- Housing and Urban Development Principal Secretary Charles Hinga has revealed that the Affordable Housing Act recently signed by President William Ruto outlines tough punishments for State officers found culpable of misappropriating taxpayers’ funds meant to be used for the project.
- Pakistani security forces on Wednesday repulsed an attack by militants on a complex outside the strategic port of Gwadar, killing all eight of them, officials said.
- Two individuals accused of planning a firearms attack on Sweden’s parliament were arrested in Germany on Tuesday, according to a statement by the Office of the German Federal Prosecutor.
- The Vietnamese Communist Party has accepted the resignation of President Vo Van Thuong, the government said on Wednesday, in a sign of political turmoil that could hurt foreign investors' confidence in the country.
- Brazil’s former leader Jair Bolsonaro has been indicted by the country’s federal police on suspicion of fraud over allegations that he falsified COVID-19 vaccination data while he was still president, affiliate CNN Brasil reported Tuesday.
- Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has announced his resignation, citing “personal and political, but mainly political reasons” in a surprise move.
- Former President Donald Trump is in panic mode as the deadline approaches to secure a half-billion-dollar bond to appeal his civil fraud case in New York, according to multiple sources familiar with his thinking.
- Four men were on Tuesday convicted at the Makindu Law Courts for conspiring to sell two elephant tusks valued at Ksh.1.6 million without a permit in 2017.
- Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has faulted the Kenya Kwanza government saying the housing levy is being implemented without the support of the taxpayers.
- Detectives in Nakuru have arrested one suspect in connection to the packaging and sale of fake maize seeds to unsuspecting farmers in Nakuru, Kericho and Bomet counties.
- At least 90 percent of married men in Uganda designate their wives as their next of kin while only 30 percent of women do the same, Ugandan lawyer Sim Katende has claimed.
- On the sixth day of the doctors’ strike, two of the country's and the capital city's referral hospitals were the epicentre of the industrial action by medics.
- On the sixth day of the doctors’ strike, two of the country's and the capital city's referral hospitals were the epicentre of the industrial action by medics.
- Jailyn’s cries echoed through the quiet streets of Cleveland in the dead of the night. The toddler whimpered and howled, but no one came to her rescue.
- A picture of Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakuhimcha, and other ministry officials said to be taken in an Operating Room (OR) in Kiambu County has been widely shared on social media.
- The High Court has suspended the publication of a notice declaring the position of Kisii County Deputy Governor vacant following Dr. Robert Monda's impeachment last week by the Senate.
- The families of the 34 individuals whose bodies were recovered and identified from the Shakahola mass grave site will start receiving their remains from March 26, 2024.
- The Spouse of the Deputy President Pastor Dorcas Rigathi has called for churches to engage in the rehabilitation of those lost in alcohol, drugs, and substance abuse.
- A Delta Airlines pilot was sentenced to 10 months in prison for reporting for duty at Scotland’s Edinburgh Airport while drunk, according to a court statement.
- In its report, the United Nations Environment Programme [UNEP] said that of the total deaths in Kenya, resulting from air pollution, Nairobi accounted for 70 percent, perhaps signifying the degree to which air pollution is prevalent in Kenya’s capital.
- Two Pakistani women have been sentenced to death for murdering their madrassa teacher who they accused of committing blasphemy, police said Wednesday.
- Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi has filed a case at the East African Court of Justice in Arusha, Tanzania seeking to overturn a decision barring him as well as employees of his law firm from appearing before the Supreme Court of Kenya.
- The Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists' Union (KMPDU) has issued a notice of a planned demonstration to push the government to act on their demands.
- Security agencies in Rarieda sub-county have been petitioned to stop mistreating residents because of the incident where an Inspector of police was murdered while in a crackdown on illicit brews at Oyude trading center last week.
- Education Principal Secretary (PS) Belio Kipsang has stated that Ksh.3.4 billion will be allocated for the construction of Grade 9 classrooms as the ministry gears to build 16,000 classrooms by the close of 2024.
- Kirinyaga Members of County Assembly unanimously passed the Kirinyaga County Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill, 2023, which will henceforth establish a framework for licensing, regulation and production of alcoholic drinks in the county.
- A retired prison officer from Transmara who allegedly set up his two colleagues to be killed has been arrested in the Maasai Mara National Park where he has reportedly been living with animals in the bush.
- Two suspects were arrested on Tuesday night after 109 shisha pots were seized at Alfakher Lounge in Mirema Drive, Kasarani area following a city crackdown by NACADA.
- All but one of the 100 cities with the world’s worst air pollution last year were in Asia, according to a new report, with the climate crisis playing a pivotal role in bad air quality that is risking the health of billions of people worldwide.
- The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is set to partner with the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) to enhance tax literacy among learners in the country.
- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has promised avocado farmers that issues they have raised will be addressed to ensure they reap the best earnings from their farms.
- A second royal photograph issued to the media by Kensington Palace, the office of Prince William and his wife Kate, was digitally altered in eight places, Reuters said on Tuesday after an analysis of the picture by the news organisation's photo editors.
- Boeing (BA.N), is looking at how Spirit AeroSystems (SPR.N), could shed or sharply reduce its ties to Airbus (AIR.PA), as the supply-chain giant's work for the European planemaker poses complications in rival Boeing's attempt to acquire its former subsidiary.
- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has said that his government is willing to engage with protesters after hundreds of Cubans partook in rare public protests at the weekend to decry worsening conditions on the island.
- Russian state media confirmed on Tuesday that the Kremlin replaced the head of the country’s navy following a string of successful Ukrainian attacks on its Black Sea fleet.
- A New York state judge on Monday denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against several social media companies alleging the platforms contributed to the radicalization of a gunman who killed 10 people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York in 2022, court documents show.
- Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations in Kakamega County have impounded 700 bags of fake fertilizer from a depot in Malava, Kakamega County.
- Hunter Elward, a former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy who faced the most serious of federal charges against him and five other officers in the torture of two Black men last year, was sentenced to 20 years in priso n in a highly emotional hearing Tuesday.
- KU has cancelled its planned educational trip to the Coast following the fatal road accident involving one of the institution's buses at Maungu area along the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway.