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@taifaleo Sun, 02 Aug 2026 03:55:25
Linda Mwananchi yazidi kuvutia wawaniaji mbalimbali uchaguzi ukikaribia
VUGUVUGU la Linda Mwananchi linazidi kubadili sura ya siasa nchini huku likiwavutia wanaowania ugavana kutoka maeneo mbalimbali ya Kenya. Kilichoanza kama jukwaa la viongozi waliopinga uamuzi wa ODM kuunga mkono azma ya Rais William Ruto kutafuta muhula wa pili, sasa kinaibuka kuwa nguvu mpya ya kisiasa inayojipanga kushindana katika uchaguzi wa 2027. Chini ya uongozi wa Seneta wa Nairobi Edwin Sifuna, vuguvugu la Linda Mwananchi limekuwa kivutio kikuu kwa viongozi wanaotafuta ugavana, huku wengi wakisubiri kutangazwa kwa chama ambacho litatumia katika uchaguzi mkuu ujao. Katika Kaunti ya Vihiga, Seneta Godfrey Osotsi tayari amejiunga na mkondo huo huku akijiandaa kuwania ugavana baada ya muhula wa Gavana Wilber Ottichilo kumalizika. Kaunti ya Bungoma nayo imekuwa kitovu cha vuguvugu hilo baada ya Mbunge wa Westlands, Tim Wanyonyi kuhamishia azma yake ya kisiasa huko. Bw Sifuna tayari amemtangaza kuwa mmoja wa viongozi anaoamini na hata kutabiri kuwa gavana ajaye wa Bungoma atatoka Linda Mwananchi. "Nimekutana na Tim Wanyonyi na viongozi wengine wengi. Ninachoamini ni kwamba gavana wa Bungoma mwaka 2027 atatoka Linda Mwananchi," alisema Bw Sifuna katika moja ya mikutano yake. Jijini Nairobi, Mbunge wa Embakasi Mashariki, Babu Owino, ambaye ni mmoja wa waanzilishi wa kundi hilo, ameweka wazi kuwa atamenyana na Gavana Johnson Sakaja katika uchaguzi ujao. Bw Owino amekuwa akitumia mikutano ya Linda Mwananchi kuimarisha mtandao wake wa kisiasa huku akipata uungwaji mkono kutoka kwa viongozi wa vuguvugu hilo. Seneta wa Kisii, Richard Onyonka pia amejiunga na kundi la wanaotafuta ugavana kupitia Linda Mwananchi. Bw Sifuna tayari amemuidhinisha akisema ana uwezo wa kuongoza Kaunti ya Kisii. Katika Kaunti ya Kakamega, Seneta Boni Khalwale ameanza kujihusisha zaidi na Linda Mwananchi licha ya hapo awali kuhusishwa na chama chake cha United Patriotic Movement (UPM). Hatua hiyo imezua hisia kuwa huenda akakitumia chama kitakachozaliwa na vuguguvu hilo kuwania ugavana. Machakos pia haijaachwa nyuma. Mbunge wa Mavoko, Patrick Makau ameibuka kuwa mmoja wa washirika wakuu wa Linda Mwananchi na tayari ameweka wazi nia yake ya kuwania ugavana wa Machakos mwaka 2027. Bw Makau ni miongoni mwa viongozi ambao kiongozi wa Wiper, Kalonzo Musyoka alisema aliwaruhusu kushirikiana na Bw Sifuna katika juhudi za kujenga umoja wa upinzani. Katika Taita Taveta, Mbunge wa Wundanyi, Danson Mwashako pia ametangaza azma ya kuwania ugavana. Katika mkutano wa hivi majuzi wa Linda Mwananchi, Babu Owino aliwaongoza viongozi wengine kumuidhinisha Bw Mwashako na kuwataka wakazi wa kaunti hiyo kumuunga mkono. Aliyekuwa Naibu Katibu wa Uratibu wa Jubilee, Pauline Njoroge naye ameweka kando ndoto yake ya kuwania ugavana wa Nairobi na badala yake akaamua kumuunga mkono Babu Owino. Hata amedokeza kuwa yuko tayari kuwa mgombea mwenza wake iwapo mazungumzo ya kisiasa yatazaa makubaliano hayo. Aliyekuwa Gavana wa Bungoma, Wycliffe Wangamati pia ameanza kujitenga na chama chake cha DAP-K na kutangaza kuwa yuko tayari kutumia chama kitakachozinduliwa na Linda Mwananchi ili kurejea katika kinyang'anyiro cha ugavana wa Bungoma. Gavana wa Trans Nzoia, George Natembeya, naye amesema atatetea kiti chake kupitia chama kitakachozaliwa na vuguvugu hilo. Bw Sifuna tayari amemtangaza kuwa anayefaa kuendelea kuongoza kaunti hiyo. Kwa upande mwingine, Gavana wa Siaya, James Orengo, mmoja wa vinara wa vuguvugu hilo ameendelea kutoa ishara zinazochanganya kuhusu mustakabali wake wa kisiasa huku kukiwa na tetesi kuwa huenda akagombea urais au akatetea kiti chake cha ugavana. Huku viongozi zaidi wakiendelea kuhamia Linda Mwananchi, wachambuzi wanabashiri litakuwa nguvu mpya ya kisiasa itakayoathiri uchaguzi wa ugavana 2027.
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@taifaleo Sun, 02 Aug 2026 04:55:33
Gachagua atoa makataa kwa wanaohamia DCP
KIONGOZI wa chama cha Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP), Rigathi Gachagua, ameongeza kwa siku 10 mkutano wake wa kisiasa unaoendelea katika makazi yake ya Wamunyoro, Kaunti ya Nyeri, huku akitoa onyo kwa viongozi wanaotaka kuhamia chama hicho kwamba muda wa kufanya uamuzi unakaribia kuisha. Bw Gachagua alisema aliongeza muda huo kufidia siku alizotumia kusherehekea ushindi wa DCP katika uchaguzi mdogo wa Ol Kalou ambao mgombea wa chama hicho, Kamau Ngotho, alishinda mgombea wa UDA. Pia alisema alitumia muda kuzuru kaunti za Embu, Meru na Tharaka Nithi kupinga juhudi za kutenganisha kisiasa eneo la Mlima Kenya Mashariki. Akizungumza katika mahojiano ya moja kwa moja na mchambuzi wa siasa Herman Manyora, Bw Gachagua alisema masuala mawili makuu yanayojadiliwa katika mkutano huo ni nani anayefaa kuungwa mkono kuwania urais mwaka wa 2027 na masharti ambayo Mlima Kenya utaweka iwapo haitatoa mgombea wa urais. "Kuna upungufu mkubwa wa imani katika siasa. Wananchi wengi wanasema wanatamani niwaongoze, lakini pia ninaelewa kuwa Mlima Kenya hauwezi kushinda urais peke yake. Tutahitaji kushirikiana na maeneo mengine," alisema. Alisisitiza kuwa yuko tayari kuacha azma yake ya kuwania urais ikiwa hatua hiyo itasaidia kuondoa serikali ya Rais William Ruto kupitia uchaguzi. "Hata hivyo, kura za Mlima Kenya hazitatolewa bure. Tutataka kujua wananchi wetu watanufaika vipi kutokana na ushirikiano huo," alisema. Kwa mujibu wake, mazungumzo hayo hayatakuwa kuhusu ugavi wa nyadhifa za kisiasa pekee bali pia masuala ya uchumi yanayowagusa wananchi wa eneo hilo. "Tutazungumzia kodi, mazingira bora ya biashara, usalama wa wafanyabiashara, bei ya uhakika ya mazao na mikopo nafuu. Hayo ndiyo mambo tunayopigania," alisema. Bw Gachagua pia alitangaza kuwa ameongeza hadi katikati ya Agosti muda aliowapa viongozi wanaotaka kuhamia DCP. Alisema anahitaji kujua idadi ya wagombeaji watakaotumia tiketi ya chama hicho ili kupanga bajeti ya kampeni, ambayo anakadiria kufikia Sh4 bilioni. Aidha, alidai kuwa baadhi ya Mawaziri na Makatibu wamekuwa wakimtafuta kwa siri wakitaka kujiunga na DCP, lakini akawataka watangaze hadharani uamuzi huo. "Wengine wanakuja usiku. Nimewaambia kama kweli wanataka kuhamia DCP wafike mchana mbele ya kamera ili bosi wao aone wakihama," alisema. Kauli hizo zimezua mjadala ndani ya chama hicho. Seneta wa Murang'a, Joe Nyutu alipinga viongozi waliokuwa waaminifu kwa serikali kupewa nafasi katika DCP, akisema wanachama waliobaki na Bw Gachagua wakati wa kipindi kigumu hawapaswi kusukumwa pembeni.
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@taifaleo Sun, 02 Aug 2026 02:55:47
Wantam! Uhuru aanza kupanga majenerali kukabili Ruto 2027
RAIS mstaafu Uhuru Kenyatta anatarajiwa kuongoza mkutano muhimu wa Baraza la Muungano wa Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Jumatatu, hatua inayotafsiriwa kama kurejea kwake katika siasa za upinzani kuelekea uchaguzi mkuu wa mwaka 2027. Mkutano huo unafanyika huku viongozi wa upinzani wakiharakisha juhudi za kuunda muungano mpana utakaoweza kukabiliana na Rais William Ruto, ambaye washirika wake wanaonekana kuwa mbele katika kujipanga kisiasa. Ajenda kuu itakuwa mustakabali wa Azimio, muungano aliotumia Raila Odinga katika uchaguzi wa 2022. Baada ya kifo cha Raila mwaka jana, Uhuru alimkabidhi kiongozi wa Wiper Kalonzo Musyoka jukumu la kusimamia muungano huo. Kalonzo amekuwa akipigia debe muundo unaofanana na ule wa Narc uliomuingiza Mwai Kibaki mamlakani mwaka 2002, ambapo vyama vilihifadhi utambulisho wao lakini vikaungana nyuma ya mgombea mmoja wa urais. Hata hivyo, juhudi hizo zimekumbwa na pingamizi kutoka kwa kiongozi wa Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP), Rigathi Gachagua, ambaye amesema hakuna chama kitakachopewa tiketi ya urais kwa makubaliano ya viongozi pekee. "Kila chama kijipigie debe kwa wananchi. Tusifikirie kuwa watu watakaa mahali wagawane nafasi. Hilo halitafanyika," alisema Gachagua. Kwa miezi kadhaa, viongozi wa upinzani wamekuwa wakizungumzia mkutano mkubwa wa kuunganisha makundi yote yanayompinga Rais Ruto, lakini mkutano huo bado haujafanyika kutokana na ushindani wa ndani wa wanaotamani kuwania urais. Seneta wa Makueni Dan Maanzo alisema Uhuru ataongoza mkutano wa Jumatatu ambao utajadili jinsi ya kupanga upya na kupatia Azimio sura mpya kabla ya uchaguzi wa 2027. Anasema vyama kama Wiper, Jubilee, Kanu na washirika wengine vitashiriki, huku pia kukiwa na mazungumzo ya kuingiza makundi mapya kama Linda Mwananchi ya Seneta wa Nairobi Edwin Sifuna, DCP ya Gachagua na People's Liberation Party (PLP) ya Martha Karua. Wadadisi wa siasa wanasema upinzani unahofia kuchelewa kujipanga Kenya Kwanza ikijiiimarisha kupitia ushirikiano kati ya UDA na ODM. Maanzo alisema lengo ni kuunda muungano utakaowapa nafasi viongozi wapya bila kulazimisha vyama kuvunjwa. "Tunataka muundo mpya unaoweza kuwaleta pamoja wote wanaotaka mabadiliko," alisema. Mchambuzi wa siasa Dismas Mokua alisema uwezekano wa viongozi kuvunja vyama vyao na kuunda chama kimoja ni mdogo sana. "Kilicho rahisi ni muungano mkubwa ambapo kila chama kitabaki kivyake lakini kishirikiane kumpata mgombea mmoja wa urais," alisema. Mhadhiri wa Chuo Kikuu cha Multimedia, Profesa Gitile Naituli, alisema changamoto kubwa si jina la muungano bali uwezo wa viongozi kukubaliana kuhusu ajenda ya pamoja. Wakati huo huo, vuguvugu la Linda Mwananchi linaloongozwa na Sifuna linazidi kupata nguvu baada ya kufanya mazungumzo na Kalonzo, mgombea wa Jubilee Dkt Fred Matiang'i na viongozi wengine wa upinzani. Vyanzo vinaeleza kuwa vuguvugu hilo linajisajili kuwa chama cha kisiasa ili kushiriki kikamilifu katika mazungumzo ya kuunda muungano mpya. Kulingana na kura ya maoni ya TIFA, Sifuna anaungwa mkono kwa asilimia 15 katika kuwania urais, akimzidi Kalonzo ambaye ana asilimia 13, huku Dkt Matiang'i akiwa na asilimia 14. Kwa pamoja, wagombea wa upinzani wana uungwaji mkono mkubwa kuliko Rais Ruto. Hata hivyo, swali kubwa ni iwapo DCP ya Gachagua itajiunga na muungano huo. Mbunge wa Embakasi Central Benjamin Gathiru, maarufu Mejja Donk, alisema DCP iko tayari kushirikiana lakini haitaki kumezwa na Azimio. "Tunataka ushirikiano unaozingatia nguvu za kila upande. Si majina makubwa pekee bali pia idadi ya wafuasi," alisema. Naibu kiongozi wa DCP Cleophas Malala pia alisema chama kiko tayari kushirikiana na kundi lolote linalotaka Rais Ruto ahudumu kwa muhula mmoja pekee. Kwa upande wake, Martha Karua alipinga wazo la kuunda chama kimoja cha upinzani. "Hatutarudi katika mfumo wa chama kimoja. Katiba yetu inatambua siasa za vyama vingi na hilo halitabadilika," alisema. Ndani ya Jubilee, baadhi ya viongozi wana wasiwasi kuwa kumpa Kalonzo uongozi wa Azimio kunaweza kudhoofisha mgombea wao Dkt Matiang'i. Hata hivyo, Naibu Kiongozi Mwenza Jeremiah Kioni alisema Kalonzo aliteuliwa kwa sababu ndiye alikuwa kiongozi mkuu zaidi aliyesalia ndani ya Azimio. Mkutano wa Jumatatu unatarajiwa kuwa kipimo muhimu cha uwezo wa viongozi wa upinzani kuweka kando tofauti zao na kujenga muungano utakaoweza kutoa ushindani mkubwa dhidi ya Rais Ruto katika uchaguzi wa mwaka 2027.
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@kahawatungu Sat, 01 Aug 2026 22:11:30
Moscow Restaurant Blast: 3 Dead, 21 Wounded in IED Attack
On the evening of August 1, 2026, an improvised explosive device detonated at the Balzi Rossi restaurant on Kudrinskaya Square in central Moscow, killing three people and injuring at least 21 others. Russias National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) has launched a terrorism investigation into the incident. The explosion occurred at approximately 7:55 PM Moscow time (4:55 [...] The post Moscow Restaurant Blast: 3 Dead, 21 Wounded in IED Attack appeared first on Kahawatungu.
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@kahawatungu Sat, 01 Aug 2026 21:49:17
17-year-old Amaan Ganatra wins on KNRC debut in Stoni Athi thriller
Teenage sensation Amaan Ganatra made a dream start to his rallying career on Saturday, winning Round 1 of the 2026 Kenya National Rally Championship (KNRC ) at just 17 years old. The Ganatra Racing driver, with Mudasar Chaudry reading the notes, clocked 01:52:03.1 to take his first ever KNRC victory and maximum points after also [...] The post 17-year-old Amaan Ganatra wins on KNRC debut in Stoni Athi thriller appeared first on Kahawatungu.
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@kahawatungu Sat, 01 Aug 2026 21:52:08
Eight-year-old girl dies after bee attack in Embu
An eight-year-old girl died in Embu County after succumbing to injuries sustained in a swarm of bee attacks while collecting firewood with other children. The incident was reported at Gachoka Police Station in Mbeere South Sub-County on Saturday. According to police, the child's mother reported that her daughter, died at their home after her condition [...] The post Eight-year-old girl dies after bee attack in Embu appeared first on Kahawatungu.
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@kahawatungu Sat, 01 Aug 2026 21:55:49
Woman, infant son found murdered in Kitui as husband survives suspected suicide attempt
Police in Kitui County are investigating the killing of a woman and her one-year-old son after they were found dead along a village pathway, while the woman's husband was discovered nearby with a throat injury. The incident was reported at Zombe Police Station on Saturday by locals who alerted police that two lifeless bodies had [...] The post Woman, infant son found murdered in Kitui as husband survives suspected suicide attempt appeared first on Kahawatungu.
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@kahawatungu Sat, 01 Aug 2026 21:57:48
Man found dead in river with hands tied behind his back in Tharaka Nithi
Police launched a murder investigation after the body of an unidentified man was found floating in River Ruguti in Chuka South Sub-County, Tharaka Nithi County. The incident was reported on Saturday after members of the public spotted the body in the river near the Chuka–Embu highway bridge, about six kilometres north of the station. Police [...] The post Man found dead in river with hands tied behind his back in Tharaka Nithi appeared first on Kahawatungu.
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@kna Sat, 01 Aug 2026 13:02:14
Nurses in Narok join nationwide strike over labour grievances
Nurses in Narok County on Friday joined colleagues across the country in a nationwide strike, demanding the resolution of long-standing labour grievances, including the implementation of a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), improved terms of service and the absorption of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) staff into permanent and pensionable employment. The nurses, under the umbrella of...
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@kna Sat, 01 Aug 2026 13:08:16
Over 400 coast hospitality workers certified under recognition of prior learning programme
More than 400 hospitality workers from the Coast region have received nationally recognised skills certification under the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Upskilling Programme as Kenya intensifies efforts to attract five million international tourists annually by 2027. The initiative, implemented by the Tourism Fund in partnership with the State Department for Technical and Vocational...
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@kna Sat, 01 Aug 2026 13:10:13
Students from Bomet and Kericho receive Sh8.3 million TVET scholarships
A Kericho based multinational tea company has awarded Sh8.3 million in Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) scholarships to 39 students from Kericho and Bomet counties in a move aimed at equipping young people with market-driven technical skills and addressing youth unemployment. Browns Plantations Kenya Limited, through the Browns and Finlays Community Trust, awarded the...
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