Vanessa Kiuna, the daughter of celebrity pastors, Bishop Allan Kiuna and Reverend Kathy Kiuna has stirred the internet with her new photo shoot.
The new mum along with her husband and child had a family photo shoot celebrating the bay. While that has become a common fad, it is their way of doing it that has attracted the attention.
In one of the elegantly done photos, Bishop Kiuna’s daughter, who is wrapped in a towel, exposes a bit too much flesh of her bosom area as she poses breastfeeding baby Nia Gizelle Kiuna Kovac.
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Her husband Kovac who they married last year is also present too in another photo where he is bare-chested holding the baby close to his hands.
The elegant photo has been shared across the internet as many criticized the photo shoot while others applaud the move.
David Maraga floored ten candidates for the position of Chief Justice of Kenya to emerge triumphant after a week-long evaluation by the Judicial Service Commission.
His name is set to be forwarded to President Uhuru Kenyatta for approval before being presented to Parliament for vetting.
Maraga, who is the head the Appeals Court in Kisumu exhibited moments of humor leaving the JSC and viewers who were following the proceedings awed in his responses which showed a lot of experience in the judicial process.
When asked why he was convinced that he is the most qualified to succeed retired Chief Justice Dr. Willy Mutunga, the 64-year-old said:
“As a lawyer and as a judge, I have wide experience to enable me to lead the Supreme Court to the development of jurisprudence.”
Maraga said he would fast-track the implementation of the legal aid act that ensures Kenyans seeking access to justice are not locked out due to inability to hire a lawyer.
On same-sex marriage, Maraga said he would deal with such cases in accordance with the law; but also consider what is morally and culturally acceptable.
“Marriage is between a man and a woman. So I would go by those principles,” he stated.
Court of Appeal judge, Justice David Maraga was yesterday nominated by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) as the new Chief Justice.
The 64-year-old left private practice in 2003 when he was appointed a High Court judge. He was later elevated to the Court of Appeal in 2012.
Throughout the interview process, Justice Maraga was seen as an underdog, which made his nomination come as a surprise to many.
The staunch Seventh Day Adventist adherent was welcomed by both sides of the political divide, which probably means he will easily sail through parliament.
He is uncontroversial and perhaps that was one of the considerations by the JSC.
If you had asked anyone after the Chief Justice interviews who would be the Judicial Service Commission’s pick, one of the most unlikely answers would have been Justice David Maraga.
His interview was not highly anticipated and was quite uneventful. Many people did not even form an opinion about him, and yet he went on to be named the Chief Justice nominee.
When everyone was putting their money on the likes of Smokin Wanjala, Makau Mutua and Alnashir Visram, the name Maraga rarely came up.
But Boni Khalwale made the right pick exactly one week ago.
”The interviews 4 next CJ, have shown that th choice is between Smokin Wanjala & David Maraga. JSC, please spare us surprises,” he tweeted on 16th September.
I don’t know what Khalwale saw that everyone else didn’t, but that must have been a very informed pick.
Of course he took to Twitter yesterday to congratulate himself and accept congratulations for his accurate guess.
The CJ was a choice between Wanjala & Maraga. Congratulations JSC for remaining faithful to the interview performances. Kudos Justice Maraga
It’s that crazy time in Kenya again – elections near and campaigns have already started. Political parties are spending millions upon millions trying to convince people that they are the ones that should be in power. Faces smile down from expensive billboards on the highways and television.
But one important aspect in any campaign is data analysis.
As much as politicians dismiss opinion polls in public, they are not idiots and know the scientific principles behind the statistics have been proven over time.
In 1936, the literary Digest,one of the most respected magazines at the time, conducted one of the biggest opinion polls ever.
They interviewed 2.4 million respondents and concluded that Republican candidate Alfred Landon would win the vote by a landslide.
They gave him a 57% win while his closest rival Franklin Delano Roosevelt was estimated to take 43% of the vote.
George Gallup took a scientific approach and interviewed only 50,000 respondents and concluded that Roosevelt would carry the day.
Eventually, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president with one of the biggest landslides in election history (62%).
The Literary Digest ceased operations two years later, and although George Gallup has since died, the company he founded is one of the biggest pollsters in the world today. He essentially established modern day election data analysis.
And as Kenya moves to the next age, politicians have started appreciating the importance of not just opinion polling but overall election data analysis.
Many Kenyan companies are offering such services to political parties, but one stands out – SiasaFeed.
Using complex algorithms and data collection tools, SiasaFeed offers graphical simulations of a particular campaign’s progress.
The regions or counties are mapped and candidates can get a real time view of their popularity.
The candidate is able to see which areas he/she is losing or gaining grounds, and when SiasaFeed’s inbuilt artificial intelligence compares to IEBC voter registration data, it can suggests areas where the campaign needs to concentrate their efforts.
The candidate doesn’t have to worry about data collection, as most of it is automated.
People can interact with the politician giving him/her essential feedback. The voters from a politician’s region can even suggest development projects via a project channel.
The messages can be overwhelming but SiasaFeed’s AI makes a simplified report available on a dashboard, ensuring the politician/user doesn’t manually sift through all of them.
The politician too can interact with the voters by sending targeted bulk SMSs.
There’s so much more SiasaFeed does for political campaigns.
The Transformer franchise is fictional, but there have been many attempts to replicate that in real-life.
Turkish company Letrons, has unveiled what is probably the closest thing to a real-life ‘Transformer’.
It is functional in that it can transform and drive, but don’t expect it to fly or move when in robot mode. Still a great step in testing our technological limits.
Justice David Maraga Kenani is now the new Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya
Justice David Maraga was on Thursday unveiled as the Judicial Service Commission’s choice for the post of Chief Justice.
Justice David Maraga Kenani Biography
Justice David Maraga Kenani born in 1952, Bonyamatuta in Nyamira County, Kisii.
Justice David Kenani Maraga, 66, is the Presiding Judge of the Court of Appeal in Kisumu.
He was appointed to the High Court in October 2003 and to the Court of Appeal in 2011. A holder of both an LL.B and an LL.M from the University of Nairobi, he also chairs the Judiciary Committee on Elections tasked with overseeing election petition hearings that may arise after the 2017 elections within the prescribed period in the constitution.
He successfully underwent the vetting board fending off accusations of tribalism and bribery seeking and was unanimously endorsed to continue to serve in 2012.
An avowed Seventh Day Adventist, he started the board proceedings when he invoked God’s name loudly and went on to swear that he had never taken a bribe in his life.
He graduated with a degree in Law from the University of Nairobi in 1977 and has a post-graduate diploma from the Kenya School of Law in 1978. He holds a Masters in Law from the University of Nairobi as well.
He holds a Masters in Law from the University of Nairobi as well.
Here are five other things to know about him;
1. He will only serve one term (6 years)
Justice Maraga is 64 years old. Judges retire at 70 meaning he will serve for six years. The Chief Justice position has an age limit of 70, meaning he will only serve one term and the commission will have to again interview applicants for his replacement.
His one term at the helm of the judiciary, if approved, will match his predecessor Willy Mutunga who resigned before reaching 70 years
2. He is going to be the 14th chief justice
Justice Maraga will be the 14th person to hold the office of the Chief Justice in post-independence Kenya. He will, however, be the second person to hold the office under the new constitution.
3. He is a staunch Seventh Day Adventist
During his interview on August 31, Justice Maraga was categorical that he would not work on Saturday in line with his Sabbath Day Adventist faith.
He said he cannot compromise church for work.
4. He headed the tribunal that recommended the removal of Judge Joseph Mutava
Justice Maraga had on Wednesday presented a report to President Uhuru Kenyatta recommending for the removal of Judge Mutava for misconduct.
This was after the tribunal he headed concluded its hearings and produced a full report.
5. He describes himself as a good time manager
Justice Maraga says he used to apologize when court started late while working in Kisumu. He prides himself on being a decisive person of integrity and humility and a good time manager.
He cited his record as the presiding judge of the Appellate Court in Kisumu from October 2014 to July 2016 where he made 1,250 judgments thereby clearing case backlogs.
Justice Maraga Family
Maraga is a father of three. Vashti Kemuma is his daughter.
Justice David Maraga Kenani is now the new nominated Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya.
The Judicial Service Commission has nominated Justice David Maraga Kenani for appointment as Chief Justice.
Justice David Maraga Kenani’s name will be forwarded to the President, Uhuru Kenyatta, for a formal appointment and forwarded to National Assembly for approval by MPs.
Maraga, 66, was named the top candidate after beating a list of 13 candidates who applied to be the Chief Justice, candidates included Supreme Court judges Jackton Boma Ojwang’ and Smokin Wanjala, outspoken law scholar Makau Mutua among others.
If approved, Maraga will take over from Justice Willy Mutunga who retired from office a few months ago. JSC received 14 applications for the vacancy of Chief Justice after advertising the position.
The applicants were: Justice Alnashir Visram, Lady Justice Roselyne N. Nambuye, Justice Mbogholi Msagha, Prof. Makau Mutua, Justice Smokin Wanjala, Mr. David Mwaure Waihiga, Justice David Maraga, Dr. Isaac Rutenberg, Rtd Justice Aaron Ringera, Mr. Philip Nzamba Kitonga, Ms. Lucy Wanja Julius, Justice Prof. Jackton Ojwang, Mr. Kongani Udoto Kongani Paul Andrew and Amb. Daniel Wambura.
Below is the list of Kenya’s Chief Justices since independence.
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