The Nyali ODM parliamentary seat candidate Said Abdalla alias 'Saido' has claimed that his life is in danger after a shooting incident Sunday night.

The businessman- cum -politician said that he was shot at thrice by unknown people along Links road at around midnight when he was heading home.

Abdalla said that he saw a group of about ten people at Mamba roundabout and stopped to check what was wrong to offer his assistance.

As he approached them, he realised they were supporters of Nyali MP Mohammed Ali. They accosted him forcing him to run to a petrol station about 100 Meters away.

"They charged at me forcing me to run to a petrol station nearby to seek refuge," said Abdalla.

He was alone in the car when the incident occurred.

"As I was making frantic calls to my team to come and assist me, they followed me to the petrol station. One person who was armed took out his gun and shot in the air,"

"I hid in a corner and lied on the floor, only for the person to charge towards my direction and shoot again," he said.

The group he said fled the scene and he managed to get back to his car.

He said that he had driven a distance of about 300 meters only to see a car parked along the road when he was shot at again.

"I put on full light and sped off, thats when I heard another gun shot behind me. They had the intention to kill me, but I thank God I survived," Abdalla said.

He reported the matter to the Nyali police station OB number 02/18/07/2022. 

Abdalla has called for police protection saying his life is now in danger. 

He said that the matter was related to politics as the group at that time were removing his posters along the road.

"I urge my supporters to remain calm, in the mean time I call on the police to speed up investigations and apprehend the individuals behind it," said Abdalla.

Nyali Sub-County police commander Danniel Mumasaba confirmed the incident saying that they launched investigations immediately after Abdalla reported the matter.

"My officers rushed to the scene at 2am and conducted preliminary investigations. We revisited the scene this morning and recovered CCTV footage of what happened and managed to recover a spent bullet cartridge," said Mumasaba.

The officers also recovered a second spent cartridge at the second scene of the shooting 500 meters from the petrol station where the first two shootings occured.

 "From the footage, we have seen that the person shot in the air and proceeded to his (Abdalla's) direction to shoot again. The man is seen picking the spent catrige before they fled the scene," Mumasaba said.

The cartridges have been sent to Nairobi for ballistic investigation to establish the type of gun used and who owns it.

Mumasaba also said that they will summon the MP to record a statement if the final investigations reveal that the cars captured in the footage belong to him.

He said that they were going through the footage to establish the identity of the shooter and all those behind the incident,"

"From the footage you can see that the cars are written Nyali One painted with the colours associated with the party the MP belongs to. 

"However, the MP is not seen in the footage we have recovered, but if we manage to find him he will be called to record a statement. If not, we will still invite him over to tell us if he is aware of the incident," Mumasaba said.

Also recovered from the site were campaign posters belonging to Ali and Abdalla.

 Abdalla is seeking to wrestle Ali from seat through the ODM party ticket with Ali seeking a second term under the United Democratic Alliance party allied to deputy president William Ruto. 

The seat has attracted a total of 16 candidates.

Reacting to the report, Nyali Mp Mohammed Ali accused Abdallah of stage managing the whole event.

"We are used to there tactics, in 2017 they shot at their own car and accused us of being behind the shooting. We would like to tell them to let police do their work. Stage managing events  and seeking sympathy will not help them." said Ali.

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has revoked former Nairobi governor Mike Sonko's clearance to vie for Mombasa Governor.

In a letter to Sonko, IEBC through the Mombasa county returning officer Swalha Yusuf cited the Supreme Court's judgement issued on Friday, July 15.

The Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeal and High Court decision affirming Sonko's impeachment.

"In adherence to the Supreme Court judgement you are therefore disqualified from holding any public office and thus disqualified from contesting and being elected as the governor of Mombasa or any other county. Your candidature is invalidated and your certificate revoked," reads  part of the letter.

The High Court had earlier cleared Sonko to run for the seat paving way for IEBC clearance.

IEBC cleared Sonko to vie for the Mombasa governor seat last week.

Businessman Anverali Nazerali's widow Kiran Nazerali said in a replying affidavit the investigations asked for in the application were prompted by the deceased's brother.

She insisted the estranged brother has been questioning the circumstances that led to his brother's death and wondered why the report is not reproduced in his application despite demanding for the exhumation and autopsy to be carried out on the deceased's body.

"To make matters worse my in-law has not been good books with my late husband to the extent they did see eye to eye due to a dispute when the family company was transferred to the deceased," she pointed out.  

Kiran confirmed in her replying affidavit that  the relationship between her late husband and his estranged brother had been hostile.

 She was replying in an affidavit against the matter before Mombasa Senior Resident Magistrate Vincent Adet through her counsel Mohamed Balala, arguing that the application was an abuse of court process.  

The widow claimed she has been traumatized by the events after the death of her husband.  

Kiran said in her replying affidavit in court that her in-law never allowed her to grieve the death of her beloved husband peacefully like other widows as required by law.

The late businessman's widow and her daughter Mahek Fatima said the application is based on malice and was against their wish.   

Kiran argued in her replying affidavit before the court that the application was an abuse of court process.  

She pointed out there is malice in the application before the court arguing neither the children nor she suspected foul play in his death.

"We believe the application has an ill intent and we are opposed to the exhumation of the deceased's remains," she pointed out.

The widow said the move by her in-law is due to suspicon of foul play in the death of the deceased and demanding for a post-mortem to be carried out to establish the cause of death.

Kiran further said the application by her in-law is driven by malice and is filled with blatant lies and urged the court to dismiss it with costs.

She argued in her affidavit the request to exhume the body is radical and an extreme step.

"If the application to exhume the body is successful it will be against the belief of their religion and our customs," she pointed out.

The  widow argued that it’s the wish of the family that the body of the deceased remains undisturbed so that he retains his dignity even in death

Kiran said  according to a medical report and death certificate her husband died from kidney failure and not as alleged by her in-law.

"The circumstances being questioned are ambiguous at best as the cause leading to his death are clear," she pointed out.

Businessman Anverali Nazerali's widow Kiran Nazerali said in a replying affidavit the investigations asked for in the application were prompted by the deceased's brother.

She insisted the estranged brother has been questioning the circumstances that led to his brother's death and wondered why the report is not reproduced in his application despite demanding for the exhumation and autopsy to be carried out on the deceased's body.

"To make matters worse my in-law has not been good books with my late husband to the extent they did see eye to eye due to a dispute when the family company was transferred to the deceased," she pointed out.  

Kiran confirmed in her replying affidavit that  the relationship between her late husband and his estranged brother had been hostile.

 She was replying in an affidavit against the matter before Mombasa Senior Resident Magistrate Vincent Adet through her counsel Mohamed Balala, arguing that the application was an abuse of court process.  

The widow claimed she has been traumatized by the events after the death of her husband.  

Kiran said in her replying affidavit in court that her in-law never allowed her to grieve the death of her beloved husband peacefully like other widows as required by law.

The late businessman's widow and her daughter Mahek Fatima said the application is based on malice and was against their wish.   

Kiran argued in her replying affidavit before the court that the application was an abuse of court process.  

She pointed out there is malice in the application before the court arguing neither the children nor she suspected foul play in his death.

"We believe the application has an ill intent and we are opposed to the exhumation of the deceased's remains," she pointed out.

The widow said the move by her in-law is due to suspicon of foul play in the death of the deceased and demanding for a post-mortem to be carried out to establish the cause of death.

Kiran further said the application by her in-law is driven by malice and is filled with blatant lies and urged the court to dismiss it with costs.

She argued in her affidavit the request to exhume the body is radical and an extreme step.

"If the application to exhume the body is successful it will be against the belief of their religion and our customs," she pointed out.

The  widow argued that it’s the wish of the family that the body of the deceased remains undisturbed so that he retains his dignity even in death

Kiran said  according to a medical report and death certificate her husband died from kidney failure and not as alleged by her in-law.

"The circumstances being questioned are ambiguous at best as the cause leading to his death are clear," she pointed out.

Businessman Anverali Nazerali's widow Kiran Nazerali said in a replying affidavit the investigations asked for in the application were prompted by the deceased's brother.

She insisted the estranged brother has been questioning the circumstances that led to his brother's death and wondered why the report is not reproduced in his application despite demanding for the exhumation and autopsy to be carried out on the deceased's body.

"To make matters worse my in-law has not been good books with my late husband to the extent they did see eye to eye due to a dispute when the family company was transferred to the deceased," she pointed out.  

Kiran confirmed in her replying affidavit that  the relationship between her late husband and his estranged brother had been hostile.

 She was replying in an affidavit against the matter before Mombasa Senior Resident Magistrate Vincent Adet through her counsel Mohamed Balala, arguing that the application was an abuse of court process.  

The widow claimed she has been traumatized by the events after the death of her husband.  

Kiran said in her replying affidavit in court that her in-law never allowed her to grieve the death of her beloved husband peacefully like other widows as required by law.

The late businessman's widow and her daughter Mahek Fatima said the application is based on malice and was against their wish.   

Kiran argued in her replying affidavit before the court that the application was an abuse of court process.  

She pointed out there is malice in the application before the court arguing neither the children nor she suspected foul play in his death.

"We believe the application has an ill intent and we are opposed to the exhumation of the deceased's remains," she pointed out.

The widow said the move by her in-law is due to suspicon of foul play in the death of the deceased and demanding for a post-mortem to be carried out to establish the cause of death.

Kiran further said the application by her in-law is driven by malice and is filled with blatant lies and urged the court to dismiss it with costs.

She argued in her affidavit the request to exhume the body is radical and an extreme step.

"If the application to exhume the body is successful it will be against the belief of their religion and our customs," she pointed out.

The  widow argued that it’s the wish of the family that the body of the deceased remains undisturbed so that he retains his dignity even in death

Kiran said  according to a medical report and death certificate her husband died from kidney failure and not as alleged by her in-law.

"The circumstances being questioned are ambiguous at best as the cause leading to his death are clear," she pointed out.

Transport CS- Macharia and the late Honorable Michuki were among the winners who were  feted at the  Inaugural  Afrika Mashariki Transport Awards Gala held at the KICC over the weekend.

The Awards, the first in East and Central Africa, sought to award excellence and outstanding personalities in the various sectors- Road, Sea, Rail and Air.

 Speaking at the launch of the conference, Edgar Meshack, Founder Afrika Mashariki Transport Awards said, "It is a great privilege to have everyone join in on this project, Transport is a very integral part of the economy. Today is the beginning of a great journey, as we begin to walk together towards driving excellence and behavior change in the Transport sector."

 Adding "As we celebrate the heroes who ensure we get to our destinations safely, we are also going to have a mental health and road safety campaign dubbed Take 5 - The campaign will see us have conversations with all transport Stakeholders from Boda Boda, Matatu, Aviation, Rail, among others,".

The awards  founded by Edgar Meshack and Warren Lamu  seek to celebrate excellence in the transport industry by recognizing excellence in efficiency, safety, affordability, accessibility and customer service.

Skyward express emerged second runners up at the domestic airline of the year award category.

To book your flight with Skyward express, visit the website https://www.skywardexpress.co.ke/

Below is the full list of winners

Best Technological Innovation in Transport

1. TIMS -NTSA
2. NTSA  Self Service Mobile App
3. Virtual Weighbridge -KENHA

Taxi Provider of the Year Award

1. Bolt
2. Uber
3. Little Cab

Courier Service Provider of the Year

1. G4S
2. Wells Fargo
3. DHL

Haulier Logistics Company of the Year

1. Buzeki Enterprises
2. Siginon Group
3. Metro Logistics

Domestic Airline of the Year

1. Renegade Air
2. Skyward Express
3. Jambojet

Long Distance Bus Service of the Year

1. Mash East Africa
2. Modern Coast Coaches Ltd
3. ENA investment Limited(Transline)

Matatu Sacco of the Year

1. Super Metro Sacco Ltd
2. City Star Shuttle
3. Kenya Bus Service Ltd

Long Distance Shuttle of the Year

1. 2NK Sacco
2. Mololine
3. Naekana Route 134 Sacco

Matatu of the Year

1. Super Metro-KDD 370N
2. Metro Trans -KDA 430A
3. Union near KCK 319G

Matatu Driver of the Year

1. Nicholas Wanjiru-Super Metro
2. George Morris Omondi -Embassava

Matatu Driver of the Year

1. Virginia Njeri NJUGUNA-Kangemi MatatuOwners Association
2. Esther Wawira Njagi -Embakasi
3. Esther Wairimu Thuo -Embakasi

Conductor of the Year Male

1. Peter Kitaranya -Super Metro
2. Kevin OCHIENG Jakoyo -Royal Swift
3. Gerald Kitili - Embassava

Conductor of the year Female

1. Elizabeth Magoma -Nakam Sacco
2. Megan Wanjera Muriithi -Metrotrans
3. Ann Wanjiku Karongo -Kangemi Matatu Owners Association

Radio Drive Show of the Year

1. MAINA and Kingangi - Classic 105
2. Gidi and Ghost - Radio Jambo
3. Morning Kiss -Kiss 100

Motor Club of the Year

1. Mercedes Benz Club Kenya
2. Forester Nation
3. BMW Owners Club

Transport Social Media Page of the Year

1. Sikika Road Safety
2. Ma3 Route
3. NTSA Kenya

Auto Dealer of the Year

1. Toyota Kenya
2. Subaru Kenya
3. General Motors East Africa

Auto Bazaar of the Year

1. Imports by Kairo
2. Motor Hub
3. Kenya Auto Bazaar

Outstanding Boda Boda Rider of the Year -Male

1. Francis Mutinda -Njiru Far East Riders Sacco
2. Geoffrey Omboga - Kilimani Boda Transport Co-operative Society
3. Eric Wambua -Njiru Far East Riders

Outstanding Boda Boda FemaleRider of the Year

1. Beatrice Njeri Ndungu - Ruaka Boda Boda Riders
2. Judy Wanjiru Wangari -Newlife Travellers Sacco
3. Trisha Gitau - Kirigiti Boda Transport Cooperative Society

Transport Infrastructure Of The Year- Voted by the public and adjudicated by the judges

Rail Infrastructure of the Year

1. Standard Gauge Railway - Winner
2. Revitalized Nairobi Commuter Rail (NCR)(1st Runners Up
3. Revitalized Metre Gauge Railway (MGR)-2nd Runners Up

 Road Transport Infrastructure of the Year

1. Nairobi Expressway   - Winner
2. Nairobi Ring Roads (Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Bypasses) - 1st Runners Up
3. Ngong – Suswa Road - 2nd  Runners Up

 Aviation Transport Infrastructure of the Year

1. JKIA Terminal 1-Winner

 Maritime Transport Infrastructure of the Year

1. New Kipevu Oil Terminal- Winner

 Transport PS of the Year

1. Dr. Eng. Joseph Njoroge- Winner

 Transport infrastructure Waziri of the Year

       1. James Wainaina Macharia, EGH- Winner

 Transport Sector Lifetime Achievement

1. John Njoroge Michuki (Posthumous)-Winner

President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged securities agencies to continue embracing the multi-agency approach in dealing with crime and safeguarding the security of Kenyans.

President Kenyatta noted that the approach has enabled security officers drawn from different agencies to collaborate leading to a significant improvement in the state of security in the country.

“I just want to once again say how great it is when agencies work together, when agencies collaborate. When we move with our multi-agency approach in terms of dealing with security matters, we are capable of producing results,” the President said.

President Kenyatta spoke on Thursday at the multi-agency training camp at Kamanga in Tseikuru where he presided over the passing out parade of 256 Special Forces of the Administration Police (AP).

The AP Special Forces comprised three groups, the Special Recce Team (SRT), the Special Operations Group (SOG) as well as the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT).

The President congratulated the graduands for their commitment, determination and hard work that enabled them to complete the five months rigorous paramilitary training.

“So today we are here to celebrate you, to encourage you. You are now going to join an elite group of men and women who for the last few years have been the tip of the spear in terms of protecting the people of this country,” President Kenyatta said.

The Head of State expressed optimism that with the graduation of the fresh contingent of AP special forces, the country can only be a much safer place and Kenyans can sleep peacefully knowing there are men and women protecting them against those who would attempt to harm them.

At the same time, the President assured security agencies that the Government will continue to provide all the facilitation required to enable them conduct their duties effectively including the provision of modern equipment, weapons and vehicles.

“I also want to assure you that we will do everything that we can to ensure that we also cater for your welfare and that of your families as you cater for the security of 50 million Kenyans,” the Head of State added.

Noting the graduands included 50 female officers, the President said they will be joining a group of another 50 female officers who have been doing a good job in dealing with crimes of various nature in Nairobi and other cities across the country.

During the occasion, President Kenyatta was treated to a demonstration of the skills the officers have acquired, the climax of which was a shooting competition where Administration Police Constable Noah Andayi from SOG scooped the top prize while his counterpart Margaret Njoroge from SWAT came second.

Interior Principal Secretary Dr. Karanja Kibicho, Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai and Deputy Inspector General Administration Police Service Mr. Noor Gabow also spoke at the ceremony attended by several senior Government officials.

The first ever Transport awards in East and Central Africa - Afrika Mashariki Awards launched officially with a three day Expo and Conference on the Transport Industry on Wednesday 13th July at the KICC ahead of the Gala Night on Friday 15th July 2022. 

The awards founded by Edgar Meshack and Warren Lamu seek to celebrate excellence in the transport industry by recognizing excellence in efficiency, safety, affordability, accessibility and customer service. 

The awards, which are the first in the history of Transport in East and Central Africa, will award excellence and outstanding personalities in the various sectors- Road, Sea, Rail and Air. 

Speaking at the launch of the conference, Edgar Meshack, Founder Afrika Mashariki Transport Awards said, "It is a great privilege to have everyone join in on this project, Transport is a very integral part of the economy.

Today is the beginning of a great journey, as we begin to walk together towards driving excellence and behavior change in the Transport sector."

As we celebrate the heroes who ensure we get to our destinations safely, we are also going to have a mental health and road safety campaign dubbed Take 5 - The campaign will see us have conversations with all transport Stakeholders from Boda Boda, Matatu, Aviation, Rail, among others," he added. 

The transport expo will start on Wednesday before culminating in a gala night on Friday this week.

Low budget carrier, Skyward express is among the companies nominated for the awards.

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“The company that will win this award will attract more passengers as the travelers will have the appetite to use it more than the others. The award has a lot of brand value that will boost their business.” said Eng Njoroge.

“The award may not have huge monetary value but the impact that will create the company will be more important in terms of their reputation,” he added.

Voting commenced on the 14th June 2022 and continued until midnight 14th July 2022. All the nominees have a code allocated to them for voting purposes and voting can be done online via website https://afrikamasharikitransportawards.com/ and via USSD 23776 . 

ODM Party Leaderand Azimio La Umoja presidential Candidate Raila Odinga has called on Mombasa residents  to embrace six piece voting to ensure that the ODM Party carries the day in the county in the August 9 General Election. 

According to Odinga, it will be unfair for residents to elect him as president and fail to elect ODM leaders arguing that was the only way to make the party strong and make work easy for him once he takes over the government.

“I don’t want to be a general without an army. I need my foot soldiers in the County Assembly, National Assembly, Senate and most importantly, the Governor so as to be able to deliver on my vision for the country." said Odinga.

Odinga was speaking at the Caltex grounds in Likoni where he paraded all ODM candidates from the county led by Mvita Mp Abdulswamad Nassir who is eyeing the Mombasa governor seat.

"As you can see these are my foot soldiers here in Mombasa, we have Mishi, Abdulswamad, Badi Twalib (Jomvu) , Said Abdallah (Nyali) so do not let me down" argued Odinga

On his part, Nassir committed to comb every blade of grass in the entire county to rally the people of Mombasa to meet a minimum turn out of 95% in the election to ensure victory for Azimio.

Odinga was accompanied by other Azimio leaders including his running mate Martha Karua, Mombasa governor Hassan Joho, Kitui governor Charity Ngilu, Suna East Mp Junet Mohammed former Gatanga Mp Peter Kenneth among others.

ODM Nyali Mp aspirant Said  'Saido' Abdalla has embarked on extensive campaigns rallying residents to turn out in large numbers and vote for Azimio La Umoja presidential candidate Raila Odinga in the August 9 polls.

Abdalla, who is seeking to clinch the Nyali constituency seat, said even the sick people lying in hospital will be facilitated to come out and vote for Odinga. He  expressed confidence that ODM will form the next government.

Abdalla said ODM has a clear manifesto that will deliver development to electorates. He asked his supporters not to gamble with their vote instead vote for a six piece pattern so that they can reap from development.

“Even the sick will vote, we are not going to leave someone behind, if there is a problem we will facilitate even the sick to be given priority to vote in their polling stations, because it is our obligation to ensure that in our strongholds people vote in large numbers,” said Abdalla.

Abdalla made the remarks during a door to door campaign in Mkomani where he expressed confidence that he will clinch the Nyali Mp seat the  in August 9 polls.

Abdalla will battle it out with incumbent Mp Mohamed Ali Alias Jicho Pevu of the United Democratic Alliance.

Abdalla asked residents to come out in large numbers in areas where ODM enjoys strong support so that they can vote Odinga as the fifth president.

“We don’t want a situation where Raila Odinga strongholds will have only 20 percent voters, we ask our people to turn out in large numbers because if they don’t vote, it means we are giving our opponents a chance to win,” said Abdalla.

He further cautioned politicians against making remarks that are likely to divide Kenyans.

He charged "It is our responsibility as aspirants seeking to occupy different seats to make sure that we preach peace. Here in Nyali, we are not going to accept anyone who wants to divide us because we believe we are one"