SAD! Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore Is Dead

Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore at Safaricom Headquarters

Safaricom Chief Executive Officer Bob Collymore, 61, is dead.
The company’s Board Chairman Nicholas Nganga says Collymore passed on at his home this morning after a long battle with cancer.
“It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing away of Robert (Bob) William Collymore CEO Safaricom which occurred at his home,” Nganga said in a statement issued on Monday morning.

Safaricom's Press Statement on Collymore's death

Collymore has been in and out of the country for several months seeking treatment for Acute Myloid Leukemia (AML).
In October 2017, Collymore travelled to the United Kingdom to receive treatment and returned in July last year to resume his duties.
Lately, he had been receiving treatment at the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi.
Collymore leaves behind a wife and four children.
“On behalf of the Board of Safaricom, we extend our deepest condolences to his family, staff, partners and the nation at large who he served selflessly with joy,” Nganga said.

"Bushmen & Idiots": Racist & Brutal German At Thiba Dam Now Deported

A German, Mr. Hinteregger Yugen, 47,  said to have been making racist attacks and assaulting workers at the Thiba Dam construction site has been deported.
Project Manager Stephen Mutinda confirmed that the senior employee was deported on Sunday.

Yugen at CID offices at Kianyaga Police Station where he was grilled for racist and assault

The foreigner was reported to have assaulted a physically challenged employee while hurling racists remarks against him and other junior staff. It was also confirmed that he had been warned on several occasions.

German National Arrested For Assault and Calling Kirinyaga Construction Workers 'Bushmen' and 'Idiots'

Construction workers at Thiba Dam site in Gichugu, Kirinyaga county have called for immediate deportation of a German national over racial and physical abuse.

Yugen at CID offices at Kianyaga  Police Station where he was grilled for assault

Hinteregger Yugen who has since been arrested by officer from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, reportedly referred to Kenyan workers as "bushmen" and "idiots".
Yugen was arrested by detectives and grilled over racial abuse. 
Unconfirmed reported indicated Yugen had been flown from Malawi where he faced similar accusations that saw him get banished as.
In police statements, the labourers recounted several incidences where the 47-year-old had to sack those who dared speak out against his racial tendencies.
“Our manager Yugen is a violent person canning even aged workers. Today he threatened to beat me and after I tried pleading with him to forgive me, he got mad and threw a metallic door at me. I had to shout for help,” one of the local workers said.

Gichugu police boss Anthony Mbogo confirmed his office would investigate the matter further with a view to pressing charges or institute stern action should he be found culpable.

BHANG GAS: Man Fills Cooking Gas Cylinder With Bhang & Attempts To Transport It By Matatu

A middle-aged man was on Monday, June 17, arrested in possession of 3Kgs of bhang stashed inside a 13-Kg cooking gas cylinder.

Man fills cooking gas cylinder with bhang, attempts to transport it by matatu

The suspect, Eric Muchai, was apprehended at 2:10pm Monday on a road block placed at Merille area in Marsabit County at 2:10pm.

DNA Results: Kakamega Twins, Sharon & Melon Are Identical Twins

Sharon Mathias (left) and Melon Lutenyo, both 19, reunite at Furfural village in Kakamega on April 16, 2019. DNA tests have revealed that they are twins.

Sharon Mathias and Melon Lutenyo are biological twins, DNA tests conducted by Lancet Kenya have revealed.
The tests released on Saturday showed that Sharon and Melon shared identical DNA profiles, with 23 allelic loci tested showing 100 per cent perfect match which is consistent with the two being biologically identical twins.
The report said that Rosemary Khaveleli Onyango could not be excluded as the biological mother of the twins who have compatible obligatory maternal allelic profile with a 99.999 per cent probability.
BIOLOGICAL MOTHER
The report also excluded Ms Onyango from being the biological mother of Mevis Mbaya with 12 out of 23 loci tested showing a mismatch. (Three or more mismatches are considered grounds of exclusion of paternity) the report stated.
The tests also showed that Melvis Mbaya exhibited a compatible obligatory maternal and paternal allelic profile with those of Ms Angeline Omina and Mr Wilson Lutah Maruti respectively.
The report released by Dr Ahmed Kalebi, CEO Lancet Group of Laboratories also showed that the probability of Melvis being Ms Omina's daughter was 99.999 per cent.
Sharon and Melon met in April 2018 on social media. At first, the mistook each other for online identity frauds.
FACEBOOK
While browsing, Sharon came across a Facebook suggestion of ‘people you may know’ it was there that she noticed a profile that looked like hers. She sent Melon a ‘friend request’.
No sooner had Melon ‘accepted’, the request, the two started engaging in a war of words with each of them questioning the authenticity of the other’s online profile.
They were both suspicious of their striking resemblance but after the online altercation they chose to cut off their communication.
The two finally met in December 2018 at a bus stop in Kakamega town.
This was prompted by constant mention by their teachers and schoolmates about their resemblance. Sharon had participated in a high school music festival where the Melon’s school had also participated.
PUZZLED
Sharon’s teachers and classmates were puzzled when they saw someone that resembled Melon at the festival even though she was not participating. Melon’s classmates took a photo of Melon which they later showed to Sharon. Out of curiosity, the twins contacted each other during school holidays.
Soon, their communication became frequent to the extent that they introduced each other to their parents.
In April 2019, both families resorted to solve the mystery by seeking professional help. Lancet Kenya then offered to carry out a DNA test at subsidised cost.
KAKAMEGA HOSPITAL
Their mother, Ms Onyango is said to have gone to Kakamega Hospital while pregnant on August 15, 1999. She expected to deliver triplets but when she regained consciousness after delivery through a caesarean section, she was informed that she had given birth to twins.
The twins were placed in an incubator for a week due to low birth weight. She said that had been in doubt since her twin daughters Melon and Melvin did not turn out identical.
Ms Omina, who has just been confirmed not to be Sharon’s biological mother, said that she gave birth on August 14, 1999 just a day before Ms Onyango had her delivery.

Wife, Prime Suspect In Kirinyaga Businessman Murder

A woman accused of killing her husband last year could not take a plea at the High Court in Kirinyaga as the judge was said to be engaged elsewhere.
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When she was taken before Senior Principal Magistrate Eric Wambo, Lydia Wakuthii Mbogo, from Mirichi in Kirinyaga East, was informed she could not take plea since her case could only be handled by the High Court.

Police: Malik Heights Building Fire Was A Case Of Arson

Malik Heights building that went on flames on Monday night

Police have now revealed that the Monday night fire at Malik Heights on Ngong road, Nairobi County was an act of arson.
According to detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), reviewed CCTV footage showed a suspect entering with a jerrycan.
He has been identified as Abdirizak Yusuf Adow.
Detectives suspect that he was carrying a flammable substance.
In the surveillance footage, Adow is also seen igniting the fire before running towards the nearest staircase ad out of the business complex.
Even though there were no reports of any deaths following the inferno, untold damage and losses of millions of shillings was reported.
Alhusnain Motors Limited are reported to have lost vehicles worth Ksh.600million.

Mangled shells of vehicles that got burned  up in the building

The total number of vehicles destroyed were 78.