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Family That Helped Kenyatta Ascend To Presidency Complains Of Neglect

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The family of a former colonial chief whose kin vacated his parliamentary seat for former President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta to ascend to the presidency has complained of being neglected by the state despite the sacrifice.

Senior Chief Njiiri wa Karanja family from Kinyona in Murang’a County says they have never benefited from the sacrifice despite playing a key role in giving birth to the Kenyatta regime and the Kikuyu community to ascend to power…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

Chief Njiiri, very powerful during the colonial era and Mzee Jomo Kenyatta were longtime friends and had a very strong bond, believed to be from their fathers Ngengi wa Mungai and Karanja wa Njiiri, who hailed from Ngenda village in Murang’a County before settling in Gatundu South, Kiambu County and Kigumo in Murang’a respectively.
He is said to have convinced his son, Kariuki Njiiri, a first time member of Parliament of Kigumo constituency to relinquish his seat for Mzee Kenyatta to allow him join the Legislative Assembly (Legco) in 1961.

According to Charles Karanja, 85, a son to Chief Njiiri, Mzee Kenyatta was a close friend to the family and visited them often.

He in fact, helped to educate Kariuki, when he was the Principal, Kenya Teachers College in Githunguri, before helping him further his studies in India, Cairo in Egypt and the Lincoln University in the United States.

After studies, Kariuki returned to Kenya in the mid-1950s and in 1958, took an interest in the Kigumo parliamentary seat, which he won.

“As a family, we were very happy when he won. We now had double power. We knew the area would be developed and that we would get big government jobs,” said Karanja.

However, the celebration would be short-lived, as the country’s politics was changing after the announcement that Mzee Kenyatta would be released from detention.Kenyatta and five others had been held captive in Kapenguria after being charged with managing Mau Mau, a radical movement that tried to push the British administration out of Kenya.

“The British administration made sure Kenyatta missed the 1961 elections, before they released him. However, since everybody knew that he would be released that year, the ground had been prepared.

All parliamentary aspirants campaigned with the promise that they will relinquish their seat for Mzee Kenyatta once he is released,” he adds.
However, Karanja says after he was released in August that year, none of those who had promised to vacate their seat for Mzee did so.

He says constitutionally, only MPs from areas where Mzee had interests or a cosmopolitan constituency like Nairobi were obliged to vacate their seat. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

“Among those that were targeted were Tom Mboya of Nairobi and James Gichuru and Mbiyu Koinange of Kiambu. None was keen to leave their seats. In fact, some felt challenged if Kenyatta went to Legco,” he adds.

“Time was running out for Mzee to join Legco and the situation looked doomed for him, forcing Chief Njiiri to convince his son Kariuki to vacate his seat for Kenyatta,” he says.
“The negotiations were done first in our house in the presence of me, Kariuki the MP, my father and Mzee Kenyatta and a few of his handlers. That is how we handed power. Mzee Kenyatta said he would come officially for a ceremony after the dust settled, but that was that,” he adds.

Njiiri had to convince the colonial government that Kenyatta hailed from Murang’a, before Kariuki would be allowed to relinquish his seat for him.
Kenyatta then became the Kigumo MP and from June 1963 to December 1963, he was the first Prime Minister and then became the first President of independent Kenya.

He claimed had Kariuki not vacated his seat for Kenyatta, the meteoric rise of Kenyatta to the presidency would have been doomed.
Kariuki got back the seat in 1963 and served as an assistant minister in Kenyatta’s government until 1969 elections when he lost the seat.

He died in 1975 following a road accident at Juja, a year after his father’s death. Three years later Kenyatta followed him to the grave.

His relatives feel the friendship and the strong bond that existed between the families was lost after the death of the three.

Nahason Karanja, another son of Chief Njiiri, says the Kenyatta family and the Kikuyu community owes them a lot for helping bring the presidency to Central Kenya.He says despite the bold move by one of their own, the family has at no time been recognized during national events

 

 

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Nurses got fired immediately after ‘stunning video showed what they did to a newborn’s face’!

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As all parents know by now, nurses are responsible for the daily care of your baby. They will feed, change, and bathe your baby. They will also give medicines and keep track of vital signs – like temperature, breathing, and heart rate); and monitor medical equipment.

But, unfortunately, sometimes they forget what’s their job description. Per reports. a group of nurses reportedly recorded themselves doing the unthinkable a newborn’s face fired after video infuriates public.

The group of nurses who recorded themselves chuckling while cruelly crushing the face of a hospitalized newborn have actually been fired after their video was flowed online.

The baby’s household discovered the worrying treatment their kid had actually gotten at the hands of these nurses after the video was shared on social networks. In the stunning video, a nurse can be seen consistently getting the baby by the neck and forehead, and inhumanely crushing the child’s face, while the onlooking nurses chuckled…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

The 3 nurses, who were operating at a maternity ward were rapidly determined and found. The Health Affairs examined the source of the video and had the ability to determine the nurses who appeared in the video and the medical facility where the event occurred,’ stated representative Abdulhadi. After being determined, the nurses were quickly suspended from their positions at the maternity medical facility. They have because had their medical licenses withdrawed and have actually been prohibited from practicing nursing in other health departments. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

The newborn’s daddy notified media his child had actually remained in the health center for 10 days for treatment of a urinary system infection and was horrified after seeing the video commonly flowed on social networks platforms. He has actually required the nurses, in addition to those who distributed the upsetting video, to be penalized. Some have actually recommended that CCTV needs to be set up throughout the healthcare facility to assist in avoiding the incident of a comparable occasion.

 

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Man who indecently assaulted 4 girls walked free when the judge explained to the victims why ‘jail isn’t appropriate’!

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According to the court documents, the 20-year-old defendant, Christopher, pleaded guilty to ra-ing one young girl and se-ually abusing three others over the course of a year.

But, unfortunately,, thanks to the judge’s sympathy, he won’t even set foot inside of a prison cell for any of his crimes. The victims of the defendant are tormented by the fact that their se-ual abuser will not be jailed for his actions. The defendant was formally charged with first-degree ra-e, third-degree ra-e, and se-ual abuse involving multiple minors when he was only 17 years old.

The abuse occurred over the course of a year at his home. He later pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree se* abuse, third-degree attempted abuse, and third-degree ra-e.

Per reports, Judge Murphy said in front of Belter and his victims that he agonized over whether or not to imprison the rapist. He then announced that Belter would receive no jail time and just eight years of probation for his crimes because jailing him wouldn’t be an appropriate sentence…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

Judge Murphy went on to say that he came to his decision based on the ra-ist’s age at the time of the crimes. The defendant was 16 or 17 when he ra-ed a teen girl and se-ually abused three others, whose ages ranged from 15 to 16 years. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

“I agonized — I’m not ashamed to say that I actually prayed over what is the appropriate sentence in this case. because there was great pain. There was great harm — There were multiple crimes committed in the case,” Judge Murphy explained. “It seems to me that a sentence that involves incarceration or partial incarceration isn’t appropriate, so I am going to sentence you to probation.” Although the defendant is required to register as a se* offender, he received a sentence of two years interim probation which, if completed, will earn him Youthful Offender status. His probation restrictions include no contact with minors, living with his parents, employment or full-time student status, and no internet. “It’s going to be like a sword hanging over your head for the next eight years,” Judge Murphy remarked.

Christopher’s victims learned in court that he would receive no jail time. Understandably, they were stunned and disgusted with the judge’s decision.

One of the victim’s attorneys attributed the merciful sentence to Christopher’s race and economic status. “I am deeply, deeply disappointed. I expected a different outcome today,” declared Cohen, attorney. “Justice was not done today. He is privileged. He comes from money. He is white. He was sentenced as an adult, appropriately — for an adult to get away with these crimes is unjust.”

 

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Police thought disabled woman is a killer, they wheeled her to the judge and ‘she said these 5 chilling words’!

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According to the court documents, the 50-year-old disabled woman, Asenka, was reportedly charged with murder for allegedly killing her mother.

The woman appeared in court and had an interesting request for the judge. Per reports, Asenka was charged with the murder of her 75-year-old mother at the home they shared and then dug a grave for her in the backyard.

She was brought into the court in a wheelchair, where she requested ‘the unexpexted’. Among the many people who commented about this incident, one person remarked: “Give her what she wants.”

Per reports, the 50-year-old woman reportedly said: “I want the death penalty. Lethal injection, please. The court does not want me alive, and neither do I.” She had reportedly told detectives that her mother, Carole, abused her physically over the years. When they fought the previous week, she punched her mother in the head and she passed away…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

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The woman then spent the rest of the day digging a grave, stopping when she became exhausted. She later went to a neighbor’s house to say her mother had died, with the neighbor calling 911 to request a welfare check. When police arrived, they found the victim’s body in the bedroom and a hole in the ground several feet deep.

Police reviewed Asenka’s phone to discover she had taken photos after her mother’s killing, including injuries to her hands and arms that she allegedly sustained during ther fight. Prosecutors noted that the victim had obtained a restraining order against Asenka last year and filed to renew it, but the order was dropped when they didn’t appear at the court hearing. Asenka’s attorney argued that his client was afraid of her mother because of the alleged abuse, but a friend of the victim that the older woman was very petite and said she had talked about her daughter’s mental health problems.

Among the many people who commented about the murder case, one person remarked: “Give her what she wants. I know they can do it and quickly because years ago a man who had killed and abused two boys asked to be hanged and he was within the year.” Another commenter added: “How sweet of her to tell the court what she wants. Her mother didn’t have a choice and I presume she didn’t want to be murdered. Let her go crazy and rot in a cell.” One commenter agreed, noting: “Too easy! Let her suffer for the rest of her life for what she did. I suspect the wheelchair is a prop!”

 

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