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Family, friends raise Sh9.1m for burial of Kenyan couple who died US car crash

Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa at a Nairobi court on February 17, 2020 where he denied counts of attempting to defraud an American investor of Sh39 billion for a gun supply contract. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL

Echesa and his co-accused granted Sh1 million cash bail

Former Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa has been released on a Sh1 million cash bail amid investigations into the Sh40 billion arms fraud...

February 17th, 2020
Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa (right) and his co-accused when they appeared in court to answer to fraud-related charges. PHOTO | RICHARD MUNGUTI

UPDATE: Echesa appears in court over fake firearms deal – VIDEO

Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa appeared before a magistrate's court in Milimani, Nairobi, on Monday to answer to 12 criminal...

February 17th, 2020

Is this Ruto’s admission that Echesa and ‘scammers’ visited his office?

Deputy President William Ruto has appeared to confirm that a group of 'scammers', led by disgraced former Cabinet Secretary, Rashid Echesa,...

February 16th, 2020

Echesa to spend weekend in cell as police probe Sh40 billion gun fraud case

Former sports cabinet secretary Rashid Echesa will spend the weekend behind bars at the Muthaiga Police Station. The court ruled on...

February 14th, 2020
Former Cabinet Secretary of Sports Richard Echesa. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE

Ex-CS Echesa arraigned over Sh40 billion fake military tender

Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa was on Friday Morning arraigned at the JKIA court over alleged involvement in a fraudulent...

February 14th, 2020
Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE

Ex-CS Echesa questioned by DCI over Sh40 billion fake military tender

The alleged scam reads like a Hollywood script. Sh40 billion is the tender. Sh11.5 million is the initial consultancy fee and, after the...

February 14th, 2020
Former Cabinet Secretary of Sports Richard Echesa. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE

UPDATE: Why former Sports CS Rashid Echesa has been arrested

Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa was on Thursday arrested by police over claims he attempted to convince Turkish nationals he...

February 13th, 2020
In this file photo Deputy President William Ruto (second left) is seen flanked by (from left to right) former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa, former Kakamega Senator Bonny Khalwale and ANC Party leader Musalia Mudavadi during the homecoming ceremony of Lurambi MP at Mwangaza Secondary School grounds. FILE PHOTO | DPPS

Khalwale rubbishes Echesa’s decision to ditch Ruto for Mudavadi

Former Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale claims former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa's decision to ditch the Tanga Tanga team is 'not...

June 10th, 2019
Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa during a past interview at the Ministry's headquarters at Kencom Building, Nairobi. PHOTO | KANYIRI WAHITO

Ruto speaks on why Rashid Echesa was kicked out of cabinet

Deputy President William Ruto has said that former Sports Secretary Rashid Echesa was fired for the same reasons that he was hired. The...

April 10th, 2019
Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE

Echesa gets free advice on what he should tell his children about his sacking

Kenyans on Twitter, known for their penchant of giving their unsolicited opinions, have put their brains at work and compiled a list of...

April 2nd, 2019