President William Ruto has said the Kenya Kwanza Alliance government cannot afford to pay doctors the Sh 206,000 they are demanding.

In a social media post on Tuesday, Senate Majority leader and Kericho Senator, Aaron Cheruiyot said the government has no capacity to pay intern doctors the KSh 206,000 that is being demanded.

He said the government can only afford to pay Sh 70,000

''The truth is that, currently, where the country sits, we cannot pay a student doctor KSh 200,000. Even in other African countries doing well than Kenya, interns are not paid that much. 

"We have said all we can get is KSh 70,000,'' Cheruiyot stated.

Cheruiyot's claims come at a time when Kenyans have been criticising the government over the mass looting of public resources through inflated tenders and allowances.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 – Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is not resting easy. 

This is after the plot to block him from ascending to the presidency after William Ruto via the UDA party was hatched.

This was revealed by United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Secretary General Cleophas Malala, who noted that there was an impending succession battle in the party. 

Malala was speaking after reports came out that UDA had three slots for Deputy Party Leader, a position that has been until now solely occupied by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. 

In his view, the Secretary-General revealed that it was unfair to expose the Deputy President to a competition of who is second in command. 

“Many parties break due to succession battles. We need a straight command structure,” he explained. 

He explained that Gachagua’s position should not be elective and should mirror that of President William Ruto who is the Party leader on the virtue of being the party’s presidential candidate. 

“In my view, if we have a party leader who is not voted for as he is the presidential candidate, the same respect should be accorded to Gachagua who was his running mate,” Malala explained. 

He added that a petition was already being prepared to amend the constitution and make Gachagua’s post non-elective. 

“We want to make it very clear that UDA is a democratic party. Our constitution says we have 3 deputy party leaders but it also gives National Executive Council (NEC) power to amend the constitution,” he explained. 

“Ahead of the National Delegates Conference, we are going to put amendments so we have one Party Leader, one Deputy Party Leader, and other officials

The conversation has surfaced at a time when a section of Mt Kenya leaders have endorsed Kiharu Member of Parliament Ndindi Nyoro to succeed President William Ruto. 

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TMZ reported that Rice was sued by Edvard Petrovskiy and Irina Gromova in Dallas County last week, less than a month after the crash caused them injuries in a massive pileup on a Texas highway.

Petrovskiy and Gromova said that on March 30, Rice was in a Lamborghini Urus, racing his friend Theodore Knox before they lost control at a Corvette and barrelled into other innocent drivers on the roadway.

The plaintiffs claimed both Rice and Knox left the scene without making any effort to check on those impacted by the crash. They further revealed that some of the victims were “severely injured, bleeding, and visibly distressed.”

They are now suing Rice and Knox, an SMU football player, for no less than $10 million in punitive damages, after they reportedly suffered, among other things, brain trauma, lacerations that required stitches and internal bleeding.

They're also seeking compensatory damages for the medical bills, mental anguish, property damage and more in the suit.

Rice has not yet publicly commented on the lawsuit though his attorney, Royce West, said in the days following the accident that Rice would do all he could to make everyone involved whole again.

Both Rice and Knox, meanwhile, are also facing criminal charges, including one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury, and six counts of collision involving injury. Both men surrendered to police last week and were released shortly after taking mug shots.

Earlier this month, Limond was discovered in his vehicle just hours before he set to partake in a public training session in Glasgow ahead of his planned bout with Joe Laws on May 3.

But in the early hours of this Monday morning, it was confirmed that he had passed away.

Taking to social media, his son Jake wrote as an Instagram story: 'My dad passed away in the early hours of the morning around 3am.

'He fought on for near enough 10 days. Warrior.'

Limond Snr won 42 of his 48 professional fights from 1999 to 2023 including 13 by knockout.

The Glaswegian was originally a footballer, playing five times for Albion Rovers in the late 1990s.

He held the British super-featherweight, super-lightweight, and lightweight titles as well as the Commonwealth light-welterweight, WBU lightweight, and IBO Inter-Continental lightweight titles during his boxing career.

Four of Limond's six defeats were against fighters who won world titles - Amir Khan, Anthony Crolla, Erik Morales, and Ricky Burns.

He last fought in September, losing by TKO to fellow Scotsman Ricky Burns in the eighth round. with the referee stopping the fight at the end of the round because of excessive blood from his nose.

The decision comes after two war cabinet meetings in which leaders of Israel debated how to respond to barrage of 350 suicide drones and missiles

Israel’s Channel 12 news carried the report which was widely picked up in local media.

The channel said the country’s air force which includes US-made F-16, F-15 and F-35 fighter jets is already gearing up to deliver a retaliatory counter-strike against the Islamic Republic of Iran, though no timeline was provided.

According to the report, the strike will be intended as a message that Israel “will not allow an attack of that magnitude against it to pass without a reaction.” but Israeli leaders also hope the response will not spark a wider war.

US President Joe Biden and leaders of the UK, France, Italy and Canada have urged Israel to exercise restraint, with Biden reportedly telling Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu that the US would not support a counter-attack.

Israel’s military chief Lt. Gen Herzi Halevi confirmed Monday that Iran’s actions “will be met with a response,” but he also declined to elaborate or indicate the timing.

On Sunday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned his US counterpart Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that the Jewish home state has “no choice” but to retaliate against the rogue Islamic Republic after it launched hundreds of missiles and suicide drones into Israeli airspace on Saturday night, according to an Axios correspondent Barak Ravid.

At a White House press briefing Monday afternoon, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby called Iran’s missile attack against Israel “a spectacular and embarrassing failure,” and said the key US ally is in “a far stronger strategic position” today than before the attack.

Kirby deferred questions about whether he expected the US to be briefed ahead of an Israeli military response.

“That is an Israeli decision to make. Whether and how they’ll respond to what Iran did on Saturday we’re going to leave squarely with them.”

The former South Carolina governor last month, dropped out of the Republican presidential primary after failing to gain enough momentum against rival Donald Trump following Super Tuesday, when the former president swept nearly every contest.

Haley announced on Monday April 15, she will be joining the Hudson Institute, a conservative foreign-policy think tank as their Walter P. Stern Chair.

During her 2024 bid, the former US ambassador to the UN stressed the importance of America’s alliances with Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and said she will be using her position at Hudson to further her foreign-policy objectives by guiding other policymakers.

“When our policymakers fail to call out our enemies or acknowledge the importance of our alliances, the world is less safe. That is why Hudson’s work is so critical,” Haley said in a statement.

“They believe the American people should have the facts and policymakers should have the solutions to support a secure, free, and prosperous future. I look forward to partnering with them to defend the principles that make America the greatest country in the world.”

The Walter P. Stern Chair program started in 2020 to acknowledge the accomplishments of former Hudson Chairman Walter “Wally” Stern, who played a key role in propelling the institute into a well-known foreign-policy organization.

“Nikki is a proven, effective leader on both foreign and domestic policy,” Hudson President and CEO John Walters said in a statement. “In an era of worldwide political upheaval, she has remained a steadfast defender of freedom and an effective advocate for American security and prosperity. We are honored to have her join the Hudson team.”

Sarah May Stern, chair of Hudson’s Board of Trustees, said of Haley’s new post, “It is fitting that Nikki has taken on this title.

“She is a courageous and insightful policymaker and these qualities are vital in making Hudson the powerhouse policy organization it is today, and I am extremely proud that she has joined the Institute.”

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka came to the defense of embattled Azimio principals who are staring at arrest and prosecution over multimillion corruption cases. 

Speaking in Mumias, Kakamega County, Kalonzo defended former governors Mwangi wa Iria (Murang’a) and Wycliffe Oparanya (Kakamega) after the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) together with the Office of Director of Public Prosecution (ODPP) recommended charges against the Azimio principals.

This comes even as it appears Raila Odinga has abandoned them, ostensibly to focus on his bid for the African Union Commission (AUC) chairperson position. 

Kalonzo spoke a day after Mwangi wa Iria was accused of a conflict of interest while awarding a Ksh140 million publicity tender during his time as Murang'a Governor. 

“We shall stand with our brother Mwangi Wa Iria come rain come sunshine. You cannot weaponize the war against corruption,” Kalonzo stated. 

The former Vice President remarked that the current administration was using investigative constitutional offices to clamp down on the opposition. 

In his view, ODPP and EACC should also investigate government officials if they are serious about dealing with corruption.

“The real criminals and corrupt people are known and are out there. Go for them,” he remarked. 

Kalonzo added that it was bizarre to see Mwangi wa Iria being prosecuted while there were people with criminal cases serving in the current administration. 

Further, he lamented that the government was shaming opposition leaders, citing a time when Oparanya was publicly arrested with his wife.

Raila has been conspicuously missing from Azimio pressers which have been calling for agitation against different policies and directives instituted by the government. 

Last week, Kalonzo and other Azimio principals convened a presser where they threatened to join doctors in their strike if President William Ruto did not solve the impasse. 

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The Republican politician arrived at a Manhattan courthouse Monday, April 15, as his hush money trial got underway.

Trump is accused of falsifying his business records to disguise a hush-money payment made to Stormy Daniels, a former adult film star, shortly before the 2016 election.

The charges from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg stem from a $130,000 payment Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, made to the film actress at the end of the 2016 election to keep her from going public with an allegation that she and Trump had had an affair. Trump then repaid Cohen in instalments marked as legal fees in company records.

Mr Trump, 77, faces a maximum of four years in jail if convicted, but could avoid jail time and be fined instead.

The trial began today with jury selection, which could take up to two weeks because of the large pool of prospective jurors.

The proceedings mark the first time a former president has faced a criminal trial.

Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records. He has denied the affair and pleaded not guilty to the charges, which he says are politically motivated.

Last April, he pleaded not guilty to a 34-count indictment charging him with falsifying business records in connection with a hush money payment.

Jury selection could take up to two weeks, with the entire trial expected to last between six and eight weeks.

Judge Marchan set a hearing on prosecutors' request to hold Trump in contempt for allegedly violating the judge's limited gag order.  The hearing is set for Wednesday, April 24.

The judge gave Trump's attorneys until April 19 to file their written response.

As the attorneys were going back and forth, NYT reporter Maggie Haberman went on CNN to claim Trump appeared to be sleeping.

During her live-blogging of what was going on inside, Haberman wrote that Trump's head kept dropping and that his jaw seemed to go slack a few times. Other reporters backed the claim.

However, as he was heading into court, Trump was alert and fired up talking to reporters. He called the trial an assault on the country, and once again claimed it was a witch hunt.

The court case is over alleged hush money payments Trump and his team got to Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about an affair she claims she had with him back in the 2000s. He's facing 34 counts of falsifying business records, which is classified as a felony in New York.

The transcript of the "Access Hollywood" tape will be read in court and details of another alleged affair Trump had with ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal will also be read. Michael Cohen is also expected to testify.

The jury selection process is expected to take a couple weeks to get through, as thousands of Manhattanites were summoned to be part of the process. He is now looking for 12 jurors and 6 alternates who can be fair and impartial.

The Duke of Sussex has also been ordered to pay 90 per cent of their legal costs for defending his challenge, which came after he was told he would no longer be given the “same degree” of publicly-funded protection when in the country.

Prince Harry took legal action over the February 2020 decision of the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) after being told he would no longer be given the “same degree” of publicly-funded protection when in the country.

In February, retired High Court judge Sir Peter Lane rejected the Duke’s case and concluded Ravec’s approach was not irrational nor procedurally unfair.

However, giving a ruling on Monday, April 15, Sir Peter said that Harry should pay most of the Home Office’s legal costs, but said the government department had committed “breaches” during the legal battle which were “sanctionable”.

The Judge said;

“They have resulted in the case being largely contested by reference to new grounds, which have not been subjected to the normal permission process.

“The breaches resulted from misapprehensions on the part of the defendant as to the duty of disclosure, which this decision has had to address at some length. It is therefore right that there should be a modest but still significant reduction in the award of costs to the defendant.”

Harry lives in the United States with wife Meghan and their two children after the couple announced they were stepping back as senior royals in January 2020. He returned briefly to the UK on February 6 following his father's cancer diagnosis.

Billie Eilish, who has been hanging out a lot with Quenlin Blackwell, smooched and even smacked her ass at the event. She was seen grabbing Quenlin's face and pulling her in for a kiss while enjoying music at the festival.

The singer also danced with Quenlin at one point, grinding up on her and giving her a few good spanks while music was blasting, with both of them onstage.

What also makes this interesting is that Billie just dropped a new song at Coachella, it's called "Lunch", and it's all about her having feelings for a woman.

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - Kisii County Governor, Simba Arati, has recorded a statement with the directorate of criminal investigations in Nairobi, claiming his life is in danger.

In a statement issued by his lawyers Siaya Governor James Orengo and Senior Counsel Otiende Amollo, Arati said DCI Kisii County is planning to search his homes in Kisii and Nairobi over alleged illegal possession of firearms.

Arati said the rogue officers were planning to plant guns at Arati's homes in order to arrest him.

“A CCIO in Kisii is recorded giving instructions and giving insights into how guns, firearms, and other things are going to be planted on Governor Arati. 

"Partly is to prevent Arati from performing his duties as Kisii governor, " Orengo said.

The lawyers added they are eager to see what actions will be taken as Arati has made accusations to the DCI headquarters in Nairobi about DCI Kisii.

 “The alternative is to take the law into our own hands but as counsel for Governor Arati we have launched a complaint and they have assured us they'll take some actions," said senior counsel Otiende Amollo.  

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Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who is the daughter of an established Hollywood armorer, received the maximum penalty for her part in the 2021 tragedy where actor Alec Baldwin discharged live rounds from a prop gun on the movie set during a rehearsal.

Several experts have since characterized the accident as a preventable incident.

Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer handed down the sentence to conclude an emotionally charged hearing Monday, April 15.

"I find what you did constitutes a serious violent offense," Sommer told Gutierrez-Reed.

Although the prosecution pushed for this outcome — the maximum sentence — Gutierrez-Reed and her defense team had asked the judge to consider probation as an alternative.

The defendant, who is now 27, raised that request herself in a statement read in court before the sentence came down.

In the statement, she called Hutchins an inspiration and said she was saddened by the media coverage of her case and the negative light in which it painted her to the public.

"Your honor, when I took on 'Rust,' I was young and naive. But I took my job as seriously as I knew how to," said Gutierrez-Reed.

"I beg you, please, don't give me more time. The jury has found me in part at fault for this horrible tragedy, but that doesn't make me a monster. That makes me human."

The prosecution had cited Gutierrez-Reed's lack of contrition during the trial as one reason to impose the maximum sentence.

But her attorney, Jason Bowles, said in his final remarks at the sentencing that his client had in fact cried, broken down, experienced "mental breakdowns" and "said 'if only' many, many, many times," with that side of her remaining largely unfamiliar to people following the case.

Authorities took Gutierrez-Reed into custody once the verdicts were read. Her defense blamed the film's management for the shooting, arguing that serious safety issues existed on the "Rust" set that were outside of her purview.

He made the revelation revealed via Instagram on Monday, April 15.

“Another Paul coming this Fall 👶🏼,” the couple captioned the joint pregnancy reveal.

The model gave a glimpse of her baby bump in the photo as she kissed her partner while Paul, 29, held sonogram shots toward the camera.

Logan who is a professional wrestler, shared the same photos to his Story, writing that his and Agdal’s “next chapter will be very special.”

On her own Story, Agdal referred to herself and Paul as “mom and dad,” and gushed about meeting her “little best friend” soon.

The pair got engaged in Lake Como, Italy, last year.

According to Mail Online, Maxim Lyutyi, 44, and partner Oxana Mironova, 34, lost their child Kosmos to 'pneumonia and emaciation' after they failed to properly feed the boy, less than one-month-old.

The Russian father faces up to eight years in jail and a fine for the 'intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm'.

He admitted his guilt in a final court appearance ahead of sentencing this week in Sochi.

The court was earlier told Lyutyi wanted to raise the newborn on prana-eating, a diet in which people go without food and water for a long time and 'feed on the sun'.

He was accused of barring Mironova from breastfeeding the child, and was described as a 'radical raw food fanatic'.

'He wanted to experiment on the child, feed him purely with the sun, and then advertise it to others that this is how you can eat,' said one source.

Oxana's mother Galina accused the sinister Lyutyi of running a 'sect'.

'I was against my daughter being in this sect,' she said.

'I felt everything, and told her that Maxim was crazy, but she didn't listen to me.

'Oxana lived there like a guinea pig. Each time she became colder to me… She was his slave.'

Another relative of Mironiva said: 'Oxana told me that she was afraid of him. She wanted to leave him many times, but he held her back…

'He wanted to raise [his son into] a man who only eats the sun.'

Oxana's cousin Olesya Nikolayeva said: 'He forced her not to feed the baby. Her boyfriend believed that the sun was feeding the baby.

'Oxana was secretly trying to breastfeed the baby, but she was very afraid of Maxim. How is it possible to feed the baby with sunlight?

'A baby needs his mother's milk.'

Lyutyi had delivered his child at home, refusing to let Oxana go to a maternity hospital.

They eventually decided to take the emaciated child to doctors, but medical staff could do nothing to save the horrendously malnourished baby.

Oxana's mother earlier said how she sent her daughter money to help her in any way she could, but that she could not get the child enough food under the watchful eye of her partner.

'(Lyutyi) forbade her to feed the child.

'Oxana told me that she secretly fed the baby, but she didn't have enough money, because he didn't give her any.

'I sent Oxana money for food from my pension. She secretly bought baby food.'

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - Wiper Democratic Movement party leader, Kalonzo Musyoka, has condemned Iran's attack on Israeli territory.

On Saturday, Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles towards Israel.

The Israeli military, however, said 99 percent of the missiles and drones fired by Iran overnight were intercepted without hitting their targets.

In a statement, the former Vice President called on Israel to exercise restraint, saying efforts should be directed at ending the war in Gaza.

"I join the international community in condemning the attack on Israel by Iran at a time when all our energies ought to be directed at ending the war in Gaza," Kalonzo said.

"The coordinated united diplomatic response by the Group of Seven is commendable, as is the assurance by President Joe Biden that the US will not take part in any counter-offensive against Iran."

Kalonzo said that the swift action has prevented a worse catastrophe saying that the UN should take complete charge to defuse and de-escalate the crisis.

"Neither the Middle East nor the world can afford an all-out war at this time. 

"The Middle East cannot go to war with itself so soon after Easter and Ramadhan celebrations," he said.

Iran launched drones and missiles toward Israel in retaliation for an April 1 deadly strike on its consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus, which killed senior Iranian commanders.

The Kenyan DAILY POST