Ibrahim Karanja

Nairobi

Senior Reporter at Nation Media Group

Award winning journalist// Senior Reporter-Nation Media Group// NTV Kenya// Corporate MC// Political Communication Strategist. PROUDLY KENYAN 🇰🇪

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Water towers at risk: How plot to axe crucial agency was hatched

Jan 6, 2025 | nation.africa | Leon Lidigu |Ibrahim Karanja

Months before Environment Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale publicly announced the disbandment of the Kenya Water Towers Agency (KWTA) on December 14, 2024, a series of letters exposed how the stage was being set to make the controversial move. One letter was from the Public Service Commission (PSC) to Environment Principal Secretary Festus Ng’eno highlighting two written complaints from KWTA staff dated August 13 and 22, 2024.
2027 polls: Fred Matiang’i banks on team that won Botswana elections

Nov 17, 2024 | nation.africa | Ibrahim Karanja

The surprise election of Mr Duma Boko as President of Botswana, ending the ruling party’s 58-year stranglehold on power, sparked excitement online in Kenya. While the only interest by Kenyans in his victory was that he had ousted his predecessor Mokgweetsi Masisi after one term, a cheeky dig on President William Ruto by his critics who wish him a similar fate, it has emerged that Mr Boko’s election has closer ties to Kenya’s 2027 campaigns.
Kitengela Three: Our 32 days of horror in secret torture cells

Sep 20, 2024 | nation.africa | Nyaboga Kiage |Ibrahim Karanja

Two Kitengela brothers abducted on August 19 were subjected to physical and psychological torture, irregular meals and interrogation about their activities and a planned anti-government protest by people whose conduct appeared to be that of security officers, Nation.Africa has established.
How senators watered down key Bill in plot to grab State tenders

Jul 7, 2024 | nation.africa | Alex Ndegwa |Ibrahim Karanja

=The Senate has given public officers including MPs, governors, ministers, principal secretaries and parastatal chiefs a free pass to openly bag government contracts after dismantling a proposed law to curb conflict of interest.
New crime alert: How thieves rob homes of the well-off during funeral services

Mar 16, 2024 | nation.africa | Ibrahim Karanja

On Valentine’s Day, February 14, as lovers painted the town red with bouquets of flowers and luxuries, it was not a rosy affair for Mr Peter Munge and his family. The city lawyer, his children, close relatives and friends gathered for a solemn occasion at the Christ Is The Answer Ministries (Citam) Valley Road Church. The family was mourning Mr Munge’s wife, Priscillar Nyawira Munge, who died on February 8. However, not everyone who attended the funeral service was known to the Munges.
Nairobi land tussle that’s too hot for CS Alice Wahome

Mar 6, 2024 | nation.africa | Ibrahim Karanja

Lands Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome was caught up in a dispute over the ownership of an 18- acre parcel in the Gigiri neighbourhood of Nairobi. She was temporarily detained by goons laying claim to the land whose ownership has been contested since 2009. The CS and a host of local leaders, police officers and a battery of journalists were accosted by goons who were armed with crude weapons including machetes, rungus, bows and arrows.
Secrets of Ruto-Musalia deal that tilted vote in favour of Kenya Kwanza

Jan 23, 2024 | htsyndication.com | Ibrahim Karanja

Nairobi, Jan. 24 -- The negotiations between President William Ruto and Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi that gave birth to Kenya Kwanza Alliance took at least nine months before the deal was sealed. Similar parallel talks were underway in One Kenya Alliance (OKA) aimed at blocking Dr Ruto from ascending to power.
Secrets of Ruto-Musalia deal that tilted vote in favour of Kenya Kwanza

Jan 23, 2024 | nation.africa | Ibrahim Karanja

The negotiations between President William Ruto and Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi that gave birth to Kenya Kwanza Alliance took at least nine months before the deal was sealed. Similar parallel talks were underway in One Kenya Alliance (OKA) aimed at blocking Dr Ruto from ascending to power.
Ruto at the helm: It's my way or the highway

Dec 15, 2023 | htsyndication.com | Ibrahim Karanja

Nairobi, Dec. 16 -- President William Ruto yesterday echoed his message that he would push on with legacy-driven plans halted by courts, insisting they are unstoppable and will happen "whatever it takes". Dr Ruto said the universal health coverage (UHC), Housing Levy, selling of parastatals valued at Sh200 billion, as well as sending Kenyans to other countries in labour emigration deals - all stopped by courts - would go on as planned.
Ruto at the helm: It’s my way or the highway

Dec 15, 2023 | nation.africa | Ibrahim Karanja

President William Ruto yesterday echoed his message that he would push on with legacy-driven plans halted by courts, insisting they are unstoppable and will happen “whatever it takes”. Dr Ruto said the universal health coverage (UHC), Housing Levy, selling of parastatals valued at Sh200 billion, as well as sending Kenyans to other countries in labour emigration deals – all stopped by courts – would go on as planned.