Employment and Labour Relations Court in Nyeri county has issued  a warrant of arrest against Embu governor Martin Wambora and three other county officials.

The governor alongside County Secretary County Jason Nyagah, the Finance and Economic Planning Executive John Njagi and his Chief Officer Ruth Ndirangu were faulted for failing to appear in court.

Last week, the four officials were found in contempt of court over Kenya County Government Workers’ Union Statutory fees remittance.

Justice Marete directed the Nyeri OCS to arrest  the four officials for defying court order issued in December instructing them to oblige to the directive.

In October 2021, the workers accused governor Wambora and the County Public Service Board for failing to adhere to their plea.

This is after the workers staged a demonstration citing poor working conditions and salaries as part of their grievances.

Other workers claimed that they couldn’t access loans as they had been blacklisted by the Credit Reference Bureau (CRB).

The Kenya Film and Classification Board(KFCB) has proposed new law regulations on sex and bullying scenes in music videos and films.

The proposed law and guidelines shall apply to films, television programmes, audio visual commercial, horror movies, music videos and play station videos.

“Any film that incites, induces, justifies, reinforces or glorifies violence or terror or the perpetrators and contains any element against the maintenance of law and order or promotes anti-national attitudes shall be restricted,” read the proposed law.

Public participation is invited on the regulations which pose tough times for artists, producers, advertisers and broadcasters in Kenya.

Artists will be under the board’s scrutinity for topics such as sex, crime, obscenity, violence, alcohol, drugs, nudity and other harmful substance.

The proposed law by would be punishable by a fine of sh100,000 or five years in jail if not adhered to.

KFCB further added that it will also be on the look out for videos that portray child ponography, explicit sexual act, sexually offensive behavior, homosexuality, denigration of races and indecent exposure.

“Any film, poster or television programme that portrays, encourages, justifies or glorifies perverted or social unacceptable sex acts, women as sexual objects or sexual violence shall be restricted,” read the law in part.

“Any other film that also encourages occult practices, black magic, witch craft and similar practices that instil fear shall be restricted,” it added.

Kenyan Actors Guild Treasurer Amin Virani noted that state regulation in accordance to CAP 22 has been a challenge to artists and they are working with KFCB to enforce the law.

“When classifying horror films and any other video, the board shall take into consideration the impact and shock effect of such films to ensure children are protected from disturbing content,” she said.

In the new proposed law, no betting advert will be aired during the watershed period as well as adverts for intimate products, skimpily dressed women or men and alcoholic drinks.

Meta, the parent Company of Facebook has award a Kenyan creator sh3 million for content centering the Nairobi boda boda scene.

Michelle Angawa, a kenyan film editor and creator was among the six finalist under a programme christened Future Africa which tells influential stories across the globe.

Angawa who will be facilitated with USD30,000 will be tasked creating tragicomedy content showing ‘a day in the life of a Nairobian boda boda rider’.

The content is set to explore the life capital based riders, showing desires and complexities in their lifestyle.

This programme is focused on harnessing  and investing in the next generation of Extended Reality(XR) creators in Africa.

Besides the financial support, the creators will be accorded mentorship and tickets to attend XR events to bring out more of their creativity.

“As part of the Future Africa: Telling stories, Building Worlds’ programme, each creator will be supported with funding of upto USD 30,000 and also participate in XR industry events to improve their creativity and drive interest in their projects. They will also access mentorship from Electric South and Imisi3D,” read the statement.

The other five winners were from South Africa, Nigeria, Mozambique, Cameroon and Mauritius.

Business man Jimmy Wanjigi has officially joined Safina party to seek for the presidency after ditching Raila Odinga’s led Orange Democratic Movement (ODM).

Speaking during the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the party,Wanjigi said that they in the path to build democracy and correct inequalities.

“Our dream for the  economic liberation of Kenyans is more alive than ever and we will achieve that in Safina party,” said Wanjigi in his speech.

” The ark has left the dock and our destination is the presidency of this great Republic,” he proceeded.

Safina party leader Paul Muite welcomed Wanjigi and  urged any other political aspirant who is willing to contest for presidency to join his party.

This move comes after Wanjigi resigned from ODM after he was kicked out of the party’s National Delegate Conference at Kasarani.

“I resigned from ODM after the brutal violence I experienced at Kasarani during the ODM National Delegates Conference. Hon. Raila made it practically impossible for the party to hold free, democratic and credible Presidential nomination,” he added.

The government has put in place measures to regulate how boda boda riders will be operating after the sexual assault incident in Nairobi last week.

A special team has been formed to help in the streamlining of the sector in the next 60 days after the President issued crackdown orders on Tuesday.

Smart driving license

Speaking during a meeting with boda boda riders in Nairobi, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i said the government will facilitate the registration of all the operators within the next two months.

“We will begin with vetting all the riders, all the riders must have smart license and be in saccos,” he said.

The registration process will be free and all the riders will be expected to have a smart driving lincense.

Matiang’i further noted that each rider should have the smart license for identification to help them get rid of rogue operators.

“We want to use this process as the fastest way of removing the wrong people from the boda boda sector,” he said.

Monthly Forums

The Cs also directed Nairobi Regional Commissioner William Thuku to hold monthly sessions with boda boda leaders to listen to their ideas and grievances.

“It will be effective this month, we want to begin your monthly forums with boda boda leaders. The first one i will attend it myself together with Mutyambai and PS Kibicho,” he said.

“We want to listen to your ideas as well on how to improve the sector.”