- That matter is still pending in court. Meanwhile, homicide detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Headquarters in Nairobi have taken over the probe into Otieno's brutal killing.
- With one hand raised in the air and the other on a Bible given to him by his mother, the 47th US president solemnly took the oath of office beneath the huge Rotunda of the US Capitol.
- An incoming White House official told reporters on Monday ahead of the presidential inauguration Trump will order the US government to recognize only two biological sexes as well as to end federal diversity programs.
- US President Joe Biden issued pre-emptive pardons on Monday to former Covid advisor Anthony Fauci and retired general Mark Milley to shield them from potential "politically motivated prosecutions" under the Trump administration.
- According to Reverend Susan Murimi, the vicar in charge of the Katharaini-Ichang'i Parish, the stolen items included three microphones, two speakers, and amplifier systems, all of which were purchased just last year.
- Many locals and advocacy organisations denounced her comments as disrespectful and insensitive to menstrual health and dignity, sparking outrage both online and offline.
- The body of slain political activist Richard Otieno has been taken to the Kericho County Referral Hospital morgue after it was recovered from a thicket near the Molo River in Turi on Sunday night.
- The Kenya Tea Growers Association (KTGA) has sounded an alarm over a series of alarming land invasions and criminal activities targeting large-scale tea producer estates.
- Government Spokesman Isaac Mwaura has maintained that the planned State visit by His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty Queen Máxima from the Netherlands is still on course.
- Jackson Kuria Kihara alias Cop Shakur, a prison officer, who was suspended for joining Kenyans in the anti-Finance Bill protests in June last year has been charged.
- Salome Wanjiru, a middle-aged woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend, Conrad Nyabuto, 27 times to death, denied murder charges before Thika Law Courts on Monday.
- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has demanded justice as he condemned the brutal murder of activist Richard Otieno, popularly known as the "Molo President."
- Close to 5,000 families living in estates on the outskirts of Eldoret City are facing eviction to pave the way for President William Ruto's multi-billion shilling pet housing project.
- Murang'a County Government has launched the Inua Masomo Programme, a transformative initiative designed to enhance access to education and promote academic excellence among students in Day Secondary Schools.
- Controversial preacher Pastor James Ng'ang'a has, once again, caught the attention of the internet after making some rather disturbing comments during one of his normally-charged Sunday services
- Five people died on the spot following an accident that involved a lorry and two motorcycles at Nyametembe bridge in Migori County along the Migori-Isebania highway on Sunday night.
- Belgut MP Nelson Koech has claimed that former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is responsible for the violent anti-government protests witnessed in 2024.
- Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KARLO)has kicked off intensive digitized soil testing and sampling across 45 counties in a bid to increase agricultural productivity in the country.
- Every four years America's president is sworn in on Inauguration Day, whether newly elected or returning to office, in a long-established ceremony held amid pageantry shaped by the incoming leader's personal flourishes.
- Victims of one of the most destructive fires in California history are struggling to decide whether to rebuild, facing a bewildering array of challenges.
- Kofi Adams, local chairman of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners, told Reuters that nine people had been killed and fourteen severely injured in the incident at the Obuasi gold mining site in the West African country's Ashanti Region.
- Four Moroccan truck drivers went missing on Saturday as they crossed the restive border area between Burkina Faso and Niger, according to a source from the Moroccan embassy in Burkina Faso and a Moroccan transport union.
- TikTok credited President-elect Donald Trump, who retakes power on Monday, for making the reversal possible -- though the outgoing administration of President Joe Biden had earlier said that it would not enforce any ban.
- The demonstrators, who claim rightful ownership of the contested land, accused a private developer of destroying their properties in defiance of a court order.
- Police in Kipkelion East, Kericho County are investigating an incident where a religious celebration in Londiani nearly turned fatal, after churchgoers and those attending the party were taken ill.
- Tanzania's ruling party on Sunday nominated President Samia Suluhu Hassan as its candidate in general elections due to take place in October in the east African country.
- Trump's announcement came hours after TikTok went dark in the United States under a law banning it in the name of national security, as a deadline for its Chinese owners ByteDance to sell its US subsidiary to non-Chinese buyers lapsed.
- Speaking during a church service at PCEA Emmanuel Matanya, Waguthiru Parish in Laikipia County, Gachagua claimed that his advice to President William Ruto to fulfill campaign promises was ignored in favor of the housing agenda.
- Fighters from the Rwanda-backed M23 movement seized control of a key mining settlement in Democratic Republic of Congo, their latest advance in the country's war-torn east, local sources said on Sunday.
- Tension was high in the Elburgon and Molo towns of Nakuru County on Sunday after the body of a middle-aged political activist was found dead at the gate of Elburgon police station.
- Pope Francis called Sunday for a ceasefire in Gaza to be "immediately respected", as he thanked mediators and urged a boost in humanitarian aid as well as the return of hostages.
- The State Department for Youth Affairs and Creative Economy, under the leadership of Principal Secretary Ismail Maalim Madey, is actively empowering Kenyan youth through film training initiatives.
- President William Ruto has implored political leaders to desist from inciting youthful Kenyans to violence and instead provide better opportunities for them.
- A clandestine tunnel discovered on the US-Mexico border allowing entry from Ciudad Juarez into the Texan city of El Paso will be sealed by Mexican authorities, an army official said Saturday, adding that its construction was under investigation.
- A Section of elders, residents and human rights activists in Isiolo County have made an appeal to both the county and national governments to expedite efforts to put out a fire that broke out three days ago in Merti Sub County and which has already consumed more than ten kilometers square of…
- Five Bangladeshi health workers have been arrested on murder charges after a social media post accused them of failing to provide aid to a man who died during last year's revolution, a prosecutor said Sunday.
- Residents of Elburgon town, Molo Constituency in Nakuru County, on Sunday stormed Elburgon Police Station, following the murder of activist Richard Otieno, alias Molo President.
- The Kenyan government is seemingly hatching a plan to regain its grip on the gnarly social media web that youthful Kenyans have sardonically used as a censuring tool.
- Built in just days as Covid-19 cases spiked in Wuhan in early 2020, the Huoshenshan Hospital was once celebrated as a symbol of the Chinese city's fight against the virus that first emerged there.
- Supporters of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stormed a Seoul court Sunday after a judge extended the impeached leader's detention over his ill-fated attempt to impose martial law.
- Kenya sent more than 200 police officers to Haiti on Saturday, providing backup to an understaffed security mission in the Caribbean country where rampant gang violence has displaced more than a million people.
- Principal Secretary for Interior Raymond Omolo has called on the Kenyan leaders to stop negativities against the government and instead support it to deliver on its mandate.
