- Two C-130J aircraft of the Indian Air Force are on standby in Jeddah as part of preparations for evacuation of Indians from Sudan, said a statement issued by the External Affairs Ministry today. INS Sumedha has also reached Port Sudan, the statement added. “The government is making all out efforts…
- KISUMU, Kenya Apr 24 – Hundreds of families have been displaced in Kisumu following heavy rains in the region since last week. Families in Nyalenda, Nyamasaria and Manyatta slept in the cold after rivers burst their banks, officials said. River Auji, Wigwa and Nyamasaria drains into Lake Victoria…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 24– One of Kenya’s top retailer, Naivas Supermarkets, has assured its customers of measures put in place to safeguard their data following a cyber attack. In a statement, the company’s Chief Executive Officer Willy Kimani confirmed that the retailer was a victim to a ransomware…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Apr 24 – Kenya‘s opposition will resume anti-government protests from May 2, the party leader’s spokesman told AFP Sunday, nearly three weeks after they were suspended following a government offer of dialogue. “We will resume the demos May 2,” said Dennis Onyango the spokesman for…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Apr 24 – Kenyan police said Sunday they had found the bodies of another 26 suspected cult members in the east of the country, bringing to 47 the number of corpses linked to the movement. Search teams wearing white overalls and equipped with masks were continuing to dig at the site in…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 23 – President William Ruto has said the government will further strengthen the Housing Fund to help more Kenyans purchase affordable housing units. The President said that as the government rolls out the affordable housing program, there must be a solid plan aimed at…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 23 – The Ministry of Interior and Coordination has sealed the entire Shakahola forest as a crime scene with Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki expected to visit the area on Tuesday. In a bid to speed up the investigation on the crime scene, the Interior CS further directed the…
- KILIFI, Kenya, Apr 23 – Eight more bodies have been exhumed so far in Shakahola forest, Kilifi raising the total number to twenty-nine. The exercise continues even as police was given the go-ahead to probe the deaths in Pastor Paul Mackenzie’s church whose followers are believed to have starved…
- The Holy Month of Ramadan is graciously over. But the lessons of the month should remain ingrained in us. This applies even to non-Muslims like myself. By fasting during the month of Ramadan, Muslims intentionally step into the shoes of those who endure hunger on a daily basis. When you can feel…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 23 – Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya finished third at the London Marathon on Sunday, as debutant Sifan Hassan clinched victory on her first ever marathon, making use of her track experience with a sprint finish. Peres had been shoulder to shoulder with Sifan and…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 23 – Kelvin Kiptum, in only his second career marathon, completely obliterated the field as he clinched the London Marathon title on Sunday and on the way smashed Eliud Kipchoge’s Course Record set in 2019. Kiptum, who ran the fastest ever debut Marathon in Valencia in 2022…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 23 – President William Ruto has said the government has committed Sh1 billion to identify effluent emitters and cleaning of Nairobi. The Head of State stated that the National Government will work in collaboration with Nairobi County led by Governor Johnson Sakaja. “I am in…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, April 23 – Kenyans on twitter have blasted Foreign Affairs cabinet secretary Alfred Mutua for hinting that Kenya has offered to send police officers to Haiti to help stabilize the gang wrenched country. Through his official twitter account, Mutua had indicated that the government…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Apr 23 – The government has set up a special inter-agency facilitation and emergency committee on Sudan (SIFECSC) that will oversee the evacuation of international staff in the battle-torn northeast African nation. The move by the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs follows…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 23 – Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has expressed his elation at meeting his former college mate during his visit to Botswana. Through his twitter account, the DP stated that he invited Ichangai Muiruri to join him in his early morning run to catch up. “As I met Kenyans…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 23 – Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua says Kenya has offered to send police officers to Haiti to aid in the fight against gangsters. In a statement, the CS indicated that the initiative will help in stabilizing the country. “We reviewed Haiti’s…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 23 – Foreign and Diaspora Affaires Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua says Kenya has offered to send police officers to Haiti to aid in the fight against gangsters. In a statement, the CS indicated that the initiative will help in stabilizing the country. “We reviewed Haiti’s…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 23 – The Nairobi City County Executive Committee Member for Health, Wellness and Nutrition, Dr. Anastasia Nyalita represented Governor Sakaja Johnson as the Chief Guest at St. Scholastica Uzima Hospital Fraternity for thanksgiving and Official Launch of the Surgical Unit. Dr…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 23 – Nairobi is hosting a total of 850 learners from primary and secondary school who are participating in the 20th Edition of the Kenya Special Schools National Athletics Championships. The Principal Secretary for Basic Education, Dr Belio Kipsang officially launched the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 23 – The week-long coding exercise spearheaded by County Digital Economy and Startups Chief Officer, Victor Agolla in patnership with Safaricom and Women in Technology Programme came to a close today at Makadara Library. The event benefitted 100 children of various ages. Mr.…
- SAN FRANCISCO, United States Apr 23 – Twitter’s blue ticks were reinstated on some media, celebrity, and other high-profile accounts Saturday — a move protested by many of the recipients. Once a free sign of authenticity and fame, blue ticks must now be bought by subscribers for $8 a month, Twitter…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Apr 23 – Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has encouraged Kenyans living in Botswana to invest back home with an eye on retirement. Gachagua who on Saturday evening met with close to 250 Kenyans lauded them for venturing into the unknown and succeeding in working and investing in a…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Apr 22 – Twenty-one bodies have been exhumed in Kilifi while investigating a cult whose followers are believed to have starved themselves to death, police sources said Saturday, warning the toll could rise. Officials had earlier reported seven deaths in connection with the arrest of…
- OL KALOU, Nyandarua Apr 22- Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development Cabinet Secretary Zachariah Njeru presided over a prize-giving day at Nyandarua High School on Saturday where he urged learners to take their studies seriously. CS Njeru, who studied Form 5 and 6 and served as the…
- MERU, Kenya, Apr 22 – President William Ruto has announced plans to double funds allocated to tertiary institutions. He said the move will help these institutions to improve the quality of education. “From May, we are going to have a new and comprehensive funding mechanism,” He made the remarks on…
- KILIFI, Kenya, Apr 22 – Eight more bodies in Pastor Paul Mackenzie’s cult were tod]y exhumed in Kilifi brining the total number so far to 15 in the last two days. The eight bodies exhumed were from one gravesite out of the 52 that were marked by the police. Two of the graves had three […]
- NAIROBI, Kenya Apr 22 – Azimio Leader Raila Odinga has called on the Catholic Church to join forces with him in his pursuit of finding the “truth” on what transpired during the August 2022 elections. Odinga made the plea on Saturday in a statement that was in response to the Catholic Bishops’…
- MACHAKOS, Kenya, Apr 22 – The government intends to change the finance law to allow the country to borrow money depending on its capacity to pay debt. Chair of the National Taskforce of the Public Finance Management Act (PFM) 2012 amendments and Head of Resource Mobilisation Department at the…
- On the flip side, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a lot of interest in China. Ever since the discovery of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan City, Hubei Province in Central China, the Chinese government pulled all stops, both at home and abroad, to help in combating the pandemic. The world is fast…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Apr 22 – President William Ruto on Saturday announced that his administration would further reduce the prices of maize flour in the week beginning April 24, 2023. President Ruto who spoke in Meru County during a developmental tour noted that his administration was well on the course…
- Nairobi, Kenya, Apr 22 – Deputy president Rigathi Gachagua has jetted out to Botswana where he is set to represent President William Ruto at the Forbes 30 Under 30 Africa Summit. Through a statement, the Deputy President stated that youth entrepreneurship is key to tackling unemployment in Africa,…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 22 – Parliament is ready to midwife the bi-partisan discussions that will resolve the current political stand-off pitting the government and the opposition, National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula has said. Speaking in Bungoma on Friday, Wetangula hailed President William Ruto…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 22 – The State Department for Diaspora Affairs has kicked off the registration process for the evacuation of Kenyans in Sudan. In an urgent notice to Kenyans in Sudan, the Diaspora Department said that those who wish to be evacuated should contact them immediately. This comes as…
- MALINDI, Kenya Apr 22 – In Christianity, dead bodies are always buried in coffins, and at least six feet deep in the ground. However, Kenyan police officers, rights activists, journalists and Magarini residents were on Friday dumbfounded to find seven bodies of people believed to be followers of…
- By Bernard Wasike The recent entry of a Chinese enterprise selling a wide range of consumer goods was greeted with excitement which has seemingly worn off. For almost a decade, the hypermarket space at the purpose-built Kenyatta University’s Unicity Mall had failed to attract a credible tenant.…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 21 – Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Anti-Terrorism Police Unit’s Emergency Response team on Friday successfully completed a rigorous advanced combat riding course held at Kedong training camp in Naivasha, Nakuru County. According to the DCI, the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 21 – The contest for the Banissa constituency seat is set to commence after National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula declared the seat vacant in a gazette notice. The announcement paves way for the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to conduct the by-…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Apr 21 – Authorities have spilled over 1.7 million liters of unregulated brews and netted hard drugs worth millions of shillings in the ongoing crackdown on illicit brews and drugs, as disclosed by the Ministry of Interior. Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki had in February…
- San Francisco, United States, April 21 – Elon Musk was at the news epicenter Thursday, from stripping Pope Francis of Twitter verification to Tesla’s drag on stocks and the explosion of the world’s largest rocket. Three utterly disparate stories dominated global news in a way that underlined the…
- KILIFI, Kenya, Apr 21 – The bodies of three people believed to be the followers of pastor Paul Mackenzie have been exhumed in Kilifi. During the exercise, it was discovered that one of the graves contained two bodies. They are said to have died from fasting with a suspected religious motive.…
- GARISSA, Kenya, Apr 21 – Muslim clerics in Garissa County have called on the political leaders to exercise caution in their words and find amicable ways of solving their differences. The leaders, led by Sheikh Abdullahi Salat want both the Kenya Kwanza and Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition…
- NYERI, Kenya, Apr 21 – Members of County Assemblies from Murang’a, Kiambu, Nyeri, Nyandarua and Kirinyaga have established a 20-member committee to lead in the formulation of stringent laws to regulate the sale of alcohol in the Central Kenya region. This decision was reachedat in a resolution…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 21 – Kenya and the United States of America have successfully completed thesecond round of negotiations on Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP), an agreement that aims to strengthen the two countries bilateral and investment relations. Ministry of Investment, Trade…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 21 – The ministry of labour and social protection has launched a training curriculum and manual on preventing and countering violent extremism for children officers. Cabinet Secretary (CS) at the ministry Florence Bore said that this launch will go a long way in building the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, April 21 – More than 6,000 unionized workers at tea-growing firms associated with Eastern Produce Kenya (EPK) are set to get higher pay through a new deal. This follows the signing of an enhanced collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the Kenya Plantation and Agricultural…
- KIAMBU, Kenya, Apr 21 – A twenty-eight-year-old boyfriend to a woman whose body was found wrapped in a suitcase and dumped outside a residential house eat Kamakis in Ruiru, Kiambu County has been arrested in connection with the murder. This is after he took police to a shop where he bought the sack…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Apr 21 – President William Ruto on Friday announced that Kenya is ready “to host a process of mediation” between the warring parties in Sudan. President Ruto stated that this will be in line with “keeping with the African Union’s (AU) commitment to silence the guns of war”. “We make…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 21 – The self-declared coastal kingpin Hassan Joho has resurfaced after months of deafening silence and visible absence since Azimio La Umoja One Kenya leader Raila Odinga lost his presidential petition at the Supreme Court. Joho, who is the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM)…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Apr 21- Defense Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has called on warring parties in Sudan to shelve their personal interest and focus on the interest of the nation at large for the sake of peace. The Defense Boss spoke Friday during the Eid-Ul-Fitr celebrations in Garissa even as Sudan’s…
- NYERI, Kenya, Apr 21 – National Assembly Majority leader Kimani Ichung’wah now says Kenya Kwanza will not discuss any power sharing or opening of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) servers during the bi-partisan talks with Azimio La Umoja One Kenya party. Speaking in Nyeri…