On the radar: Four IEBC commissioners to appear before MPs

Key activities and events lined up for today.

In Summary

• High Court to deliver judgment in an appeal by former National Olympics Committee of Kenya official Stephen Soi.

• Soi was sentenced to 17 years in a jail by a magistrate in 2021.

Four IEBC four commissioners are expected to appear before the Justice committee of the National Assembly

Vice chairperson Juliana Cherera and her counterparts Justus Nyang'aya, Francis Wanderi and Irene Masit differed with chairman Wafula Chebukati and two other commissioners over the August 2022 presidential vote tallying and final results.

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A petition was filed to remove the four embattled commissioners.

Court to deliver judgement on Soi's appeal

High Court will on Thursday deliver judgment in an appeal by former National Olympics Committee of Kenya official Stephen Soi.

Soi was sentenced to 17 years in jail by a magistrate in 2021.

Soi, 65, was in September 2021 convicted and sentenced by chief magistrate Elizabeth Juma to pay a fine of Sh105 million or in default serve 17 years in prison.

Kawangware robbery with violence suspect to be sentenced

A notorious robbery with violence suspect from Kawangware to be sentenced today.

Following increased cases of muggings and stabbings witnessed in Nairobi police officers were deployed to improve security.

Capacity Building Workshop

State Department for Economic Planning PS Saitoti Torome will on officially open the Capacity Building Workshop on the Implementation of Africa Agenda 2063.

Delegates from African Union and other African countries will attend the event at Safari Park.

Dorcas Rigathi to preside over food distribution

Her Excellency, Dorcas Rigathi will preside over the continued distribution of relief food to citizens affected by the drought and famine situation in various parts of the Country

President William Ruto created a National steering committee on drought response and appointed Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa as the chairperson.

The team made up of CEOs from the public and private sectors will help mobilize resources to augment the government’s drought response initiative.

The targeted interventions are food, water, livestock, health, wildlife, energy, education, security, forestry, agriculture and irrigation.

Palin defeated by Peltola in Alaska comeback bid

Former US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin is projected to have again lost her bid for a political comeback after this month's midterm elections.

The Republican suffered her second defeat in three months to Mary Peltola, a Democrat, in the race for a US House of Representatives seat in Alaska.

Senator Lisa Murkowski is meanwhile projected to have beaten a fellow Republican challenger in her election.

Manager kills six at Virginia supermarket

Manager at a Walmart store in the US state of Virginia has shot dead six people and injured six others.

Officers were called to the busy branch in Chesapeake after the gunman opened fire on colleagues in a staff room.

He then turned the gun on himself and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said.

World Cup matches 

Tuesday's matches in the World Cup will be Switzerland vs Cameroon, Uruguay vs South Korea, Portugal vs Ghana, and Brazil vs Serbia.

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