UDA Senator Threatens To Sue Standard Group Over Explosive Exposé
Trans Nzoia Senator Allan Chesang is threatening legal action against Standard Group PLC over the company’s publication, in what he terms the report falsely and maliciously linked him to a fraudulent ambulance tender scheme at Harambee House.
Through his law firm, the senator fired off a formal cease-and-desist notice on March 20, 2026, giving the media house a 48-hour ultimatum to retract the story or face a defamation lawsuit.
The storm centres on a story published in The Standard and broadcast on KTN, media outlets, under the headline.
‘The Masterminds of the Harambee House Tender Scam’, a report that Chesang’s legal team says was published without ever being consulted.
The article specifically identified two individuals, both of whom are allies of the senator.
This directly links him to the alleged fraudulent ambulance tender scheme, a claim the senator’s lawyers maintain is entirely false and deliberately designed to mislead the public.
His legal team argues the story crossed a ‘clear line’, going beyond fair reporting to paint Chesang as a mastermind and willing participant in corrupt dealings, stripping him of any presumption of integrity.
“Our Client categorically denies any involvement whatsoever in the said alleged scheme and further denies any knowledge of, or association with, the individuals referred to as his aides,” stated the lawsuit.
Additionally, the legal notice also flagged an older allegation buried inside the story, one that dredged up a 2021 case involving a famous businessman and a Ksh180 million laptop supply to the deputy president’s office.
The publication claimed Chesang had been implicated, arrested, and arraigned in January 2021 over an alleged tender forgery.
His lawyers dismissed those claims as wholly false, unsubstantiated, and published with deliberate malicious intent.
Chesang’s advocates say KTN broadcasting the story across Facebook, YouTube, and national television dramatically amplified the damage, potentially reaching millions who may now associate him with the scandal.
“Our client’s attention has been drawn to an article published in the Standard Newspaper dated Friday, 20th March 2026 in both print and online formats, as well as the KTN news broadcast on Facebook, YouTube and nationwide televisions disseminated on 20th March 2026, including but not limited to the headline,” stressed the lawsuit.
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The legal notice further accused Standard Group of abandoning basic journalistic standards.
It also stated that the story went to press without verifying the facts or giving the senator a chance to respond to the allegations against him.
Chesang is now demanding that the media house immediately pull both the newspaper article and the KTN broadcast from every platform, including the website and all active social media channels, without further delay.
Standard Group PLC had not issued any public response to the senator’s demands, leaving the situation unresolved and the next move entirely in the media house’s hands.
UDA Senator Threatens To Sue Standard Group Over Explosive Exposé
