- NAKURU, Kenya, Feb 2 – All the five quintuplets born at the Margaret Kenyatta Mother Baby wing of Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital are dead. Two of them passed on in the morning while the demise of the remaining three was announced to the family at 1:00pm today. Addressing the media at the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 2 – The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has called on Azimio One Kenya Coalition Leader Raila Odinga to call off the ongoing political rallies saying they are fueling hate speech and keeping the country in a tensed mood. Speaking during a press briefing…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 2 – The Health Cabinet Secretary, Susan Nakhumicha Wafula has reaffirmed Kenya’s commitment to ending HIV and AIDS infection amongst children. Speaking on Wednesday during the global alliance to end Aids in children held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Nakhumicha said that Kenya is…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 2- The government has announced that they will be phasing out the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) and replacing it with National Social Health Insurance Fund from July this year. Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha who made the announcement on Thursday said this will…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 2 – Kenyan police said on Thursday that they had arrested six teachers over a viral video of primary school pupils simulating sex as punishment in an incident that caused uproar. The footage showed four boys in school uniform simulating sexual acts under a tree in the school…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 2 – A new report on the Status of cancer in Kenya show that currently there are 58 oncologists, 60 oncology nurses and 12 oncology pharmacists. According to the study, there are 10 Medical physicists, 27 radiotherapy technologists and two nuclear medicine physicians. The…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 2 – Opposition leader Raila Odinga has announced plans to hold a major rally in Kibra, Nairobi this weekend, signaling an intensified push as he seeks to hold President Ruto’s government accountable. Odinga has been aggressive political activities since the beginning of the year…
- A gnat flew over the grassland with much buzzing for so small a creature and settled on the tip of one of the horns of a Bull. After he had rested a short time, he made ready to fly away. But before he left he begged the Bull’s pardon for having used his horn for […]
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 2 – Esophageal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer deaths in both men and women in Kenya, a new Status of Cancer in Kenya Report shows. The report which was officially launched on Thursday by the National Cancer Institute of Kenya Chief Executive Officer (CEO)Alfred…
- Nairobi, Kenya, Feb 2-Kenya has been ranked position 123 out of 180 countries assessed globally in the latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released by Transparency International, a Non-Governmental Organization that measures corruption. According to the report, Kenya scored 32 points out of…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 2- The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) is on Thursday set to issue a statement on the state of peace and cohesion in the country amid rising temperatures after last year’s election. The press briefing which will be led by the Commission chairperson Samuel…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 2 – The National Assembly has invited members of the public to submit their views on the inquiry into the alleged malpractice in the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results. The Education Committee is conducting a public inquiry into the allegations to…
- Nairobi, Kenya, Feb 2 – Whistleblower protection legislation is still weak throughout the Sub Saharan Africa region, a newly released report by Transparency International has revealed. According to the Transparency International 2022 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), many countries like Kenya do…
- NAIROBI Kenya, Feb 1 – The government has added the trade in illicit brews and hard drugs to the list of existential threats to the country’s future. Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has declared that security agencies will respond to the menace with the same vigor as terrorism and…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 2 -The National Police Service Commission is expected to present its submissions to the improvement of terms and conditions of service and other reforms for the members of the National Police Service to the task force on police welfare. The task force was appointed by President…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 1 – Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei is now proposing to amend Estate Duty Act to delete a provision that protects former Presidents Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel arap Moi’s Estates from tax exemption. In a letter to the Clerk of the Senate, Cherargei describes the law as an ‘illegal…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 1- A funeral committee has been constituted to make burial arrangements of the late George Magoha, following the burial of his younger brother, Richard Magoha, on Saturday last week. The spokesperson for the family and funeral committee and the former Basic Education and Early…
- MOGADISHU, Somalia, Feb 1- Horn of Africa leaders now want the international community to repeal the existing United Nations arms embargo in Somalia allowing President Hassan Mohamud led government better equip its military in the fight against terrorism. In a communique issued Wednesday following…
- NEW DELHI, India Feb 2 – Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy launched the ‘Visit India Year 2023’ initiative and unveiled its logo at New Delhi on this week, kicking off the year of grand plans and activities for promoting tourism in India. On the occasion, the Union Minister said that this is an…
- NAKURU, Kenya, Feb 1 – All the five babies who were born prematurely are admitted at the incubation unit of Margaret Kenyatta Mother and Baby wing at the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital. The hospital Superintendent, Aisha Maina said the woman went to the hospital in pain on January 29. “The…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 1 – Proposals by a section of Members of Parliament to have journalists kicked out from covering House proceedings over allegations of poor dress code and inadequate coverage have caused an uproar among Parliamentary Journalists. Journalists led by Chairperson of the Kenyan…
- Nairobi, Kenya, Feb 1-President William Ruto has challenged Horn of Africa leaders to work together towards disrupting the financial infrastructure and weapons supply networks to combat terrorism in the region. President Ruto who spoke Wednesday during the Frontline States Summit in Somalia’s…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 1 – A section of Nairobi County MCAs allied to the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) are now calling on the party to take disciplinary action against the office of the minority leader and that of minority whip, for peddling false allegations against Nairobi Governor Johnson…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 1- An Jubilee Party official has come out to deny claims that the former ruling party relocated from its seven-storey headquarters in Pangani because it is broke. This comes as Kenyans took to social media to react to Secretary-General Jeremiah Kioni’s statement indicating that…
- MOGADISHU, Somalia, Feb 1 – President William Ruto has said the war against terrorism in the Horn of Africa calls for a collective effort. He noted that the region must adopt a common strategy for combating terrorism and associated criminality. He said through common endeavour, leaders have the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 1 – All is set for the first-ever cancer summit to be held in Nairobi on Thursday. The summit that will be held from February 2-4 is organised by the National Cancer Institute of Kenya and will be opened by President William Ruto. It will be attended by local and international…
- NAIVASHA, Kenya, Feb 1 – Courts must innovate in the quest to expand the doorways of justice, especially for the vulnerable in society, Chief Justice Martha Koome has emphasised. Speaking in Naivasha on Wednesday at the opening of the first Magistrates and Kadhis Colloquium since 2018 due to the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 1 – The Council of Governors (CoG) has maintained its stand on the County Shareable Revenue where Governors want an increment from 370 billion shillings to Sh425 billion. Speaking during a press conference on Wednesday, CoG vice chairperson Ahmed Abdullahi (Wajir Governor)…
- Nairobi, Kenya, Feb 1- President William Ruto is in Somalia’s Capital Mogadishu for a joint Heads of State and Government summit convened by his East African counterpart Hassan Mohamud as part of efforts to strengthen regional security cooperation and tackle violent extremism in the region. The…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 1 – Senate Speaker Amason Kingi has rejected calls by the National Assembly to amend the Constitution to operationalize the Senate Oversight Fund. Kingi who on Wednesday opened a two-day post-election seminar for the Senators in Mombasa cautioned them against “making it a public…
- NAIROBI Kenya, Feb 1 – Azimio la Umoja coalition leader Raila Odinga has proposed a return of the manual voting system saying people have taken advantage of technology to subvert the will of the people. While delivering a keynote address at the 14th annual Leadership Conference and Awards themed; “…
- Nairobi, Kenya, Feb 1- The Kenya Prisons Service wants the basic salary of their members increased by 150 percent in their recommendations to the ex-Chief Justice David Maraga-led National taskforce on the improvement of terms and condition of police and prison officers. The KPS also wants their…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 1- The state will now hand back the Sh200 million belonging to Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua that it had forfeited last year, in the wake of new evidence. This is after the Court Appeal on Wednesday vacated the High court orders that had declared the funds proceeds of crime…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 1 – Jubilee Party has relocated its headquarters to Kileleshwa area, off Mandera area in Nairobi. Until the relocation, the party had been based in a seven-story multi-million building located in Pangani at Thika Road. The building was the party’s nerve center in the 2017…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 1 – Jubilee Party has relocated its headquarters to Kileleshwa area, off Mandera area in Nairobi. Until the relocation, the party had been based in Pangani where it had its operations in the 2013 and 2017 elections and housed offices crucial to its operations. However, in 2021,…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 1- The Council of Governors (CoG) is on Wednesday set to meet with the National Treasury and the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) over equitable revenue share to counties. This comes just a week after another meeting led by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua bore no fruits…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 1– The Kenya Railways has phased out the use of cash in paying for tickets at all the Madaraka Express stations. A notice from the Kenya Railways management indicated that going forward the only acceptable payment modes would be mobile wallets or credit cards. This will be…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 1 – Women in the legal profession in Kenya have made great strides in leadership but challenges still exist, a new report launched by Chief Justice Martha Koome Tuesday morning shows. The findings by the Institute for African Women in Law (IAWL) show that women can make a…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 31- Former President Uhuru Kenyatta has mourned the late George Magoha as a leader of integrity, who brought sanity to national examinations. Speaking when he condoled with the family of the late at his Lavington home in Nairobi on Tuesday afternoon, Kenyatta said that Magoha…
- Nairobi, Kenya, Feb 1 – A robbery with violence suspect who has featured constantly in the list of Nairobi’s most wanted was arrested Monday night by the OCS Huruma police station, after an attack on a couple that was headed home from work. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) stated…
- Nairobi, Kenya, Feb 1- Former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has expressed concern over what he described as a serious violation of the Nairobi Principles and the Luanda Agreement in the ongoing conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Kenyatta who is the facilitator of the EAC-…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 1 – Outgoing Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula Chebukati has given Azimio La Umoja leader Raila Odinga a seven-day ultimatum to release video footage showing that he visited his Karen residence. The Azimio leader made the remarks during his…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 1 – Professor George Magoha’s wife, Barbara Odudu Magoha, revealed the humorous side of the famous academician and former cabinet secretary for education who passed away last Tuesday. Odudu who spoke on Tuesday at her Lavington home said that outside the ever serious person he…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 1 – President William Ruto’s Cabinet has approved a Supplementary Budget aimed at cutting government spending by Sh300 billion shillings as a measure of containing the fiscal deficit. The Cabinet which met at State House, Nairobi noted that the proposed fiscal consolidation will…
- Nairobi, Kenya, Feb 1 – Detectives in Nakuru have rescued a female university student who was kidnapped five days ago. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives say Daisy Chebet Barno, a fourth-year student at Egerton University was kidnapped by three men in Kabarak, Nakuru County…
- NAIROBI Kenya, Jan 31 –The Law Society of Kenya has decried the low number of women rising to powerful posts despite their credentials. LSK Vice chairperson Faith Odhiambo said that the proportion of women in the legal profession is rising, however, there are fewer women advancing into top…
- KISUMU, Kenya, Jan 31 – The Ministry of Education has directed Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) to source for teachers from Senior Secondary Schools (SSS) for various subjects. Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) Director Charles Ong’ondo stated that some JSSs lack enough teachers to…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 31-President William Ruto has formally recognized the Pemba as an ethnic community in Kenya. In a Special Gazette Notice issued on January 30, 2023, the President said that the Kenyans of the Pemba Heritage will now be issued with relevant identification in accordance with the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 31- The government has announced that it will start issuing digital death and birth certificates from March 1. According to Immigration Principal Secretary Julius Bitok, the launch of the digital death and birth certificates coincides with the Introduction of the Unique Personal…