In the newspapers: The relative who was thought to have been killed by Kafa Meru returns home and says he witnessed his funeral

The daily newspapers of Thursday, October 10, published various news, including the confusion after the historic votes of parliamentarians supported the motion to remove the Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.

The preparations of the Senate for the impeachment trial of the vice president also dominated the daily newspapers.

Daily Nation

According to the Daily Nation newspaper, Kenyatta University (KU) has emerged as the best university in Kenya in the latest list of World Universities for 2025 released yesterday, beating the University of Nairobi (UoN).

The list published by Times Higher Education does not have any Kenyan university in the top ten in Africa, where it is dominated by eight universities from South Africa, one from Nigeria and one from Ghana.

Public universities in the country Kenya have been facing many challenges, especially funding and staff shortages.

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The funding model introduced last year has met with opposition, with lecturers having just completed a national strike over pay two weeks ago.

Other top universities from Kenya mentioned are Amref International University, Egerton University, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology.

Others are University of East Africa, University of Eldoret, Kabarak, Kibabi, Kisii, Maasai Mara, MachakosCatholic University, Zetech and Kabianga University.

Higher education institutions are measured using performance indicators that are combined in five areas: teaching (learning environment), research environment (numbers, income and reputation), research quality (impact of publications, research quality and research influence). , international perspective (employees, students and research), and industry (income and patents).

The Standard

This newspaper reported some MPs who support Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua claiming that the government may be planning to harm them.

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Some of these MPs are already wanted by the law enforcement agencies.

MPs James Gakuya (Embakasi North) and Benjamin Gathiru (Embakasi Central) have been able to remain free because they obtained court orders that stopped the Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI), the Inspector General of Police, the Director of Public Prosecutions, and the Attorney General from opening their case. charges related to the protests that hit the country in July.

Among the 44 MPs who differed from their 282 colleagues, there is a continuing fear that they will suffer the same fate as the one that befell the supporters of Deputy President William Ruto, who accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of using the police to intimidate his opponents.

National Today

Taifa Today newspaper reported that residents of Nkamathi village, Mutuati, in the county of Meru they were stunned after a man who was supposed to be dead and buried was seen alive, revealing that he witnessed the burial of a body thought to be his.

Abdalla Mwenda, aged 20, was buried after his family identified the body found in the house where he lived in the Mutuati market.

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Mwenda was surprised that his family and villagers thought he had died without trying to find him. Some residents had doubts about the body and advised the family to conduct further investigations before burial.

The head of Nkamathi, Bernard Muroki, said Mwenda had not returned home for about three months before the body was discovered in the house where he lived with a woman, who disappeared after the body was found.

However, Mwenda explained that he had divorced the woman and moved to Nthambiro, about 20 kilometers away.

“As a miraa harvester, he moves from one place to another. I was surprised to hear that my family thought I was dead and buried me,” Mwenda said while still not believing.

In the most shocking situation, one worker who was with Mwenda described how they passed by Mwenda's house on Friday, during the funeral.

“We left Nthambiro, Igembe Central, on Friday, heading to harvest miraa in Ntonyiri. We passed Mwenda's house but were surprised to see so many people there; however, we continued our journey.” On Sunday, someone informed them that Mwenda had been buried.

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Mwenda was so shocked that he could not continue his work and decided to rest.

Finally, he decided to return home to confirm the surprising news.

The elder of Njuri Ncheke, Salesio M'Ngecho, said that the ritual of slaughtering a goat will be required to bring the boy back to the family.

The Star

According to the newspaper, the President William Ruto has appointed Munyori Buku as the Head of Presidential Communications.

Buku brings over 26 years of strategic communications experience at senior levels in the public and private sectors. Prior to this appointment, he served as Public Communications Secretary at the White House.

Buku has held positions as Senior Director of Public Communications at the White House and Director of Communications at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the Ministry of Finance.

He was also managing editor at the Kenya Yearbook Editorial Board. In the private sector, Buku has held key editorial positions, including Editor-in-Chief at Standard Group and Assistant Editor at Nation Media Group, among other senior positions.