- Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria had pleaded with the Mount Kenya region to slow their roll on seeking to oust their governors amid the stiff tiff between Meru County MCAs and Governor Kawira Mwangaza.
- The tension was reportedly sparked by a cattle theft incident on Monday, in which a man from the neighboring Soin Sigowet sub county was killed for allegedly being involved in animal theft.
- A handful of Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday ousted Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy, as party infighting plunged Congress into further chaos just days after it narrowly averted a government shutdown.
- The alleged gang leader, identified as “Dr Fawad,” is accused of conducting 328 operations on people to remove their kidney and selling them to clients for up to 10 million Pakistani rupees ($34,000) each, said Mohsin Naqvi, the chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province.
- The driverless vehicle was operated by Cruise, a San Francisco-based self-driving car company and subsidiary of General Motors (GM). Video shown to CNN by Cruise shows the autonomous vehicle was a secondary car in the collision and the pedestrian was crossing the intersection when cars had the…
- The “ring of fire” nickname comes from the appearance of annular solar eclipses, which are like total solar eclipses, except the moon is at the farthest point in its orbit from Earth, so they can’t completely block the sun. Instead, the sun’s fiery light surrounds the moon’s shadow, creating the so…
- The child shot two 13-year-olds at a recreation complex in Apopka, just outside Orlando, after a fight between them during a Pop Warner football practice, Apopka Police Chief Mike McKinley told reporters Tuesday.
- The Kurdish-focused rights group Hengaw said the teenager, named as Armita Garawand, had been badly injured in a confrontation on the Tehran metro with female police officers.
- The remote area lies close to India's border with Nepal, and Lhonak Lake lies at the base of a glacier in the snowy peaks that surround Kangchenjunga, the world's third highest mountain.
- At least 21 people, including two children and foreign tourists, were killed Tuesday and several others wounded when a bus running on methane plunged off a bridge in Venice and caught fire.
- Indian anti-terror police said Tuesday they had arrested two people linked to a news website and raided the homes of 44 others, in a case reportedly connected to alleged Chinese funding.
- At least 29 Niger soldiers were killed in an ambush by insurgents near the country's border with Mali, the defence ministry said, the deadliest attack since the military seized power in a coup in July.
- At least 18 people, including a pregnant woman, died in southern Nigeria when an illegal oil refinery exploded into flames, a security official and residents said on Tuesday.
- National Assembly Defence and Foreign Relations Committee Nelson Koech has disclosed different police units expected to be deployed in Haiti and why the Kenyan forces are well fit to triumph in the mission.
- Johanna Leblanc, a Foreign Policy Expert with roots in Haiti, has painted a grim picture of the challenges Kenyan police officers will face in their attempts to liberate the Caribbean nation from armed Haitian gangs now that the United Nations Security Council has authorized a foreign security…
- Democratic Republic of Congo's Nobel Peace Prize-winning gynaecologist Denis Mukwege said on Monday he would run for president in the December elections.
- Beyonce over the weekend wrapped her much-touted Renaissance World Tour, a 56-show performance epic promoting her lauded album that pays homage to dance and disco.
- Former US president Donald Trump began day two of his civil fraud trial Tuesday, lashing out at New York's attorney general before entering the courtroom where he could be barred from doing business in the state.
- The Federation of Kenya Employers says the government's economic policies to revive the Kenyan economy and offer respite on the cost of living are not working.
- Hours after Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) CEO Twalib Mbarak issued a stern warning to persons intending to embezzle funds aimed at managing the effects of the predicted El Nino rains, the anti-graft agency has cautioned on seven avenues that corrupt officials could possibly exploit…
- Seven County Chief Officers appointed by Siaya Governor James Orengo have been officially sworn into office following approval by the county assembly.
- A high-ranking official at the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA) is currently being questioned by detectives from the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) in connection with allegations of misappropriating approximately Ksh.400 million while in office.
- Nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba has been temporarily allowed back to the Senate after she received orders from the court restraining the Senate from suspending her.
- The evangelical churches were key to President William Ruto's successful run for State House, almost as important as the politics of 'hustlers' versus the ‘dynasties,’ that the Kenya Kwanza Alliance relied on.
- President William Ruto has directed ministries to cut their 2023/2024 budgets by 10 percent to align expenditures with available resources amidst the global economic stress.
- Police have smashed an illegal organ harvesting ring, arresting eight people for surgically removing kidneys from hundreds of patients for wealthy people needing a transplant.
- EACC has fired a stern warning at persons intending to embezzle public funds in the ongoing national mitigation measures aimed at managing the looming El Nino rain effects.
- The Kenya National Civil Society Centre (KNCSC) has raised concerns over the impending deployment of Kenya’s security forces to Haiti, citing non-compliance with the requirements of the Constitution and the law.
- Police in Nakuru have arrested 10 suspects linked to criminal gangs which have been terrorizing residents within the informal settlements of Kaptembwa, Rhonda and Flamingo among others.
- Police in Nakuru have arrested 10 suspects linked to criminal gangs which have been terrorizing residents within the informal settlements of Kaptembwa, Rhonda and Flamingo among others.
- Nyamira Governor Amos Nyaribo says that he suspended Health CEC Timothy Ombati because his actions are contrary to the principles of good governance, integrity, transparency and accountability.
- The Kenya Power Lighting Company (KPLC) has asserted that they are fast-tracking the initiative to install meters for new connections across the country.
- President William Ruto has welcomed the United Nations Security Council’s approval of a foreign security mission to Haiti amid gang violence that has rocked the Caribbean country’s capital Port-au-Prince for over a year.
- High Court Judge John Chigiti has summoned police Inspector General Japhet Koome to explain why he has not arrested Ministry of Defence Principal Secretary Patrick Mariru for failing to pay Ksh. 52 million to nine former army officials.
- Twenty-nine soldiers were killed in western Niger in an attack by suspected jihadists, the defence ministry said on Monday night, declaring a three-day national mourning period.
- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has called on young people to embrace Agriculture-related jobs as they are the most readily available jobs in the market today.
- Thirdway Alliance party leader, Ekuru Aukot, has expressed reservations about Kenya's involvement in a yearlong mission to Haiti aimed at tackling rampant gang violence.