Month: May 2021

On Friday the 21st May, 2021 was perhaps one of the worst days for flamboyant Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho “Sultan”. From disgrace of missing a flight after late arrival and being charged with contempt of court after being found guilty and risked 60 days imprisonment or Shs. 250,000 fine by Mombasa law court.

Maybe one the court judgement would have led to his second misfortune of the day but he just didn’t know where to tore the line.

He took to social media to complain to http://www.flysafarilink.com

In response to the governor, the airline noted that a complaint was not lodged so they could launch an internal query on the matter.

The airline did not waste time reminding him that he was late and that it would have been unfair to inconvenience others who were onboard.

According to Safarilink, the flight was scheduled to depart at 4 pm, and all passengers are required to check-in at least 30 minutes before departure time.

However, the flamboyant Governor arrived at the airstrip four minutes after the plane had taken off as scheduled and missed the flight – adding salt to an injury.

Ordinarily as per commercial aviation rules and regulations, when you’re late for flights you’re penalized but seems after fierce with county boss, safarilink has redefined the rules —you miss out with minutes, they reschedule your flights at no cost, something which is new and out of international aviation norms, not even big airlines consume such low grade damage control.

The rule has always been, despite social or political status, if you miss out on flights schedules, you’re penalized. Safarilink is simply breaking the norms to satisfy Joho’s ego.

Justice Martha Karambu Koome was Friday sworn in as the country’s new Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya at a historic ceremony witnessed by President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House, Nairobi.

Justice Koome becomes the 15th Chief Justice and the first female to ascend to the highest judicial office in Kenya’s history.

Justice William Okello Ouko was also sworn in as a Judge of the Supreme Court at the same ceremony that was conducted by Attorney General Paul Kihara while Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Anne Atieno Amadi administered the Oaths of Office.

“Just to remind you of the oath you have taken to impartially do justice in accordance with the Constitution and by the law established, and the laws and customs of the Republic without any fear, favour, bias, affection, ill will, prejudice and any political, religious or other influence in the exercise of the judicial functions entrusted to you,” President Kenyatta said.

He expressed optimism that Chief Justice Koome and Justice Ouko will succeed in their new roles, noting that they were both well-grounded in their career having risen through the ranks of Kenya’s judicial system.

To Chief Justice Koome, President Kenyatta said he felt honoured to be the first President to swear in the first female Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya.

A director of Global Apparels Kenya (EPZ) limited Shahdadpuri Ghanshyam Choithram has been charged with conspiracy to steal shares valued Sh.75 million.

Ghanshyam appeared before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Bernard Ochoi and denied several charges and was remanded in police custody pending ruling tomorrow on his bail application.

The director is charged alongside the company’s external advocate Philemon Morara Apiemi, who denied the charges when he appeared in court on April 29. They are accused of conspiracy to defraud heirs of a shareholder of 250,000 shares valued at Sh.100 million by forging and uttering share transfer documents to his Choithram’s benefit.

According to the charge sheet, the duo jointly conspired to defraud heirs of Suresh Lakhian and Narain Choithram (both deceased).

The charges against them stated that they committed the offence on the diverse dates from October 16, 2016 and June 13, 2018 while purporting to be director and external lawyer for Global Apparel Kenya (EPZ) limited.

It is alleged that they committed the offence with others not before court in an unknown place by falsifying Global Apparel Kenya limited resolution transfer deeds and statutory declarations to the benefit of Choithram, a fact they knew was false.

Choithram is also charged with stealing 125,000 ordinary shares valued Sh12.5 million and also stealing 750,000 preferential shares valued Sh. 75, 00.000 the property of the Lakhian (deceased).

The prosecution told the court that Choithram is facing several charges of stealing shares belonging to the deceased family.

Further, it is alleged that on July 12, 2018 both Choithram and Morara knowingly and fraudulently uttered a forged Global Apparel Kenya (EPZ) limited written resolution, statutory declaration all dated October 24, 2017 and transfer deed dated December 5, 2016 at registrar of companies within Nairobi purporting it to be genuine document.

The two are further accused that with intent to defraud and without lawful authority jointly made a statutory declaration dated October 14, 2016 purporting it to be statutory declaration sworn by Suresh Lakhian.

A middle-aged man was on Tuesday evening found dead at a guest house in Nanyuki town under unclear circumstances.

Attendants at the guest house situated at the heart of the town realized that the room in which the man had booked had remained locked for the better part of the day and decided to break open the door after attempts to call on the occupant from outside failed to yield results.

Upon breaking open the door the attendants found his lifeless body lying on the floor and next to him lay a packet of used condoms and an empty bottle of liquor inside the room’s dustbin, they immediately alerted the police who arrived shortly to pick the body.

The Police officers at the scene who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the press said the man was not officially booked into the premises, an issue that raised serious concerns.

The officers were also trying to piece together whether the deceased man was murdered or committed suicide.

It was not also immediately established whether he died on Monday night or Tuesday during the day because the body was found in the evening.

A staffer at the establishment told the police officers that he was informed by one of the members of staff that a certain room was locked from inside and when they forced open the door, he found the man dead.

Questions emerged on how the door was locked from inside and whether there were other people and how and when they left the room. Investigations are ongoing with the body being taken to Nanyuki Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem and identification.

The police officers took the deceased’s mobile phone and the used condoms for further investigations. He had no identification card or other documents.