Panic swept the Judiciary yesterday after Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu was arrested and charged with corruption.
The DCJ in the Judiciary is the equivalent of the Deputy President in the Executive.
Police sources said a number of judges and magistrates, together with judiciary officials, .
Police were gathering evidence about judges who had taken bribes to influence rulings, including in poll petitions.
Garbage business in Nairobi chokes under extortion, unfair competition
Garbage collection in Nairobi’s 85 wards remains one of the biggest problems any leader at City Hall has to contend with.
Unknown to many Nairobi residents is that the garbage menace has created a multimillion-shilling industry over the years, one that is firmly in the hands of cartels that seem to operate above the law.
The Star has established that are among the strategies used to lock out new companies trying to venture into the business. Many of these have ended up closing shop, losing millions of shillings in investments.
Why heroin’s popularity is increasing in city slums
A and it’s getting very popular in informal settlements with many jobless youth.
Githurai, Mathare, Dandora and Kibera are among areas with the highest number of users. A gram of heroin on average sells for Sh100 and Sh150.
Vincent Mutua, a Nacada board member, told the Star the primary reason for escalation in heroin use is the high rate of unemployment.
Bad blood between Wa Iria, Munga that caused Murang’a water crisis
The fight between Governor Mwangi Wa Iria and former Equity Bank chairman Peter Munga, which has , dates back long before the governor was elected in 2013.
Early this month, Wa Iria chose a business expert and environmentalist to replace Munga as the chairman of Muwasco.
"Effective immediately, Munga ceases to be the chairman of Muwasco," the notice published on August 15 reads.
Wa Iria said there were suspicious activities in the company under Munga.
Grabbers must fund Kibarani park, says lobby
Private developers who were illegally allocated land at the Kibarani dumpsite should be compelled to fund a recreational park, a lobby
group has said.
Big Ship, an environmental lobby based in Mombasa, said that although some developers have surrendered land, .
The Mombasa county government has ordered the Kibarani dumpsite shut down and the area turned into a recreational park.
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