On the radar: Gachagua to close 8th devolution conference

Key activities and events lined up for today.

In Summary
  • The government now says it fully stands behind US Ambassador Meg Whitman who continues to face criticism from the Opposition over her recent statement.
  • A Canadian woman has been jailed for 22 years in the US for sending letters laced with ricin poison, including to Donald Trump when he was president.

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua will on Friday preside over the official closing ceremony of the Devolution conference in Eldoret.

He will give his remarks as the country marks 10 years of Devolution.

The eighth Devolution conference is themed, “10 Years of Devolution; The Present and the Future."

CS Mutua asks Meg to ignore call-to-recall threat

The government now says it fully stands behind US Ambassador Meg Whitman who continues to face criticism from the Opposition over her recent statement.

Coming hard on the heels of a call-to-recall threat by Azimio leader Raila Odinga, Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua has defended the envoy asking her to ignore threats.

Azimio writes to ICC to initiate investigations into alleged misconduct by Prosecutor Karim Khan

Azimio la Umoja legal counsel Paul Mwangi has written to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to initiate investigations into alleged misconduct by the court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan.

The lawyer has listed four issues of concern and two charges that he wants Karim Khan indicted with.

Woman jailed for 22 years for mailing Donald Trump Ricin

A Canadian woman has been jailed for 22 years in the US for sending letters laced with ricin poison, including to Donald Trump when he was president.

Pascale Ferrier, 56, agreed to the sentence in January after pleading guilty to biological weapons charges.

The deadly envelope addressed to Mr Trump was intercepted in September 2020 before delivery to the White House

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