Shaban Makokha

Kenya

Journalist at Daily Nation

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Articles

DCI probes bank staff after spate of robberies targeting clients

4 days ago | nation.africa | Shaban Makokha

Police in Mumias are investigating an alarming rise in cases where people withdrawing money from banks are being robbed in what points to an organised syndicate involving staff and criminals. In the most recent incident, a teacher from Budonga village in Navakholo was shot dead by thugs who had trailed her after withdrawing Sh200,000 in one of the banks in Mumias town.
Meet Kenya’s ‘oldest prisoner’: Granny, 94, served one year for failure to pay Sh23,000 fine

5 days ago | nation.africa | Shaban Makokha

There was joy and celebration at the Kakamega Women’s Prison when 94-year-old Sabina Isutsa — probably one of the oldest convicts in Kenya — was released from prison. The widowed grandmother and her daughter-in-law, Priscila Wanjila, 37, had been convicted of malicious damage over a disputed parcel of land.
Wabunge wajibu makombora ya Raila kuhusu hujuma kwa ugatuzi

1 week ago | taifaleo.nation.co.ke | Shaban Makokha

Habari Wabunge wajibu makombora ya Raila kuhusu hujuma kwa ugatuzi MZOZO wa kisiasa unatokota kati ya Kiongozi wa ODM Raila Odinga na wabunge, kufuatia matamshi yake akilaumu wawakilishi hao kwa kuhujumu ugatuzi kwa kujipatia fedha na kutwaa majukumu ya serikali za kaunti.
County awaits lab results as residents report strange disease in Kakamega village

1 week ago | nation.africa | Shaban Makokha

What you need to know:Victims are experiencing severe abdominal and chest pains, fever, coughing, vomiting, headaches, and fatigue. A team of health experts from the Kakamega County government has been dispatched to investigate the outbreak. Panic has gripped the village of Mumboka in Shimanyiro Location, Ikolomani in Kakamega County, following an outbreak of an unidentified disease that has claimed one life and left more than 10 residents suffering from severe symptoms.
Wasiwasi Busia familia zikiendelea kupata watoto wafupi

2 weeks ago | taifaleo.nation.co.ke | Shaban Makokha

Habari Mseto Wasiwasi Busia familia zikiendelea kupata watoto wafupi Na SHABAN MAKOKHA April 4th, 2025 Kusoma ni dakika: 1 WAZAZI Kaunti ya Busia wana wasiwasi kuhusu ongezeko la idadi ya watoto walio na ukuaji uliodumaa. Haya yanajiri kufuatia ufichuzi wa Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa ya Kuhudumia Watoto (UNICEF) unaoonyesha kuwa asilimia 15 ya watoto katika Kaunti ya Busia wanakabiliwa na tatizo hilo.
Magharibi wataka Oparanya achukue kiti cha Kindiki 2027

1 month ago | taifaleo.nation.co.ke | Shaban Makokha

Habari za Kitaifa Magharibi wataka Oparanya achukue kiti cha Kindiki 2027 Na SHABAN MAKOKHA March 23rd, 2025 Kusoma ni dakika: 2 WABUNGE kutoka Magharibi mwa nchi sasa wanataka Profesa Kithure Kindiki aondolewe kama mgombeaji mwenza wa Rais William Ruto mnamo 2027 na nafasi hiyo ikabidhiwe Wycliffe Oparanya.
Western MPs back Oparanya for Ruto’s running mate in 2027

1 month ago | nation.africa | Shaban Makokha

Some legislators from Western Kenya have now rallied support for Cooperatives Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya to replace Deputy President Kithure Kindiki as President William Ruto’s running mate in the 2027 General Election. They cautioned that Mt Kenya’s strained relationship with President Ruto, caused by the impeachment of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, makes the region unfit to retain the second highest office in the land.
Woman faces 50 years jail term for trying to smuggle heroin into Uganda

1 month ago | nation.africa | Shaban Makokha

A woman arrested while trying to smuggle heroin into Uganda in 2023 faces 50 years behind bars if she fails to pay a Sh50 million fine. Mumbi Mwaura, 55, was on Wednesday sentenced to 50 years imprisonment or an alternative fine of Sh50 million by a Busia court after being found guilty of contravening the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 2022 by peddling 3.9 kilogrammes of heroin worth Sh11.8 million.
Wakulima wagutuka kusikia Mumias haijalipa ushuru wa Sh3.5 bilioni

1 month ago | taifaleo.nation.co.ke | Shaban Makokha

Habari Mseto Wakulima wagutuka kusikia Mumias haijalipa ushuru wa Sh3.5 bilioni Na SHABAN MAKOKHA March 10th, 2025 Kusoma ni dakika: 2 WAKULIMA wa miwa Mumias wanataka Meneja Mrasimu wa Kiwanda cha Sukari cha Mumias Ponangipalli Venkata Ramana Rao achunguzwe kutokana na deni la Sh3.5 bilioni la ushuru. Hii ni baada ya Jopo la Kuchunguza Ulipaji wa Ushuru kuipa idhini Mamlaka ya Ukusanyaji Ushuru (KRA) ruhusa ya kutwaa mali ya Mumias kulipa deni hilo.
Farmers’ shock at Sh3bn Mumias tax arrears

1 month ago | nation.africa | Shaban Makokha

Cane farmers want the receiver manager of Mumias Sugar Company, Ponangipalli Venkata Ramana Rao , investigated over Sh3.5 billion tax arrears. The farmers were shocked when the Tax Appeals Tribunal gave the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) the greenlight to recover the arrears from the miller. Former Mumias Member of Parliament Wycliffe Osundwa is among those questioning Mr Rao's operations that led to failure to remit taxes. “Mr Rao found 700 bags of sugar, each weighing 50kgs worth Sh4.2 million.