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21/02/2024

17/02/2024

03/02/2024

Inspection tour of KMTC Ikolomani Campus and Library Complex, Kakamega County. | Inspection tour of KMTC Ikolomani Campus and Library Complex, Kakamega County. | By William Samoei Ruto | Facebook

24/01/2024

Mr Giddes 'Gide' Chalamanda

Gide aged 94 is a malawian artist. He has always spiced the airwaves with sweet and educative melodies since the genesis of his music career.

Not only is he an entertainer in Malawi but some foreign countries as well. One thing people don't know is that he was once a boxer and stopped after being panel beaten in Zimbabwe by another ruthless boxer. No wonder he is always strong on stage despite his advanced age.

LEGEND.

19/01/2024

SUPER VINE K (SWEET POTATO VINES) Key Qualities:-
✓Has a crude protein content of 21.1%

✓They have no tubers. Making them strictly for animal feeds

✓The first harvest is done when the vines cover the ground about 60 days after planting.

✓normally fed to cattle as a supplement

✓Best for calves as they promote growth and lactating cows as they increase milk production.

18/01/2024

Kongoi mising chebut-ingwot.

18/01/2024

This video of a father sewing her daughters dress as she got admitted to form one warms the hearts of Kenyans.
This is true fatherly love.

23/10/2023

𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁,𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗼
By South Rift Daily Team

Buying land in Bomet or in Kericho is now a huge gamble, and two things are always involved either under a lengthy succession battle or a controversial title, or suffering from both.

But the issue isn't even that, the elephant in the room is the cartels consisting of DCI officers, lawyers, land officers, surveyors and land brokers who now scout parcels with any spot of succession controversy and initiate bitter succession battles.
South Rift Daily conducted a survey and established that three-quarters of land cases in Bomet and Kericho involve succession battles that began in the last five years.
That is not even the issue, the controversy is that these cases are handled by selected law firms. For instance in Bomet town and its surroundings, three law firms have 'specialized' in initiating, spinning, and midwifing lengthy bitter succession battles that have broken families apart and made it impossible for investors to settle in the town. The same case applies to Kericho.

Our two months' investigations revealed that land succession cases are now hotcakes for nondescript law firms that before did not have clients.
So profitable is the 'business' that lawyers from other counties and even neighbouring countries are pitching tents in Bomet or Kericho and specializing in 'land succession matters.'

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁
𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗿
In a well-scripted strategy, a land broker scouts a piece of prime land in Bomet or Kericho whose owner has long died but has not yet succeeded, the broker approaches a disgruntled family member or the daughters of the family who have long been married and had not before expressed interest in the estate.
The broker then informs these disgruntled family members that he knows someone who can offer 'pro bono' legal services, on condition that he gets a piece once the case goes through.

𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐲𝐞𝐫
The broker then approaches the law firm with the case-(in Bomet, three law firms are well known to handle this)- and then he is given his commission. The lawyer then plays with the divide-and-rule strategy for the family resulting in the beginning of long-drawn divisive battles.

𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Once the lawyer and the broker have succeeded in playing with the family's psychology, a campaign of intimidation begins. This involves the use of DCI to cast aspersions on the title claiming to be the 'Ngeno titles' referring to titles that were allegedly issued unprocedurally by a former Bomet land registrar.
The strategy is not to seek justice for the alleged clients but to force the accused to 'cough up something' especially the purchasers who bought the land and have only sales agreements as a proof of ownership.
In this stage, the lawyer,the broker,the surveyor etc milk all the interested parties dry with the promise that they are looking after their interests. A classic case in Bomet is where an alleged quack lawyer asked a disgruntled family to offer him a piece of prime land so that 'he solves their succession matter once and for all.'

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁
The case after long drawn and expensive battle finally lands in the courts, depending on the gravity of the matter, the law firm can decide to just dump it there or request a 'mediation' of the parties.

𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
The 'mediation' is in other words, coming to square one where the broker initiates another round of family battles-now divisive and more bitter. The circle continues.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐡

The battles can take a minimum of five years to eternity depending again on-the ability for the family to agree-which is impossible given that the brokers,lawyers and DCI are interested.

All summing succession battles in South as a fools' paradise!

𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 @𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒘 𝑺𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑲𝒆𝒏𝒚𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 @𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑱𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑲𝒆𝒏𝒚𝒂 𝒘ere 𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒇𝒖𝒍.

07/09/2022

UPDATE
BOMET COUNTY Former woman rep
JOYCE KORIR Nominated by UDA to represent women in senate....

07/09/2022

JUST IN

THE OUTGOING President Uhuru Kenyatta has reschedule his Azimio parliamentary Group meeting to be held at Maasai Lodge (Rongai), after being denied to hold it at state house due to handover preparations.

07/09/2022

JUST IN

INAUGURATION PROGRAMME

DATE: 13th SEPTEMBER 2022

VENUE: MOI SPORT CENTRE KASARANI.

HE DR. WILLIAM SAMOEI ARAP RUTO PRESIDENT-ELECT & GEOFRY RIGATHI GACHAGUA DEPUTY PRESIDENT-ELECT.

√ 10:00 am: All guests and members of the public are seated at the Kasarani Sports Complex

√ 10:30 am: Service Commanders (heads of Kenya Army, Kenya Navy and Kenya Airforce) arrive.

√ 10:45 am: Invited Heads of State and governments arrive.

√ 11:00 am: Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Robert Kibochi, arrives

√ 11:05 am: Chief Justice Martha Koome and Chief Registrar Anne Amadi as well as Supreme Court judges arrive

√ 11:30 am: Guard of Honour marches to position

√ 11:35 am: Deputy President-elect Geoffrey Rigathi Gachagua arrives

√ 11:40 am: President-elect HE Dr William Samoei Ruto arrives

√ 11:45 am: President Uhuru Kenyatta arrives at Kasarani, is received by General Kibochi and escorted to the ceremonial Land-Rover to enter the stadium.

After the National Anthem, His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta will inspect the Guard of Honour.

√ 12:10 pm: Anne Amadi, the Chief Registrar of the Judiciary is the one to administer the oaths to William Ruto and Rigathi Gachagua. She takes to the podium and invites CJ Martha Koome who will serve as a witness. The Chief Justice will introduce William Ruto and Rigathi Gachagua to the public and ask HE Dr William Samoei Ruto to take his position.

HE Dr William Samoei Ruto takes two oaths; – one pledging allegiance to the Constitution and the second is the solemn affirmation of due ex*****on of the office of president.

President Uhuru Kenyatta will then hand over the Instruments of Power and Authority to HE Dr William Samoei Ruto, which will be followed by fanfare and the National Anthem during which Uhuru's presidential Standard will be lowered while Ruto’s will be hoisted simultaneously.

A 21-gun salute will follow, and Uhuru will be given his Standard by the Chief of Defence Forces, General Robert Kibochi.

26/08/2022

Latest News

Kenya's Inspector General Hillary Mutyambai has excused himself from office over medical issues..

25/08/2022

BOMET NEWS
Bomet governor Hillary Barchok has warned his officers who were part of cartels who used Longisa hospital to weaken his political ambition by diverting drugs that saw the facility experienced acute shortage of the commodity that they would be sacked the soonest.

He said this after he was sworn in as the 3rd bomet county governor.

He assured residents of proper delivery of service by his government

18/08/2022

LATEST NEWS

Via President elect FB Account.

We salute the United Democratic Movement (UDM) leadership for abandoning Azimio La Umoja and joining Kenya Kwanza.

UDM Party Leader and Mandera Senator-Elect Ali Roba, Deputy Party Leader and Marsabit Governor-Elect Mohamud Ali and Mandera Governor-Elect Mohamed Adan Khalif were present at the Karen Residence, Nairobi County.

Others were Deputy Governor-Elect Mandera Ali Maalim, Wajir Senator-Elect Abbas Sheikh, MPs Umulkheir Kassim (Mandera), Bashir Abdullahi (Mandera North), Kullow Hassan (Banisa), Joseph Lekuton (Laisamis), Mangale Munga Chiforomodo (Lunga Lunga), AbdulEnrahim Haro (Mandera South) and Adan Haji (Mandera West).

15/08/2022

A 130 years old grandma from kameswon, sotik in bomet county going to exercise her right of voting on 9th August elections.

Watch.

15/08/2022

Deputy President William Ruto, Musalia Mudavadi at DP's Karen Residence, Nairobi County.

09/05/2022

SRD

BREAKING...
Narok County Governor Samwel Tunai has ironed out their differences with Emurua Dikirr Member of Parliament Johana Ngeno alias Ngong in a truce brokered by the Kenya's Deputy President Dr. William Ruto.

Ngeno had accussed Tunai of installing his team in the just concluded UDA Nominations and blamed Tunai of being corrupt as a govenor...

Ngong had vowed to campaign against him in the next August election this year...

22/02/2022

GOVERNOR BARCHOK, MOSONIK AND RUTO AT THE COUNTY ASSEMBLY CHAMBERS

02/02/2022

UPDATES

Barchok receives blessings from one of the elders from Kapchumbe, Sotik....

29/01/2022

Late Jeremiah Arap Chemirmir who must have been the oldest living Kenyan at 132 years laid to rest.

Read about his story here👇

RIP

Credits

23/01/2022

DP RUTO AFFIRMS HIS POSITION IN GOVT' DURING ANC NDC AT BOMAS

23/01/2022

DP RUTO MESSAGE THAT SENT SHOCKWAVES TO OPPONENTS DURING ANC NDC AT BOMAS

23/01/2022

DP RUTO POWERFUL SPEECH AT BOMAS

23/01/2022

DP RUTO POWERFUL SPEECH DURING ANC NDC AT BOMAS

20/01/2022

WANJIGI'S SAD STORY ON HOW HE NARROWLY ESCAPED DEATH IN THE HANDS OF A DOZEN ARMED OFFICERS.

18/01/2022

CONDUCT YOURSELF IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER~BOMET GUBERNATORIAL ASPIRANT DR JOHN MOSONIK TELLS BARCHOK

18/01/2022

DRAMATIC ARREST OF JIMI WANJIGI BEFORE BEING WHISKED TO KAMUKUNJI POLICE STATION

18/01/2022

BBI appeal case is matter of national and international dimension, we can sit in Court for two months, what's the hurry for? CJ Koome lectured in court on first day of hearing.

13/01/2022

Isaac Ruto of CCM party fires yet another shot at Governor Barchok