Court stops eviction of 500 residents
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Environment and Land Courts has stopped the eviction of over 550 residents of Animal Farm Association Settlement scheme located […]
Tim insists on big seat bid, party tells him to move on
Reading Time: 5 minutes The endorsement of technocrat Polycarp Igathe by the Jubilee Party for the Nairobi governorship has left ODM leader Raila Odinga […]
NMS receives 60 handwashing stations from SHOFCO
Reading Time: 2 minutes Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) has donated 60 handwashing stations to Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) to mark Global Handwashing Day.In […]
Court detains fake ‘magistrate’ Victor Ng’eno for two weeks
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Nakuru court has allowed detectives to detain a man said to have impersonated a magistrate for 14 days to […]
I’m ready to face you at the ballot, Ngirici tells Waiguru
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mercy Mwai and KNA The battle for Kirinyaga governorship pitting three ladies from the region has gone a notch higher […]
Blow as Kenya loses maritime case at the International Court of Justice
Reading Time: 4 minutes Kenya yesterday suffered a setback in its maritime dispute with Somalia after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) sided with […]
Tusker, Gor Mahia embark on CAF action
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tusker and Gor Mahia shall be trying to wipe off the shame that was visited on the country by Harambee […]
MPs propose to slash high cost of fuel by Ksh30
Reading Time: 3 minutes Mercy Mwai and Anthony Mwangi Members of Parliament yesterday recommended huge cuts on taxes and levies imposed on petroleum products, […]
Raila pledges jobs, tenders for youth if he wins in 2022
Reading Time: < 1 minute ODM leader Raila Odinga yesterday said he will ensure the youth have access to public jobs and tenders if he […]
Ruto party ropes in aspirants in membership drive
Reading Time: 2 minutes Wycliff Kipsang Deputy President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party has embarked on a rigorous countrywide campaign to register […]
Why Jubilee came out empty handed from three by-elections
Reading Time: 4 minutes Oliver Musembi and Mathew Ndung’u Local succession politics, disjointed campaigns, botched primaries and high-handedness by security agencies are some of the […]
Raila team puts together ‘tight’ case to save BBI
Reading Time: 4 minutes Opposition leader Raila Odinga’s legal team was yesterday putting together a watertight case against the High Court ruling that declared […]
Alliance Boys top with highest number of As
Reading Time: 4 minutes Irene Githinji and Nyaboga Kiage Alliance Boys High School leads the pack in the number of students who scored Grade A […]
Police impound bhang worth Sh800,000 in Kisumu
Reading Time: < 1 minute Police in Kisumu have recovered a motor vehicle loaded with Cannabis Sativa worth Sh800,000 on Homabay-Kisumu road. According to the […]
BBI headed for plebiscite after MPs approve it
Reading Time: 4 minutes Mercy Mwai and Anthony Mwangi The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Bill was headed for big victory last night with a […]
Ogembo Tea factory in Kisii gets six new Directors
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farmers affiliated to Ogembo Tea factory in Gucha Sub County, Kisii County yesterday elected six directors from six electoral zones […]
Nairobi DG Ann Kananu applauds Chief Justice nominee Martha Koome
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nairobi County Deputy Governor and acting Governor Ann Kananu, has expressed confidence in Lady Justice Martha Koome following her nomination […]
Biden pledges to aid Kenya’s terrorism fight
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kenya’s significance to the United States of America was buttressed on Monday night when President elect Joe Biden called President […]
JSC rift widens as Maraga exit debate hots up
Reading Time: 4 minutes Emeka-Mayaka Gekara Two opposing camps have emerged in the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) two months to the expiry of Chief […]
Ruto’s dilemma: Take on State agents or not?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Allies of Deputy President William Ruto troop to his Karen residence in Nairobi tomorrow for a brainstorming meeting faced with […]
Deputy President Ruto in coup bid at Jubilee Party headquarters
Reading Time: 4 minutes George Kebaso and Anthony Mwangi Deputy President William Ruto yesterday staged what amounted to a party coup when he camped at […]
President Uhuru has no choice but to send MPs home
Reading Time: 4 minutes Emeka-Mayaka Gekara MPs were last evening coming to terms with the possibility of losing their seats, after Chief Justice (CJ) […]
Parents’ jitters over reopening of schools
Reading Time: 5 minutes Irene Githinji and Noven Owiti Parents were yesterday up in arms against the planned reopening of schools on October 19 […]
Governors make good threat on counties paralysis
Reading Time: 3 minutes Eric Wainaina @EWainaina A battle line was drawn yesterday between the Executive and governors after several county governments shut down […]
Parents to bear cost of schools’ reopening soon
Reading Time: 3 minutes The government has finally released guidelines for reopening schools which could see parents forced to dig deeper into their pockets […]
The man county chiefs love to hate – Twalib Mbarak
Reading Time: 5 minutes Eric Wainaina @EWainaina Despite the opulence and magnanimity that comes with the gubernatorial position, many governors are a worried lot. […]
How NLC made a mess of Sh24b compensation
Reading Time: 4 minutes Close to Sh24 billion released by the government for compulsory acquisition of land could have been misappropriated through illegal payments, […]
Decibels rise as political ‘attack dogs’ bark loud
Reading Time: 4 minutes A number of leaders are on the spot for behaving like attack dogs for their political god fathers, raising concerns […]
NYS mass masks order clear signal schools to reopen soon
Reading Time: 3 minutes The push to reopen schools gained momentum yesterday after the National Youth Service (NYS) was directed to start mass production […]
Inside Raila’s super alliance ahead of 2022
Reading Time: 5 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta’s confidants are working behind the scenes to cobble a super alliance with former Prime Minister Raila Odinga […]
Ruto, Raila unite to condemn the arrest of senators
Reading Time: 4 minutes Hillary Mageka @hillarymageka Outrage greeted Monday’s arrest and detention of three senators to block them from voting on the controversial […]
Lusaka links Murkomen to revenue sharing impasse
Reading Time: 4 minutes Senate Speaker Kenneth Lusaka and Majority Leader Samuel Poghisio are accusing Elgeiyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen of mischief in the […]
Magoha under pressure to allow transitional exams
Reading Time: 3 minutes Irene Githinji @gitshee The Ministry of Education was yesterday hard pressed to allow Form Four and Standard Eight candidates to […]
Courts stare at crisis as 200 DPP staff test Corona positive
Reading Time: 4 minutes Githinji Mwangi, Evans Nyakundi and Robert Ochoro Hundreds of courts across the country face closure after at least 200 prosecutors […]
Akombe ruffles feathers at IEBC with Msando’s death comments
Reading Time: 3 minutes Noah Cheploen @cheploennoah The gruesome killing of former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) ICT manager Chris Msando has come […]
Awori family raises Sh800m to bail out jailed Wakhungu
Reading Time: 5 minutes Hillary Mageka and Bernice Mbugua The larger Awori family has raised a whopping Sh800 million in a bid to secure […]
Celebrating Covid-19 pandemic heroes
Reading Time: 6 minutes The coronavirus pandemic has spun a crisis around the world, but it has also shone a light on the bright […]
Michael Joseph appointed as Safaricom Board Chairman
Reading Time: < 1 minute Former Safaricom Chief Executive Officer(CEO) Michael Joseph has been appointed as the Board Chairman effective August 1, 2020. Safaricom’s CEO […]
When your boo becomes a ghost
Reading Time: 5 minutes You message, You video call, perhaps even meet, and then as if by magic you never hear from them again. […]
Ministry’s strict proposals for re-opening of schools
Reading Time: 5 minutes Parents may have to dig deeper into their pockets to fund their children’s education if the government implements tough new […]
Only 15 counties ready as Covid-19 infections surge
Reading Time: 4 minutes Only five counties are fully prepared to handle a surge in coronavirus infections, according to a team of medical experts […]
NHIF accountant based at KNH branch goes missing
Reading Time: < 1 minute Grace Andeyo was reported missing by her nephew on Sunday. Her car is still parked at KNH parking yard.
Pioneer School responds after a teacher smokes in a virtual class
Reading Time: < 1 minute Pioneer School in Murang’a has defended its position after a video emerged of their physics teacher smoking during a virtual […]
Murang’a leaders endorse Peter Kenneth to unite Mt. Kenya region
Reading Time: 2 minutes By KNA A section of elected leaders from Murang’a County has endorsed former Gatanga MP Peter Kenneth to champion unity […]
Blow to Covid-19 fight as State abandons testing
Reading Time: 4 minutes The war against the Covid-19 pandemic has suffered a major blow after the government quietly closed 20 centres across the […]
Office operations hit as employees asked to stay away
Reading Time: 4 minutes Operations in several government departments and leading corporations have been scaled down or halted altogether after hundreds of employees tested […]
A cry for help as 429 medics are infected with COVID-19
Reading Time: 4 minutes George Kebaso, Bernard Gitau and Alvin Mwangi John, a nurse at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), reports to work daily […]
Ngilu has laugh last laugh as accusers vanish
Reading Time: 3 minutes Governor Charity Ngilu can now sigh with relief after members of the Kitui County Assembly suspended debate on a planned […]
Kenya’s elite take refuge in Dubai to hide looted funds
Reading Time: 3 minutes Steve Umidha @UmidhaSteve A new trove of leaked documents suggests Kenya is among African countries that may be losing huge […]
Kirinyaga MCAs now seek residents’ nod to dissolve the county
Reading Time: < 1 minute Githinji Mwangi Members of the Kirinyaga County Assembly have started collecting residents’ signatures to kick-start the process of dissolving the […]
Coronavirus: Ministry applauds Kwale as 278 more test positive
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Health Ministry on Saturday applauded Kwale County for its preparedness in combating Covid-19. Ministry officials toured the county where […]
SGR passenger train to resume, but with only half capacity
Reading Time: < 1 minute Madaraka Express operator Afristar has okayed the resumption of the passenger train with the first locomotive set to leave Nairobi […]
Thika clergy aged above 58 ask the State to review rules on church reopening
Reading Time: 2 minutes Clergymen from Thika, Kiambu County have called upon the government to review the measures put up for the church to […]
Covid-19: Race against time as rich Kenyans install ICU beds in homes
Reading Time: 4 minutes Five governors, prominent businessman-cum politician among those who have placed facilities at their private residences. Wealthy Kenyans, among them five […]
Thika man stabs wife’s private parts for ‘using her money to feed the family’
Reading Time: 2 minutes A 24-year-old woman from Thika Kiambu county is nursing serious injuries after her 45-year-old husband stabbed her genitalia Wednesday night […]
Wajir assistant chief arraigned for defilement
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Wajir assistant chief was on Friday arraigned before a Garissa court charged with defiling a minor. Kalmoi Shale Ahmed who […]
Meru man chops off his brother-in-law’s hands for ‘blocking marriage with the sister’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Police in Igembe South, Meru County are pursuing a suspect who chopped off both arms of his brother-in-law for blocking […]
Omanga spotted at Ruto’s Karen residence
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nominated Senator Millicent Omanga was on Thursday spotted at Deputy President’s Ruto’s Karen residence, where they were donating items to […]
Kebs MD Bernard Njiraini arrested
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has been investigating allegations of bribery in the procurement for tenders at Kebs.
Uhuru meets Western Kenya leaders at Harambee house
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday at Harambee House, Nairobi met Western Kenya leaders to discuss development projects in the region. […]
Businessmen and leaders laud government for fight against corruption
Reading Time: 2 minutes The country is headed in the right direction and nothing should stop its bid to eradicate corruption that has been […]
Meru: A lesbian couple arrested while making love in front of the children
Reading Time: 2 minutes A female teacher and another woman have been arrested in Githongo in Meru County after they were found making love […]
Female senators exchange blows after Ole Kina elected vice-chair of Health team
Reading Time: < 1 minute The melee started moments after Ole Kina was declared the winner of the contested election that pitted the Narok Senator against Seneta.
Maraga speaks out after woman sues him over child support
Reading Time: 3 minutes Chief Justice David Maraga yesterday fought off claims by a woman who caused a stir at Milimani Law Courts that […]
DPP blames Covid-19 for delay in the prosecution of Babu Owino
Reading Time: 1 minute The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has said Covid-19 delayed the prosecution of Embakasi East Member of […]
Why re-testing Covid-19 patients is dicey debate
Reading Time: 6 minutes Medical practitioners are grappling with the question of whether Covid-19 patients in quarantine should be re-tested before being re-admitted into […]
Police arrest suspects in the Kilimani robbery video
Reading Time: 2 minutes Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Monday arrested the suspects in the Kilimani robbery CCTV footage (see […]
Nyoro asks fellow governors to speed-up Covid-19 preparedness for the opening of the economy
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kiambu governor James Nyoro has challenged his counterparts in the country to fast track their county’s levels of preparedness towards […]
My husband is heaven-sent, says Waiguru after surviving impeachment
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kirinyaga governor Anne Waiguru has praised her lawyer husband Kamotho Waiganjo after surviving impeachment at the Senate. In her statement […]
Kitale Residents demonstrate over one-month power outage
Reading Time: < 1 minute Residents of Premium estate in Kitale on Friday took to the streets to protest power outage that has now lasted […]
Innovative programmes show heightened management of hypertension and diabetes
Reading Time: 3 minutes Two local programmes funded by a Germany pharmaceutical company targeting populations in rural Western Kenya and informal settlements in Nairobi […]
Authorities seize illicit brews in Kiambu
Reading Time: 2 minutes National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) and local administrators in Kiambu on Friday poured 420 […]
Artiste Muigai Njoroge to appear before NCIC today over his song
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kikuyu Benga musician John Muigai alias Muigai Wa Njoroge is expected to appear before the National Cohesion and Integration Commission […]
Police shootings in Lesos Nandi leave three dead
Reading Time: < 1 minute Three people were fatally shot in Lesos Nandi County on Thursday after a fight broke out between police and civilians […]
State unveils a call center to cater for mental health
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Ministries of ICT and Health on June 25 unveiled a national call center to offer psycho-social support to Kenyans […]
Ruiru town set to become a city
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ruiru town in Kiambu County has cleared the road and is now set to receive a city status. Plans are […]
Kajiado residents enlightened on Covid-19 prevention
Reading Time: < 1 minute Marurui residents in Kajiado County were yesterday empowered with relevant information on hand washing and how to maintain basic hygiene […]
Safaricom partners with The Star and People Daily for Sh 10 digital newspapers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Safaricom has partnered with Radio Africa Group and Mediamax Network Ltd to enable customers to purchase The Star and People […]
I was impeached illegally, Waiguru maintains as she answers graft charges to Senate
Reading Time: 4 minutes Embattled Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has termed accusations against her by her Assembly as ‘false, unfounded, and salacious allegations, which […]
Coronavirus: 59 more people confirmed positive
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Health Ministry on Monday confirmed 59 more coronavirus cases, bringing the total to 4797. Health Chief Administrative Secretary Mercy […]
Ruto allies in plan to skip President’s meeting with MPs
Reading Time: 4 minutes Eric Wainaina @EWainaina The rift in the governing Jubilee Party could widen further after MPs allied to Deputy President William […]
Coronavirus: Ministry to issue guidelines for home-based patient care
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Health Ministry will issue guidelines for home-based coronavirus patient care. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said on Sunday seeing […]
Security heightened at Africa Spirits after Sh2 billion alcohol stolen
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Oliver Musembi Security at Thika-based Africa Spirits has been beefed up following reports of theft of alcohol from the […]
State to take over Mathari hospital as mental illnesses increase during the pandemic
Reading Time: < 1 minute The State is taking full control of Mathari Mental Referral hospital in Mathare to address increasing cases of mental illnesses […]
Officers at Kamukunji police station test positive for coronavirus
Reading Time: < 1 minute A sergeant and two constables at Kamukunji Police Station in Nairobi have tested positive for coronavirus, according to a police […]
CS Magoha: National exams could be pushed to April
Reading Time: 4 minutes Irene Githinji and Roy Lumbe This year’s national exams could be pushed to April next year if schools re-open in […]
Cate Waruguru kicked out despite visiting Raila
Reading Time: < 1 minute Laikipia Women Representative Catherine Waruguru has been discharged from the Parliamentary Committee on Members Service and Facilities. The Jubilee party […]
Treasury CS Yatani’s headache over Sh841 billion budget deficit
Reading Time: 2 minutes Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani is facing the Herculean task of raising Sh840.6 billion to plug the budget deficit in the financial year […]
Strict protocols at State House as staff get Corona
Reading Time: 4 minutes Irene Githinji and George Kebaso The government has introduced stricter access protocols to State House, Nairobi, after the coronavirus found its […]
Coronavirus: 133 more cases confirmed positive
Reading Time: < 1 minute Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Monday confirmed 133 more coronavirus cases. CS Kagwe confirmed the latest number in his […]
Daring Limuru protestors block CS Matiang’i at Rironi
Reading Time: 2 minutes Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i was Monday morning caught up in a matatu operator’s demonstration at Rironi along the busy […]
Coronavirus:137 more cases as Kagwe ‘takes the message home’
Reading Time: < 1 minute Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Sunday gave his Covid-19 briefing at Othaya in Nyeri where he also delivered a […]
Raila denies meeting Waiguru at night
Reading Time: < 1 minute Orange Democratic Party (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga has denied meeting Kirinyaga governor Anne Waiguru as reported in the media. […]
CS Macharia speaks after impeachment threats
Reading Time: 2 minutes Transport Cabinet Secretary (CS) James Macharia has said he will not be intimidated by threats to have him impeached. Macharia […]
Mudavadi accuses State of sidelining Western Kenya in 2020/21 budget
Reading Time: 2 minutes Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi has accused Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani of sidelining Western Kenya in the budget for fiscal year 2020/21. Mudavadi decried lack of […]
Muggers attack Thika MCA, steal a phone and break his finger
Reading Time: < 1 minute Thika’s Hospital Ward Member of County Assembly (MCA) Danson Mburu is nursing knife injuries after he was attacked by unknown […]
Court dismisses bid to stop Waiguru’s impeachment
Reading Time: < 1 minute The High Court on June 11 dismissed a bid by Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru seeking to stop her impeachment. Justice […]
Kericho: Official arrested for awarding herself a tender
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Kericho County Government official has been arrested for awarding her company a road construction tender worth Sh5.6 million. The […]
A Fierce exchange of words as Waiguru gets impeached
Reading Time: 3 minutes The impeachment of embattled Kirinyaga Governor Anne Mumbi Waiguru has once again exposed the wedge between allies of President Uhuru […]
Furious Chief Justice Maraga takes battle to Uhuru doorstep
Reading Time: 4 minutes Bernice Mbugua and Bernard Gitau “You are violating the Constitution, encouraging disregard for the rule law by disobeying court orders and […]
Steve Mbogo: Mwitiki wasn’t my friend
Reading Time: 2 minutes Flamboyant politician Steve Mbogo has distanced himself from having a close relationship with missing sharpshooter Dafton Mwitiki. Mwitiki went missing […]
Women in Business Vice President visits children’s home
Reading Time: < 1 minute Vice President of Women in business Asha Hersi visited Kanduyi children’s home in Bungoma putting a smile on tens of […]
Legislators, police weakest link in Corona fight, says poll
Reading Time: 4 minutes Members of Parliament, county governments and the police have been ranked as the weakest link among key stakeholders in the […]
Coronavirus: Dr.Patrick Amoth gives guidelines for home-based isolation
Reading Time: < 1 minute Acting Health Director-General Dr. Patrick Amoth on Sunday gave guidelines for home-based isolation for Covid-19 suspected or positive cases. Mr.Amoth […]
Four Kiambu boys given rabbits after they were arrested stealing timber
Reading Time: 2 minutes Four Kiambu boys have given a kickstart into rabbit farming after they were arrested while attempting to steal timber for […]
Four Kiambu boys given rabbits after they were arrested stealing timber
Reading Time: 2 minutes Four Kiambu boys have given kickstart into rabbit farming after they were arrested while attempting to steal timber for making […]
President Kenyatta extends curfew with new timelines
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday extended the night curfew for 30 more days, but with new timelines. “Nationwide dusk to […]
Banks urged to digitise and be resilient post Covid-19
Reading Time: 2 minutes Huawei’s vice president of Huawei Southern Africa Region Liao Yong has asked bankers to digitise the sector to build resilience […]
Thika Chief gets a new office after surviving in a mud-walled
Reading Time: < 1 minute After grappling to offer services from an old mud-walled and collapsing office, administrative officers at Ngoliba ward in Thika, Kiambu […]
President Uhuru reads Riot Act to MPs as Ruto allies fired
Reading Time: 4 minutes Eric Wainaina @EWainaina Candid and authoritative, is how Jubilee Party MPs described President Uhuru Kenyatta’s address that landed yet another blow […]
Kilifi Senator quits Senate Deputy Speaker’s race
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hillary Mageka @hillarymageka A second senator contesting for the vacant position of the Deputy Speaker of the Senate has withdrawn […]
Jubilee endorses Kamar for Deputy Speaker post
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Jubilee Party has endorsed Uasin Gishu Senator Prof. Margaret Kamar to be the Senate deputy speaker. The seat fell […]
Firm banks on an app to connect patients with doctors
Reading Time: 2 minutes A local firm has unleashed a mobile phone application TeleAfya, that seeks to bridge the gap between patients and doctors […]
Mudavadi blames Atwoli for Ford Kenya party wrangles
Reading Time: < 1 minute Amani National Congress(ANC) party leader Musalia Mudavadi has blamed the Secretary-General of Central Organisation of Trade Unions(COTU) Francis Atwoli for […]
Kitale residents protest Wetangula’s removal from party leadership
Reading Time: < 1 minute By David Musundi Business came to a standstill in Kitale on Sunday after angry members of Ford Kenya protested the […]
West Pokot: Assistant Chief arrested in murder case
Reading Time: < 1 minute An assistant chief has been arrested in connection to a land and murder case in West Pokot County. According to […]
Rashid Aman: There is nothing we can do about leaders convening meetings
Reading Time: < 1 minute Health Ministry Chief Administrative Secretary Rashid Aman has said there is nothing his docket can do against leaders convening meetings […]
Murang’a: Outrage as body of a Covid-19 victim is buried at night
Reading Time: < 1 minute The burial of a Covid-19 victim in Kangema, Murang’a County on Saturday has sparked outrage after it emerged that County […]
15 counties will bear brunt of pandemic, say scientists
Reading Time: 4 minutes Hillary Mageka @hillarymageka Scientists project that 15 counties will bear the brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic when the full impact […]
Njoroge warns most SMEs may collapse next month
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has raised the red flag over survival of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in […]
Dilemma on whether to reopen schools persists
Reading Time: 4 minutes Public expectations that schools could reopen next month have been dealt a major blow following disagreements among members of a […]
Skip Jubilee PG at own peril, Tuju warns Ruto allies
Reading Time: 3 minutes Hillary Mageka @hillarymageka Stern action will be taken against Members of the National Assembly who will skip a Jubilee Parliamentary Group […]
Don’t start your journey if you won’t comply, CS Macharia tells truck drivers as Covid-19 cases reach 1348
Reading Time: < 1 minute Transport Cabinet Secretary (CS) James Macharia on Tuesday urged truck drivers not to start their transit journey if they will […]
Kariobangi evictee to be housed by Sonko
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Alvin Mwangi and David Ndolo Yvonne Njeri, whose house was demolished in Kariobangi can temporarily breathe a sigh of […]
Ruto caught up in poisonous food saga in Kiambu county
Reading Time: 4 minutes Mathew Ndung’u At least 12 people were admitted to Kiambu and Thika Level Five hospitals yesterday after consuming contaminated food […]
Religious leaders urge the government to be transparent with Covid-19 funds
Reading Time: < 1 minute The demand for accountability is among a six-point demands that the religious leaders made to the State on May 24. […]
Coronavirus: Ministry concerned with people giving wrong phone numbers as cases reach 1214
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Health Ministry expressed concerns over people giving wrong phone numbers after submitting samples for coronavirus testing. Health Chief Administrative […]
Two GSU officers arrested with 600kg of cannabis
Reading Time: < 1 minute Police in Isiolo arrested two General Service Unit(GSU) officers and three other suspects on Sunday while ferrying an estimated 600kg […]
Trans Nzoia: 12-year-old boy drowns while grazing livestock
Reading Time: 2 minutes By David Musundi A family in Kapsitwet Location in Trans Nzoia County is griefing their 12-year-old son who drowned in […]
CS Munya accuses DP Ruto of ganging against his boss to stagnate developments
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agriculture Cabinet Secretary (CS) Peter Munya on Saturday accused Deputy President William Ruto of ganging against his boss to fuel […]
University don seeks orders to attach his employer’s bank accounts for failing to compensate him Sh38 million
Reading Time: 2 minutes A university don has moved to court seeking orders to attach the bank accounts of his employer for failing to […]
Sofapaka demands apology from Shikanda for demeaning them
Reading Time: 2 minutes Former Kenyan Premier League (KPL) champions Sofapaka is demanding an apology from AFC Leopards chairman Dan Shikanda for demeaning the […]
La Liga can resume from 8 June, says Spain’s prime minister
Reading Time: < 1 minute La Liga can resume from 8 June, says Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez. The league’s president Javier Tebas said he […]
Uhuru favours local industry in his economic stimulus plan
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta favoured the local industry in the Sh53.7 billion eight-point economic stimulus plan that he unveiled on May […]
Dr. Patrick Amoth speaks after his election as WHO board Vice President
Reading Time: < 1 minute Acting Director-General in the Ministry of Health Dr. Patrick Amoth has expressed gratitude after his election as the Vice President […]
Coronavirus: A six-month-old baby among the 80 cases confirmed today
Reading Time: < 1 minute A six-months-old baby is among the 80 newest coronavirus cases confirmed on May 21 which brought the total to 1,109. […]
Coronavirus: A driver leaves Malaba only to test positive after arriving in Kirinyaga
Reading Time: < 1 minute A long-distance driver whose samples were taken at Malaba on Sunday tested positive for coronavirus, after arriving in Kutus, Kirinyaga […]
Kifo, the suspect who sealed his wife with super glue arrested while seeking help from a witch doctor
Reading Time: 3 minutes Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal have arrested a notorious criminal who glued his wife genitals last week while seeking […]
IDPs ask State to punish illegal pay beneficiaries
Reading Time: < 1 minute By David Musundi Officials of internally displaced persons in Trans Nzoia County have asked investigative agencies to bring to book […]
Mandera County intensifies relief food program to locals
Reading Time: 3 minutes Mandera County Government has intensified relief food distribution to thousands of locals displaced by floods and other vulnerable families affected […]
Creatives open to submit proposals for the Sh100m govt’ kitty
Reading Time: < 1 minute Musicians, actors and artistes can now submit their proposals for the Sh100-million stimulus package launched by the government on May […]
Tanzania doubts Kenya’s COVID-19 tests.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tanzania has doubted Kenya’s COVID-19 tests in what seems like a retaliation to the sickening border tussle between the two […]
Survey: 91pc Kenyans unsure of job future due to Covid-19
Reading Time: 4 minutes Irene Githinji and Zachary Ochuodho Nine of every 10 Kenyans who are out of employment because of the Covid-19 pandemic disruption […]
Uhuru speaks out over Tanzania, Kenya border closure tussle
Reading Time: < 1 minute Amid border closure tussle, President Uhuru Kenyatta has maintained that Kenya and Tanzania are neighbours beyond friends. Uhuru’s statement comes […]
Heads to roll in House as President Uhuru purges DP allies
Reading Time: 3 minutes Eric Wainaina and Hillary Mageka The political future of three nominated senators who skipped a Senate Parliamentary Group meeting called by […]
Detectives arrest 3 officers from a Changamwe based company
Reading Time: < 1 minute Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) officers from Nairobi have arrested three managers of a Changamwe based company for illegally manufacturing […]
Damaged roads to cost KENHA Sh2 billion
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Kenya National Highways Authority has said it will cost them Sh2 billion to repair the roads which have been […]
Coronavirus: 57 more test positive for Covid-19
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya has confirmed 57 more coronavirus cases, taking the total number of infections to 887. Government spokesman Cyrus Oguna said […]
Thirsty sanitiser drinkers from Murang’a to be put under rehabilitation
Reading Time: < 1 minute A well-wisher has come to the aid of five men from Mathioya in Murang’a County who confessed to be drinking […]
Sankok decamps from DP’s side
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nominated Member of Parliament (MP) David Ole Sankok has shifted his support from Deputy President’s allies to embrace Jubilee party […]
Miscalculations that cost Ruto special place at Uhuru’s side
Reading Time: 7 minutes Political observers who had predicted that Uhuru Kenyatta would by now be a lame duck president operating in the shadows […]
Raila party meets after Uhuru purge of Ruto allies from plum Senate posts
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Emeka-Mayaka Gekara The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) on Thursday held what it billed as an informal meeting three days […]
Purge spotlight turns to Cabinet and Parliament
Reading Time: 4 minutes After the acrimonious exit of Deputy President William Ruto’s allies from key positions in the Senate, the spotlight now turns […]
Revealed: 86 Kenyans in the diaspora with coronavirus
Reading Time: < 1 minute There are 191 covid-19 infections of Kenyans in the diaspora, according to the Foreign Affairs Ministry. Of these, 86 patients […]
Coronavirus: Ministry confirms 23 more cases, now at 672
Reading Time: < 1 minute Health Ministry Chief Administrative Secretary on Sunday confirmed 23 more coronavirus cases, the total cases in the country are 672. […]
Moses Kuria has resurfaced, he says was escaping an arrest
Reading Time: 2 minutes After more than 24 hours since he was reported to be missing, Gatundu South Member of Parliament (MP) Moses Kuria […]
Truck drivers to wait for 48-hours test results or face quarantine
Reading Time: 2 minutes Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya has warned there will be no compromise in cases where covid-19 results delay, and […]
Coronavirus: Number of global cases rises above four million
Reading Time: 2 minutes More than four million confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported around the world, according to data collated by Johns […]
Coronavirus: Hawking banned as cases reach 649
Reading Time: < 1 minute The State has announced to ban street hawking to combat coronavirus as cases reach 649. Health Ministry Chief Administrative Secretary […]
Trans Nzoia: A 78-year-old woman dies in a stampede during food donation
Reading Time: 2 minutes By David Musundi A family in Machewa sub-location of Trans Nzoia West Sub-county is grieving a 78-year-old grandmother who succumbed […]
Cost of Eastleigh lockdown on local, national economy
Reading Time: 4 minutes The implementation of a two-week restriction of movement in and out of Eastleigh, Nairobi announced by the government on Wednesday […]
Major cull looms as Jubilee party feud escalates
Reading Time: 3 minutes The war in Jubilee Party is headed to Parliament where President Uhuru Kenyatta’s key supporters are said to be plotting […]
Blow to counties as Senate rejects their push for executive residences for their bosses
Reading Time: 3 minutes County governments have been dealt a blow after Senate thwarted their push to revise price ceilings set for county key […]
Hundreds of people in Budalangi displaced by floods (pictorial)
Reading Time: 2 minutes Floods have once again hit Budalangi plains in Busia County displacing hundreds of residents. Reportedly, water back flow from Lake […]
Nakuru County cautions motorists as a road section caves in
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nakuru County has cautioned motorists against John Momanyi Road whose section has caved in near Koinange Primary School in the […]
Coronavirus: Health Ministry confirms the highest number in a single day
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya has confirmed 24 new cases of coronavirus, Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Mercy Mwangangi announced on Saturday. This brings […]
Mandera: One Covid-19 patient recovers
Reading Time: 2 minutes One Coronavirus patient in Mandera County has been discharged after turning negative of the disease, Governor Ali Ibrahim Roba has […]
Two masters degrees and a Ph.D.; see full profile of the incoming Chief of Defence forces
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta on April 30 promoted Lieutenant General Robert Kariuki Kibochi to replace Gen Samson Mwathethe who awaits to […]
Huawei calls on tech firms to help in fighting Covid-19
Reading Time: < 1 minute Huawei’s president of Carrier BG Marketing and Solution Sales Peng Song has called on Information and Technology companies to stay […]
I want my powers back, Sonko now tells national government
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hillary Mageka @hillarymageka A showdown looms between the leadership of the Nairobi City County and the national government after Governor Mike […]
‘Coronaphobia’ drives patients from hospitals
Reading Time: 4 minutes As the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise, Kenyans suffering from other ailments are apparently steering clear of hospitals […]
Jubaland President signs power sharing deal with rivals
Reading Time: 3 minutes Jubaland President Ahmed Mohamed Islam alias Madobe has signed a power sharing deal with his rivals to bring to an […]
SDA worshipers arrested for holding a church service
Reading Time: < 1 minute By David Musundi Fifty Seven (57) worshipers of Mitume Seventh Adventist Church(SDA) in Trans-Nzoia County were on Saturday arrested after […]
President Kenyatta assents laws to cushion Kenyans from Covid-19 crisis
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta today at State House, Nairobi signed into law the Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020. The new tax […]
Coronavirus: Movement cessation extended by 21 days as cases reach 343
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta on April 25 announced extension of movement cessation for further 21 days to contain the spread of […]
How do you fight a locust invasion amid coronavirus?
Reading Time: 2 minutes A second invasion by desert locusts has hit East Africa in just a few months, as younger and more aggressive […]
CS Kagwe speaks over Siaya’s controversial burial
Reading Time: < 1 minute Health Cabinet Secretary(CS) Mutahi Kagwe has regretted Siaya’s controversial burial done at wee hours of the night and with no […]
State mulls total lockdown of Nairobi, Mombasa cities
Reading Time: 4 minutes The government is considering more restrictions in Nairobi and Mombasa next week in a bid to contain the steady rise […]
Kenya COVID-19 Emergency Fund receives Sh1.29 billion
Reading Time: < 1 minute A total of Sh1.289 billion has been donated by corporate, foundations, religious institutions towards Kenya Covid 19 Emergency Fund to […]
Essential service providers urged to embrace solar energy during Covid-19
Reading Time: 2 minutes Health facilities and other essential service provision institutions around the country have been urged to explore solar energy options as […]
Coronavirus: State worried by local transmissions as cases rise to 270
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya has confirmed eight(8) more coronavirus cases bringing the total to 270. The state is now worried by Covid-19 cases […]
Red Cross condemns ambulance misuse by drunk youths
Reading Time: < 1 minute Emergency-Plus Medical Services(E-PLUS) has condemned the use of its ambulance to ferry drunk youths during curfew hours. E-plus, a subsidiary […]
Nakuru MCA dies in a road accident
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nakuru Member of County Assembly(MCA) for Lake View Ward Karanja Mburu has died in a fatal car crash. According to […]
Unknown number of people feared dead in West Pokot flash floods
Reading Time: < 1 minute An unknown number of people are feared dead in raging floods reported at Chesegon in West Pokot County on Saturday […]
Activist Omtatah loses daughter
Reading Time: < 1 minute Human rights activist Okiya Omtatah is bereaved after losing his daughter to acute malaria. The 21-year-old was Omtatah’s third born […]
Vulnerable citizens to receive weekly stipend from State
Reading Time: 3 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday moved to cushion vulnerable Kenyans against the effects of the coronavirus by announcing a weekly stipend […]
Cop arrested over murder of Leeds student Carilton Maina in Kibera
Reading Time: < 1 minute Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives on Wednesday arrested a police constable for shooting a man in Kibera, Laini Saba […]
Covid-19 pandemic ticking time bomb in Kenyan slums
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Health ministry’s warning that Kibera slum in Nairobi is emerging as a coronavirus hotspot has shifted focus to concerns […]
Coronavirus: Six more test positive as one succumbs in Siaya
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Health Ministry through the National Emergency Response Committee(NERC) has confirmed six more coronavirus cases, bringing the total to 197 […]
Kebs; Fancy cloth masks might not cushion one from infection
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenya Bureau of Standards has warned that some cloth coverings being used as masks might not guarantee protection against coronavirus […]
Jumia offers 100,000 masks in fight against COVID-19
Reading Time: < 1 minute E-commerce company Jumia has donated 100,000 masks in a deal with the Ministry of Health to community health workers fighting […]
COVID-19: Governors, civil servants put on notice over procurement
Reading Time: 2 minutes Governors, Principal Secretaries and head of parastatals risked being prosecuted, if they flaunt procurement rules in the acquisition of goods […]
Raila speaks out over BBI’s fate amid COVID-19
Reading Time: < 1 minute Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga has insisted that reggae has not stopped and that the Building Bridges Initiative(BBI) […]
Parliament and Judiciary set for mass coronavirus tests
Reading Time: 3 minutes Hillary Mageka and Reuben Mwambingu Lawmakers and staff at Parliament Buildings will be tested for Covid-19 as the government embarks on […]
COVID-19: Kenya confirms 7 new cases
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya has confirmed seven new cases of coronavirus, Chief Administrative Secretary Mercy Mwangangi announced on Wednesday. This brings the total […]
Kang’ata speaks out over his COVID-19 test results
Reading Time: 2 minutes Murang’a Senator Irungu Kang’ata has rubbished claims that he is among the 17 legislators who have tested positive for Covid-19. […]
Panic grips parliament as 17 legislators test positive for coronavirus
Reading Time: < 1 minute Panic and anxiety have engulfed Parliament after at least 17 legislators and tens of parliamentary staff allegedly tested positive for […]
COVID-19: Kenya reports 14 new cases as three recover
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya has recorded 14 new cases of coronavirus, Heath Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced on Tuesday. This brings the total […]
Uhuru to Kenyans: You are the doctor of your life
Reading Time: 4 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on Kenyans to strictly adhere to protocols set out by the Ministry of health so […]
Commuters stranded as cessation of movement takes effect in Nairobi
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chaos expected in the Chania bridge area near Blue Post Hotel at the boundary of Nairobi Metropolis where police have […]
Ruto opposes use of schools as isolation centres
Reading Time: < 1 minute Transforming boarding schools into isolation centres for coronavirus in the country as proposed by the government might later cause stigmatisation […]
COVID-19: Uhuru’s full statement
Reading Time: 10 minutes Fellow Kenyans, As you are aware, the entire world is going through an extraordinary emergency. The last time the world […]
COVID-19: Movement into and out of Nairobi, three other counties banned
Reading Time: < 1 minute The government has put Nairobi, Kilifi, Kwale and Mombasa counties on a 21-day lockdown, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced on Monday. […]
COVID-19: Kenya reports 16 new cases, total now at 158
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya has recorded 16 more positive cases of COVID-19, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced on Monday. This brings the total number […]
Kajiado villagers chase visitors over coronavirus scare
Reading Time: 3 minutes BY KNA There was tension at a private farm at Duka Moja area in Kajiado Central after villagers surrounded it […]
Coronavirus: Government extends quarantine to 28 days
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Health Ministry has extended the quarantine period from 14 to 28 days. In a memo sent to all quarantine […]
Parents asked to explore alternative ways to keep children learning
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development 9KICD) has encouraged parents to explore various learning modes for their children who are […]
Machakos: Police officer arrested for raping a woman
Reading Time: < 1 minute Police in Yatta Machakos County on April 3 arrested a rogue police constable for raping a woman. According to police […]
Child, 6, dies from COVID-19 as cases rise to 122
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya has recorded 12 new cases of coronavirus bringing the total number in the country to 122, Health Chief Administrative […]
COVID-19: Kilifi DG Gideon Saburi arrested
Reading Time: < 1 minute Detectives have finally arrested Kilifi Deputy Governor Gideon Saburi who breached the quarantine protocol by refusing to self quarantine on […]
Kilifi DG arrest: Detectives in long wait as Saburi applies ‘delaying tactics’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Detectives led by Mombasa DCI boss Antony Muriithi are currently camping at the Coast Provincial General Hospital (CPGH) ready to […]
Corona is no joke, says Kagwe as cases hit 110
Reading Time: 4 minutes Kenyans should brace themselves for tough times ahead, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe warned yesterday as the number of people […]
Kenya Airways employee dies
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya Airways (KQ) on Thursday announced the death of one of its employees. Captain Daudi Kimuyu Kibati, who was a […]
COVID-19: Two die as total cases rise to 110
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya has recorded two more deaths as a result of coronavirus in the country, Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced on […]
Five African countries with zero Covid-19 cases as of April 2
Reading Time: < 1 minute Since the novel coronavirus was reported in China December last year, it has spread to all the regions of the […]
Brace for tougher measures, CS Kagwe warns Kenyans
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kenyans should prepare themselves for stiffer measures even as Health CS Mutahi Kagwe yesterday revealed that 22 more cases of […]
COVID-19: Kenya confirms 22 new cases, total now at 81
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya has confirmed 22 new cases of coronavirus, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced on Wednesday. Of the 22, 18 […]
Landlords association speaks out as COVID-19 disrupts economy
Reading Time: < 1 minute Landlords and Tenants Association of Kenya (LATAK) on Wednesday asked landlords to offer tenants rent waiver for the months of […]
COVID-19: List of 10 hardest hit African countries
Reading Time: < 1 minute These are 10 African countries hardest hit by coronavirus as of April 1, 2020: South Africa – 1353 positive cases […]
What awaits incoming Safaricom boss, Peter Ndegwa
Reading Time: < 1 minute A fairly full in-tray awaits Safaricom’s new chief executive Peter Ndegwa who takes over the reins of East Africa’s most profitable […]
Profile: Meet Safaricom’s new CEO, Peter Ndegwa
Reading Time: < 1 minute The new Safaricom Chief Executive Officer Peter Ndegwa is as excellent as he comes, having served in top multinationals. Ndegwa […]
Private security firms, other bodies to bolster Govt. in fight against coronavirus
Reading Time: 2 minutes Private Security Congress indicated that the private security guards will serve as a standby force and that plans are underway to train its workforce.
Nine more people test positive for coronavirus
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nine more people have tested positive for coronavirus disease, Health Ministry announced on Tuesday. This brings to 59 the total […]
Mombasa’s only 5-star hotel shut down
Reading Time: < 1 minute PrideInn Paradise Beach Resort, the only five-star hotel in Mombasa, on Tuesday suspended operations as a result of booking cancelations […]
Retired Archbishop Mwana ‘a Nzeki dies at 89
Reading Time: < 1 minute Retired Catholic Archbishop Ndingi Mwana ‘a Nzeki is dead. Ndingi passed on aged 89 after a long illness, the Catholic […]
Coronavirus: Uganda President Yoweri Museveni announces a lockdown
Reading Time: < 1 minute Uganda President Yoweri Museveni on March 30 announced a lockdown to contain the spread of novel coronavirus. “After much consideration, […]
COVID-19: Uhuru holds first teleconference with IGAD heads of state (PHOTOS)
Reading Time: 3 minutes Member states of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have agreed to forge a joint approach to curb the spread […]
COVID-19: Kenya confirms 8 new cases, total now at 50
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya has confirmed eight more new coronavirus cases, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said on Monday. This brings to 50 […]
What govt has done to cushion Kenyans from hunger in wake of COVID-19 pandemic
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Nicholas Waitathu and Bernad Gitau The government has launched a programme to mobilise food that will be offered to vulnerable […]
Jumia to offer countrywide delivery through Posta
Reading Time: < 1 minute Postal Corporation of Kenya (Posta) has partnered with e-commerce company Jumia to offer courier services across Kenya. Posta and Jumia […]
Coronavirus: Kenya to import ventilators as cases rise to 42
Reading Time: < 1 minute The World Bank shall donate 250 ventilators for the treatment of COVID-19 in Kenya. Currently, the country has 4active novel […]
Coronavirus: British Army in Kenya to repatriate army families to UK
Reading Time: 2 minutes The British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) will temporarily withdraw its services in the country following the global coronavirus pandemic. […]
Kitale pastor, worshippers arrested for defying Govt.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kitale pastor and 20 worshippers arrested for holding a church service in defiance of Ministry of Health regulations.
Kisumu: Thieves steal guns and bullets from a police station
Reading Time: < 1 minute The officer on duty said he left the station to briefly visit his house but when he came back, he found the armoury had been broken into.
Punishment you’ll get if you break curfew directive
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has condemned the brutality meted upon civilians by police on March 27 and expounded […]
Videos and photos: Inside curfew period night one
Reading Time: < 1 minute In many sections of the country, police brutality and confusion marked day one of the curfew.
COVID-19: Naivas announces opening, closing hours as curfew kicks in
Reading Time: 3 minutes Naivas Supermarkets on Friday adjusted their opening and closing hours as curfew announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday is […]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mr Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus, Downing Street says. His symptoms are mild and he will continue to lead […]
COVID-19: Confirmed case reported at a Mombasa hospital
Reading Time: < 1 minute Premier Hospital in Mombasa on Friday confirmed one of the patients in the facility had tested positive for COVID-19. In […]
DP Ruto’s Weston Hotel shut down
Reading Time: < 1 minute Deputy President William Ruto’s Weston Hotel will be closed from Monday March 30th until further notice. This comes amid the […]
COVID-19: Cases rise to 31 in Kenya
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Ministry of Health on Thursday said three more cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the country. This brings […]
Ruto speaks as government outlines measures to combat COVID-19
Reading Time: 2 minutes Deputy President William Ruto on Wednesday told Kenyans to rally behind President Uhuru Kenyatta and support government’s measures to combat […]
Uhuru declares dusk to dawn curfew to fight corona spread
Reading Time: 3 minutes Eric Wainaina @EWainaina Life is bound to drastically change for Kenyans after President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday imposed a dusk to […]
Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Prince of Wales has tested positive for coronavirus, Clarence House has confirmed. Prince Charles, 71, is displaying mild symptoms […]
Why Kenya is not about to force Covid-19 lockdown
Reading Time: 3 minutes Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Patrick Njoroge yesterday signalled that the government is not about to impose a lockdown […]
Raila Odinga addresses Kenyans over COVID-19 (video)
Reading Time: < 1 minute Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga has spoken to Kenyans over the coronavirus pandemic. On top of the […]
Medics turn away people with coronavirus symptoms
Reading Time: 2 minutes Harrison Kivisu and Sophie Njoka Medical personnel in Kilifi and Mombasa are now sending away patients with symptoms similar to those […]
COVID-19: CAS Mung’aro receives his test results after coming into contact with Kilifi DG
Reading Time: < 1 minute Lands Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Gideon Mung’aro on Tuesday received his coronavirus test results after he came into contact with […]
Kenya confirms nine new Covid-19 cases
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya has confirmed nine new cases of coronavirus in the country, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced during a press […]
COVID-19: 3 travellers from Kenya among 17 new cases reported in Rwanda
Reading Time: < 1 minute Rwanda’s COVID-19 cases jumped to 36 on Monday from 19 cases on Sunday, the health ministry said in a statement. […]
Coronavirus: Raila clears air over his meeting claims with Kilifi deputy governor
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bernard Gitau @benagitau Opposition leader Raila Odinga yesterday refuted claims that he met Kilifi Deputy Governor Gideon Saburi during a […]
Coronavirus: Blogger Robert Alai released on cash bail
Reading Time: < 1 minute Milimani senior resident magistrate David Ndungi on Monday released city blogger Robert Alai on Sh 150,00 or alternative cash bail […]
CS Kagwe confirms eight more coronavirus cases, now at 15
Reading Time: 2 minutes Eight more people have tested positive for coronavirus, Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mutahi Kagwe has confirmed. The Health CS said […]
Kagwe unveils high-tech CT Scan centre at KNH in coronavirus fight
Reading Time: 3 minutes In a bid to combat the spread of coronavirus, the government has launched a Computed Tomography (CT) Scan center interfaced […]
CBK transfers Sh7.4 billion nabbed after demonitisation to consolidated fund
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) announced on March 20, it transferred to the Government Consolidated Fund Sh7.39 related to […]
Fifa set to agree on repeat FKF polls, trashes Normalisation Committee thought
Reading Time: 2 minutes World football governing body is set to officially announce the guidelines regarding Kenyan football elections impasse on Monday, but People […]
Coronavirus: Wa Iria wants State to restrict public movement
Reading Time: 2 minutes Murang’a County governor Mwangi Wa Iria has urged the government to implement measures which would minimize movement among the members […]
Health services going on uninterrupted, but security heightened due to COVID-19 – KNH
Reading Time: < 1 minute Health services are going on uninterrupted at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) though measures and security have been heightened due to […]
State bans visits to prisons
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Ministry of Interior on Thursday suspended all visits to prison lines, borstal institutions and youth corrective training centres across […]
Kenyan teacher shortlisted for Sh100 million award
Reading Time: 4 minutes A Kenyan teacher has been named in the top 50 shortlist for Sh100 million Global Teacher Prize 2020. Biology and […]
COVID-19: Court declines to summon health CS
Reading Time: < 1 minute The High Court on Thursday declined to summon Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe to appear in court to explain measures […]
Coronavirus: List of MPs who are on self-quarantine
Reading Time: 2 minutes Legislators who were in the same flight with the fourth coronavirus patient have quarantined themselves. The development came as anxiety […]
Kenya holds first meeting with Chinese doctors on coronavirus
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenya joins Singapore and South Korea in the list of countries drawing lessons from China's successful fight against the coronavirus.
Covid-19: Kalonzo wants banks to consider 3 to 6 months moratorium on loans
Reading Time: 2 minutes Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka has proposed that financial institutions and digital money lenders should consider a three to six-month […]
Panic as motorists donate masks to travellers, who then fall asleep and lose their valuables
Reading Time: < 1 minute Busia Deputy Commissioner Joseph Onyango has raised the alarm over cons, who are taking advantaging of the coronavirus pandemic to […]
Set aside funds to build cemeteries, funeral parlours, counties told
Reading Time: 4 minutes Senators now want all the 47 county governments to set aside funds in their County Annual Development Plans for financial […]
Six MCAs barred from accessing assembly’s premises over coronavirus
Reading Time: < 1 minute Six members from Murang’a County Assembly have been barred from accessing the assembly’s premises for two weeks. The MCAs are […]
Revealed: Names of MPs who ‘travelled with Covid-19 patient’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Panic and anxiety yesterday gripped Parliament after it emerged that some MPs and staff had come into contact with the […]
Coronavirus: Confirmed cases rise to 7
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya has confirmed three more cases of coronavirus, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said on Wednesday. Currently, Kenya has a […]
Covid-19 pandemic: Lockdown likely to spur e-commerce
Reading Time: 2 minutes Noel Wandera @NoelWandera5 The Covid-19 pandemic is forcing companies to come up with innovative ways to deliver supplies to needy […]
Coronavirus: CBK to quarantine hard currency
Reading Time: < 1 minute Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Patrick Njoroge on Wednesday said all hard currency coming from banks will be quarantined […]
Coronavirus: Uhuru announces national prayer day
Reading Time: 3 minutes PROCLAMATION OF THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER BY H.E. UHURU KENYATTA, C.G.H, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF […]
Kenya confirms fourth case of coronavirus
Reading Time: 2 minutes Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Tuesday said the government has confirmed another case of coronavirus case in Kenya. This […]
Coronavirus: KEPSA to set up COVID-19 action platform
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya’s umbrella body of the private sector plans to set up a COVID-19 action platform to raise awareness of measures […]
How DCI, police are working to stop coronavirus spread
Reading Time: 2 minutes The National Police Service has come up with a raft of measures aimed at protecting officers and prisoners from infection, […]
Polycarp Igathe gets new plum job days after resigning as Vivo vice president
Reading Time: < 1 minute Equity Group Holdings Plc has announced that Polycarp Igathe has re-joined the Equity Executive team as the Group Chief Commercial […]
Safaricom announces M-pesa fees waiver to encourage cashless transactions
Reading Time: < 1 minute Safaricom on Monday announced that it will waive fees for M-Pesa transactions below Sh1,000 following the outbreak of coronavirus. The […]
Coronavirus: Immigration announces news ways of service delivery
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Immigration Department is working towards establishing a virtual system to serve the hundreds of clients seeking travel documents at […]
Panyako accuses State of doing little to protect health workers
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) Secretary General Seth Panyako has accused government of doing little to protect nurses […]
Coronavirus turns things upside down, Uhuru’s limo tells it all
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta has confirmed two more coronavirus cases in the country in an address to the nation on Sunday.
Uhuru: Avoid churches, funerals, weddings and public gatherings
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta has confirmed two more Covid-19 cases, bring the country's total infections to three.
Kangundo hotel responds as police arrest staff filmed whipping elderly woman
Reading Time: 2 minutes Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua has vowed to take tough action against a Kangundo hotel staff caught on camera beating up a woman.
Steve Mbogo’s ‘partner’ reported missing, his car found near coffee farm
Reading Time: < 1 minute Dafton Mwaitiki was reported missing on March 13 and he was last seen at Kilimani, Nairobi near his workplace.
How Pastor Ng’ang’a will conduct Sunday service amid coronavirus concerns, representative reveals
Reading Time: < 1 minute Despite some churches having announced changes in their services following the coronavirus pandemic, Pastor Ng’ang’a’s Neno Evangelism will hold Sunday […]
Government will not quarantine neighbours of the coronavirus patient
Reading Time: < 1 minute The government will not quarantine tenants of the Ong’ata Rongai apartment which the first covid 19 patient lived. This is […]
Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board to focus on philanthropy
Reading Time: 2 minutes Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is stepping down from the company’s board to spend more time on philanthropic activities. He says […]
CS Kagwe reveals number of trained healthcare workers to handle coronavirus
Reading Time: 2 minutes The government has trained 1200 healthcare workers to be tasked with the management and eventual treatment of Coronavirus patients, the […]
Ministry of health locates estate, house where first coronavirus patient lived with 7 others
Reading Time: 2 minutes A team from the Ministry of Health on Friday located the estate where the first coronavirus confirmed patient lived in […]
The casino: Inside Kenya’s gambling dens
Reading Time: 5 minutes Betting has been around for centuries, but it is the adverse effects that come with its addiction that have become […]
How judge protected Babu Owino in robbery with violence case
Reading Time: 2 minutes The High Court on Thursday barred the police and the Director of Public Prosecution from arresting and charging Embakasi East […]
Moses Kuria off the hook in incitement case
Reading Time: 3 minutes Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria was Thursday acquitted of incitement to violence charges following a High Court’s declaration that a […]
Kiambu: Mysterious cult-like group founder speaks out
Reading Time: 2 minutes Gwata Ndai cultural group that has been accused of cultism has reverted against the accusations terming them malicious. John Njue, […]
Murkomen speaks over Ruto disloyalty claims
Reading Time: 2 minutes Elgeyo Marakwet Senator and Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen viciously defended the Deputy President William Ruto who has been accused of […]
Coronavirus: Magoha gives stern directive to teachers, students
Reading Time: < 1 minute Teachers and students have been directed to avoid shaking hands and unnecessary body contact to prevent and control the spread […]
Exclusive: DCI’s hand in sacking of Nairobi MCA Habiba Hussein
Reading Time: < 1 minute An inquiry by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) could have triggered the termination of Habiba Hussein’s nomination as the […]
Cop in Mama Lucy hospital shooting charged with murder
Reading Time: < 1 minute Police officer who allegedly shot and killed a bodaboda rider at the Mama Lucy Kibaki on February 18 has been […]
How Posta bosses trapped staff in loans scam
Reading Time: 3 minutes A new dossier has revealed how the top leadership of the Postal Coproration of Kenya (Posta) has been tricking desperate […]
Ruto allies ask Uhuru to dissolve govt, appoint Raila chief minister
Reading Time: 3 minutes More than 90 legislators allied to Deputy President (DP) William Ruto on Wednesday dared President Uhuru Kenyatta to dissolve government […]
Agony as family resorts to bury banana plant after failing to raise hospital bill for their deceased son
Reading Time: 3 minutes A family in Ruaka, Kiambu County now plans to bury a banana tree instead of their deceased son whose body […]
Insurance firm ex-boss charged with fraud
Reading Time: < 1 minute The former United Insurance boss George Ngure Kariuki was Tuesday arraigned in Ngong law court over land fraud. Ngure, 72, […]
Muturi: Why I want to abolish universal suffrage
Reading Time: 4 minutes National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi on Tuesday recommended radical amendments to the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) in what would see […]
Rare white giraffes in Garissa County killed
Reading Time: < 1 minute The rare white giraffes in Ilshaqbini Hirola Sanctuary in Garissa County are dead. According to Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) said […]
Locusts were visiting five counties then leave, says CS Munya
Reading Time: < 1 minute Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya on Tuesday said the desert locusts in at least five counties ware just a ‘visit’ […]
Police arrest man for killing brother over incest with mother
Reading Time: < 1 minute Police in Kisii are holding a man who allegedly killed his elder brother after finding him making love with their […]
DCI now targets 9 Ruto staff in Kenei’s murder probe
Reading Time: 3 minutes Homicide detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) will record statements from nine officials at the office of the […]
Uhuru unveils first locally assembled Mahindra vehicles
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday at State House, Nairobi unveiled the first locally assembled Mahindra vehicles. The Mahindra Scorpio Single […]
Ruto, Raila lead Kenyans in mourning Suleiman Dori
Reading Time: 2 minutes Deputy President (DP) William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga Monday led the nation in mourning the death of Msambweni […]
Policeman kills 62-yr-old man with hoe handle inside Kabras Police Station
Reading Time: 2 minutes Deceased was arrested at about 3am on Sunday at Litungu Bar in Malava town over allegation that he had assaulted a police officer.
Uhuru sends team to Somalia as security issues boil over
Reading Time: 2 minutes Uhuru sends a high-powered delegation of top security chiefs to his Somalia counterpart, Farmajo, in a move to settle simmering tensions.
Stop intimidating small people and come for me, DP Ruto dares his opponents (Video)
Reading Time: < 1 minute Deputy President William Ruto has dared his attackers allegedly in the civil service to go for him instead of threatening […]
Shh! Peaceful single woman at work
Reading Time: 2 minutes So many friends are under pressure to start families, even when they don’t want to settle down. “Na wewe utaolewa […]
Coronavirus: Northern Italy quarantines 16 million people
Reading Time: < 1 minute Italy has placed up to 16 million people under quarantine as it battles to contain the spread of coronavirus. Anyone […]
Kitui County steps up measures to combat deadly Coronavirus
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kitui County Assembly Health Committee has directed the County Health Executive to build staff capacity, set up suitable infrastructure including […]
Forex dealer on fraud charges
Reading Time: < 1 minute A director of Forex Training and Consultancy Limited was on Friday charged in a Nairobi court with obtaining over Sh […]
Farmers to access fertiliser direct from importers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Cereal farmers will start buying subsidised farm input from importers through the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB), Agriculture Cabinet […]
State to deploy new teachers in North Eastern
Reading Time: 2 minutes Education Cabinet Secreary Prof. George Magoha has assured that the government will soon deploy new teachers in North Eastern region. […]
Family members admitted after consuming poisonous chapatis
Reading Time: < 1 minute A couple and their eight children are admitted at Longisa Referral hospital after consuming chapatis prepared from wheat flour suspected […]
Woman raped, killed by her employee
Reading Time: < 1 minute A search is underway for a worker who went into hiding after he allegedly raped and killed his employer at […]
CBC system gets boost from Global Partnership
Reading Time: 2 minutes Newly-introduced Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) has received a major boost from the Global Partnership in Education which has pumped in Sh9.7 […]
Hippos and crocodiles attack Masinga residents
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hundreds of Ekalakala residents in Masinga sub-county have decried constant attacks by hippos and crocodiles that have led to loss […]
What caused chaos at Ruto’s event in Murang’a
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chaos erupted in Kandara, Murang’a County after Murang’a governor Mwangi Wa Iria stormed a meeting in which Deputy President William […]
Why Kenya lacks dollar billionaires
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenya doesn’t have any dollar billionaire (sh 100 billion and over) despite being the second country with the highest number […]
DCI, DPP clear air over perceived rivalry
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji and the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti on Thursday cleared […]
List of police stations where you are likely to die
Reading Time: 4 minutes Police pumped seven bullets into a suspect and demanded Sh3,000 for each bullet from his family, according to a chilling […]
New details emerge over simmering row between Kinoti and Haji
Reading Time: 4 minutes The clash between the DCI and the ODPP forced a magistrate to unconditionally release Kenya Ports Authority boss Daniel Manduku.
Coronavirus alert: 14 high risk counties identified
Reading Time: 2 minutes The government has identified 14 counties as high risk areas where residents face chances of being infected with the coronavirus. […]
MP wants Uhuru to revoke gazette notice employeeing governor, wife
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kwale Woman Representative Zuleikha Hassan on Wednesday asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to quash a gazette notice that appointed Kwale Governor […]
Coronavirus: Six quarantined Chinese given clean bill of health
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Brenda Mwende Six Chinese nationals, who were quarantined in Mutomo in Kitui South, do not pose any health threat, […]
Meet Flossin Mauwano: City’s faceless, famous king of grafitti
Reading Time: 5 minutes If you have walked the streets of Nairobi, you must have come across the inscription ‘Flossin Mauwano’. We uncover 29-year-old […]
Elachi explains how Sonko is ‘using proxies to stop State’ from taking over Nairobi
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Beatrice Elachi has accused embattled governor Mike Sonko of sabotaging the Nairobi County take over by […]
How you can now engage Safaricom on WhatsApp
Reading Time: < 1 minute Safaricom has introduced its artificial intelligence (AI) Chatbot assistant to popular messaging service WhatsApp. Zuri enables over 20 million Safaricom […]
Why CBK is planning to purchase US dollars until June
Reading Time: < 1 minute Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has rolled out plans to buy up to USD 100 million (Sh10.44 billion) every month […]
Magoha announces job opportunities at universities
Reading Time: < 1 minute Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has declared positions of chairpersons and members of councils of public universities and constituent colleges […]
High Court halves Babu Owino’s cash bail in DJ Evolve shooting case
Reading Time: < 1 minute Justice Luka Kimaru also quashes order by the Magistrate's court to have Babu Owino pay DJ Felix Orinda's hospital bill.
Puzzle of three strangers in Kenei house day he was killed
Reading Time: 3 minutes At least three strangers were in Sergeant Kipyegon Kenei’s house in Nairobi’s Villa Franca estate when he was killed last […]
America’s Steve Harvey hunts for Kenyan artist behind his portrait
Reading Time: < 1 minute Steve Harvey an American comedian, businessman and entertainer who hosts The Steve Harvey Morning Show want to meet a Kenyan […]
KQ responds to critics after suspending China plane whistle-blower
Reading Time: 2 minutes National Carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) has maintained that they suspended the whistle-blower who filmed a Chinese plane landing for breaching […]
Four kidnapping suspects including an AP officer shot dead at Kilimani
Reading Time: 2 minutes Four suspects including an Administration Police (AP) officer were on February 29 shot dead at Santack estate Kilimani where they […]
What President Uhuru told us, Nairobi MCA speaks (audio)
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nairobi Members of County Assembly (MCAs) on February 29 dropped bid to impeach Governor Mike Sonko after a meeting with […]
Ruto hits out at Raila over BBI rallies, again
Reading Time: 2 minutes Deputy President William Ruto has said that Kenyans are free to buy land and live in any part of the […]
Coronavirus fears: Investors lose big at NSE
Reading Time: 2 minutes John Otini Investors at the Nairobi Securities Exchange last week lost billions of shillings as foreign investors dumped stocks on […]
Inside wealth of Uhuru’s new Cabinet nominees
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Cabinet nominees to Health and Industrialization and Enterprise Development dockets have a combined net worth estimated at […]
Hackers clone SA intelligence minister’s phone
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mobile phones belonging to South Africa’s intelligence minister Ayanda Dlodlo and her deputy, Zizi Kodwa, have been cloned. High-profile investigators […]
Sonko speaks over State takeover of Nairobi
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi on Wednesday said he initiated talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta to have the State take over […]
Munya now speaks out over challenges of fighting locusts
Reading Time: 2 minutes Logistical challenges in the distribution of chemicals and aircraft fuel have affected efforts to fight the desert locust invasion in […]
Why State is set to kick off another round of Huduma Namba registration
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Bernard Gitau and Sophie Njoka The government is set to kick off another phase of Huduma Namba registration. National […]
Nairobi CECs reveal how it feels to work under abrasive Sonko
Reading Time: 3 minutes Nairobi County Executive Committee Members (CECs) are describing the working atmosphere under Governor Mike Sonko as full of fear and […]
Revealed: Why furious Uhuru struck Sonko hard
Reading Time: 3 minutes Emeka-Mayaka Gekara and David Musundi Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko’s recent decision to sack acting County Secretary Leboo ole Morintat and […]
Why most Kenyans prefer to build their own homes
Reading Time: 2 minutes High cost of buying homes and poor land tenure system are the main reasons Kenyans construct own homes as opposed […]
State takes over key functions at Nairobi County
Reading Time: < 1 minute The National Government has taken over key functions at the Nairobi County government. In a statement to newsroom on Tuesday, […]
Duale speaks after snubbing BBI rally at his home town
Reading Time: < 1 minute Garissa Township Member of Parliament (MP) and National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale has accused politicians of hijacking the Building […]
Narok Senator Ole Kina arrested in Nairobi
Reading Time: < 1 minute The senator was arrested on Tuesday morning in connection with his remarks before and during Narok's Building Bridges Initiative rally.
Legislators demand evacuation of Kenyans from Wuhan, China
Reading Time: 3 minutes Senators yesterday continued to pile pressure on the government to evacuate Kenyans from Wuhan city, China the epicentre of the […]
How hunger fund beneficiaries lost money to fraudsters
Reading Time: 2 minutes Seventy-one-year-old Athekon Lokoritapan staggers back to her homestead in sweltering heat in Akatarong’ot village in Turkana after hours of desperate […]
BBI has been turned to be a tool of division, says Raila
Reading Time: < 1 minute Opposition leader Raila Odinga has urged politicians not to take the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) debate personal to avoid raising […]
I’d rather die, Ngirita says as court declines to unfreeze her accounts
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on Monday urged the High court to dismiss a case by a member of […]
Anxiety as county pays workers through cheques
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kisumu County government on Monday started paying its employees through cheques in efforts to weed out ghost workers from the […]
Odinga election case postponed
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Viola Kosome The hearing of a case in which Raila Odinga’s sister Ruth Odinga, Kisumu Senator Fred Outa and […]
How State agency is turning millionaires into beggars
Reading Time: 5 minutes On January 23, Phyllis Njeri Ngirita, one of the suspects in the National Youth Service (NYS) corruption case, broke down […]
How parents can help children broaden their minds
Reading Time: 3 minutes Children of middle class parents should have significant advantages, in educational terms, over the children of low class and semi-illiterate […]
Tanga Tanga MP asks Uhuru to stop BBI rallies
Reading Time: 1 minute Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro wants President Uhuru to stop the BBI rallies over claims of ethnic profiling during the Narok rally on Saturday.
Why Duale snubbed BBI rally in his own constituency
Reading Time: 2 minutes National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale snub BBI rally in his own constituency where Raila addressed the biting teacher shortage.
Why Ruto allies skipped BBI Narok rally
Reading Time: 3 minutes After skipping Building Bridges Initiative rally in Narok, Ruto allies took to social media to disparage and cast aspersions on the rally.
NLC requires Sh4 billion to be fully operational, chairman says
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Monica Kagia -Mombasa National Lands Commission (NLC) says it requires Sh4 billion for its operations this year against an […]
Blow to bloggers as High Court upholds sections of Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Bernice Mbugua The High Court on Friday declined to quash 26 sections of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act […]
Naivasha man bites off and swallow part of his cousin’s ear in a domestic feud
Reading Time: < 1 minute Police in Naivasha are holding a middle-aged man who went berserk and bit off his kin’s ear following a domestic […]
Shock as Nyandarua man commits suicide after a domestic feud over Sh50
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Kirera Mwiti Residents of Magumu village in Kinangop Nyandarua County yesterday woke up to a rude shock after […]
Echesa ally arraigned in court over fake tender conspiracy
Reading Time: 2 minutes Alphonce Mung’ahu A director of the company alleged to have received Sh11.5 million in a fraud case facing former Sports Cabinet […]
Hotel owners told to be vigilant ahead of BBI meeting in Narok
Reading Time: 2 minutes BY KNA In a bid to step up security ahead of the Saturday Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) meeting at Narok […]
Most, least populous tribes revealed in latest population figures
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Kikuyu community is the most populous tribe in Kenya with 8.14 million people whereas little-known Konso community is the […]
Taxpayer to cough out Sh900b in court awards
Reading Time: 2 minutes The taxpayer risk losing Sh809.9 billion emanating from court awards, Solicitor General Ken Ogeto has warned. Appearing before the Justice […]
UhuRuto meet governors at State House
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta today hosted the 8th National and County Governments Coordination Summit during which the implementation progress of Big […]
Family denies burying ex-mayor secretly
Reading Time: 2 minutes The family of Thika’s longest serving Mayor Douglas Mundia has dismissed as untrue claims that they buried him secretly. […]
Jumia extends commission offer to local businesses
Reading Time: < 1 minute Jumia, a leading online retailer has extended its offer of giving a 50 per cent discount on commissions to local […]
How Echesa rode on tide of infamy to public prominence
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Zaddock Angira and Alvin Mwangi That besieged former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa, a man with a dubious past mired […]
Police officer in Mama Lucy hospital shooting detained
Reading Time: < 1 minute A police officer, who shot dead a bodaboda rider at Mama Lucy Hospital, has been detained. The court ruled he […]
Boy, 5, pens emotional letter to Uhuru appealing for help
Reading Time: 2 minutes Five-year-old Ethan Macharia has penned an emotional letter appealing for President Uhuru’s help in paying for his treatment in India. […]
Nyoro appoints deputy, fires two CECs
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Clement Kamau and Njange Maina Kiambu Governor James Nyoro has appointed Joyce Ngugi as deputy and fired two County […]
MP walks to TV interview with yellow locusts to disprove Munya claim
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mbeere South MP walks to a television interview with bag of yellow locusts to disproof Agriculture CS Peter Munya's claims.
How detectives tracked and killed 7 suspected robbers in Isinya, Kajiado
Reading Time: < 1 minute Detectives from the Special Services Unit of the DCI, while acting on a tip-off, trailed a black Toyota Fielder within Isinya town.
TSC requires Sh17b to hire new teachers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has said it requires an additional Sh17 billion to recruit new teachers in the country on […]
Concerns raised as BBI referendum funds not factored in budget
Reading Time: 3 minutes The National Treasury has not factored in money for the referendum in the current budget even as the push for […]
Why Maraga wants early retirement
Reading Time: 4 minutes Reports that Chief Justice David Maraga may opt for early retirement, less than a year before his term comes to […]
Ruto now writes to IG over Echesa fraud case
Reading Time: < 1 minute Deputy President William Ruto has asked Inspector General (IG) of police Hillary Mutyambai to investigate how former Sports Cabinet Secretary […]
Duale now gives new conditions before supporting BBI
Reading Time: < 1 minute The North Eastern region will only support the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) if three demands are addressed, National Assembly Leader […]
State speaks out over late Moi’s staff fate
Reading Time: 2 minutes Civil servants who had been seconded to late President Daniel arap Moi will be given ample time to mourn before […]
Safaricom rolls out new mobile phone prefixes
Reading Time: < 1 minute Safaricom PLC has deepened market penetration after announcing the introduction of the new 0110 and 0111 prefixes as it races […]
Detectives camp at DP Ruto’s office over fake tender probe
Reading Time: 4 minutes One of the foreigners at the centre of a Sh39 billion fake arms tender scandal yesterday led detectives to the […]
Tunza Clinics, micro-insurer ink healthcare access deal
Reading Time: < 1 minute Population Services Kenya (PS Kenya) through its Family Health Network brand- Tunza Clinics, has partnered with Insurance For All (IFA), […]
Victim in Sh39b military equipment fraud speaks out
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mamdou Amer, a director at Eco Advance Technology LLC, which was the target of a recent scam, said they were contacted […]
Echesa, three others granted bail in Sh39 billion fraud case
Reading Time: 2 minutes Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa and three others were Monday charged with conspiracy to commit a felony and attempting […]
Blow to Sonko as court bars Assemby from vetting DG nominee
Reading Time: < 1 minute The High Court on Monday barred Nairobi County Assembly from vetting deputy governor nominee Anne Mwenda. Justice Mumbi Ngugi issued […]
How Uhuru call saved DP allies from Kieleweke onslaught
Reading Time: 3 minutes A call by President Uhuru Kenyatta last Thursday halted a plan by legislators allied to Kieleweke and Orange Democratic Movement […]
Leaders push for national government to take over Dandora dumpsite
Reading Time: 3 minutes The national government may take over Dandora Dumpsite as concerns continue to grow that it has become a business ground […]
Ruto allies issue conditions for supporting final BBI report
Reading Time: 3 minutes Allies of DP William Ruto say they will reject the final Building Bridges Report if the documents proposes MPs pick Head of State.
Motorist dies after car crashes then bursts into flames on Langata Road
Reading Time: < 1 minute A motorist died after his car crashed on Langata Road on Sunday morning. The car veered off the road and crashed against a wall.
Fire at Starehe Boys school collapses a building
Reading Time: < 1 minute Fire engulfed Starehe Boys School on Saturday collapsing a building block. No boy or staff was hurt in the inferno […]
KWS; We have a baby White rhino, but still too early to tell if it’s a boy or girl
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya Wildlife Service(KWS) on Saturday afternoon excitedly announced the birth of Southern White Rhino in Nairobi National Park. “We are […]
Fire in Kirinyaga as Kibicho scolds Waiguru over a Sh15b project
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has responded fiercely to Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho for accusing her of sabotaging the construction […]
Government reassures citizens on coronavirus
Reading Time: 2 minutes The government has assured Kenyans that there is no cause for alarm over the coronavirus, the acute viral respiratory disease that […]
Detectives question teachers over tragedy that killed 15 Kakamega pupils
Reading Time: 2 minutes Detectives are seeking to establish why teachers at Kakamega Primary School had reserved one of the staircases in the building […]
Senator Kasanga to introduce a bill to back Uhuru’s task force on mental health
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nominated Senator Sylvia Kasanga has emphasized the need to develop a comprehensive policy on mental health. Speaking after meeting the […]
Magoha expands JKF publisher to scholarship coordination centre
Reading Time: 2 minutes Education CS Prof George Magoha Friday said the ministry is working towards expanding the mandate of Jomo Kenyatta Foundation (JKF) […]
Miguna sues two airlines, seven others over his aborted trip to Kenya
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Sheila Mutua Controversial Canada-based lawyer Miguna Miguna has sued Air France, Lufthansa Airlines, Kenya’s Attorney General and six others […]
How to get through Valentine’s Day if it’s not your partners thing
Reading Time: 2 minutes Different people see Valentine’s Day contrarily. To some, this is the day to express love for your significant other while […]
Priest gets five years for trying to defile girl
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Catholic priest in Trans Nzoia has been jailed for five years after he was found guilty of attempting to […]
Why Kenyans will have to pay more for fuel
Reading Time: 2 minutes By John Otini Oil marketers are set to pay more for transport of petroleum products after the energy sector regulator […]
Juice maker speaks out over dumped expired products
Reading Time: < 1 minute A juice maker has distanced itself from consignment of juices dumped at a dumpsite in Nairobi Kevian Kenya Ltd Managing […]
Monica Kimani murder: Jowie finally granted bail
Reading Time: < 1 minute The prime suspect in the murder of businesswoman Monica Kimani, Joseph Irungu alias Jowie has been granted Sh2 million cash […]
Retired President Daniel Moi buried at Kabarak
Reading Time: < 1 minute The late retired President Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi has been buried next to his late wife Lenah Moi at his […]
Man arrested for carrying snake in suitcase
Reading Time: < 1 minute Police in Likoni Mombasa on Wednesday arrested a man attempting to smuggle a 2.3 metres python through the Likoni Ferry. […]
Raphael Tuju involved in road crash
Reading Time: < 1 minute Jubilee Secretary-general Raphael Tuju was Wednesday morning involved in a road accident at Magina area on Nakuru-Nairobi highway. Tuju, who […]
Cautious contingency measures lock out hundreds from funeral service
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Alvin Mwangi and Bernard Gitau Hundreds of mourners were left angry after being barred from accessing the Nyayo Stadium […]
Ruto vows to back Uhuru’s unity quest as Clergy says locusts invasion ‘curse for Kenya’
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Githinji Mwangi Deputy President William Ruto yesterday told politicians to support President Uhuru Kenyatta’s quest for unity. According to […]
Invest in care for fast-increasing elderly population
Reading Time: 2 minutes The ‘2013 Act’ also known as the Parent’s Maintenance Act 2013, is a Bangladesh law that compels ‘children’ (Bangladeshi) to […]
Kenyans unite in love and respect for ex-president
Reading Time: 4 minutes On Sunday, Uhuru drove himself to inspect the venue that will host the memorial service on Tuesday, February 11.
Nike petitioned to redesign Kenya’s ‘ugly’ Olympics sportswear
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Sunday, the petition had received close to 14,000 signatures, just 1,000 shy of the target set by the petitioner on Change.org.
Police, civilians ejected as Kibaki views Moi’s body
Reading Time: 2 minutes Media houses that have been beaming the event live were also directed to temporally halt their services for almost 20 minutes.
Uhuru drives himself to Nyayo Stadium
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hand on the steering of a G Wagon Mercedes Benz, Uhuru Kenyatta was accompanied by the Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Samson Mwathethe
Embassy condemns ‘racism’ as a Chinese boss faces court for caning a Kenyan worker
Reading Time: < 1 minute The offending videow showa a Chinese chef whipping a Kenyan waiter who allegedly reported late to work at a restaurant in Nairobi last week.
Shock as student’s lifeless body found in room at Bondo Technical Institute
Reading Time: < 1 minute Students of Bondo Technical Training Institute on February 7woke up to a rude shock following the death of a 24-year-old […]
The President and his deputy lead the nation to view the body of the late retired president Moi (Photos)
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta on February 8 led the nation to view the body of the late retired president Daniel Moi.
Kakamega leaders say occult could have led to the death of school pupils
Reading Time: 2 minutes Local politicians and clerics have agreed that the deaths of 14 Kakamega Primary School pupils in a stampede at the […]
KRA seizes five high-end vehicles from UK at Mombasa Port
Reading Time: 3 minutes Customs officials in Mombasa have seized five more high-end motor vehicles and two motorbikes suspected to have been stolen from […]
State agrees with family to bury Moi at Kabarak home
Reading Time: 4 minutes Zaddock Angira and Hilary Mageka Retired President Daniel arap Moi will be laid to rest at his Kabarak home, Nakuru county, […]
Waititu loses bid to stop Nyoro from appointing deputy
Reading Time: < 1 minute High Court judge James Makau on Monday declined to issue orders stopping Kiambu Governor James Nyoro from appointing his deputy. […]
State to relocate traders along railway line
Reading Time: < 1 minute Transport Cabinet secretary (CS) James Macharia has said the government will facilitate the relocation of the people running small businesses […]
Coronavirus scare as second Kenyan is hospitalised
Reading Time: 3 minutes Panic has engulfed medics in two hospitals in Mombasa following a suspected case of coronavirus involving a Kenyan medical student […]
Why I made my cancer struggles public
Reading Time: 6 minutes Living with liver cancer, OMONDI OCHUKA’s story is one of courage in adversity. He tells Harriet James Not many people […]
Panic in Mombasa hospitals as a student who travelled from China put in isolation
Reading Time: 2 minutes Patient was handled at Mombasa Hospital, a private facility before she was moved to the Coast Provincial General Hospital (CPGH) on Friday.
Italian arraigned over inflated purchase costs
Reading Time: < 1 minute An Italian businessman has been charged before a Mombasa Law Court with inflating purchases by over Sh79 million to evade taxes. […]
I am not firing any professor, Zack Kinuthia responds to viral video
Reading Time: 2 minutes The newly appointed Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) for Education Zachary Kinuthia has refuted claims that he intends to fire Murang’a […]
Tangatanga allies almost ejected out of the Kitui BBI rally
Reading Time: < 1 minute Police attempted to forcefully eject Gatundu South Member of Parliament (MP) Moses Kuria out of the Building Bridges Initiative(BBI) meeting […]
Mudavadi to make party stand on BBI debate ‘soon’
Reading Time: < 1 minute Amani National Congress (ANC) Party Leader, Musalia Mudavadi has reiterated that the party’s position on the ongoing Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) […]
Liverpool out of sight as top-four scrap takes centre stage
Reading Time: 2 minutes Liverpool can equal Manchester City’s record of 20 consecutive home Premier League wins on a weekend that pits six top-four […]
Ruto-allied politicians kicked out of Uhuru rally
Reading Time: 2 minutes By PD Reporter and PSCU A Member of Parliament and scores of Members of County Assembly allied to Deputy President […]
Why State is set to roll out second Huduma Namba registration drive
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Government will put in place measures to roll out the second phase of the Huduma Namba programme, Interior Ministry […]
Let him ‘rot in jail’, wife tells appeal court
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Monica Kagia The wife of a Muslim cleric who is serving a life imprisonment for sodomising his stepson […]
Senior politician’s sons face Sh50m theft charge
Reading Time: < 1 minute Two sons of a Mombasa politician were yesterday charged at a Shanzu court with economic crimes and drug trafficking. Abdallah […]
Uhuru launches Sh1.2 billion road
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta today launched the construction of Shs 1.8 billion Naivasha to Njabini road. The upgrading of the 32 […]
Jumia expands its services in Kenya
Reading Time: < 1 minute A leading e-commerce platform, Jumia has opened up its online platform to brands and corporate organizations for advertising, following the launch of its Jumia Advertising Services […]
This man Nyoro: From boardroom to murky politics
Reading Time: 4 minutes In 2012 when James Nyoro quit his position as the Managing Director of the Rockefeller Foundation Africa Region to vie for the Kiambu governorship, little was known about […]
Coronavirus: KQ temporarily suspends flights to Guangzhou
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenya Airways (KQ) has temporarily suspended flights to the Chinese city of Guangzhou effective today, to limit the spread of […]
How Waititu was felled by three women
Reading Time: 4 minutes Two wives and a widow. These are the three women who played a key role in Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu’s downfall, […]
EABL manages a pre-tax profit of Sh10.6b despite tax increase
Reading Time: 2 minutes Milliam Murigi @millymur1 Despite increases in alcoholic beverage taxes, East African Breweries Limited (EABL) managed a pre-tax profit of sh10.6 […]
Airtel Kenya customers to benefit from new products
Reading Time: < 1 minute Airtel Kenya is going revolutionary by allowing its customers to enjoy cheap data rate for its prepaid customers. The company […]
Nyoro swearing in as Kiambu governor postponed
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Judiciary on Thursday announced that the swearing in of Kiambu Deputy Governor James Nyoro as Kiambu governor has been […]
Reprieve for Samburu governor as court rules in his favour
Reading Time: < 1 minute Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal on Thursday got a reprieve after trial court dismissed case by Director of public Prosecutions (DPP) […]
Kinyanjui speaks out over pro-Ruto BBI rally in Nakuru
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui has dispelled claims that Afraha Stadium, on which Deputy President William Ruto-allied MPs plan to hold […]
Coronavirus: Why Kenya won’t evacuate citizens from China
Reading Time: 3 minutes George Kebaso and Peter Leshan The government will not evacuate its citizens from China because of the Coronavirus outbreak, it was […]
Ousted Kiambu Governor Waititu vows to take fight to court
Reading Time: 4 minutes Hillary Mageka and Antony Mwangi The entrenched divisions in Jubilee Party yesterday cost Kiambu Governor Ferdinard Waititu his seat after […]
Nairobi leads in flouting NTSA regulations
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nairobi leads as the region that flagrantly flouts the National Transport and Safety Authority’s (NTSA) regulations closely followed by Western […]
Two people perish in dawn Migaa road crash
Reading Time: < 1 minute Two people died in a road accident involving a mid-sized lorry and an 18-wheeler truck near the dreaded Migaa area […]
Employee charged with stealing Sh115m
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Mombasa court yesterday slapped a middle-aged woman with a Sh25 million bond after she was charged with several counts […]
What livid Uhuru told Ruto during State House lecture
Reading Time: 4 minutes A closely guarded meeting between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto on Monday afternoon came against a backdrop […]
Mombasa church in which pastor killed his wife hits headlines again
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Mombasa church in which a pastor stabbed his wife to death before taking his own life at the pulpit […]
Student walks for three days to get high school slot
Reading Time: < 1 minute A 14-year-old boy yesterday arrived at Chewoyet Boys’ High School in West Pokot without any of the requirements needed by the […]
Questions as PS Kibicho’s name dropped in DP Ruto fake assassination letter case
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Bernice Mbugua @BerniceMuhindi Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho was the complainant in a case on a fake letter detailing […]
Individuals, SMEs to benefit from cheaper loans
Reading Time: 2 minutes Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has signalled commercial banks to cut their lending rates after its Monetary Policy Committee lowered […]
Panic as three Chinese citizens isolated over Coronavirus fears
Reading Time: < 1 minute Panic spread to over 500 workers of Karimenu dam project in Kiambu on Sunday morning after three Chinese nationals feared […]
Students trapped in Chinese city as virus persists
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alvin Mwangi, Peter Leshan, Noel Wandera and Agencies Close to 100 Kenyan students are trapped in the Chinese city of […]
State now announces Kisumu port launch
Reading Time: 2 minutes The rehabilitated multi-million-shilling Kisumu port is set to be launched next month, Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia has said. In […]
Barclays Kenya customers to benefit from new products
Reading Time: 2 minutes Barclays Kenya, which is in its final stages of transitioning to Absa, has announced the roll out of new products […]
Babu Owino freed, barred from drinking alcohol in public
Reading Time: < 1 minute Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino has been released on Sh10 million cash bail after being charged with attempted […]
Bird that flew from Finland to Kenya has now flown to the Creator
Reading Time: < 1 minute Osprey, the migratory bird that flew from Finland to Kenya is dead. The death has been attributed to starvation that resulted […]
PHOTOS: Sarah Wairimu at her Kitusuru home
Reading Time: < 1 minute Late Dutch billionaire Tob Cohen’s widow Sarah Wairimu on Monday allowed to access her Kitusuru home accompanied by detectives from […]
Inside over 150 Ruto allied MPs’ meeting in Naivasha
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Anthony Mwangi, Noah Cheploen and Hillary Mageka Jubilee legislators allied to Deputy President William Ruto now want the country […]
Uhuru reveals what he’ll do after 2022
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ex-Jubilee Party vice-chairman Murathe has repeatedly insisted that President Kenyatta might remains in power, but in different capacity.
Two firms fined Sh21.6m for contravening trade laws
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has fined two companies a total of Sh21.6 million for contravening trade laws. In […]
Why Raila moved BBI rally from Tononoka to Mama Ngina Waterfront
Reading Time: 2 minutes Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga has announced that tomorrow’s Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) meeting will be held at […]
KRA simplifies application, issuance of tax compliance certificates
Reading Time: 2 minutes Taxpayers applying for Tax Compliance Certificates (TCCs) on the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) iTax portal will now get the certificates […]
Uhuru castigates Judiciary over Akasha drug case, again
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta has termed the conviction of self-confessed international drug trafficker Baktash Akasha and his younger brother Ibrahim Akasha […]
Two die in Mombasa Road car crash
Reading Time: < 1 minute Two people died and two others sustained injuries in grisly road accident on Mombasa Road after a vehicle they were […]
Cases at Kisumu appelate court adjourned for one year
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Viola Kosome All matters being handled at the Court of Appeal in Kisumu have been adjourned until January 2021 […]
President Uhuru declines Maraga’s plea for budget increase
Reading Time: 4 minutes Hillary Mageka @hillarymageka President Uhuru Kenyatta and Chief Justice David Maraga yesterday engaged in a rare public battle of wits […]
Rare migratory bird lands in Kenya from Finland after flying 6,948km
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bernard Gitau, @benagitau A rare migratory bird has landed in Kenya after flying a distance of 6948 kilometres from Finland. […]
DPP clears the air as embattled Maasai Mara University VC Walingo resumes work
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has rubbished reports that it has cleared Maasai Mara University Vice-Chancellor […]
Uhuru tells Judiciary to stop shielding criminals
Reading Time: 3 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta today said decisions made by judicial officers should always elevate public interest rather than narrow partisan concerns. […]
Scientists discover ‘why stress turns hair white’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Scientists say they may have discovered why stress makes hair turn white, and a potential way of stopping it happening […]
Varsity student suspended, asked to seek counseling over womanizing behaviour
Reading Time: < 1 minute A private university has suspended a male student for sleeping around with female students. The student has further been instructed […]
Central Kenya governor dumps Ruto after missing Mombasa State House trip
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Seth Mwaniki Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga has made a political about-turn, ditching Deputy President William Ruto whose State House […]
Details: Ruto ‘dispatches’ allies to vernacular radio stations to ‘calm’ his support base
Reading Time: 3 minutes Deputy President William Ruto’s allies have moved to reassure his Rift Valley support base amidst reports that he has been […]
SMEs to benefit from new Treasury loan facility
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Ministry of Trade and Industrialization together with the National Treasury plan to launch a Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) […]
Details emerge over gun Babu Owino allegedly used to shoot DJ
Reading Time: 3 minutes Questions have emerged over how Embakasi East lawmaker Babu Owino acquired the gun believed to have been used to shoot […]
More jobs, higher salaries announced for youth
Reading Time: 3 minutes The government has moved to ease unemployment among the youth by doubling the interns hired to work in the civil […]
Terror suspect surrenders after sneaking back from Somalia
Reading Time: < 1 minute A terror suspect on Tuesday surrendered himself to the police in Nairobi. The suspect whose identity has been withheld over […]
Blow for Kuria as DPP seeks to introduce new evidence in hate speech case
Reading Time: < 1 minute Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has requested a Nairobi court to allow him introduce new evidence in the […]
Burial date for late retired judge set
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Viola Kosome Burial of the late retired judge Justice Daniel Aganyanya has been set for February 1 at his rural home […]
College closed, over 30 learners arrested in Eastleigh
Reading Time: < 1 minute Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authority (TVETA) on Tuesday closed Allison College in EastLeigh after the institution was found to […]
Brexit is an opportunity for better Kenya-UK trade ties – Uhuru
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta today said BREXIT presents an opportunity for Kenya and the UK to forge deeper trade ties as […]
Kisumu: Oraro resigns as MCA to vie for county Speaker post
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kisumu acting Speaker Elisha Oraro has officialy resigned as Kisumu North ward Member of County Assembly (MCA) ahead of Friday […]
DP allies to participate in BBI rallies
Reading Time: < 1 minute Legislators allied to Deputy President William Ruto have vowed to attend all Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) rallies beginning this weekend […]
Police boss drops charges against Sonko
Reading Time: < 1 minute Coast Police Commander Rashid Yakub has dropped assault charges against Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko at Voi Law Courts. Read Also: […]
Embattled Governor Sonko reshuffles Cabinet
Reading Time: < 1 minute Embattled Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko, who is facing charges of allegedly using his position to loot money from City Hall, […]
No State security for public officials involved in crime
Reading Time: 4 minutes Politicians and senior government officials suspected to be involved in crime will no longer be provided with State security, while […]
Two minors drown in Murang’a
Reading Time: < 1 minute Residents of Kahaini village at Kandara in Murang’a County are reeling in shock after an 11-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl […]
Controversial blogger Cyprian Nyakundi arrested
Reading Time: 2 minutes Controversial blogger Cyprian Nyakundi on Monday arrested together with his accomplice Emmanuel Nyamweya Ong’era for blackmail, extortion and false accusations. […]
Magoha’s revocation of Kiama’s appointment as UoN VC suspended
Reading Time: < 1 minute Employment and Labour Relations Court judge Maureen Onyango has suspended the decision by Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha to […]
Uhuru launches Kenya’s first green bond at London Stock Exchange
Reading Time: 3 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta today rang the bell to kick off the trading of Kenya’s first green bond at the London […]
Safaricom, Ria partner to power worldwide money transfer
Reading Time: 2 minutes Safaricom has partnered with Ria Money Transfer, subsidiary of Euronet Worldwide, to empower more than 26 million M-PESA customers to conveniently […]
Babu Owino to spend seven more days in police custody
Reading Time: < 1 minute Embakasi East Member of Parliament (MP) Babu Owino to be remanded for seven more days to allow police finish probe […]
Babu Owino charged with attempted murder
Reading Time: 2 minutes Embakasi East Member of Parliament (MP) Babu Owino has been charged with tempted murder and disorderly while carrying firearm. Director […]
ANC, Ford-K, Jubilee party leaders demand apology over humiliation
Reading Time: 2 minutes Amani National Congress (ANC), Ford-Kenya and Jubilee party leaders in Kakamega want the government to apologise for mayhem and police […]
Intrigues behind University of Nairobi leadership wars
Reading Time: 4 minutes The leadership wrangles at the University of Nairobi is likely to escalate today with two crucial meetings scheduled to take […]
Charged Bukhungu BBI rally brought together Western leaders
Reading Time: 2 minutes Only twenty minutes of the entire day was spent discussing and endorsing creation of an executive premier position in the […]
Drama as Mudavadi, Wetangula gatecrash Raila’s BBI rally
Reading Time: 2 minutes Luhya leaders Musalia Mudavadi and Moses Wetangula bowed to political pressure and attended Raila Odinga's BBI rally at the Bukhungu Stadium.
Don’t turn BBI into political contest – Ruto
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Shelmith Gathoni A section of leaders led by Deputy President William Ruto have said the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) […]
Uhuru eulogises Rtd Judge Aganyanya as an independent legal mind
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta has paid glowing tribute to Retired Judge Daniel Aganyanya, describing him as a great, patriotic Kenyan who […]
Ruto asks BBI taskforce to share countrywide programme
Reading Time: 2 minutes By DPPS Deputy President William Ruto has asked the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) taskforce to move swiftly and share its […]
Police issue terror alert in Kakamega
Reading Time: < 1 minute Police in Kakamega on Friday issued a terror alert in the area urging residents and visitors to watch out. In […]
Building Bridges Initiative proponents fight ODM perception
Reading Time: 2 minutes The conveners of tomorrow’s (Saturday) Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) rally resorted to threats to woo Luhya political Supremos Musalia Mudavadi and […]
Cane stakeholders want taskforce report availed for public validation
Reading Time: 2 minutes A group of sugar stakeholders in Western Kenya have petitioned the government to reconsider the taskforce report for public validation […]
Babu Owino arrested
Reading Time: < 1 minute Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino is currently being held at Kilimani Police Station after he allegedly shot and […]
Murkomen, Kihika, Washiali face ouster from House posts
Reading Time: 4 minutes Emeka-Mayaka Gekara After the exit of Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri from government, the onslaught on Deputy President William Ruto is […]
Akaranga tasked to account for Sh1b lost during his reign
Reading Time: < 1 minute Former Vihiga Governor Moses Akaranga was yesterday grilled at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters for more than three […]
Mt Kenya musicians respond to Kamanda payment claims
Reading Time: 2 minutes Musicians from Mt Kenya region have chastised nominated MP Maina Kamanda over his remarks that some artists from the region […]
Tension high as two meetings cancelled in Kakamega
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Hillary Mageka and Enock Amukhale @peopledailyke Political tension is building up in Kakamega County after police cancelled permits for […]
School girl commits suicide after killing son
Reading Time: 3 minutes Shock and disbelief gripped Kapkiamo village in Baringo North on Wednesday morning after a 19-year-old girl committed suicide by hanging […]
Aircraft with four onboard crashes in Kajiado
Reading Time: < 1 minute Four people on Thursday escaped death narrowly after their light aircraft was involved in an accident at Emarti area of […]
How President Uhuru sent Ruto back to drawing board
Reading Time: 3 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta used his Tuesday address to the nation to quell the rebellion building up in his Mt Kenya […]
Uhuru, Raila’s meeting hours before Cabinet reshuffle
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Anthony Mwangi, Hillary Mageka and Harrison Kivisu President Uhuru Kenyatta kept his Tuesday changes to the Cabinet a closely guarded […]
Dusit attack: Taxi driver narrates narrow escape from jaws of terror
Reading Time: 2 minutes One year ago, today Charles Kiarie survived the attack when the Al-Shabab gunmen entered the Dusit D2 complex at Riverside […]
Three people attack traffic officer in Murang’a
Reading Time: < 1 minute A traffic police officer based at Muranga police station is fighting for his life at Muranga General Hospital after being […]
Wahome accuses 3 MPs for planning to disrupt her meeting
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kandara Member of Parliament (MP) Alice Wahome has launched scathing attacks on nominated MP Maina Kamanda, Murang’a Woman Representative Sabina […]
Inside 14 Riverside Complex one year after terror attack
Reading Time: 2 minutes The 14 Riverside Commercial Park, the scene of a terror attack on January 15 last year, is today a picture […]
President Uhuru finally drops defiant minister in minor shake-up
Reading Time: 4 minutes Emeka-Mayaka Gekara President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday finally called the bluff and handed defiant Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri the sack […]
MPs want Ongwae, Nyagarama probed over corrupt dealings
Reading Time: 2 minutes Members of Parliament (MPs) allied to Deputy President William Ruto have called for the arrest and prosecution of Kisii Governor […]
What matters is good health, Kiunjuri says
Reading Time: < 1 minute Following his sacking by President Uhuru Kenyatta, outgoing Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture Mwangi Kiunjuri has said he was not surprised […]
Ex-student leader gets top ministry job
Reading Time: < 1 minute Former University of Nairobi Student leader Zachary Kinuthia has been appointed as Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) for Education by President […]
Shilling to weaken on oil price hike
Reading Time: 2 minutes The shilling is expected to depreciate by a 2.4 per cent margin this year mainly on increased oil imports bill […]
New faces in Uhuru’s government
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday reshuffled his cabinet, introducing new faces into top positions of the civil service. Mutahi Kagwe, […]
Kiunjuri fired as Uhuru reshuffles Cabinet
Reading Time: < 1 minute Agriculture Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mwangi Kiunjuri has been fired in the latest Cabinet reshuffle by President Uhuru Kenyatta. In the […]
Marketer recounts cheating death in Dusit terror attack
Reading Time: 3 minutes Today marks the first anniversary of the DusitD2 terror attack in Westlands that left 21 people dead and several others […]
Deputy President Ruto options amid sustained political attacks
Reading Time: 4 minutes Deputy President William Ruto is caught between a rock and a hard place with his political woes, some of which […]
Body of missing girl found dumped in septic tank
Reading Time: < 1 minute The body of 10-year old girl who disappeared about three months ago has been found inside a septic tank at […]
I will be on presidential ballot in 2022 – Wa Iria
Reading Time: < 1 minute Murang’a County Governor Mwangi Wa Iria on Monday said he is not going to retire from politics once his term […]
Central MPs urged to support President Uhuru
Reading Time: < 1 minute Murang’a, Sunday Two Murang’a legislators have urged leaders from Central Kenya to shun premature campaigns and support President Uhuru Kenyatta […]
Referendum on Building Bridges Initiative unstoppable, Raila declares
Reading Time: 3 minutes Robert Ochoro and Hillary Mageka The quest for a referendum to decide the fate of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) proposals […]
Ruto accuses ODM of using BBI to plan 2022 campaigns
Reading Time: < 1 minute Deputy President William Ruto accuses Raila Odinga's party of using BBI meetings to plan 2022 General Election line up.
Public cautioned on fraudsters registering sim cards
Reading Time: < 1 minute Bondo, Friday Members of the public have been asked to be wary of fraudsters who have devised a technique to […]
2020 resolutions: Make it best travel year
Reading Time: 4 minutes The beginning of the year is one of the most momentous times in most people’s lives. It marks the perfect […]
Ruto, MPs query use of public resources in BBI meetings
Reading Time: 3 minutes Vihiga, Friday A section of leaders including Deputy President William Ruto have questioned the use of public resources at hurriedly […]
Prisons staff caught ferrying foreigners to Nairobi
Reading Time: < 1 minute Three Kenya Prison Service officers were on Thursday evening arrested while trafficking eight foreigners from Garissa to Nairobi in a […]
K24 Tv news anchor Anjlee Ghadhvi succumbs to cancer
Reading Time: < 1 minute K24 Tv news anchor Anjlee Ghadhvi has died after a long battle with cancer. Ghadhvi succumbed to lung cancer at […]
National Bank receives Sh5b cash injection
Reading Time: < 1 minute KCB Group Plc has injected Sh5 billion into its newly acquired subsidiary, National Bank of Kenya, to address it capital […]
Ex-bourse boss appointed CDSC chief executive
Reading Time: < 1 minute Central Depository and Settlement Corporation Ltd (CDSC) has appointed Christopher Mwebesa as the new chief executive with effect from February […]
Is Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Kiunjuri daring Uhuru to sack him?
Reading Time: 4 minutes On October 24, last year, Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri called a press conference attended by 42 MPs associated with […]
Court frees 5 suspected militia group members
Reading Time: < 1 minute Five people suspected to belong to a militia group among them a prominent land dealer in Eldoret town have been […]
Shock as woman goes berserk, stabs four children and herself
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Viola Kosome Police in Kisumu County are investigating circumstances under which a woman stabbed her four children and her […]
World Bank grants State Sh10b for blue economy projects
Reading Time: 2 minutes Monica Kagia The government has secured Sh10 billion from World Bank to implement blue economy projects in the Coast region. […]
Governors support BBI report with eye on big positions
Reading Time: 5 minutes Emeka-Mayaka Gekara The lure of new positions and additional resources proposed in the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report are some […]
IEBC responds to Orengo’s ‘criminal enterprise’ claims
Reading Time: 2 minutes The electoral commission has refuted claims by Siaya Senator James Orengo that that it is a “criminal enterprise” that should […]
Kieni MP under fire for ‘representing’ Uhuru at burial
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kieni Member of Parliament Kanini Kega has come under fire for claiming to have been sent by President Uhuru Kenyatta […]
‘State is not aware of why Miguna Miguna is not back in Kenya’
Reading Time: 2 minutes The State is not aware of why Miguna Miguna is not back in the country, the court heard yesterday. According […]
Workers shun Lamu Port project, demand heightened security
Reading Time: < 1 minute Murimi Mutiga and Sophie Njoka Construction works at the multi-billion-shilling Lamu Port have been suspended after workers kept off the […]
Outrage as four pupils killed in dawn Shabaab attack at Garissa school
Reading Time: 3 minutes PD Correspondent Suspected al Shabaab militants yesterday killed four pupils in a cold-blood attack in Garissa county in an incident […]
Police seize 300 bags of rotten rice
Reading Time: 2 minutes Police have seized 300 bags of contaminated rice that had been disposed off at Mikuyu river, near Kasikeu market in […]
Two suspected al Shabaab militants killed in Garissa
Reading Time: < 1 minute Four civilians and two suspected al-Shabaab militants were killed on Tuesday morning after attackers attempted to gain entry into a […]
Miguna Miguna stranded in Germany
Reading Time: < 1 minute Controversial lawyer Miguna Miguna suffered a blow after Lufthansa Air refused to allow him on board a flight from Frankfurt, […]
Cop, KU student charged with stealing alcohol worth Sh3m
Reading Time: < 1 minute A female police officer based at Thika Police Station and Kenyatta University architectural student were on Tuesday charged with three […]
School heads defy ministry directive, charge illegal fees
Reading Time: 4 minutes The adage that old habits die hard seems to hold true for some schools heads, who have disregarded the government’s […]
Sonko stirs fresh controversy as he nominates DG
Reading Time: 2 minutes Anthony Mwangi and George Kebaso Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko yesterday nominated Anne Kananu Mwenda to the position Deputy Governor. But the […]
Kenyan jihadists blamed for Lamu Shabaab attacks
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Reuben Mwambingu and Zadock Angira Kenyan-born al Shabaab commander Abu Hamza al Kinyi is believed to be among five militants […]
Matiang’i reveals Al Shabaab recruitment centres
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Emeka-Mayaka Gekara and Zadock Angira Kenyan universities have become major recruitment centres for the al Shabaab terror group whose […]
Police arrest three for foiled attack on Britain army camp
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenyan security forces are holding three terror suspects who were arrested for trying to storm a British military camp in […]
Wahome sticks to her guns, vows not to apologise for criticising Uhuru
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kandara Member of Parliament (MP) Alice Wahome has told off her critics who have been attacking her over the remarks […]
Immigration speaks out on Miguna Miguna return
Reading Time: < 1 minute Government will facilitate entry of controversial Canada-based lawyer Miguna Miguna into the country in compliance with court orders issued in […]
Ugly scene as two factions clash over Alice Wahome remarks
Reading Time: < 1 minute Drama unfolded at Kenol town in Murang’a County after supporters of Kandara Member of Parliament (MP) Alice Wahome clashed with […]
Manda Bay attack: Number of killed soldiers revealed
Reading Time: < 1 minute At least three people including a US soldier were killed in the Sunday dawn attack at the Manda Bay Airfield, […]
What awaits Miguna Miguna at JKIA Tuesday
Reading Time: < 1 minute Exiled lawyer Miguna Miguna is tomorrow headed for another possible confrontation with Immigration officials in his third attempt to return […]
Magoha speaks out over school fees hike
Reading Time: 2 minutes Irene Githinji and Henry Andanje Schools re-open today for the first term, amid a stern warning from the Ministry of Education […]
Jubilee Party SG Tuju caught up in Jubilee wars over March poll
Reading Time: 5 minutes Jubilee Party, the political juggernaut that was a special purpose election vehicle for President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William […]
KCAA reopens Lamu airstrip after al Shabaab attack
Reading Time: < 1 minute The early morning attack on January 5, 2022, at Manda Air Strip left four of the attackers dead, according to the KDF.
Opinion split after Oparanya demolishes shops on freehold land
Reading Time: 2 minutes Lawyers divided on whether governors have power to trespass and demolish private property on freehold areas.
CT-Scan machine in Murang’a to ease patients travel woes
Reading Time: 2 minutes Patients seeking computed tomography scan from Murang’a and neighbouring counties are a happy lot after Kiriaini Mission Hospital launched a […]
Nyahururu residents living in fear over daring lone robber
Reading Time: 2 minutes Residents of Nyahururu Town in Laikipia County have expressed fears of burglary attack by an armed robber, who has been […]
Nurse arrested with consignment of stolen government drugs
Reading Time: < 1 minute A nurse attached to Masalani sub-county hospital in Ijara was arrested at Kanyonyo area of Mwingi County Thursday and an […]
Police launch investigations after man commits suicide in Bondo
Reading Time: < 1 minute Police in Bondo sub-county have launched investigations into the death of a young man whose body was found hanging in […]
Oparanya loses cool, rebukes staff in public, supervises demolitions
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Douglas Dindi Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya has said that he has lost confidence in his staff members and will […]
Lamu attack ‘coordinated by sleeper terror cell’ in Coast Region
Reading Time: 3 minutes By MURIMI MUTIGA & SOPHIE NJOKA Investigations into Thursday’s deadly ambush on a convoy of passenger vehicles by suspected Al […]
MP reveals plot to heckle Uhuru at Rubia’s burial
Reading Time: < 1 minute Murang’a County women representative Wanjiru Chege has unleashed scathing attacks on her Kandara counterpart Alice Wahome accusing her of disrespecting […]
How heroic driver saved 30 from jaws of al Shabaab
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Murimi Mutiga and Sophie Njoka Yesterday was just another day at work for Raymond Juma, the driver of one of […]
Ruto’s Sh10m donation triggers clergy wars
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Douglas Dindi Deputy President William Ruto’s Sh10 million donation to the Pentecostal Assemblies of God church last year has […]
Extension of Haji team’s term ploy to create premier post, claims Wahome
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Harrison Kivisu and Alvin Mwangi Kandara MP Alice Wahome has sensationally claimed that the extension of the Building Bridges […]
Suspected Wakali Kwanza members out on Sh1m bond
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Monica Kagia Eight suspected members of the Wakali Kwanza criminal gang were yesterday charged with several counts relating to […]
Suspected Al-Shabaab militants hijack passenger bus
Reading Time: < 1 minute Suspected Al-Shabaab militants on Thursday hijacked a passenger bus at Nyongoro area near Witu town in Lamu County. While confirming […]
Weatherman gives rain forecast for this week
Reading Time: < 1 minute The heavy rains that have been pounding the country for the last three months are likely to subside this week […]
Uhuru, Ruto, Raila face tough choices on BBI and graft war
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Eric Wainaina and Anthony Mwangi The New Year presents tough political choices for President Uhuru Kenyatta, his deputy William […]
Why Kinoti disbanded dreaded Flying Squad
Reading Time: 2 minutes The dreaded Flying Squad, a specialised unit that struck terror in the hearts of outlaws across country, ran its course […]
MP wants policy to guide State compensation
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kandara Member of Parliament (MP) Alice Wahome has proposed establishment of a policy which will facilitate the compensation of people […]
Why Yvonne Chaka Chaka has been deported from Uganda ahead of New Year performance
Reading Time: 2 minutes Legendary South African musician Yvonne Chaka Chaka threw praises at Bobi Wine last year and referred to him as the […]
Flying Squad Unit disbanded, renamed
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss George Kinoti has disbanded the Flying Squad and formed a new unit called […]
Police launch manhunt for three suspected criminals
Reading Time: < 1 minute Police are looking for three men linked to criminal gangs in Nairobi and Mombasa. In a statement, National Police Service […]
Uhuru hints Miguna is welcome back to Kenya
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday hinted that controversial lawyer Miguna Miguna is welcome to come back into the country following […]
WIB boss wants 7-year tax holiday for youth, women in business
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chief Executive Officer and President of Women in Business (WIB) Mary Muthoni has called on the people spearheading the Building […]
Mystery of increased deaths during holidays
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s meant to be a time of good cheer, relaxation and celebration, but as it turns out, death doesn’t take […]
You’re free to choose political affiliation, Uhuru tells leaders
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday said his government has no intentions of curtailing the freedom of political affiliation among the […]
Casa Mbungo finally ditches Ingwe
Reading Time: 2 minutes AFC Leopards head coach Andre Casa Mbungo has finally left the club after weeks of sulking due to non-payment of […]
Traffic officer kills motorist for refusing to pay Sh3000 bribe
Reading Time: < 1 minute A cold blooded murder was witnessed on Sunday in Trans Mara, Narok County after a traffic policeman shot and killed […]
Magoha launches scholarship program in Kiandutu slums
Reading Time: < 1 minute Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) George Magoha on Monday launched Elimu Scholarship program in conjunction with Equity Bank at Kiandutu slums […]
Al Shabaab abductees released unharmed
Reading Time: < 1 minute Two people, who were abducted by suspected Al Shabaab militants on Boxing Day, have been released unharmed. Police confirmed the […]
Why Wetangula wants Bungoma governor probed
Reading Time: < 1 minute Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula has warned Bungoma Governor Wycliffe Wangamati over his alleged cartels who have been ‘awarded’ most of […]
Mwingi inmates get unusual Christmas treat
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Brenda Mwende As Kenyans celebrate festive season, inmates at Waita GK Prison in Mwingi were treated to a rare […]
Texas church shooting: Two fatally shot before gunman killed by churchgoer
Reading Time: < 1 minute A gunman opened fire in a church in Texas, fatally shooting two parishioners before being killed by an armed member […]
Pregnancy, taxes, tragedy top Google searches in Kenya
Reading Time: 2 minutes The search engine listed trendy topics for Kenyans in 2019, saying it is a reflection of societal mood and disposition […]
Protect betting firms against rogue state agencies – Malala
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala says legislation on gaming should protect betting firms against rogue government agencies. Malala also challenged the […]
Retirees given colourful send-off
Reading Time: < 1 minute Andy Morgan The Department of Information has bid farewell to six retiring officers at a colourful ceremony in Nairobi. The […]
M-Shwari lock saving account deposits hit Sh18.7b
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mobile credit facility, M-Shwari has locked in 450,000 customers with deposits of more than Sh18.7 billion since the savings account […]
Health sector characterised by wins and misses in 2019
Reading Time: 3 minutes 1. Cancer concerns In 2019, the focus was on cancer, with the government on the spot over little investment to […]
Families rendered homeless after flash floods in Kisumu
Reading Time: < 1 minute A total of 80 families were today rendered homeless in Buoye Village, Kisumu County after flash floods hit the area […]
Genuine fear or 2022 realignment politics? Intrigues behind governor’s claims
Reading Time: 3 minutes Emeka-Mayaka Gekara Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua’s sensational claim on the threat in which he has dragged Deputy President William Ruto […]
Killer cockrell hops homestead headless in a cleansing ritual
Reading Time: < 1 minute DOUGLAS DINDI In a bizarre ritual, a Kakamega family whose six-month-old baby collapsed and died on Christmas day after being […]
Not even hard economic times could dim Kenyans Xmas spirit
Reading Time: 3 minutes Jasmine Atieno and Roy Lumbe Thousands of local and foreign visitors swamped Mombasa to celebrate Christmas and New Year. From […]
Encourage use of clean cooking fuel to save lives
Reading Time: 2 minutes Wanjiku Manyara Preventing loss of lives to respiratory diseases is a goal within Kenya’s grasp. Yet it will require a […]
Ten types of massage to explore this season
Reading Time: 2 minutes As the festive period kicks in and the year approaches the tail end, one might feel too exhausted or fatigued […]
How to enjoy Christmas with your in-laws
Reading Time: 3 minutes A good working relationship with your spouse’s family starts now, but it is not as hard as it is made […]
Beauty contests outcome big win for black girl-child
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sandra ochola Beauty pageants are viewed differently. For some, they are nothing more than pastime activities where the trivialities of […]
Proposal to offer citizenship to investors ill-advised
Reading Time: 3 minutes ANTHONY NGINYO The proposal to have Kenya offer citizenship to wealthy investors ostensibly to enhance direct foreign investment is, to […]
How Christmas can be stress-free
Reading Time: 3 minutes We love the festive season. We travel, dine, wine and have fun even as we relax and enjoy burying the […]
Revellers flock to the Coast as floods slow wildlife safaris
Reading Time: 3 minutes Harrison Kivisu and Harriet James All roads lead to the Coast once again this festive season as domestic tourists hesitate to […]
The day Defence PS was manhandled in a presidential event
Reading Time: 2 minutes On Friday December 13 when President Uhuru Kenyatta was to lay wreath at Modika Barracks Heroes Monument in Garissa County […]
Where did the Christmas spirit go?
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s finally Christmas season and no energy to welcome the festivities. Well, as a child, I couldn’t believe that Christmas […]
Shortage of health facilities, doctors hurt UHC initiative
Reading Time: < 1 minute The government’s Universal Health Coverage (UHC) programme faces serious challenges after a recent UN report revealed that 5,000 people share […]
Tips for employees this holiday season
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Samson Osero The festive season is gathering momentum with employees beginning the countdown to dumping 2019 to the annals […]
Terror-level in northern Kenya ‘currently very high’
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Kenya Army camp established in Garissa will boost the force’s ability to fight terror in the region and other […]
Pokot landslide victims to benefit from Sh10m China boost
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Isaac Wafula Red Cross Society of China has donated Kshs.10 million to the victims of landslide disaster in West […]
Mugure plea-taking deferred for third time
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Samuel Waititu A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier accused of killing his estranged wife and two children two months […]
State sets aside Sh4.5b for infrastructure restoration
Reading Time: 2 minutes By David Nduro, KNA The government will spend Sh4.5 billion to rebuild infrastructure destroyed by the floods following heavy rains […]
Top KCSE girl flew to school from Kapenguria
Reading Time: 2 minutes A top Kenya Certificate of Secondary of Education (KCSE) 2019 candidate used to fly to school. Long’al Chepengat Maureen literally […]
Fallen Murang’a giant schools reclaim their glory in 2019 KCSE results
Reading Time: < 1 minute The once shinning stars from Murang’a County are seeking to regain their glory after years of dismal performance. Murang’a Boys […]
Court of Appeal sittings outside Nairobi suspended, judges recalled
Reading Time: < 1 minute Judiciary has recalled all the Court of Appeal judges in Mombasa and Kisumu due to lack of enough judges in […]
Court of Appeal upholds ruling barring charged governors from accessing office
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Court of Appeal sitting in Nairobi has upheld Justice Mumbi Ngugi’s ruling that governors, who are facing corruption charges, […]
Visually impaired boy beats odds to score B+ in KCSE
Reading Time: 2 minutes When Cabinet secretary for Education Prof George Magoha was announcing the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results, he recognized […]
Governor Waititu impeached
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kiambu Members of County Assembly (MCAs) on Thursday afternoon voted to impeach embattled Governor Ferdinand Waititu. Out of 64 MCAs […]
Cabinet approves renaming of two national holidays
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cabinet on Thursday approved the renaming of Moi Day which falls on 10th October as Huduma Day. This is in […]
KCSE 2019: School to send highest number of students to university revealed
Reading Time: < 1 minute Out of the 705 candidates who sat the 2019 KCSE examination at Maranda High School in Siaya County, 619 scored […]
Most improved candidates wow minister, nation
Reading Time: 2 minutes When Milka Wanjiru Kinyua scored 179 marks out of the possible 500 in her Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) […]
Kenya High, Kapsabet, Alliance shine in KCSE
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Kenya High reclaimed its place as an academic giant after it emerged the best secondary school in this year’s […]
Top KCSE candidates who scored below 200 in KCPE and their grades now
Reading Time: < 1 minute The most improved candidate Kinyua Milka Wanjiru, who scored 197 marks out of 500 in her KCPE exam, posted a […]
Magoha: Award high school scholarships with integrity or face my wrath
Reading Time: < 1 minute Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) George Magoha has issued a stern warning against irregularities in awarding government high school scholarships to […]
Uhuru lauds Sub-County schools for stellar performance
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta has commended Sub-County schools in the country for posting a remarkable improvement in this year’s Kenya Certificate […]
Buluma Tonny tops 2019 KCSE
Reading Time: < 1 minute Buluma Tonny from Kapsabet Boys High School scored grade A of 87.159 points to emerge as the top candidate in […]
Postmortem on judge’s body delayed
Reading Time: 2 minutes A postmortem examination to ascertain the cause of death of Appeal Court judge Otieno Odek has been delayed after his […]
Elachi sucked into governor’s ouster intrigues
Reading Time: 3 minutes Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Beatrice Elachi was yesterday sucked into intrigues to impeach Governor Mike Sonko with claims of being […]
DCI speaks out over Ruto ‘threats’ to Mutua
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Emeka Mayaka and Zadock Angira The claim by Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua that Deputy President William Ruto and two […]
Sex workers lynch femicide suspect
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sex workers lynched a 40-year-old man at Makuyu near Murang’a town on Sunday, December 15. The furious prostitutes accused the […]
US speaks out over BBI report
Reading Time: 2 minutes The U.S Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter has asked residents of Nandi County to have sober discussions over the Building […]
Death toll in Baringo food poisoning rises
Reading Time: 2 minutes The number of people who have died from suspected food poisoning in Baringo has reached four after two more lost […]
Dos and don’ts at staff end year parties
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Samson Osero Employees in many organisations are whetting their appetite for food, drinks and dance at year-end parties which […]
Sakaja expresses interest in city governor seat as Sonko woes deepen
Reading Time: 3 minutes Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja now says he is ready to vie for city’s governor seat should circumstances force beleaguered Governor […]
No cause for alarm over Ndakaini dam spillage – official
Reading Time: 2 minutes Residents living downstream of Ndakaini dam have been assured of their safety even as the water reservoir started spilling water […]
KQ names acting CEO
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya Airways (KQ) has named Allan Kivaluka as the acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) beginning January 2020. Kivaluka is the […]
Court of Appeal judge found dead in Kisumu
Reading Time: < 1 minute Court of Appeal judge Justice Otieno Odek was Monday morning found dead at his home in Kisumu. Some of the […]
Revealed: Inside plot to save Sonko from being kicked out of office
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Eric Wainaina and Mercy Mwai Politicians allied to Deputy President William Ruto and Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka are working […]
Why Government has re-advertised position of Auditor General
Reading Time: 2 minutes The government will re-advertise the position of Auditor-General as from next week Tuesday because of the inability of the selected […]
DP allies now respond after Uhuru extends BBI team term
Reading Time: 2 minutes Deputy President William Ruto and other political leaders have welcomed the extension of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) task force, […]
LSK defends Murkomen, Mutula over Uhuru accusations
Reading Time: < 1 minute Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has defended legislators who represented Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko in court saying there is no […]
New Bill to change buyer, supplier agreements drastically
Reading Time: 2 minutes Contracts between suppliers and buyers must now contain minimum requirements, including terms of payment, payment date, interest payable, mechanism of […]
Uhuru signs into law amended Competition and Insurance Bills
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into law the amended Competition and Insurance Bills tackling abuse of dominance in the market […]
How senior official saved Sonko from re-arrest
Reading Time: 3 minutes A bid to re-arrest Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko immediately after his release on bail by the anti-corruption court on […]
Head of State angered by lawyer lawmakers
Reading Time: 4 minutes Legislators, who are lawyers and are representing people accused of stealing public money in court, may soon be barred from […]
Kenyan banks invited to invest in Barbados
Reading Time: 2 minutes A delegation of Kenyan financial sector representatives is set to visit Barbados in the next two weeks to explore business […]
CBA reveals number of M-Shwari customers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mobile banking credit facility, M-Shwari has locked in 450,000 customers since the savings account was launched by the then Commercial […]
Co-operative named best bank in Kenya
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Co-operative Bank has been named Best Bank in Kenya 2019 at this year’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) […]
Uhuru extends term of BBI taskforce
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta has extended the term of the Building Bridges Initiative Taskforce to “guide public participation process and structuring […]
Security tightened ahead of Jamhuri Day
Reading Time: 2 minutes The government has intensified security in and out of Nyayo Stadium ahead of the 56th Jamhuri day celebrations, Nairobi Regional Commissioner […]
Court reinstates two sacked Kisumu staff
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Viola Kosome Two Kisumu City Board members sacked by Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o got a sigh of relief on Wednesday […]
Sh1.6b high school in Eldoret opened
Reading Time: 2 minutes The opening of the Sh1.6 billion Nova Pioneer School in Uasin Gishu is a major boost for Eldoret town in […]
Sonko released on bail
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has been released on Sh15 cash bail after facing graft related charges. In his ruling, anti-corruption […]
Governor Sonko to know his bail fate today
Reading Time: < 1 minute Embattled Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko is set to appear at anti-corruption court in Milimani on Wednesday where his bailing ruling […]
Uhuru assures of Kenya’s commitment to promote ACP interests
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta has assured that during the three year tenure as chair of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) […]
Weatherman gives rain forecast for this week
Reading Time: < 1 minute It is a sigh of relief for Kenyans especially in. areas that have been experiencing flooding and landslides as the […]
Audit firm denies advising ministry to lease Sh63b medical equipment
Reading Time: 2 minutes PKF Kenya, an audit firm at the centre of the controversial Sh63 billion Managed Equipment Services (MES) programme, has denied advising […]
Probe report into Likoni channel tragedy released
Reading Time: 2 minutes A parliamentary investigation report into Likoni channel tragedy has revealed that the victims of the ill-fated vehicle had not followed […]
Chris Martin apologises over mugging during his Nairobi concert
Reading Time: 2 minutes Jamaican reggae singer Christopher Martin has apologised to thousands of revelers who turned up for his recent Nairobi concert and […]
Man who axed wife, son to death gets 10 years in jail
Reading Time: 2 minutes A casual labourer, who killed his wife with an axe before turning on his step son with the same weapon, […]
Kisumu: Court upholds Oloo’s ouster as Speaker
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Viola Kosome The Kisumu Employment and Labour Court has upheld the impeachment of former Kisumu Speaker Onyango Oloo. […]
Governor Sonko taken ill
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko, who is in police custody for graft related charges, was Monday evening rushed to the Kenyatta […]
Governor Sonko to spend two more days in the cooler
Reading Time: 4 minutes Embattled Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and several City Hall officials will spend two nights at the Industrial Area Remand Prison […]
Sonko to spend two more nights in police custody
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko will spend two more nights in police cell after anti-corruption court in Nairobi failed to grant […]
ACP nations will defend multilateral trading systems, Uhuru says
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta today said the African, Caribbean and Pacific group of nations will strongly defend multilateral trading systems in […]
State to use Sh6b for road repair following heavy rains
Reading Time: < 1 minute Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia has said the ministry has put in place Sh6 billion to cater for the damaged […]
DPP wants Sonko denied bail
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has urged the anti-corruption court to deny Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko bail. The DPP […]
Sonko arraigned at Milimani Law Courts to face graft related charges
Reading Time: 4 minutes Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has been arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts on Monday over irregular Sh357 million procurement. Sonko […]
Murang’a University student arrested for killing lover’s son
Reading Time: < 1 minute Police said the suspect, Festus Wachira, confessed to the crime revealing he did the heinous act after a fight with the boy's mother.
Police deny pickpocketing in viral video
Reading Time: < 1 minute The National Police Service (NPS) has denied claims that one of their senior officers was pickpocketed by his junior. In […]
Haji attacks Judiciary for ‘shielding’ errant judges, magistrates
Reading Time: 2 minutes DPP made reference to Malindi High Court decision to quash criminal charges against Mombasa Principal Magistrate Edgar Kagoni.
Committee wants EACC to investigate Machakos County projects
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Machakos County Development Implementation and C-oordination Committee (CDICC) mandated to supervise government development projects has written to the Ethics […]
Police arrest 3 suspected members of Wakali Kwanza
Reading Time: < 1 minute Police in Mombasa have arrested three suspected members of Wakali Kwanza criminal gang who allegedly escaped with gunshot wounds after […]
Sonko to spend weekend in cell after dramatic arrest
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Nancy Gitonga and Zaddock Angira Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko Mbuvi will spend the weekend in police custody after a […]
Appointment of new Controller of Budget challenged in court
Reading Time: 2 minutes Activist Okiya Omtatah on Friday moved to labour court seeking to quash the appointment of Margaret Nyang’ate Nyakang’o as the […]
Governor Sonko seeks anticipatory bail
Reading Time: < 1 minute Governor Mike Sonko has moved to the High Court seeking an order for anticipatory bail pending the intended grafts charges. […]
Two people confirmed dead after building collapses in Embakasi
Reading Time: < 1 minute Two people have been confirmed dead after six-storey building collapsed at Tasia Estate in Embakasi East Constituency on Friday morning. […]
Magoha sets record straight on school fees increment
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Mathew Ndung’u, Oliver Musembi and James Wakahiu Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has dismissed as unfounded reports that his ministry […]
8 people rescued after building collapses in Nairobi
Reading Time: < 1 minute Eight people have been rescued after a six-storey building collapsed at Tassia Estate in Embakasi on Friday morning. According to […]
Governor Sonko arrested in Voi
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has been arrested. Sonko was arrested Friday mid-morning on a roadblock in Voi, Taita Taveta, County […]
DPP Haji orders arrest of Governor Sonko
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Noordin Haji, has ordered the arrest of Nairobi County Governor Mike Sonko over alleged […]
How Raila, Kibaki conspired to deny Ruto DPM position
Reading Time: 3 minutes President Kibaki and Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga in 2008 conspired to tame William Ruto’s ambitions to become deputy […]
Details emerge over cancellation of Kimwarer dam project
Reading Time: 2 minutes A technical committee appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta to look into the developments of Arror and Kimwarer dams projects in […]
Senate wants governors facing graft charges allowed to access office
Reading Time: 3 minutes Senate has faulted a ruling by Justice Mumbi Ngugi prohibiting governors facing criminal charges from accessing their offices saying that […]
Why Kieleweke operatives stopped weekend activities
Reading Time: < 1 minute Just what has happened to the taps that used to fuel the Kieleweke teams weekend activities? Reports indicate that a […]
Panic grips residents as more landslides occur in Murang’a
Reading Time: 2 minutes Panic has gripped residents in various parts of Murang’a County after several landslides occurred in the area. About three incidences […]
Why Ruto allies snubbed Uhuru’s Gatundu function
Reading Time: 3 minutes In yet another dramatic version on Wednesday, a team of politicians allied to the Deputy President William Ruto christened Tanga […]
Enough is enough, Uhuru tells Ruto-allied lawmakers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Eric Wainaina and Mathew Ndung’u President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday declared war on elected leaders allied to his deputy William Ruto, who […]
Controversial singer Akothee shows her burial site
Reading Time: < 1 minute Controversial Kenyan singer Akothee has made headlines this week, after collapsing while on stage last weekend during the Luo Festival […]
Uhuru reads riot act to Mt Kenya leaders
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday told off some Central Kenya politicians for being obsessed with the 2022 election debates. Uhuru […]
New Controller of Budget sworn in
Reading Time: < 1 minute Margaret Nyakango has been sworn in as the second Controller of Budget (CoB) for a term of 8 years replacing […]
Egerton University closed indefinitely
Reading Time: < 1 minute Egerton University has closed its Njoro and Nakuru Town campuses indefinitely following a student unrest on Wednesday December 4. “Following […]
How police thwarted Al-Shabaab attack in Garissa
Reading Time: 2 minutes KNA Quick response by security personnel foiled attempts by suspected Al-Shabaab militants to destroy a Safaricom mast at Diiso area […]
Atwoli gets new job
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) secretary general Francis Atwoli has been elected chairman and spokesman of the Africa […]
KRA replies to tax on dowry claims
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya Revenue Authority(KRA) on Wednesday denied claims that it is considering to tax dowry payments in a bid to raise […]
Relief for motorists as court suspends Nairobi parking fees hike
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Nancy Gitonga and Njange Maina The High Court has suspended the increment of parking fees by the Nairobi County […]
Mudavadi reveals what pushed Raila into Handshake
Reading Time: 4 minutes Former Deputy Prime Minister says in his autobiography that rapprochement between President and Opposition leader was a result of pressure […]
Kenya’s diaspora remittances to hit record high: World Bank
Reading Time: 2 minutes World Bank data shows that Kenya is the fourth largest recipient of remittances in Africa after Egypt, Nigeria and Ghana.
Cherargei freed on Sh0.3m cash bail in incitement case
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Milimani court on Tuesday released Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei on a Sh 300,000 cash bail after denying contempt and […]
Man charged with abducting police officer
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Viola Kosome A middle-aged man was Monday charged in a Kisumu court with abduction of a police officer. Gordon […]
Landslide sweeps away tea bushes in Murang’a
Reading Time: < 1 minute Farmers in upper Githambo in Kiharu have been left counting losses after a landslide swept away tea bushes Tuesday morning. […]
Cofek sues Nairobi County over parking fees hike
Reading Time: 2 minutes Consumer Federation of Kenya (COFEK) has sued Nairobi city county seeking to stop the implementation of plans to hike parking […]
Sh2.4m false amputation claim gets policeman in trouble
Reading Time: < 1 minute Corporal Dominick Lusweti Masengeli was paid Sh2,440,320 by Pioneer Assurance Company but a colleague at Jogoo House revealed the fraud.
Sack Matiang’i or we sanction him, Ruto allies tell President
Reading Time: 2 minutes Three legislators allied to Deputy President William Ruto have urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to sack Interior Cabinet secretary Fred Matiang’i […]
Man relives 3-day nightmare on island
Reading Time: < 1 minute For Vincent Musila, a man who was trapped on a river island at the Fourteen Falls on the River Athi, […]
Muturi clarifies his remarks on BBI
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Anthony Mwangi and Mercy Mwai National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi insisted that the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report should […]
Why fans are angry with singer Rayvanny
Reading Time: < 1 minute Bongo fans are furious with music star Rayvanny and his wife Faima Msenga after allegedly faking their break-up to promote […]
World teacher award winner Tabichi gets new job
Reading Time: < 1 minute Peter Tabichi, the Kenyan teacher who won the Sh100-million Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2019, has been appointed as the […]
KCPE top student to join Alliance as 33,009 others get slots in national schools
Reading Time: < 1 minute The top candidate in 2019 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exam, Andy Munyiri who scored 440 out of the […]
Students now reluctant to take HELB loans
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Henry Andanje Students in Busia county are reluctant to take loans from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) to […]
Businessman Kariuki rubbishes claims over his Cyprus citizenship
Reading Time: 3 minutes Billionaire Humphrey Kariuki on Friday rubbished claims that he and his wife Stella Nasike could be among 26 investors who […]
Two policemen caught in botched carjacking
Reading Time: < 1 minute Constables Ali Shukri Galgalo and Abdikadir Daiwo had boarded an Uber taxi posing as passengers who wanted to be taken to Pangani.
It’s Nairobi Cocktail Festival weekend, here are ‘dawa’ variations you probably never knew about
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Nairobi Cocktail Festival is going down this weekend, and we decided to suggest what can sound like an oxymoron […]
Matiang’i fights back over frequent attacks on him, Kibicho by Ruto team
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Githinji Mwangi Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i appeared to hit out at Deputy President William Ruto when he told […]
Taita Taveta government sends home 800 casuals
Reading Time: 3 minutes It is a dark Christmas for over eight hundred casual workers in Taita-Taveta County after the County Government sacked them […]
Murang’a County gets Sh9 billion for water projects
Reading Time: < 1 minute The government through the ministry of Water and Irrigation has injected Sh9 billion for various water projects in Murang’a county. […]
Cost of living increase to 5.56% in November
Reading Time: 2 minutes Increasing prices of food and non-alcoholic drinks pushed the cost of living to 5.56 per cent in the month of […]
KAA to rehabilitate Wilson Airport
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has announced plans to revamp and rehabilitate Wilson Airport. The plan, according to the Kenya […]
Let Kenyans decide fate of Building Bridges Initiative, says Raila
Reading Time: 3 minutes Irene Githinji and Mercy Mwai A day after the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report was released for public debate, battle […]
AG blames MPs for stalled TJRC report
Reading Time: 2 minutes Office of Attorney General is now accusing the National Assembly of obstructing the implementation of the controversial Truth Justice and […]
Monica Kimani murder: Maribe’s house help testifies against Jowie
Reading Time: 3 minutes Former Citizen TV journalist Jacque Maribe’s house help on Thursday narrated her version of what happened the night Joseph Irungu […]
Our military training serves national, regional security needs – Uhuru
Reading Time: 3 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta today said Kenya’s military training programmes are designed to serve security needs of both the country and […]
Gullet retires as Kenya Red Cross boss after 46 years of service
Reading Time: < 1 minute Abbas Gullet on Wednesday retired as the Secretary-General of the Kenya Red Cross Society after 46 years of service. Announcing […]
Mumias Sugar gets interim General Manager
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mumias Sugar receiver manager PVR Rao has appointed Francis Wabuke as acting General Manager for the troubled miller. The miller […]
Safaricom announces discounts on smart devices, accessories
Reading Time: < 1 minute Safaricom has announced discounts and offers for open day and the festive season of up to 45 per cent on […]
How protagonists mid-wifed the Handshake deal
Reading Time: 3 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition Leader Raila Odinga yesterday narrated how they broke the ice in a deal that saw the […]
Diamond Platnumz shows off his new baby boy to the world
Reading Time: < 1 minute Tanzanian bongo crooner Diamond Platnamuz and his Kenyan girlfriend Tanasha Donna revealed for the first time the face of their […]
15 counties to face cash crunch over unpaid bills
Reading Time: 2 minutes National Treasury Acting Cabinet secretary (CS) Ukur Yattani has sought parliament’s approval to deny at least 15 counties their equitable […]
How I met Raila – Uhuru
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday revealed how he reached out to Raila Odinga amid simmering political tensions after the 2017 […]
Mudavadi: Fix ailing economy first before discussing BBI
Reading Time: < 1 minute Amani National Congress (ANC) party leader Musalia Mudavadi has urged the government to first fix the ailing economy so that […]
3 robbery suspects arrested, AK47 rifle recovered in Busia
Reading Time: < 1 minute Detectives arrested three robbery suspects in Busia on Tuesday evening and recovered an AK47 rifle that had earlier been stolen […]
Rescuers: Pokot landslide death toll could rise to 100
Reading Time: 2 minutes The death toll following last weekend’s West Pokot landslide could rise to about 100 after rescuers said at least 48 […]
Strengthen the Opposition, says taskforce report
Reading Time: 3 minutes Creation of a strong Opposition where the runner-up of the presidential election becomes an ex-officio in Parliament is one of […]
Rwanda delegates visit Yatta home on learning tour
Reading Time: 2 minutes Delegates from Rwanda yesterday visited the Mully Children Family in Yatta in a learning tour of the sustainability efforts in […]
When all roads led to Bomas to chart future of the country
Reading Time: 3 minutes The excitement surrounding the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report was comparable to the birth of the new […]
Barasa sorry for calling Passaris ‘stupid’
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kimilili Member of Parliament (MP) Didmus Barasa was on Tuesday forced to apologize to Nairobi County Woman Representative Esther Passaris […]
Uhuru receives BBI report at State House
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday received the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report at State House ahead of its launch on […]
Boy drowns as heavy rains hit Mathioya
Reading Time: < 1 minute A nine-year-old boy from Kanyenya-ini Kangema drowned on Monday evening after he accidentally slipped into river Mathioya. Kelvin Muchiri, a […]
Woman arrested for killing, dumping her son
Reading Time: < 1 minute Police in Nakuru on Monday November 25 arrested a woman accused of killing her son. The 22-year-old Cynthia Chepkorir is […]
AfDB pledges support for Kenyan women
Reading Time: < 1 minute The African Development Bank (AfDB) today committed to explore new avenues of directly supporting efforts aimed at empowering Kenyan women […]
Missing Gilgil woman found killed, body dumped in thicket
Reading Time: < 1 minute Residents of Gilgil have been left in shock after the mutilated body of a middle aged woman, who had been […]
New twist in AP shooting as it emerges his killers knew him
Reading Time: 2 minutes The fatal shooting of an Administration Police officer and a taxi driver in Ruaka, Kiambu, took another twist yesterday with […]
Murang’a: 40 families urged to move to safer grounds
Reading Time: < 1 minute Tens of families in various parts of Murang’a County have been advised to move to safer grounds due to fear […]
Sonko woes deepen as Speaker Lusaka orders probe at City Hall
Reading Time: 2 minutes Embattled Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko’s woes deepened after Senate resolved to investigate continuous squabbles that have threatened to bring operations […]
Court reinstates 300 sacked Vihiga health workers
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Enock Amukhale Over 300 health Staff, who were sacked by Vihiga county government, got a reprieve on Monday […]
Uhuru asked to convene regional meetings
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta has been asked to convene meetings in every region as he did in his Central Kenya backyard […]
Body of man who jumped into ocean from ferry still missing
Reading Time: < 1 minute The body of a man, who jumped into the sea from a moving ferry at the Likoni crossing channel, is […]
Senators want Uhuru to write off Helb loans
Reading Time: < 1 minute Senators have piled pressure on the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) to annul its decision to publish names and photos […]
Couple mourns 7 children as Pokot landslide toll rises to 42
Reading Time: 4 minutes Kaapel Yaranyang’ stares at what remains of his village, enveloped in painful forlornness and tries to come to terms with […]
Leading Dutch dredging company secures mega deals for marine transport
Reading Time: 2 minutes Leading Dutch marine company Boskalis has secured new contracts worth US Dollars 120m for heavy marine transport services. Boskalis announced […]
State to invest more in blue economy
Reading Time: 2 minutes By KNA The Government has announced elaborate plans to invest heavily in the development of the country’s marine fisheries […]
Uhuru says BBI report ready, urges Kenyans to read it
Reading Time: 3 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced that the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report will be handed to him on Tuesday next […]
Uhuru, Raila to receive BBI report on Tuesday
Reading Time: 2 minutes The much anticipated Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report will be finally released on Tuesday and handed over to President Uhuru […]
Light manufacturing can spur industrial revolution
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Hosea Kili Despite an enviable head start in the agribusiness and manufacturing sectors among fast […]
Evolution of the R&B sound
Reading Time: 5 minutes A crop of artistes in Kenya’s music scene are revolutionising the R&B genre with new fusions to break new grounds […]
Focus turns to Chebukati team as BBI beckons
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Senate will be in focus next week as pressure mounts on its members to speed up enactment of a […]
Jowie advised us against publicising Monica’s death, kin reveals
Reading Time: 2 minutes Slain businesswoman Monica Kimani’s brother yesterday revealed how Joseph Kuria Irungu alias Jowie, advised them against publicising her killing in […]
SMEs get Sh6.2b from KRA in VAT refund
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has refunded Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Sh6.2 billion in Value Added Tax (VAT) between July […]
Landslides destroy homes in Murang’a
Reading Time: < 1 minute Residents of Mathioya and Kangema in Murang’a County are living in fear after landslides occurred in the areas causing massive […]
KQ stowaway story founded on misleading info – Sky News
Reading Time: < 1 minute British news company Sky News has admitted its story of the stowaway, who fell off a Kenya Airways plane in […]
Mediamax mourns fallen K24 TV news director
Reading Time: < 1 minute A somber mood engulfed Mediamax Newsroom Thursday, November 21, following the loss of their K24 TV news director Daniel Chemjor. […]
Teacher lures, rapes female KCSE candidate
Reading Time: < 1 minute A teacher at St Aquinas Madende High School in Busia County has been arrested after he lured a female KCSE […]
Why Russia’s renewed interest in Africa is suspect
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Isaac Mugabi The Russian city of Sochi, on the Black Sea coast, played host to the […]
Police, EACC launch probe into Kisumu sting operation shooting
Reading Time: < 1 minute Investigations have been launched to establish circumstances under which a traffic officer was shot during a sting operation by anti-corruption […]
Captain of Jubilee campaign chopper was drunk – report
Reading Time: 4 minutes The pilot who was flying a Jubilee campaign team chopper that crashed into Lake Nakuru in 2017 killing him and […]
Lawyer falls to his death in Mombasa
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Mombasa lawyer on Wednesday fell to his death from the ninth floor of the Uhuru na Kazi Building, in […]
MCAs impeach Waititu backer
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Kiambu County Executive Committee (CEC) member allied to embattled Governor Ferdinand Waititu has been impeached. This was after MCAs […]
How suspected robbers in cell tricked, strangled police officer
Reading Time: 2 minutes Two robbery with violence suspects tricked a police officer who they later strangled before they made a dramatic escape from […]
How DP Ruto was duped in Kibra by-election
Reading Time: 3 minutes Deputy President William Ruto’s sustained fury on the outcome of the Kibra by-election on November 7, where he heavily invested, […]
Senate wants EACC probe Sh102m land acquisition
Reading Time: 3 minutes A Senate powerful watchdog committee has recommended anti-graft agency to open a probe into the acquisition of a 10-acre parcel […]
KDF speaks out after navy soldier guns down boda boda rider
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya Defence Forces(KDF) has said that bodaboda rider they killed on Wednesday morning in Mtongwe Navy Barracks had forced his […]
Don’t punish my family for my sins, Amos Wako tells US
Reading Time: < 1 minute Busia County Senator Amos Wako has warned the US government against involving his family in the corruption woes facing him. […]
How ‘small’ schools fell the mighty
Reading Time: 3 minutes A number of little known schools turned tables on the traditional academic giants to claim the lion’s share of top […]
Deputy President: Why Twitter is now my new best friend
Reading Time: 2 minutes Deputy President William Ruto claims that a compromised local media has pushed him to social media to pass his message. […]
Sonko set to clamp offices over taxes
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nairobi governor Mike Sonko plans to clamp dozens of national government buildings in a renewed crackdown on public and private […]
Uhuru destroys 8,700 illegal guns
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta today presided over the destruction of 8,700 illegal firearms and 366,000 pieces of assorted ammunition at the […]
Traders, MPs storm Governor Joho’s office
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho on Tuesday found himself in trouble when traders, civil society activists and section of Members of […]
Rape, murder of 80-year-old granny leaves village in shock
Reading Time: < 1 minute Residents of Gichegecha village in Kiharu, Murang’a County are reeling in shock after a 80-year-old granny was raped and murdered […]
Police arrested for stealing from a stalled truck on Mombasa Road
Reading Time: < 1 minute Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are holding two police constables who were arrested while allegedly stealing from […]
Safaricom, Huawei awarded for ‘Fuliza’ service
Reading Time: < 1 minute Safaricom and Huawei have received the ‘Most Innovative Service’ award by AfricaCom at Cape Town South Africa for the ‘Fuliza’ […]
Ndii faults State on cash mop up from parastatals
Reading Time: < 1 minute Economist David Ndii says cash mopped up from parastatals will be used to pay pending bills, a move likely to affects suppliers.
Magoha commends teachers for clean KCPE examination
Reading Time: 4 minutes Public schools posted a sterling performance in the 2019 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination results released yesterday, even […]
Togo slow Kenya’s momentum as they come from behind to cancel Johana Omollo’s wonder strike
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenya were forced into a second straight draw in their 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier after a 1-1 stalemate […]
Haji withdraws charges against woman held at JKIA over firearm
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji has withdrawn terrorism charges against a Kenyan living in the United States. Haji […]
5,530 candidates miss 2019 KCPE exam
Reading Time: < 1 minute Where are the 5,530 candidates who missed the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exam? It has emerged that out […]
KCPE 2019: Top girl wants to join Alliance, wishes to be neurosurgeon
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Henry Andanje and Noah Cheploen @cheploennoah The second best candidate in this year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Examination (KCPE) […]
KCPE 2019: Girls outshine boys in languages
Reading Time: < 1 minute Female candidates in this year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exam have excelled in English, Kiswahili and Sign Language […]
KCPE 2019: Top pupil scored 440 marks
Reading Time: < 1 minute The leading pupil in the 2019 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) scored 440 marks out of the possible 500, […]
Kenyan entrepreneurs miss out on Sh100m Jack Ma award
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenyan entrepreneurs have missed out on the inaugural $1 million Jack Ma sponsored African Netprenuer Prize Initiative (ANPI) award that […]
Ruto puts on brave face after Kibra defeat, Sagana setbacks
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Emeka-Mayaka Gekaraand Eric Wainana President Uhuru Kenyatta’s restated commitment to the Building Bridges Initiative at the meeting with Mt […]
Police: Major Mugure drugged, strangled his wife and children
Reading Time: 5 minutes By Paul Ndung’u Detectives are now following leads that Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) eployee, Major Peter Mwaura Mugure, may have […]
Seek Moi’s blessings on ‘22 bid, Atwoli tells Ruto
Reading Time: < 1 minute Central Organisation of Trade Unions secretary general Francis Atwoli has urged Deputy President William Ruto to meet retired President Daniel […]
Shock as gang rapes three sisters in Busia
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Henry Andanje Three sisters were on Saturday night reportedly raped by a gang of three men who were armed […]
Inua Jamii beneficiaries to get their stipends Monday
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Inua Jamii beneficiaries will receive another round of cash starting Monday November 18 following the government’s release of Sh8.7 […]
Co-operative Bank scoops Sustainable Finance Catalyst award
Reading Time: < 1 minute Co-operative Bank has scooped the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) 2019 Sustainable Finance Catalyst award as the best overall. Co-op Bank […]
Suspect in Sh1b Sacco fraud case released on Sh3m bond
Reading Time: 2 minutes The wife of founder of a collapsed Sacco said to have defrauded several traders their life-long savings amounting to over […]
Uhuru to face critics in Mt Kenya region leadership meeting
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Eric Wainaina, Antony Mwangi and Mercy Mwai President Uhuru Kenyatta is today expected to meet with warring factions in […]
Confusion reigns as keynote speakers skip Maraga forum
Reading Time: 2 minutes The annual National Council on Administration of Justice (NCAJ) conference kicked off in Naivasha on Thursday with several invited guests […]
Kenya, Malawi lead in cervical cancer deaths, expert reveals
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenya is one of the three countries in Africa with the highest number of cervical cancer deaths, the Global Vaccine […]
Governor Awiti put to task over Sh742m pending bills
Reading Time: 2 minutes Homabay Governor Cyprian Awiti was on Thursday questioned by the Senate County Public Accountant and Investment committee (CPAIC) over Sh742 […]
List of Ruto’s likely partners in 2022 presidential race
Reading Time: 3 minutes 1. Mwangi Kiunjuri The Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture Mwangi Kiunjuri is openly positioning himself for a key elective post in […]
Pro-Raila MPs tell Ruto to quit for ‘defying’ Uhuru
Reading Time: 4 minutes The war of words between politicians allied to the Deputy President William Ruto and those supporting Opposition leader Raila Odinga […]
Kenyan shilling strengthens against the dollar
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Kenyan shilling strengthened to a new four month-high against the dollar on Wednesday giving respite to importers while checking […]
Harmonize in trouble with Kenyan producer
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenyan music producer Magix Enga is all fists out with Tanzanian Bongo sensation Harmonize for “stealing” his beats for his […]
Prezzo rubbishes gang-rape claims
Reading Time: < 1 minute Rapper Jackson Makini, popularly known as Prezzo, has rubbished reports by some Tanzanian media outlets that he is recuperating at […]
Stop claiming our electoral boundaries, Isiolo MPs tell Meru Governor
Reading Time: 2 minutes Members of Parliament from Isiolo County have petitioned the government to resolve a boundary between Garissa, Meru and Isiolo counties […]
Marsabit MPs want Chachu Ganya probed over alleged incitement remarks
Reading Time: 2 minutes Members of Parliament from Marsabit County want Directorate of Criminal Investigations and National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) to interrogate […]
Tana River MPs want Garissa governor, two others arrested over incitement
Reading Time: 3 minutes Members of Parliament from Tana River County have given a three-day ultimatum to the Inspector of Police Hillary Mutyambai and […]
Minister risks losing job over his sexual exploits
Reading Time: 2 minutes A civil society organization has kicked up a storm after it wrote to two the investigative agencies demanding for a […]
KAA, Colnet disown Kenyan who fell from KQ plane in London
Reading Time: < 1 minute Colnet has denied having ever employed Paul Manyasi, the stowaway who fell from a Kenya Airways plane in London, UK. […]
Raila,Waiguru new-found unity sets tongues wagging
Reading Time: 4 minutes The new-found relationship between former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru is a typical case of foes-turned-friends. […]
Tears of sorrow as Form Four students die after morning exam
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Irene Githinji and Noah Cheploen Three Form Four candidates died in separate incidents in Baringo and Nakuru after sitting their […]
KFS responds to KU bus accident at Likoni Ferry
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Monicah Kagia Kenya Ferry services has clarified that a Kenyatta University bus that almost plunged into the ocean after […]
Ruto wants varsities to stop offering diploma, certificate courses
Reading Time: 2 minutes DPPS Deputy President has asked universities to review their decision to offer diploma and certificate courses. He said such […]
Bomet Governor Hillary Barchok nominates deputy
Reading Time: < 1 minute Bomet County Governor Hillary Barchok has nominated the county assembly Speaker Shadrack Rotich as his deputy. This comes four months […]
KCAA grounds Silverstone Air’s Dash 8 series
Reading Time: < 1 minute Troubled carrier will be without the planes until KCAA finalizes safety compliance investigation on the carrier's services.
Probe on Gakuyo over Sh1b fraud to end in prosecution: DCI
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ekeza Sacco members have continued to question fate of their savings and status of a “spirited” probe launched by the DCI early in 2019.
Kinoti taken to task over sex tape probe
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti told a parliamentary committee yesterday that investigations into a sex tape linked to […]
Governor Sonko impostor freed on Sh300,000 bond
Reading Time: < 1 minute An impostor who reportedly conned members of the public by using pseudo social media accounts of Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko […]
DPP given three days to respond in Kidero suit
Reading Time: < 1 minute Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji has been given three days to file his responses in a suit in which […]
We survived by the mercy of God, Washiali reveals what happened in Kibra
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mumias East Member of Parliament Benjamin Washiali has opened up for the first time to explain what happened to Jubilee […]
Obado wants Sharon lawyer disqualified in murder case
Reading Time: 3 minutes Migori Governor Zachariah Okoth Obado now wants Professor George Wakackoyah disqualified from representing the victims in the murder case of […]
Court extends order barring Wambui’s appointment to NEA
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Employment and Labour Relations court on Monday extended orders suspending ex-Othaya MP Mary Wambui appointment as National Employment Authority […]
Kamanda, Woman Rep clash in church
Reading Time: < 1 minute By David Macharia A church harambee in Nyandarua almost turned chaotic when area Woman Rep Faith Gitau clashed with Nominated […]
Kang’ata reveals intrigues behind UhuRuto’s cancelled visits to Murang’a
Reading Time: < 1 minute Murang’a County senator Irungu Kang’ata has admitted that the division among the political leaders in the county could have led […]
MP wants coffee revolving fund released
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kigumo Member of Parliament Ruth Mwaniki has urged the Cabinet Secretary for Trade and Cooperatives Peter Munya to expedite the […]
Lack of jobs, skills hurting recovery of drugs addicts
Reading Time: 4 minutes Kaswar Mbarak Jelan, 31, is accompanied by his spouse Jacinta Mbinya, 30, and their two-year-old daughter as they saunter Kisauni […]
Mt Kenya region feels heat of Uhuru, DP Ruto cold war
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Wangari Njuguna, Anthony Mwangi and Derek Otieno The last-minute cancellation of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s visit to Murang’a county yesterday threw […]
K’Ogalo skin Ingwe in Mashemeji derby
Reading Time: 2 minutes A brace from Ivorian Yikpe and goals from Miheso and Juma sent K’Ogalo soaring 4-1 and atop the Kenyan Premier League table.
Coincidence as Uhuru, Ruto cancel Murang’a visits
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta was to attend a fundraiser at a church in Kenol while his deputy, William Ruto, was expected at Githumu in Kandara.
Kibra by-election: DPP responds to violence claims
Reading Time: 3 minutes Investigations into the violence during the just concluded Kibra by-election have been launched, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin […]
Kenyan woman nabbed with cocaine by Thai officials
Reading Time: < 1 minute Customs officials in Thailand have arrested a Kenyan woman who was attempting to sneak in one kilogramme of cocaine. Suamu […]
KRA to roll out excise stamps for compliance
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is keen on implementing the Excise Goods Management System (EGSM) on bottled water, juices, energy drinks and […]
State mulls scrapping of private examination centres
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Ministry of Education may review the decision to allow private examination centres after it emerged that they have become […]
Elders, religious leaders commit to end FGM practice by 2022
Reading Time: 3 minutes Community elders and religious leaders from across the country today made a commitment to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in […]
Waiguru congratulates Imran, says BBI is next
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kirinyaga Governor Ann Waiguru has congratulated Kibra MP electBernard Okoth Imran for his landslide victory in the Kibra by electionheld […]
Shock as villagers find mutilated body by roadside
Reading Time: < 1 minute Residents of Kamuiru village in Kiharu Murang’a County woke up to a rude shock on Friday morning after a mutilated […]
Two cops killed, firearms stolen in Kayole
Reading Time: 2 minutes Two police officers attached to Obama police post in Kayole were on Friday morning shot dead and their firearms stolen. […]
Where all the partying goes down in Mombasa
Reading Time: 4 minutes In Mombasa, ‘parte after parte’ used to happen at Casablanca, Casaurina and Tembo Disco, but that has since changed. The […]
Kibra by-election: Mariga concedes defeat
Reading Time: < 1 minute Jubilee Party candidate McDonald Mariga has conceded defeat to ODM’s Bernard Imran Okoth in the Kibra by-election. In a phone […]
Gunfire as rowdy youths block Mariga from accessing poling station
Reading Time: < 1 minute Police officers were forced to fire live bullets in the air on Thursday afternoon to disperse rowdy youths that tried […]
First Lady calls for more partnerships in healthcare delivery
Reading Time: 2 minutes First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has expressed optimism that increased public-private partnerships in the health sector will boost the country’s delivery […]
Moi discharged from Nairobi Hospital
Reading Time: < 1 minute Retired President Daniel Moi was on Thursday November 7 discharged from The Nairobi Hospital where he has been receiving treatment […]
Let’s protect our bedroom, Raila urges Kibra residents
Reading Time: 2 minutes Thousands of Kibra residents are today taking part in the by-election to choose their Member of Parliament (MP) after the […]
Uhuru assents to the Finance Bill 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta this morning at State House, Nairobi signed into law the Finance Bill 2019. The Finance Act 2019, […]
Khalwale meets hostile reception in Kibra, chased away
Reading Time: < 1 minute Viral video shared on social media showing youth escorting former Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale out of Kibra slums.
Kibra votes after hard-fought campaigns
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kibra residents today cast their ballots in a hotly contested by-election that has captured national attention for fueling rivalry between […]
Two years on, residents hold titles for ‘non existent’ land
Reading Time: 2 minutes More than two years since the government issued title deeds to about 170 residents of Chakama location in Kilifi county, […]
Senate backs raising of the government’s debt ceiling to Sh9 trillion
Reading Time: 2 minutes NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s senate voted on Wednesday to raise the government’s debt ceiling to 9 trillion shillings ($87.29 billion), […]
Boost for small businesses as Uhuru unveils new digital credit facility
Reading Time: 3 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta today launched a new credit facility for Micro, Small and Medium (MSME’s) enterprises dubbed Stawi. Stawi is […]
Kibra by-election: Win for ODM as court orders IEBC to release voter register
Reading Time: 2 minutes The High Court has ordered Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to immediately release the complete Kibra Constituency voters’ register to […]
Kibra by-election: ELOG casts doubt on IEBC preparedness
Reading Time: < 1 minute Election Observations Group (ELOG) has cautioned on the possibility of building tension in Kibra due to the slow move to […]
Four charged with causing disturbance at Integrity Centre
Reading Time: 2 minutes Four Nairobi County employees were Wednesday charged with creating disturbance on Tuesday at Integrity Center during Governor Mike Sonko’s interrogation. […]
Man accused of killing fiancée pleads not guilty
Reading Time: 2 minutes David Siloba, who has been accused in connection to the killing of his fiancée 10 months ago, has denied the […]
Why Raila, Ruto are pulling all stops in Kibra by-election
Reading Time: 4 minutes The battle for the Kibra parliamentary seat has been turned into a test run for the 2022 presidential contest and […]
Nairobi service board imposter arrested
Reading Time: < 1 minute City Hall detectives arrested a suspect believed to be extorting money from unsuspecting Kenyans, pretending to be working for the […]
Banks win big as interest rates cap dropped
Reading Time: 3 minutes Commercial banks can now vary interest rates charged on loans after Parliament failed to overturn a memorandum by President Uhuru […]
Knut declares total war on TSC over bid to cut links
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) has declared total war on Teachers Service Commission for terminating agreement with the union. […]
Trial of murder suspect Naftali Kinuthia moved to March
Reading Time: < 1 minute Hearing of the case against Naftali Kinuthia, who is accused of killing Moi University medical student Ivy Wangeci, has been […]
Police officer in Nanyuki falls through window while asleep
Reading Time: < 1 minute A police officer attached to Nanyuki Police Station rolled from his bed and fell through the window of his house […]
Troubled Mumias Sugar sacks all its employees
Reading Time: 2 minutes Troubled Miller, Mumias Sugar has sacked all its employees three months after being placed under receivership. “Consequent to the company […]
Uhuru warns against tax evasion, asks KRA to enhance revenue collection
Reading Time: 3 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta has issued a strong warning against tax evasion saying the government will not hesitate to punish those […]
Haji given more time to decide on Muthama case
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Nairobi court on Tuesday gave Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji a month to make up his mind […]
Witness narrates how son killed father over land dispute
Reading Time: < 1 minute A witness narrated to a Narok High Court how a land surveyor, Pancras Naizala, killed his 82-year-old father, Kores Mututua, […]
Court frees most wanted terror suspect on bond
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Monica Kagia A Mombasa court has released a terror suspect arrested by police three weeks ago. Aboud Khalid was […]
Sonko slaps journalist amid chaos, teargas at EACC HQ
Reading Time: < 1 minute Governor Mike Sonko was summoned by EACC for allegedly giving false information in his 2017 self-declaration forms.
How the numbers will shape hunt for votes in 2022 General Election
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Emeka-Mayaka Gekara Kenya’s population grew by more than nine million to hit 47.5 million, a figure that could alter […]
Ongoro, husband charged with Sh48m CDF cash fraud
Reading Time: < 1 minute Former Kasarani MP Elizabeth Ongoro and her husband Ferdinand Masha Kenga were charged with embezzlement of Sh48 million CDF cash. […]
KCSE exam brings 26-year-old student closer to dream career
Reading Time: 3 minutes Faith Chebet Ng’etich appears a little more excited about sitting for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam than […]
Queries as student gang-raped inside Nakuru KITI hostel
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Roy Lumbe and Eric Juma Panic has gripped Kenya Industrial Training Institute (KITI) in Nakuru after a student […]
Court lifts arrest warrant against four Nairobi County officials
Reading Time: 2 minutes Four Nairobi Senior county employees have obtained a relief after the high court suspended warrant of arrest issued against them […]
Uproar as HIV positive men target virgins for ‘cure’
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Henry Andanje The government and social workers in Busia county have concern over the emerging trend in which men […]
Kibra by-election: ODM now sues IEBC
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party has petitioned the High Court seeking orders compelling the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission […]
Nairobi, Kiambu and Nakuru top counties in population census results
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics on Monday released the first report on the 2019 Population and Housing Census that was […]
2019 population census report released
Reading Time: < 1 minute The total enumerated population for the 2019 Population and Housing Census was 47,564, 296, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) […]
Maraga decries Judiciary budget cut, discrimination from other State organs
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chief Justice David Maraga has decried the budget cut for Judiciary by the National Treasury saying the situation has crippled […]
Kenya’s Kamworor, Jepkosgei win New York Marathon
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenyans once again showcased their prowess in distance running after winning the men’s and women’s races at the 2019 New […]
Leaders front Kiunjuri for Ruto running mate in 2022
Reading Time: 2 minutes Some leaders from Laikipia have endorsed Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri as the next Mt Kenya kingpin and are pushing […]
Boon to Coast farmers as mango juice factory roars to life
Reading Time: 2 minutes Galole factory diversifies products by adding a Sh5.4m bottled water processing plant with a capacity to produce 4,500 bottles per hour.
Ngirichi gifts orphan living with cerebral palsy a house
Reading Time: 2 minutes It was a pleasant early Christmas for James Mwendia, born 22 years ago with cerebral palsy, after Kirinyaga Woman Representative Wangui Ngirichi […]
Kisumu Finance CEC nominee put to task over Sh19m vehicle purchase
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kisumu county Finance Executive nominee was Friday taken to task over the controversial procurement of Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o’s official vehicle. […]
20 civil registration officers arrested in fight against illegal birth certification
Reading Time: 3 minutes Twenty officers from the Department of Civil Registration Services were Friday arrested when detectives raided the agency’s headquarters at Bishop […]
Eight Kenyans arrested in Rwanda over attempted Equity Bank cyber fraud
Reading Time: < 1 minute Eight Kenyans are languishing in Rwandan Police cells after they were arrested as they attempted to hack into the Rwandan branch […]
Politician ordered to pay Sh30, 000 monthly for child upkeep
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Nandi Member of County Assembly (MCA) has been ordered by the court to part with Sh30,000 every month for […]
You can be anything you desire, President tells learners as he donates three school buses
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta has assured students across the country especially those seating for the ongoing national examinations of the government’s […]
Kisumu MCAs agree to hold sessions at sub-county level
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kisumu County Assembly will hold its first plenary sittings outside the main chamber beginning this month in an effort to […]
Birth certificate backlog shocks Matiang’i
Reading Time: < 1 minute Interior Cabinet secretary Fred Matiang’i made a surprise visit to Kwale Civil Registry and found a huge backlog of pending […]
Sportpesa recalls sacked employees
Reading Time: < 1 minute Former SportPesa employees can soon breathe a sign of relief after their company’s head of human resources, Terry Wanja Njagi, […]
Court bars Isiolo County Assembly from electing new majority leader
Reading Time: 2 minutes The high court has restrained Isiolo County Assembly from electing new Minority Leader pending the hearing of a suit filed […]
KEMSA put to task to explain award of tenders to two related companies
Reading Time: 2 minutes Shocking details have emerged that Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) awarded a sister company through restricted tendering to supply the consumable […]
GSU officer confesses to killing mother, daughter
Reading Time: 2 minutes A GSU officer believed to have been part of a gang that killed a mother and her daughter in Katani […]
Family gives update on Moi’s health
Reading Time: < 1 minute Uncertainty surrounding the health of retired President Daniel arap Moi continued yesterday with sources within his family circles maintaining that […]
MPs under pressure as vote on return of rate caps looms
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Anthony Mwangi and Mercy Mwai National Assembly leadership is applying all tricks in the book to ensure a presidential memorandum […]
Ex-policeman narrates 14-year ordeal behind bars over incomplete murder case
Reading Time: 2 minutes Former police officer Christopher Muli, who is on death row for killing his boss, has expressed his desperation over his […]
Njambi Koikai roaring to fly again!
Reading Time: < 1 minute Two months ago, media personality and reggae hype artiste Njambi Koikai aka Fyah Mummah returned to Kenya following her more […]
Court bars Murang’a water firm from increasing water prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes The High Court in Murang’a has issued a permanent injunction blocking a local water firm from increasing water tariffs. Justice […]
MPs agree to return of expensive loans
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning Committee chaired by Joseph Limo on Tuesday agreed to support President Uhuru […]
GSU officer leads police to hideout of deadly gang terrorizing Nairobians
Reading Time: 2 minutes GSU officer and the slain suspect have also been linked to a series of robberies in Nairobi and its environs, according to DCI boss Kinoti.
Second suspect in Tob Cohen murder case released on bail
Reading Time: < 1 minute Businessman Peter Karanja, who is accused of killing City Tycoon Tob Cohen, has been released on Sh 4 million bond […]
Blow to MP, his wife as court declines to stop their imminent arrest
Reading Time: < 1 minute Awendo Member of Parliament John Walter Owino, his wife and firm have suffered a major blow after the High Court […]
Why suspects in ex-Kabete MP murder case want judge disqualified
Reading Time: < 1 minute Four suspects linked to the heinous murder of former Kabete MP George Muchai’s and his three aides have asked the […]
Kenya Power appoints Bernard Ngugi as CEO
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya Power has appointed Bernard Ngugi, an insider to position of chief executive and managing director of the utility firm. […]
Budget cuts hit Judiciary hard, delay justice in crucial lawsuits
Reading Time: 4 minutes The country was by yesterday staring at a courts crisis with several adjournments and suspension of key programmes reported as […]
Moi admitted at Nairobi Hospital, again
Reading Time: < 1 minute Retired President Daniel arap Moi was yesterday treated at the Nairobi Hospital for undisclosed illness. It is the second time […]
Why senators want Mama Ngina Waterfront new board disbanded
Reading Time: 3 minutes Fresh controversy has rocked the newly constituted management board of the refurbished Mama Ngina Waterfront over its constitutionality. A section […]
IMF commends Kenya on fight against corruption
Reading Time: 2 minutes The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director for African Department, Mr. Abebe Selassie has commended President Uhuru Kenyatta for spearheading the […]
Three suspects in Rai Cement boss murder acquitted
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Kericho court has unconditionally acquitted three murder suspects out of the six who had been accused of murdering Rai […]
Women share their struggles with fistula
Reading Time: 3 minutes A strong foul odour caused by leaking urine or stool and passing of uncontrolled gas from one’s genitalia, accompanied by […]
Ex-TUM VC denies spending Sh4.7m on TV sets
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Monica Kagia Former Technical University of Mombasa (TUM) Vice Chancellor Josephat Mwatela has denied involvement in the purchase of […]
Likoni: Hundreds of ferry users thrown into panic, again
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hundreds of commuters at the Likoni crossing channel were thrown into panic after Mv Harambee hit docking ramp and got […]
Woman’s cancer lie confession angers Kenyans on social media
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenyans have reacted angrily to a middle-aged woman’s confession that she had lied about being a cancer survivor for at […]
Ruto adopts Moi’s grassroots style in 2022 votes hunt
Reading Time: 4 minutes Eric Wainaina and Josphat Kinyua Deputy President William Ruto appears to have taken a cue from his political mentor, former President […]
Post Election Violence victims payout appeal dismissed
Reading Time: 2 minutes Three victims of the infamous 2007 post-election violence will not receive government compensation because they did not report the looting […]
Dedan Kimathi grave ‘located’
Reading Time: 2 minutes “…The graveside of liberation hero Field Marshall Dedan Kimathi Wachuiri has been identified!” This was the long-awaited announcement that was […]
Former MP Ongoro, 18 others to face EACC over Sh48.9m ghost school project
Reading Time: < 1 minute Former Kasarani MP Elizabeth Ongoro and 18 other suspects are set to be grilled by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission […]
PS Desai assures 16m informal sector workers of certification
Reading Time: < 1 minute David Musundi More than 16 million untrained practitioners in the informal sector will soon be certified by the State Department […]
Kenyatta University referral hospital to open doors Monday
Reading Time: 1 minute Oliver Musembi After months of delay, Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital will be inaugurated next week. Health Cabinet Secretary […]
Kenya must adopt radical measures to attract investors, says Ruto
Reading Time: 2 minutes DPPS Deputy President William Ruto has said Kenya has to do more to make the country the preferred gateway to […]
Anti-Terrorism Police Unit detective arrested for trafficking 139kg bhang
Reading Time: < 1 minute A detective attached to the DCI’s Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) was on Thursday evening arrested while trafficking 139kg of bhang […]
Cardinal Otunga shut after girl kills self
Reading Time: < 1 minute Yusuf Masibo Cardinal Otunga Girls Secondary School in Bungoma was on Wednesday evening closed indefinitely after a student committed suicide […]
Lands ministry moves to fast track titling
Reading Time: < 1 minute James Wakahiu The Lands ministry has directed land-buying firms in Ruiru and Juja Sub-counties to surrender their members’ registers, mother […]
Divisions in Sports Ministry laid bare as CS, PS give conflicting reports on state of stadia in the country
Reading Time: 2 minutes Evidence of disarray and divisions within the top echelons of Sports Ministry were laid bare yesterday when Cabinet Secretary Amina […]
Motorists to cough hefty levy to use “jam free” expressway
Reading Time: 2 minutes Motorists plying upcoming Nairobi Expressway will pay handsomely in toll charges to use the yet-to-be-constructed 27 kilometre highway linking Mlolongo […]
Mt Kenya leaders vow to reject parliamentary system proposal
Reading Time: 3 minutes Some 42 leaders from Mount Kenya region allied to Deputy President William Ruto have given conditions that must be addressed […]
New proposals could make NHIF fully State funded
Reading Time: 3 minutes The government will have to dig deeper to finance the health cover for at least 35 million Kenyans not in […]
Kachapin, deputy on the spot over defaulting Sh27m loan
Reading Time: 2 minutes Former West Pokot Governor Simon Kachapin and his deputy governor Titus Lotee are on the spot for defaulting to pay […]
Will Ndegwa fill Collymore, Michael Joseph giant shoes?
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Derek Otieno and Fred Aminga When Bob Collymore, now deceased, took over from Michael Joseph as Safaricom’s chief executive, […]
Teachers charged after ‘defiling’ girl one after the other in school
Reading Time: < 1 minute Deputy principal allegedly defiled the girl on Sunday, October 20, and when she went to report him to her class teacher, he also defiled her.
Safaricom appoints new CEO
Reading Time: 2 minutes Telecommunication giant Safaricom PLC has settled on Peter Ndegwa to take over as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In […]
Uproar as SGR station remains closed a week after Uhuru launch
Reading Time: 2 minutes A week after President Uhuru Kenyatta commissioned the second phase of the Standard Gauge Railway from Nairobi to Naivasha; one […]
UoN lecturer arrested on suspicion of killing son after body found in house
Reading Time: < 1 minute Body of her 13-year-old boy was found wrapped in a blanket and lying in the sitting room by police after apartment's caretaker alerted them.
Somalia hands over terror suspects to Kenya
Reading Time: < 1 minute Somali security agencies have handed over two terror suspects, Farah Ahamed Sanbul and Mihat Daar Khalif, to the Kenyan authorities. […]
Kenya named third most advanced financial market in Africa
Reading Time: < 1 minute Absa Group Ltd has for the second consecutive time listed Kenya as the third most advanced financial market in Africa […]
Are we ready for men to take family planning pill?
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Prof Lisa Campo-Engelste in Albany Medical College Scientists have been working on the male contraceptive pill for almost half a […]
Punguza Mizigo II in the works
Reading Time: < 1 minute Defiant Thirdway Alliance party leader Ekuru Aukot has vowed to launch a fresh bid for a plebiscite after failing to […]
Safaricom board fails to agree on next CEO as members differ
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Derrick Otieno Telecmmunications firm Safaricom’s board has failed to agree on a new chief executive extending the reign of […]
BBI report awaits Uhuru return as curtains fall on task force
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Noah Cheploen and Anthony Mwangi Focus has now shifted to President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga after curtains […]
CS Yattani pleads with senators to increase public debt
Reading Time: 3 minutes National Treasury has pleaded with Senate to support the Executive in its bid to increase the national debt ceiling from […]
Lupita Nyong’o, mum feted by the Harlem School of Arts
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Faith Kyoumukama Hollywood actress and Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o and her mum Dorothy Nyong’o were yesterday awarded by the […]
Embattled Kiambu magistrate takes up private practice
Reading Time: 2 minutes Former Kiambu Principal Brian Khaemba has taken up private practice after efforts for reinstatement failed. Brya Khaemba made his first […]
DCI sleuths thwart ATM heist in Ruiru
Reading Time: < 1 minute Police in Ruiru thwarted a Barclays Bank ATM heist on Tuesday night and arrested four suspects. In the operation, the […]
With music and burger empire, African couple living ‘Russian dream’
Reading Time: 3 minutes By AFP Decked out in gold jewellery and high-end fashion, Walter and Cindy Tchassem descend on a Moscow fast-food joint […]
MP punched me twice, Woman Rep narrates assault to court
Reading Time: < 1 minute Wajir Woman Rep Fatuma Gedi yesterday narrated to the court the events that led to her alleged assault by her […]
Kinoti wants Cohen widow contempt case dismissed
Reading Time: < 1 minute Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti has urged the High Court to dismiss an application by the widow of […]
Senators raise concern over Sh63b medical kit lying idle
Reading Time: 3 minutes Fresh controversy has stoked the Sh63 billion Medical Equipment Services (MES) after it emerged that the leased equipment supplied to […]
Study shows what employees feel about their jobs
Reading Time: < 1 minute Most employees are unhappy with their current workplace mainly due to the treatment they receive in their companies, a study […]
Government takes action against female cop in viral video
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Fred Kai A female police officer captured in a video claiming that she was being mistreated by her seniors […]
Gospel singer Rose Muhando says her life is in danger, again
Reading Time: < 1 minute Gospel singer Rose Muhando, known for hits such as Nibebe, has claimed her life might be in danger after returning to the […]
Parents’ warning sends KCSE candidate to an early grave
Reading Time: 2 minutes By KNA A Form 4 candidate from Esani location in Nyamira County committed suicide Saturday, after allegedly being warned by […]
KCSE oral and practical exams kick off
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination has officially commenced amid stringent measures and penalties to curb cheating and […]
How plans to heckle Ruto at Mashujaa Day fete unravelled
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Murimi Mutiga and Sophie Njoka A plan to heckle Deputy President William Ruto during the Mashujaa Day celebrations on Sunday […]
House team seeks to gag State agencies from spying
Reading Time: 3 minutes Members of the National Assembly want to tame State agencies from arbitrarily snooping and collecting personal data under the guise […]
How taxpayers lost billions in leased medical kits scheme
Reading Time: 4 minutes Details have emerged of how the Ministry of Health officials may have colluded with five international firms to rip off […]
Nanok, senator differ publicly over annual cultural festival
Reading Time: < 1 minute A social media war between Turkana Governor Josphat Nanok and Senator Malachy Ekal over the annual Turkana Tourism and Cultural […]
Factory managers warned over increased theft of coffee
Reading Time: 2 minutes Managers of coffee factories within Murang’a County have been warned over colluding with thieves to steal farmers’ produce. County Commissioner […]
CS Wamalwa assures flood victims of government support
Reading Time: < 1 minute Devolution Cabinet secretary Eugene Wamalwa has assured all flood victims in the country of government assistance. Speaking on Monday in […]
Property destroyed as fire guts down Mathai Supermarket in Murang’a
Reading Time: < 1 minute Property worth millions of shillings was reduced to ashes after a huge fire gutted Mathai Supermarket in Murang’a County on […]
Some living legends who shaped Kenya
Reading Time: 5 minutes Daniel arap Moi Born in 1924, Moi grew up in rural central Rift Valley where he schooled and converted to […]
Manduku gives assurance on the future of Mombasa port
Reading Time: 3 minutes As the government heightens efforts to develop multiple port projects in the coastal region, questions are emerging on whether these […]
Do you know the shujaa on your local road?
Reading Time: 9 minutes Kwale deportee Not so many people know after whom Ole Odume Road in Nairobi’s Kilimani area was named. History records, […]
BBI team roots for law change to scrap counties, create 14 regions
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) taskforce has made far-reaching recommendations to abolish the 47 county governments and replace them with […]
BBI proposes prime minister post, single-term presidency
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) proposes a three-tier structure of government comprising 14-regional governments and a parliamentary system in a […]
CBK launch investigations on a Saudi national over money laundering
Reading Time: < 1 minute Two companies owned by a Saudi national are being investigated by the Central bank of Kenya and other international investigative […]
Expensive loans loom as MPs ready to end interest rate cap
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Anthony Mwangi and Rawlings Otini Kenyans should brace for higher interest rates on loans after Members of Parliament said […]
Agriculture ministry on the spot over Sh4.5b maize importation
Reading Time: 2 minutes Shocking details yesterday emerged of how the Agriculture ministry spent billions of shillings to import “air” under the guise of […]
Mariam Kighenda’s family to sue Kenya ferry after getting autopsy results
Reading Time: 2 minutes The family of Mariam Kighenda and her daughter Amanda Mutheu who drowned at the Likoni Ferry channel after their vehicle […]
Sonko defends his controversial foreign trips
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has defended his recent trips abroad that have come under heavy criticism from some leaders and […]
New Brexit deal agreed, says Boris Johnson
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Brexit deal has been agreed between UK and EU negotiating teams before a meeting of European leaders in Brussels. […]
Sakaja to block Wambui’s appointment, says she is unqualified
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja has challenged the appointment of Mary Wambui as the chair of the National Employment Authority. In […]
Twins in Raila family estate dispute to undergo DNA test
Reading Time: 3 minutes Two minors alleged to have been fathered by Opposition leader Raila Odinga’s late son, Fidel, will undergo a DNA test […]
I don’t want another mandate, Uhuru tells Handshake critics
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Seth Onyango and George Kebaso President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday waded into the 2022 succes President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday reignited the […]
Priest a prime suspect in colleague’s brutal murder
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Zadock Angira and Brian Musyoka The body of Father Michael Maingi Kyengo, a Catholic priest in Thatha Parish, Machakos County, […]
Police seize ‘most wanted con artist’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Directorate of Criminal Investigations detectives have finally arrested a tall and light skinned woman believed to be the mastermind of […]
Former league champions Sofapaka get a better deal as they renew contract with jersey sponsors Betika
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenyan Premier League (KPL) outfit Sofapaka has received a shot in the arm in form of renewed sponsorship from Betting […]
Senate: Medical kits leasing plan scam of all time
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Senate has now termed the controversial Managed Equipment Services (MES) initiative as “a scandal of all time” following damning […]
KPA challenges jurisdiction of SGR case Bench at Supreme Court
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Monica Kagia Kenya Ports Authority has moved to the Supreme Court challenging the jurisdiction of a five-judge Bench constituted […]
Kenya gets first Express Way
Reading Time: 2 minutes Construction of a new superhighway in Nairobi, the first of its kind in the region, was yesterday unveiled by President […]
Jubilee MPs react to arrest of Aisha Jumwa
Reading Time: < 1 minute A section of Jubilee Party legislators have condemned the arrest of Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa who is being detained at […]
EACC sleuths arrest Kiambu MCA
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) detectives have arrested a Kiambu Member of County Assembly (MCA) for providing false information to […]
Former AG now roots for an expanded Executive
Reading Time: 2 minutes Former Attorney General Githu Muigai has said that an expanded Executive will help address the vexing issue of inclusivity in […]
Settle some cases out of court, urges DPP Haji
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is promoting a new approach where some criminal cases can be resolved […]
Swamibapa sweep past Ngara in Nairobi Invitational
Reading Time: < 1 minute Swamibapa defeated Ngara Sports Club after setting a score total of 86/2 in 9.1 overs as the Nairobi Invitational Cricket […]
Why 60pc of family firms fail in Africa
Reading Time: 2 minutes About 60 per cent of wealth in family businesses are lost in Africa due to improper structures and failures by […]
FKF listed as creditors after WTS Group went bankrupt
Reading Time: 2 minutes Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president Nick Mwendwa has finally come out to clarify on the issue of the Outside Broadcast […]
Japanese companies line up to set shop at Dongo Kundu SEZ
Reading Time: 2 minutes Japanese investors are eyeing the Dongo Kundu Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Mombasa, three years before completion of the project […]
State corporations throw out interns deployed by PSC
Reading Time: 4 minutes Hundreds of graduate interns recently deployed to various ministries have run into problems after some of the receiving State agencies […]
Safaricom to spend Sh281m on girls during national exam season
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mobile network provider, Safaricom, has announced that it will provide sanitary towels to over 800,000 girls sitting this year’s national […]
Lusaka rallies support for Kenya’s bid for UNSC seat, faults Somalia’s ICJ move
Reading Time: 2 minutes Lobbying for Kenya’s bid to win the coveted seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for 2021-2022, intensified as […]
Three more Kenyan athletes shortlisted for top IAAF award
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenya’s stardust trio of Helen Obiri, Brigid Kosgei and Beatrice Chepkoech have made it into the prestigious IAAF shortlist for […]
Likoni ferry tragedy: Autopsy on victims to be carried out Wednesday as burial date set
Reading Time: < 1 minute Postmortem examination on bodies of Mariam Kighenda and her daughter Amanda Mutheu who died in Likoni Ferry accident two weeks […]
Likoni tragedy: Family in yet another wait as autopsy postponed
Reading Time: < 1 minute Despite the long wait for the recovery of Mariam Kighenda and her daughter Amanda Mutheu’s bodies, the bereaved family has […]
Moi spends second night in hospital
Reading Time: < 1 minute Retired President Moi yesterday spent the second night at The Nairobi Hospital where he is undergoing routine medical check-up — […]
Kebs launches new standard to enhance fight against graft
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) has developed a standard which will provide guidance for establishing anti-bribery management system in organisations. […]
Magoha says government official under whose jurisdiction the vice takes place will be interdicted
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Hillary Mageka The government has put in place stringent measures and penalties to curb cheating and leakages in the […]
No deals signed in MES project, Senate team told
Reading Time: 2 minutes There are no contractual agreements between the government and suppliers of medical equipment in the Managed Equipment Services (MES) programme, […]
Ethiopian Airlines crash victims kin seek closure as remains arrive
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Seth Onyango and Alvin Mwangi “I am left with loneliness. I ask myself a lot of questions. Yes, the bodies […]
Relief for motorists as fuel prices drop
Reading Time: 2 minutes Motorists will feel relief at the pump after Energy Regulatory Commision of Kenya (EPRA) announced a drop in fuel prices […]
Shock as mother hacks five-week-old baby to death
Reading Time: < 1 minute Residents of Kihingo village at Kigetuini in Kiharu were left in utter shock after a middle-aged woman hacked her five […]
Algeria pledges support for Kenya’s UN Security Council bid
Reading Time: 2 minutes Algeria has pledged to support Kenya in its bid for the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) non-permanent seat for the […]
Kipchoge, Cheruiyot nominated for IAAF Male Athlete of The Year Awards
Reading Time: 2 minutes The accolades keep coming for Eliud Kipchoge. Just over 48 hours after his historic feat of running a marathon under […]
Court declines video evidence in lawyer Willie Kimani murder case
Reading Time: < 1 minute Director of Public Prosecution has suffered a blow after the high court declined to admit video evidence which reconstructs the […]
Court quashes order to probe Kariuki firm accounts in Sh41bn tax evasion case
Reading Time: < 1 minute High Court has quashed orders to probe Thika-based Africa Spirits Limited plant, linked to businessman Humphrey Kariuki, accounts in Sh41 […]
Ruto allies respond to Atwoli over attack on DP
Reading Time: 2 minutes The fiery Central Organization of Trade Unions ( COTU) boss Francis Atwoli has come under heavy criticism over his renewed […]
Autopsy of Mariam Kighenda and daughter’s bodies scheduled as probe begins
Reading Time: 2 minutes An investigations team begins the full probe into the Likoni channel ferry tragedy on Monday, with a postmortem on the […]
Jubilee, ODM trade barbs as Kibra race gains momentum
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Bernard Gitau, Alvin Mwangi and Sophie Njoka A section of Jubilee Party legislators have called on the Independent Electoral […]
How teams’ rivalry slowed down Likoni recovery operation
Reading Time: 4 minutes After 13 days stuck in the seabed of the Indian Ocean, the car in which Mariam Kighenda and her daughter […]
How gang robbed, raped woman in Kayole
Reading Time: 2 minutes An employee of a mobile service provider endured at least two terrifying hours at the hands of gunmen who robbed […]
Supreme Court halts fraud case against Jirongo
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Supreme Court on Friday suspended a criminal case against former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo. A five-judge Bench comprising Chief […]
It’s now time for marathon’s GOAT to write history
Reading Time: 4 minutes Eliud Kipchoge is about to attempt something no human has ever done before; he is going to try to run […]
Team recovers bodies of mother, daughter in Likoni ferry accident
Reading Time: 2 minutes A multi-agency team on Friday successfully retrieved a car containing the bodies of Mariam Kighenda and her daughter Amanda Mutheu, […]
Suspected defiler, 53, hangs self after learning of arrest order
Reading Time: < 1 minute A 53-year-old man from Kitoben village in Bomet County committed suicide after he allegedly found out that he was wanted […]
Likoni Ferry tragedy: Vehicle retrieved
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Kenya Navy and South African divers have managed to retrieve a vehicle that plunged into Indian Ocean at Likoni […]
Moi University closed indefinitely
Reading Time: < 1 minute Moi University has been closed indefinitely after students protested over alleged poor management of the institution. The students demonstrated against […]
Tob Cohen murder: Sarah Wairimu freed on cash bail
Reading Time: 2 minutes Wife to deceased Dutch billionaire Tob Cohen, Sarah Wairimu, was on Friday released on a cash bail of Sh 2 […]
Silverstone plane crashes at Wilson Airport
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Silverstone aircraft has crash-landed just after take-off from the Wilson Airport. Aviation authorities said all the passengers in the […]
How Moi marked holiday quietly with son
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Noah Cheploen and Alvin Mwangi Retired President Moi yesterday marked Moi Day quietly with his son Gideon at his Kabarak […]
Rogue police trigger Mutyambai, Kinoti into the swift response
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Inspector-General of Police Hillary Mutyambai has ordered the immediate transfer of all National Police Service officers who have served […]
Concern over rising mental illnesses in Kenya as medics turn to drugs and substance abuse
Reading Time: 3 minutes About 25 percent of Kenyans are suffering from different forms of mental illnesses according to a survey done by a […]
Why Kenyan businesswoman in Denmark fears for her life
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Kenyan businesswoman based in Denmark is living in fear after she started receiving threatening messages and calls from unknown […]
Past graft scam haunts greedy top journalists
Reading Time: < 1 minute Senior journalists said to have benefitted from proceeds of a major corruption scam in the history of Kenya are being […]
Police informer opposes use of video evidence in Willie Kimani murder case
Reading Time: 3 minutes Police informant, who confessed to having assisted administration police officers to brutally kill lawyer Willie Kimani and two others, is […]
Likoni tragedy: Vehicle position spotted
Reading Time: < 1 minute Government Spokesperson Cyrus Oguna has said divers have located two possible positions where the vehicle that plunged into Indian Ocean […]
Acquitted Sh2.3bn Miwani Sugar land case suspects to be charged afresh
Reading Time: 2 minutes The High Court has ruled that all the accused persons charged with defrauding Miwani Sugar Company of land worth Sh […]
Chaos, confusion at City Hall as Elachi returns: IN PICTURES
Reading Time: 2 minutes A section of the MCAs affiliated to Jubilee Party on Wednesday protested the comeback of embattled Nairobi County Assembly Speaker […]
Safaricom announces goodies for customers as Kipchoge takes on sub 2-hr Marathon challenge
Reading Time: 2 minutes Safaricom has today announced a raft of measures to support Eliud Kipchoge in his challenge to become the first ever […]
Elachi dramatically returns to City Hall
Reading Time: < 1 minute Embattled Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Beatrice Elachi dramatically returned to City Hall on Wednesday morning flanked by a section of […]
Governor Lonyangapuo now wants his deputy investigated
Reading Time: < 1 minute West Pokot Governor John Lonyangapuo now wants Parliament to investigate his deputy, Nicholas Atudonyang’, over prolonged absence from duty. Atudonyang’, […]
Aukot suffers blow after Nairobi, Nakuru, Makueni reject Punguza Mizigo bill
Reading Time: < 1 minute David Ndolo, Roy Lumbe and Charles Muasya Thirdway Alliance Party leader Ekuru Aukot yesterday suffered yet another blow after Nairobi, Nakuru […]
Kipchoge in a private jet to attempt sub-two hours in marathon
Reading Time: 3 minutes After seven months of intensive training in Kaptagat, out of reach from the rest of the world, Eliud Kipchoge finally […]
Interior CS Matiang’i declares October 10 a public holiday
Reading Time: 2 minutes Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has declared October 10 a public holiday, but failed to make any pronouncement on how […]
Keroche couple case to be heard in January 2020
Reading Time: 2 minutes The trial of Keroche Breweries Limited owners Joseph and Tabitha Karanja Muigai will take place from January 26 to 31 […]
They gave me HIV-infected blood during pregnancy, woman claims
Reading Time: 4 minutes Betty Muindi and Philip Yegon February, 19. The dizziness and splitting headaches weren’t letting up. When, instead, they got worse, […]
We ate and drank after killing city lawyer – Ngugi confesses
Reading Time: 5 minutes A police informer who played a key role in the killing of lawyer Willie Kimani, his client Josephat Mwendwa and […]
Businessman gets six years behind bars for murder in ‘love triangle’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Businessman Leonard Kanari Gitui who allegedly shot and killed another man in a suspected love triangle has been sentenced to […]
Ex-Kayole chief charged with grabbing Sh944m land
Reading Time: 3 minutes A former Kayole Chief was today arraigned at a Milimani court over allegations of fraudulent acquisition of a land situated […]
Three cops in Eastleigh robbery incident detained for five days
Reading Time: < 1 minute Three police officers attached to Kayole Police Station and a Cameroonian have been detained for five days to enable the […]
Report reveals amount counties fail to spend in last financial year
Reading Time: 2 minutes County governments failed to spend Sh68.93 billion out of Sh445.36 billion allocated to them in the last financial year. Instead, […]
Jubilee Party accused of ‘pouring’ money in Kibra campaigns
Reading Time: < 1 minute Opposition politicians have accused Jubilee Party of bribing voters to back its candidate in the Kibra by-election McDonald Mariga. ODM […]
How Ford-K, ANC bid to field one candidate in Kibra flopped
Reading Time: 3 minutes A secret meeting between Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi and Ford-Kenya leader Moses Wetang’ula early August backfired after […]
St Mary’s Hospital co-founder puts up new facility next door
Reading Time: 2 minutes The controversial co-founder of St Mary’s Mission Hospital William Fryda has opened a new medical facility, two years after he […]
17th CISMEF: SMEs asked to register for free exhibition
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenyan Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that would like to showcase their products during the 17th China International Small and […]
My life is in danger – private investigator Jane Mugo
Reading Time: < 1 minute Private investigator Jane Mugo on Friday morning revealed before a Nairobi court that her life is in danger. Through her […]
Surprise delivery as woman trains for marathon
Reading Time: < 1 minute American athlete Trish Staine thought the severe back pain she was experiencing stemmed from intense training for a half-marathon. It […]
14 people killed in Kisumu road crash
Reading Time: < 1 minute Fourteen people have been confirmed dead after a Nairobi-bound Eldoret Express bus collided head on with a trailer at Awasi, […]
Cases of security officers in crime raise eyebrows
Reading Time: 4 minutes On Wednesday, two officers attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Wajir and an Administration Police colleague were […]
State bows to pressure, lifts order on SGR cargo transport
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Eric Wainaina and Mutiga Murimi The government may be forced to seek alternative ways of raising money to service […]
Nakuru man arrested for setting wife on fire
Reading Time: 2 minutes A 26-year-old mother of three is nursing serious injuries at Nakuru-Level-Five Hospital after her husband allegedly set her on fire […]
Tea farmers’ earnings dip as sector grapples with oversupply
Reading Time: 3 minutes Small-scale tea farmers across the country will earn a lower bonus compared to last year as the sector grapples with […]
Is Kibra election final straw for troubled Nasa?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The scramble for the Kibra seat in the next month’s by-election has exposed deep differences in the National Super Alliance […]
I did not kill my husband, Cohen’s widow tells court
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sarah Wairimu, the widow of slain Dutch businessman Tob Cohen, was today formally charged with the murder of her husband. […]
FKF ordered to pay former Stars coach Amrouche Sh108m
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ordered Football Kenya Federation (FKF) to pay former Harambee Stars coach Adel […]
Africa Spirits wants DCI disqualified from probing tax related matters
Reading Time: < 1 minute Thika-based Africa Spirits Ltd plant linked to billionaire Humphrey Kariuki today told the High Court that the Director of Criminal […]
Government now apologises over Likoni drowning incident
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Government through the Ministry of Transport has apologized to Kenyans over its late response to rescue a mother and […]
Kenya eyes 10% growth in international tourist arrivals in 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya on Wednesday expressed optimism that it will achieve a ten percent growth in international tourist arrivals in 2019, beyond the […]
Nakuru man exhumes his father’s remains for occult
Reading Time: < 1 minute Patrick Mwangi, a 22-year-old from Sheldrick village, Subukia Nakuru County has shocked his villagers after exhuming the remains of his […]
Greenlight as MPs give Competency Based Curriculum legal clout
Reading Time: < 1 minute Much-touted Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) currently being implemented in schools is now anchored in law after legislators approved Sessional Paper […]
CBK misses target in demonetization exercise
Reading Time: < 1 minute Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) was unable to mop up Sh7.4 billion during the just demonetization exercise having accounted for […]
Area traffic boss calls for road signs after four perish in Kamulu road accident
Reading Time: 2 minutes Four persons died on the spot on Tuesday night after a Toyota Proboxwas involved in a head on collision with […]
Monica agrees to share Ken Okoth’s property with Ann Thumbi
Reading Time: < 1 minute The late Ken Okoth’s widow, Monica, has agreed to share his estate with nominated Nairobi Member of County Assembly Ann […]
Kenyans living abroad seek to wire Sh119 billion back home
Reading Time: 2 minutes More than 3,000 Kenyans with cash stashed abroad have applied to repatriate Sh118.8 billion under the tax amnesty announced by […]
How HIV ‘misdiagnosis’ resulted in rejection, stigma and divorce
Reading Time: 3 minutes Anne Wambui suspected her cop husband of cheating. She, as expected, was afraid of catching something nasty from him. So […]
How thousands risk lives to cross Likoni channel daily
Reading Time: 6 minutes The Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA) has cancelled seaworthiness certificates for all the Kenya Ferry Services ferries in the wake of […]
Speculations rife as Aisha Jumwa holds private meeting with Raila Odinga
Reading Time: 2 minutes Malindi Member of Parliament Aisha Jumwa, who has defected from ODM party to join the Deputy President William Ruto side […]
DPP appeals acquittal of 5 suspects in Sh2.3bn Miwani Sugar land case
Reading Time: < 1 minute Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) now wants five suspects in Sh2.3 billion Miwani Sugar land grabbing case who were acquitted […]
Shock as Murang’a family finds crosses planted outside house, scattered human faeces
Reading Time: < 1 minute A family in Mathioya, Murang’a County, woke up to a shocking Monday morning after finding crosses planted outside their house. […]
Likoni ferry accident: Divers locate vehicle wreckage
Reading Time: 2 minutes Search and rescue teams from Kenya Navy, KPA, Kenya Fisheries Research Institute (KEFRI) and Private Contracted Divers have located the […]
Has life become so cheap? Fifty people killed every week!
Reading Time: 6 minutes There is an increase in murders across the country with at least 50 people killed in the last one week, […]
She called minutes to accident, husband of ferry victim recalls
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Reuben Mwambingu and Harrison Kivisu Sadness clouds John Wambua’s face every time he recalls the viral video that captured his […]
Two men in Kajiado arrested after reporting unpaid gay sex
Reading Time: < 1 minute Three men have been arrested in Kajiado County for allegedly engaging in homosexual acts. A 23-year old man and his […]
Dilemma over cash bail, exhibit held in old currency bank note
Reading Time: < 1 minute Dilemma has locked Judiciary over the value of old Sh1000 notes held in cash bails and the admissibility of the […]
Integrity crisis as 25 legislators fight incitement, fraud charges
Reading Time: 5 minutes At least 25 legislators are facing fraud, forgery, assault and incitement-related charges, which put their conduct on collision with Chapter […]
Four KDF soldiers die, one cop injured in separate car crashes
Reading Time: < 1 minute Four Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officers from Solio Barracks in Isiolo County were Sunday night killed in a road accident […]
Curtain falls on old Sh1,000 banknote after 25-year run
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Noel Wandera By midnight, curtains will be drawn on the old Sh1,000 currency notes, and with it fond memories. […]
Myths, burden and stigma associated with dementia
Reading Time: 6 minutes Faith Kyoumukama What would you do if one of your parents woke up one morning and couldn’t remember your name […]
Magoha to appear before Senate team over deadly classroom collapse
Reading Time: 2 minutes Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha and his Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang are expected to appear on Monday before a […]
Done deal for NIC and CBA banks merger
Reading Time: 2 minutes Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has approved the merger between NIC Group Plc (NIC) and Commercial Bank of Africa Ltd […]
Court dismisses petition challenging validity of new currency
Reading Time: < 1 minute The High Court on Friday dismissed a suit challenging the validity of the new currency. In a judgement where one […]
Businessman charged with being in possession of 100 million fake US dollars
Reading Time: < 1 minute City businessman Stephen Mark Oduk has been charged before a Nairobi court with being in possession of 100 million in […]
Treasury spells out new tough expenditure measures
Reading Time: 3 minutes The government has announced a raft of new austerity measures as it seeks to rein in spending by public officials […]
Resist attempts to revive militia groups
Reading Time: 2 minutes A video that has gone viral online depicts Cabinet Administrative Secretary Rachel Shebesh and former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga addressing […]
It’s last minute rush as expiry of old Sh1,000 currency nears
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Noeil Wandera The prospects of being left with valueless paper is causing sleepless nights across the country two days […]
Raila accuses Nasa colleagues of betrayal during mock oath
Reading Time: 3 minutes Opposition leader Raila Odinga has accused fellow Nasa co-principals Kalonzo Musyoka, Musalia Mudavadi and Moses Wetang’ula of betraying him during […]
Nyong’o drums up support for BBI in new book
Reading Time: 3 minutes A new book by Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o, which was launched on Tuesday, backs the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), whose […]
Banks will not extend working hours during last day of demonetisation
Reading Time: < 1 minute Banks will not extend their working hours to accommodate late deposits, even as the September 30 demonetisation deadline for the […]
Businessman Kariuki wins as court rejects DPP attempt to vary his bond terms
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Nairobi court has rejected an attempt by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to vary bond terms for businessman […]
Panic as Haji, Kinoti visit KPC station
Reading Time: < 1 minute There was panic at the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) when the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji and Director of […]
Magoha now closes Precious Talent Top School over killer building
Reading Time: < 1 minute Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has ordered closure of Precious Talent Top School in Nairobi’s Ng’ando area after tragedy that […]
Police impound six high-end vehicles smuggled from abroad
Reading Time: < 1 minute Officers from Special Crime Unit Detectives yesterday impounded six top of range vehicles that had allegedly been smuggled from into […]
Matiang’i assures residents security as he visits crime-prone Uhuru’s ancestral home
Reading Time: < 1 minute Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has assured residents of Gatundu of their security following a spate of burglary incidents in the […]
How 2022 succession battle influenced IEBC bill voting
Reading Time: 2 minutes The succession battle pitting Deputy President William Ruto against Opposition leader Raila Odinga may have influenced the vote on a […]
How Kiraitu ended Raila’s hunger strike in detention
Reading Time: 3 minutes When they first met at Shimo la Tewa prison at the Coast, they consulted deeply and even quarrelled over food. […]
Gatundu school that is a ticking time bomb
Reading Time: < 1 minute Even before the dust settles at Precious Talents School Nairobi where at least seven lives were lost on Monday, images […]
Murang’a county officials acquitted of assault charges
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Wangari Njuguna and Njange Maina The County Executive Committe (CEC) member for water in Murang’a County Paul Macharia and […]
Court orders confiscation of Kariuki’s passports again
Reading Time: 2 minutes Businessman Humphrey Kariuki will not travel to United States (US) and Switzerland for business purposes after a Nairobi court set aside […]
Full list of county officials suspended by Sonko
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has suspended County Executive Committee (CEC) member for finance Charles Kerich and other 15 county officials […]
Kiambu: Court bars Nyoro from reshuffling CECs
Reading Time: < 1 minute High Court has barred Kiambu Deputy Governor James Nyoro from firing and shuffling county ministers pending determination of a petition […]
Bishop clears air on likening Ruto rivals to flies
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Brian Musyoka The Embu Catholic biocese bishop, Paul Kariuki, has clarified his Sunday comments on Jubilee’s Kieleweke and Tanga […]
Anti-narcotics police recover drugs, one arrested
Reading Time: 2 minutes Police recovered drugs believed to have been imported from the US and arrested a female employee of the Kenya Airways. […]
Gatundu octogenarian offers body for human anatomy as a ‘thankyou’
Reading Time: 2 minutes As an act of selflessness, a man from Gatundu South constituency in Kiambu County has offered his body to be […]
Sossion ouster petition dismissed
Reading Time: < 1 minute It is a big win for embattled Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) secretary-general Wilson Sossion as labour court orders […]
Mutua, Sonko ranked among worst performing governors in new survey
Reading Time: < 1 minute Machakos Governor Dr Alfred Mutua and his Nairobi counterpart Mike Sonko have been ranked among the worst performing county bosses […]
How KCPE candidate’s bright future was dimmed by school tragedy
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Grace Wachira and Irene Githinji “Dad bye,” 13-year-old Emmna Idambo, a Standard Eight pupil at Precious Talent School told her […]
Why Precious Talents Top school was a tragedy in waiting
Reading Time: 4 minutes “My child told me several times, ‘daddy our class shakes every time someone walks in and we do not know […]
High Court dismisses lawyer Nyakundi plea on murder charge
Reading Time: 2 minutes The High Court has declined to set aside an order requiring embattled lawyer Assa Nyakundi to plead to a murder […]
Why Tob Cohen’s burial has been postponed
Reading Time: 2 minutes The planned burial ceremony of the murdered Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen will be held on Tuesday afternoon after two Jewish […]
Uhuru, Ruto and Raila mourn seven pupils killed in classroom collapse
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta has mourned seven Precious Talents Top School pupils killed on Monday morning after their classroom collapsed. “Our […]
Magoha closes Precious Talent School after deadly classroom collapse
Reading Time: < 1 minute Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has confirmed that seven pupils died after a Precious Talent School classroom at Dagoretti […]
Seven pupils die after classroom collapses in Dagoretti
Reading Time: < 1 minute Seven pupils have been confirmed dead after a Precious Talent School classroom collapsed Monday morning, St John’s Ambulance has confirmed. […]
Cohen murder: Court clears Wairimu to attend burial under police escort
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sarah Wairimu, the wife of the slain businessman Tob Cohen has been cleared to attend the burial of her deceased […]
Keep off Kirinyaga county affairs, Kibicho tells Ruto
Reading Time: 2 minutes Githinji Mwangi The bad blood between Deputy President Dr William Ruto and powerful Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho boiled over […]
End of the Road for Nairobi Club?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Derek Otieno Debts, Mismanagement and Infighting among Board Members put the prestigious 120-year Old Club on its Death Bed Founded 120 […]
Shelter Afrique posts Sh7.8 million in net profit
Reading Time: 2 minutes Shelter Afrique turnaround plan during the second quarter resulted in its net profit of Sh7.8 million (US$ 78, 000) for the period […]
Kibwana, Mutula clash over graft allegations in Makueni county
Reading Time: < 1 minute Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana has accused his Senator Mutula Kilonzo of political witch-hunt by linking him to corruption. Kivutha said […]
Kinoti seeks to bar killers from victim’s wealth
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has rattled lawyers and suspects accused of murder by flagging a section of the […]
I’ll cooperate in graft probe, Sonko assures
Reading Time: 2 minutes Embattled Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has finally broken his silence and said he has decided to stay away from City […]
Governors Ugatuzi Initiative proposes to widen Executive
Reading Time: 3 minutes The clamour for constitutional change gained momentum after the Council of Governors (CoG) presented itsr proposal under ‘Ugatuzi Initiative’ to […]
Endorsement of Mariga by Uhuru leaves all guessing
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Oscar Obonyo Wednesday evening’s endorsement of Jubilee party’s candidate for the Kibra by-election, MacDonald Mariga, by President Uhuru […]
Tax hurdle for Otachi as MPs grill six for NLC chair position
Reading Time: 2 minutes The vetting of Gershom Otachi to the post of National Land Commission (NLC) chair was yesterday hit by confusion over […]
Suspect in court over conning Akashas Sh5m
Reading Time: 2 minutes The family of slain drug baron Ibrahim Akasha has lost millions of shillings to conmen who posed as State House […]
Government to establish public coffee exchange
Reading Time: 2 minutes The government will take a step further in putting more money in the coffee farmer’s pocket by establishing a public […]
Mutyambai, Kinoti attend key security forum in Arusha
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Inspector General Hillary Mutyambai and the Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti have joined other regional police bosses to […]
Governor Kibwana in trouble over Sh1.4b alleged fraud
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) could prosecute Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana and other top county officials over Sh 1.4 […]
Reprieve for businessman Humphrey Kariuki as court grants him travel documents
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Nairobi court has permanently released businessman Humphrey Kariuki’s travel documents to enable him to travel abroad for business purposes. […]
Tob Cohen’s burial date set
Reading Time: < 1 minute Tob Cohen’s family and his widow, Sarah Wairimu, have set Monday, September 23, 2019 as burial date for the slain […]
Boy narrates how he was lured into lodging, sodomised
Reading Time: < 1 minute A 10-year-old boy recounted to a Makueni court on Tuesday, how a man lured him into a lodging in Itangini […]
Junet Mohamed, three others acquitted of incitement charges
Reading Time: < 1 minute Th High Court has acquitted MPs Junet Mohamed, Aisha Jumwa, Timothy Bosire and Florence Mutua of incitement charges leveled against […]
Sacco director charged with Sh1 billion fraud
Reading Time: < 1 minute Good Life Savings and Cooperative Society founder’s wife said to have defrauded traders of more than Shi billion was charged […]
Italian firm bosses ordered to appear in court
Reading Time: < 1 minute CMC di Ravenna directors now have 14 days to appear in court and plead to charges relating to Sh51 billion […]
Punguza Mizigo bill could shape political alliances
Reading Time: 3 minutes Eric Wainaina and Bernice Mbugua The ongoing debates on the Punguza Mizigo bill, an initiative by Ekuro Aukot’s Thirdway Alliance, […]
Uhuru, Ruto back Mariga for Kibra by-election
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President Dr William Ruto today at State House, Nairobi met Jubilee Party candidate for the […]
Uhuru orders cancellation of Sh22.2b Kimwarer dam project
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered immediate cancelation of the Kimwarer dam project which was found to be technically and financially […]
Drama rocks Cohen autopsy as Wairimu, sister-in-law clash
Reading Time: < 1 minute Drama ensued at Chiromo Mortuary after the late Tob Cohen’s sister, Gabrie Van Struaten stormed out after clashing with her […]
PHOTOS: Drama as Akothee enters Parliament in mini-skirt
Reading Time: 2 minutes Controversial Kenyan musician Esther Akoth, popularly known as Akothee, caused drama at Parliament buildings on Wednesday afternoon after trying to […]
Uhuru calls on African labour organizations to champion continental integration
Reading Time: 3 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged African labour organizations to play a leading role in the ongoing efforts towards the full […]
New twist as DPP fails to kick off Sh14b tax evasion trial against Keroche directors
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is seemingly not ready to begin the trial against Keroche Breweries Limited owners Joseph […]
Police on the spot over theft at Humphrey Kariuki’s factory in Thika
Reading Time: 2 minutes A company associated with business tycoon Humphrey Kariuki that was closed down in January this year is accusing the police […]
Kibra by-election: Court dismisses petition challenging Mariga’s candidature
Reading Time: < 1 minute Political Parties Disputes Tribunal court chairperson Kyalo Mbobu has dismissed petition challenging the candidature of McDonald Mariga in the Kibra […]
Cohen murder: Wairimu to take part in autopsy examination
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sarah Wairimu, the wife of the murdered Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen, has obtained orders to personally take part in the […]
Jubilee in turmoil, DP Ruto admits
Reading Time: 3 minutes In a public admission which is likely to have far-reaching political implications, Deputy President William Ruto yesterday said there is […]
Committee to nationalise KQ formed
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Noel WanderaA steering committee to oversee the Nationalisation of Kenya Airways (KQ) has been formed. The airline’s Chairman Michael Joseph, […]
No reprieve for Mariga yet as his candidature petitioned
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Nairobi resident has filed a petition challenging the candidature of McDonald Mariga in the Kibra Constituency by-election. Morris Peter […]
Why senators back cash fund for MCAs
Reading Time: 2 minutes Senators have thrown their weight behind proposed amendments to the law to give Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) budgetary autonomy. […]
Simba Apparel EPZ workers down tools, claim inhumane treatment
Reading Time: < 1 minute More than 2,000 Export Processing Zone (EPZ) factory employees in Mombasa are protesting poor pay and insecurity even as owners […]
New NYS boss sworn-in at State House
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged the new National Youth Service (NYS) Director General Matilda Pamela Aleyo Sakwa to transform the […]
Wajir governor sued over county appointments
Reading Time: < 1 minute Wajir Governor Mohammed Abdi has been sued over flawed County Public Service Board appointments in his county. In a certificate […]
Waititu trails as Mutua, Oparanya top list of best performing governors
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK-based All Africa Advisors has published a list ranking Kenyan governors according to their performance. In the survey released on […]
Akaranga confident of ‘frying’ Mwendwa at FKF polls
Reading Time: < 1 minute Former Vihiga Governor Moses Akaranga has formerly declared hisinterest in Football Kenya Federation (FKF) presidency during theforth coming polls, promising […]
Farmers owed Sh380m by KMC seek ministry’s help
Reading Time: < 1 minute Farmers from seven counties who are owed millions of shillings by the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) Athi River have called […]
Why you should guide your children and help them navigate treacherous online terrain
Reading Time: 3 minutes Evelyn Makena and Chebet Korir It is no longer strange to see children as young as three years old operate […]
Cyberbullying at Consolata School under DCI probe
Reading Time: 4 minutes Kinyuru Munuhe and Chebet Korir Child Protection Unit (CPU) officers attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations have launched investigations at […]
Mariga cleared to vie for Kibra MP seat
Reading Time: < 1 minute Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Dispute Resolution Committee has cleared Jubilee Party candidate in the Kibra by-election McDonald Mariga […]
Cohen’s murder: Wairimu to take plea on September 26
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sarah Wairimu, the main suspect in the Tod Cohen’s murder case, will take plea on September 26, the High Court […]
Varsity chiefs face probe in Sh121m fraud
Reading Time: 2 minutes Top management of Turkana University College allegedly colluded to swindle more than Sh121 million in yet another financial scandal involving […]
Proposed ‘fat tax’ to hit junk food lovers, fund healthcare
Reading Time: 3 minutes Junk food lovers will soon have to dig deeper into their pockets to enjoy their favourite meals if a proposed […]
Kenya to launch UN seat bid on Monday
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenya will officially launch its candidature for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) non-permanent seat for the 2021-2022 term on […]
Missing Dutch tycoon’s body found dumped in water tank
Reading Time: 3 minutes Benard Gitau and Hillary Mageka The puzzle surrounding the disappearance of Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen was Friday unraveled after his […]
Body of person believed to be Tob Cohen found in septic tank
Reading Time: < 1 minute Police on Friday, September 13, retrieved a body from a septic tank within the homestead of missing Dutch millionaire, Tob […]
Man acquitted in the 2014 Thika Road terror attack gets 14 years in jail
Reading Time: < 1 minute A man, who was charged over the twin terrorist blasts on Thika Road that killed three commuters in 2014, has […]
Kiunjuri, PS face probe over Sh1.8b payment to company
Reading Time: 3 minutes Eric Wainaina Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri, his Principal Secretary Hamadi Boga and officials at the Treasury’s Integrated Financial Management Information […]
Kinoti unleashes pack after powerful private detective
Reading Time: 3 minutes Powerful, flamboyant, ruthless. For several years, controversial private investigator Jane Wawira Mugo has called the shots in the security arena, […]
Uhuru surprise visit to Kisumu airport
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta today made a suprise stopover at the Kisumu International Airport on his way to Uganda. Security officials […]
3,000kg bush meat seized in Nairobi’s food ‘vibandas’
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers yesterday arrested three suspects during a raid on food joints and recovered an estimated 3,000kg […]
Waiguru’s meeting disrupted by supporters of MCA
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Githinji Mwangi Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru was yesterday booed by a group of youth in Kagumo town where […]
Confusion grips Parliament over Justice Mumbi’s ruling
Reading Time: 4 minutes A court ruling barring state officers charged with economic crimes from accessing their offices pending trial has sent panic and […]
Three die after wall collapses in Industrial Area
Reading Time: < 1 minute Three people have been killed and 10 others injured after a wall collapsed at Kambogo in Industrial Area, Nairobi County. […]
Female cop brutally killed in suspected love triangle
Reading Time: 2 minutes A female police officer was found killed in her one bedroomed rental house at Annex estate along Eldoret-Nakuru highway in […]
Haji fights bid to drop case against magistrate in missing heroin
Reading Time: 2 minutes Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has urged Mombasa High Court to dismiss a case filed by Kenya Judges […]
Cabinet bans adoption of children by foreigners
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cabinet has today announced an immediate ban on adoption of children by foreign nationals. A special Cabinet meeting at State […]
Family appeals to government to release their son’s detained skull
Reading Time: 2 minutes A grief-stricken family from Komo village in Kiambu County has made a desperate appeal to the government to assist them […]
New twist as police probe Mariga over by-election documents
Reading Time: 3 minutes Irene Githinji and Oscar Obonyo A day after being denied clearance to contest in the upcoming Kibra by-election, football star MacDonald […]
MP wants Kenyan airlines compelled to act over farting passengers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Parliament now wants antacids supplied in aircrafts to be given to passengers with stomach discomforts caused by farting travelers which […]
Insecurity hits Uhuru’s Ichaweri village
Reading Time: < 1 minute Shock has gripped Ichaweri and Ng’enda villages in Gatundu South constituency, Kiambu County after a 23-year-old boda boda rider was […]
Aukot opens up on DP Ruto’s role in Punguza Mizigo Bill
Reading Time: < 1 minute Thirdway Alliance Kenya party leader Ekuru Aukot has dismissed claims that Deputy President William Ruto is sponsoring the Punguza Mizigo […]
Cops in Sh75m bank heist charged, released on bail
Reading Time: < 1 minute Three police officers have denied stealing Sh 75.9 million G4S staff. APC Chris Machogi, Corporal Duncan Luvuga and APC Boniface Mutua […]
Hope as two embryos of northern white rhinos successfully created
Reading Time: < 1 minute Hopes of reversing the imminent extinction of the northern white rhinos revived after two embryos of the northern species were […]
Senior cop arrested for stealing motorcycle
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Police Constable attached to Central Police Station has been arrested alongside his brother in connection to stealing of a […]
Why Jack Ma is leaving Sh48 trillion Alibaba
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alibaba chairman Jack Ma is due to step down from the e-commerce giant on Tuesday, marking the end of an […]
Blow to MPs as Uhuru rejects bid to hike own perks
Reading Time: 3 minutes Members of Parliament suffered a major blow yesterday after President Uhuru Kenyatta rejected their bid to review domestic and foreign […]
Senator pushes for law to protect pregnant learners in schools
Reading Time: 3 minutes Head teachers who refuse to re-admit a learner who drops out of school due to pregnancy commits an offense and […]
Why businessman Brian Yongo has been sued by ex-wife
Reading Time: 2 minutes Estranged wife of businessman Brian Yongo has now accused the ex-husband of using the children’s court to frustrate her bid […]
How MCAs sold their souls to governor
Reading Time: < 1 minute Street Talk A Jubilee governor has devised a way cut MCAs in his county down to size. The MCAs are […]
200 illicit brewers arrested as surveillance drone initiative bears fruits in Murang’a
Reading Time: < 1 minute An initiative by police to use drones in offering surveillance in areas suspected to be brewers and drug peddlers’ dens […]
Ndindi Nyoro walks to freedom in church drama case
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kiharu Member of Parliament (MP) Ndindi Nyoro was Tuesday morning released unconditionally by a Murang’a court after he was found […]
How fake cop planned city’s Sh72m heist
Reading Time: 4 minutes Investigations into the Sh72 million G4S heist have taken a new twist with reports that one of the suspects hitherto […]
Mariga caught off side in Kibra by-election contest
Reading Time: 3 minutes Jubilee Party nominee McDonald Mariga’s quest for the vacant Kibra constituency seat yesterday appeared to have hit a dead end […]
Ndindi Nyoro released from police custody
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kiharu Member of Parliament (MP) Ndindi Nyoro has been released from police custody, his lawyer Murang’a Senator Irungu Kang’ata has […]
Foreign affairs ministry takes stern measures on foreign travels
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has abolished overseas duty per diem rates and training subsistence allowances for its diplomatic staff […]
I hustled my way into millionaire’s club – Ndindi Nyoro
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Milliam Murigi When you hear Ndindi Nyoro talking about stocks, you would imagine he has spent the better part […]
Magistrate orders suspects in Sh72M bank heist to be taken to hospital
Reading Time: < 1 minute Milimani Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku has ordered suspects in Sh72 million bank heist to be taken to Kenyatta National Hospital […]
Lake Basin Mall: Onyango Oloo, 10 others charged with fraud
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kisumu County Assembly Speaker Onyango Oloo, former LBDA managing director Peter Aguko and Bobasi Member Parliament Innocent Obiri have been […]
Two people die, scores injured in Naivasha road crash
Reading Time: < 1 minute Two people have been killed in a road accident involving Nissan matatu and a private minivan near Delamere farm on Nakuru-Nairobi highway. […]
Sh72 million heist suspects tortured in police custody – lawyer
Reading Time: < 1 minute Lawyer Cliff Ombeta representing three suspects linked to the Sh72 million heist from a standard chartered bank ATM claims that […]
Fresh details smear Sonko in garbage collection probe
Reading Time: 4 minutes Fresh details have emerged in the ongoing graft probe against Nairobi County Governor Mike Sonko with key companies that have […]
NTSA takes action against PSV driver caught driving while on phone
Reading Time: < 1 minute The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has suspended driving license of the 2NK Sacco driver who was caught using […]
Magistrate files petition to stop his prosecution in Sh30m exhibit theft
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mombasa Magistrate Kagoni Matsigulu, who was arrested on Friday for loss of heroin exhibit worth Sh30 million, has filed a […]
Mudavadi: Why I cannot work with DP Ruto
Reading Time: 4 minutes Amani National Congress leader Musalia Mudavadi yesterday scoffed at political overtures from Deputy President William Ruto for the two to […]
Each citizen owes Sh100,000 as State borrowing appetite soars
Reading Time: 2 minutes Each Kenyan owes the State lenders Sh100,029 as the government appetite for borrowing drives up the public debt to Sh4.8 […]
Court reduces by two days wife of missing Dutch tycoon is to spend in police custody
Reading Time: 2 minutes The wife of missing Dutch businessman Tob Cohen will now spend 10 days in custody instead of 12 after the […]
Woman sues Itumbi for child support
Reading Time: < 1 minute A woman has sued former State House Digital Director Dennis Itumbi over child support. In documents filed at Milimani Law […]
Police arrest two men linked to fake money syndicate
Reading Time: < 1 minute Two men suspected to be involved in a fake currency syndicate have been arrested and Sh200 million fake money in […]
Uhuru reshuffles PSs
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday evening made changes in his government that affected nine Principal Secretaries. State House spokesperson Kanze […]
ICJ pushes hearing of Kenya-Somalia maritime border dispute to November
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Eric Wainaina The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has sided with Kenya in her application to have the […]
Maa lobby asks State to probe Rift leaders for incitement over Mau evictions
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Eric Wainaina The Maa community wants the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) to investigate and institute legal proceedings […]
Activists raise alarm over rising cases of child FGM
Reading Time: < 1 minute Anti-female genital mutilation (FGM) activists have raised the alarm over an emerging trend, in which the vice is perpetrated against […]
Kibwana dares Wiper to oust him from party, says he is ready for by-election
Reading Time: 2 minutes Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana has dared Wiper Democratic Movement (WDM) to expel him from the party over his differences with […]
Auditor General piles more pressure on besieged Sonko
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko’s woes are seemingly soaring after an Auditor General’s report revealed unaccounted cash withdrawals and irregular payments […]
Student dies, 31 others injured in Mwatate accident
Reading Time: < 1 minute A university student died while 31 of his colleagues and staff were wounded when their bus was involved in an […]
Sonko promises to appoint deputy on fear he may be charged with graft
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Eric Wainaina and Lewis Njoka Fears that Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko could be arrested over graft claims related to […]
Unite and work together for faster development, President Kenyatta tells Coast leaders
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged Coast leaders to unite and work closely with each other so as to achieve faster […]
Uhuru, Kibaki lead Kenyans in mourning Robert Mugabe
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta has led Kenyans in mourning the death of former President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe describing him as […]
Uhuru orders Kenyan flag to be flown at half-mast in honour of Mugabe
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered Kenyan flag to be flown at half-mast for three days in honour of the former […]
Zimbabwe ex-President Robert Mugabe dies aged 95
Reading Time: < 1 minute Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s first post-independence leader, has died at the age of 95. He died after battling ill health, his […]
Finally, funds for counties after senators endorse bill
Reading Time: 3 minutes @hillarymageka Cash-starved counties will start receiving their equitable share of revenue in the next 21 days after the Senate threw […]
ODM vows to trounce all in the coming mini-election
Reading Time: 2 minutes @Benagitau The ODM National Elections Board chair Judith Pareno has vowed the party will use all resources at its disposal […]
Five police officers sue NPSC chair, IG for contempt of court
Reading Time: < 1 minute Five police officers now want National Police Service Commission (NPSC) chairman Eliud Kinuthia and the Inspector General of Police Hillary […]
DNA results of Anne Thumbi’s son released
Reading Time: < 1 minute DNA test results have revealed that Anne Thumbi’s four-year-old son was sired by the late Kibra MP, Ken Okoth. A […]
Court gives Parliament green light to vet NLC nominees
Reading Time: < 1 minute The High Court has declined to stop parliament from vetting President Uhuru Kenyatta’s nominees for the National Lands commission (NLC). […]
Armed police impostors steal Sh72 million
Reading Time: < 1 minute Directorate of Criminal Investigations officers in Lang’ata are probing robbery involving Sh72 million by three armed police impostors who were […]
We’re not ready to prosecute Humphrey Kariuki – DPP
Reading Time: < 1 minute The prosecution is still not ready to begin the trial against businessman Humphrey Kariuki and others in a tax demand […]
Nakuru police in cat and mouse chase with Raila security guards
Reading Time: < 1 minute Police manning Eldoret Road in Nakuru were forced to eat a humble pie on Thursday morning. The cops reportedly stopped […]
HF launches Kenya’s first WhatsApp banking
Reading Time: < 1 minute HF has launched the HF WhatsApp banking solution to offer customized mobile banking services to its customers, effectively becoming the […]
Why Mau evictions is political hot potato for Uhuru and Ruto
Reading Time: 4 minutes Like the proverbial ogre of traditional folklore, the Mau forest gazes on ferociously at its would-be victims. It partly scattered […]
Cash crunch hits schools as Education ministry delays funds
Reading Time: 3 minutes Public secondary and primary schools are staring at a financial crisis after the Ministry of Education delayed to release funds […]
Kitany denies luring Linturi to a Naivasha hotel
Reading Time: < 1 minute Meru Senator Mithika Linturi’s estranged wife Marianne Kitany has denied luring him to Supa Lodge in Naivasha when the impeachment […]
Chinese investor charged with discharging raw waste into River Chania
Reading Time: 2 minutes The owner of Benco Investment Limited, a tissue-paper making factory based in Thika, was on Wednesday charged at a Thika […]
Trade, infrastructure top agenda as Uhuru meets special envoy from China
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta today at State House, Nairobi held talks on trade and infrastructure with a special envoy sent by […]
Garissa governor barred from using Sh1.9b county funds
Reading Time: < 1 minute Garissa Governor Ali Korane has been barred from using over Sh1.9 billion released from the National Treasury except for payment […]
Kabonokia sect members jailed for refusing to be counted
Reading Time: < 1 minute Forty -six members of Kabonokia sect have been sentenced to between six months and one-year imprisonment by a Marimanti court […]
Hong Kong leader bows to protesters’ pressure, agree to withdraw extradition bill
Reading Time: < 1 minute Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has said she will withdraw the controversial extradition bill which triggered months of protests. The […]
Brexit: PM in new battle after Commons vote defeat
Reading Time: < 1 minute Boris Johnson faces a new battle in the Commons after his first vote as PM saw him lose to rebel […]
Tension in county over list of ghost workers
Reading Time: < 1 minute Street Talk Some county workers in Homa Bay are having sleepless nights after an audit unearthed huge number of ghost […]
Kutuny blames DP Ruto over Mau evictions
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Angela Cheror Cherangany Member of Parliament (MP) Joshua Kutuny has blamed the Deputy President William Ruto for failing to […]
Former Treasury CS Rotich grilled over Telkom, Airtel merger
Reading Time: 3 minutes The woes facing former Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich seem to be piling after detectives yesterday grilled him over his […]
How county minister’s job has become a career killer
Reading Time: 2 minutes The sacking of six Bomet County Executive Committee members (CECs) by the County Assembly on Monday has once again exposed […]
Carpenter in Chief Justice’s race inches closer to his dream, sworn as advocate
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Mercy Mwai and James Magayi A carpenter who in 2016 applied for the country’s Chief Justice post yesterday edged […]
Sonko grilled for 10 hours at EACC over graft allegations
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nairobi governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko has been put to task to explain the alleged role the executive wing of the […]
KQ ready to cooperate with DCI in graft probe
Reading Time: < 1 minute The national carrier, Kenya Airways, has said it is ready to cooperate with investigative agencies following allegations of graft in […]
Kenya’s bid for UN Security Council seat gets boost as new envoys promise support
Reading Time: 3 minutes (PSCU) — Kenya’s bid for one of the non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council got a boost today […]
State stops closure of 15 schools in Mau amid Ruto comments
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Shukri Wachu The national government has reversed an order to close 15 schools in Mau Forest in evictions targeting […]
Kirinyaga Woman Rep Ngirici apologises over viral video clip
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kirinyaga Woman Representative Wangui Ngirici has apologised following a video clip showing her ‘harassing’ a motorist after an overlapping incident. […]
Wendy Waeni’s ex-manager, Joe Mwangi, detained for 5 days
Reading Time: < 1 minute Joe Mwangi, the embattled former manager of teenage star Wendy Waeni, has been detained for five days. The ruling was […]
Emurua Dikirr MP Johanna Ngeno arrested in Narok
Reading Time: < 1 minute Police in Narok County have arrested Emurua Dikirr Member of Parliament Johanna Ngeno and Olulunga Member of County Assembly Jefferson […]
Linturi, Kitany divorce proceedings adjourned
Reading Time: < 1 minute Divorce proceedings between Meru Senator Mithika Linturi and his estranged wife Marianne Kitany have been adjourned until tomorrow following the […]
Police escapes lynching after burglary claims
Reading Time: < 1 minute A police officer attached to Litein Police Station in Bureti sub-county, Kericho, narrowly escaped lynching by a mob that suspected […]
Residents await ruling on cousins scuffle over affair
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Grace Wachira @PeopleDailyKe Residents of Nziu village in Makueni county are anxiously awaiting the ruling of a case in which […]
Witness in Itumbi case backtracks
Reading Time: < 1 minute A witness in State House digital strategist and blogger Dennis Itumbi’s forgery case has asked the court to compel the […]
I hold no grudges, says Sossion after return to office
Reading Time: 3 minutes Irene Githinji and Nancy Gitonga “I hold no grudge and want to assure all our members that all is well […]
IG of Police Mutyambai bars police from MCSK field activities
Reading Time: 2 minutes Elly Gitau The Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) has been dealt a blow after the Inspector General of Police […]
Lukaku sends Inter Milan top after racist abuse at Cagliari
Reading Time: 2 minutes Italian football was involved in another racism storm on Sunday as Romelu Lukaku was targeted by monkey chants before putting […]
Government allocates Sh2.3 billion to relocate slum dwellers
Reading Time: < 1 minute George Kebaso and Lydiah Nyanchwa The government has allocated Sh2.3 billion for relocation of residents of Kibera, Marigu-ini and Kiambiu slums […]
Amina Mohamed: Kenya keen to avoid another Olympics fiasco
Reading Time: 4 minutes Amos Abuga and Sandra Wekesa @PeopleSports11 Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed is upbeat the National Olympics Committee Kenya (NOC-K) will […]
State resigned to lose Sh21b in Kimwarer, Arror scandal
Reading Time: 4 minutes State Law Office also warns that the country’s obligation to pay outstanding amounts remains binding and enforceable, and as long as the balance remains unpaid.
Public debt audit welcome, but it must dig deeper
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kenya’s debt burden is undoubtedly the most pressing challenge today, resonating even with Gen Zs. It’s an undeniable ‘elephant in […]
‘It is big’ – Mathira MP says on cause of rift between him and DP Gachagua
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mathira MP Eric Wamumbi has revealed that he is having political differences with Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. In a statement […]
Cleophas Malala pressures governors to scrap their First Ladies budget
Reading Time: 3 minutes United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Secretary General Cleophas Malala has ignited a debate calling on governors to scrap budget allocation to […]
Faith Kipyegon breaks her own 1500m world record
Reading Time: < 1 minute Faith Kipyegon has broken her own 1500m world record during the 2024 Wanda Diamond League campaign in Paris, France. Kipyegon […]
Harris puts focus on beating Trump, not concerns over Biden
Reading Time: 3 minutes Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday put the focus on the dangers of a second Trump administration, rather than the growing […]
All Saints Cathedral holds memorial service for those who lost lives during protests
Reading Time: 2 minutes All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi has hosted a memorial service for those who lost their lives during the anti-Finance Bill […]
PHOTOS: Gen Zs flock Uhuru Park to honour those killed during anti-govt protests
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kenya’s Generation Zs (Gen Zs) have turned up in large numbers at Uhuru Park to celebrate those who lost their […]
Crosses erected at Uhuru Park in honour of protest victims
Reading Time: 2 minutes A section of Uhuru Park in Nairobi has been filled with white crosses wrapped up in Kenyan flags bearing the […]