- Stephen Tarus, a former assistant minister during the late President Mwai Kibaki's reign, was arrested in Uganda last week on charges of smuggling 13 kilograms of gold into the country using forged documents.
- The Congo River has risen to its highest level in more than 60 years, causing flooding throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Congo Republic that has killed more than 300 people over the past months, according to authorities.
- Suna West Member of Parliament Peter Masara has raised concern over the integrity of the national examination in the country urging the Ministry of Education and the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) to pull up their socks.
- A presidential election in 2024 with profound implications for the wider world certainly sounds familiar. But this one is happening a lot sooner than you might think.
- Austin kept President Joe Biden and Congress in the dark about his prostate cancer diagnosis for over a month and did not inform them about his hospitalization at the beginning of the year for days, leading to growing calls for him to resign or be fired.
- With a global surge in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, disinformation and misinformation are considered one of the top global risks for 2024.
- Angry parents on Thursday barricaded the gates of Mafuta Secondary School in Moiben, Uasin Gishu County, protesting alleged persistent poor performance of the school in last year’s KCSE examinations.
- Papua New Guinea was dealing with the fallout Thursday of violent riots and looting that shook the capital Port Moresby, with the prime minister vowing repercussions amid calls for his resignation and demands from China to safeguard its citizens and their businesses.
- There is hope for thousands of Kenyans who had been denied essential medical services such as dialysis, after equipment procured under the MES scheme broke down.
- The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday approved a resolution calling on Yemen’s Houthi rebel group to “cease its brazen” attacks in the Red Sea, as the United States and Britain hinted at military strikes.
- Newton Paul Kengere, 29, is suspected of obtaining thousands of shillings from unsuspecting members of the public in an educational loan advance ruse.
- The 14-year-old girl who was mistakenly placed at a boys’ institution, the Lenana School, can now breathe a sigh of relief after she was given a slot at the Ng’iya Girls’ High School in Siaya County.
- The newly-introduced ETA system has raked in around Ksh.158.8 million for the State in the past week, with 32,000 foreigners utilizing the platform to submit their applications to visit Kenya.
- Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura has taken a swipe at the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) claiming that they have launched a witch hunt at the government since it came to power.
- Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura has welcomed the move to bar Uganda from using the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) infrastructure to move its refined petroleum products from Mombasa port to Uganda saying it does not benefit the country.
- Police in Homa Bay have launched an investigation into the murder of a 76-year-old man who was stabbed to death in Lower Kodhoch, Rachuonyo East Sub County on Tuesday night.
- National Assembly Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi says the Azimio la Umoja coalition party shall remain tight-lipped on who will represent them in the presidential race until when they deem it fit.
- Republicans recommended Wednesday that Hunter Biden be held in criminal contempt of the US Congress for snubbing a summons -- after scenes of chaos erupted on Capitol Hill when the president's son turned up in person to defend himself.
- Ecuador is reeling from a fresh wave of violence that has shaken the South American nation, with President Daniel Noboa launching a military crackdown on gangs after criminal groups took more than 100 prison staff hostage and armed men dramatically interrupted a live television broadcast.
- Members of Parliament affiliated with the ruling Kenya Kwanza coalition now want Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u to resign from office failure to which they will impeach him.
- Residents of Kiamugumo village in Gichugu, Kirinyaga County are urging the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to capture a hyena that attacked four people on Wednesday.
- The County Assembly of Embu has thrown its weight behind Governor Cecily Mbarire’s move to replace striking medics on locum basis (temporarily) to keep public health services ongoing.
- A body of a 27-year-old woman was found dangling inside a bathroom at her parents’ home in Umiru village, Siaya County after she is suspected to have killed herself.
- Police in Ndhiwa, Homa Bay County have arrested three suspects for allegedly conning a group of parents whose children are set to join Form One next week of at least Ksh.300,000 with a promise of sponsoring their children in secondary school
- Gabriel Attal, the 34-year-old French education minister, has been named the country’s new prime minister, a history-making appointment by President Emmanuel Macron as he looks to jumpstart his government’s flagging popularity.
- U.S. and British naval forces shot down 21 drones and missiles fired by Yemen-based Houthis on Tuesday towards the southern Red Sea, the United States said, with Britain hinting at further measures to protect international shipping lanes.
- Some of the top students in the recently released KCSE, who spoke with Citizen TV's JKLive on Wednesday, shared nearly identical stories of overcoming adversity to reach the top.
- MP Kimani Ichung’wah has defended Parliament against claims of defying court orders in its quest to continue conducting public participation on the Affordable Housing Bill, 2023.
- The governments bid to have the Court of Appeal set aside a High Court order blocking the implementation of SHIF ran into headwinds after a three-judge bench declined to grant their prayer.
- A powerful storm that battered a large swath of the eastern US, knocking out power across several states and leading to multiple rescues, is delivering its final blow to New England Wednesday.
- Thousands of Kenyans across the 47 counties cannot access essential medical services including dialysis, radiography and laboratory tests as most equipment have broken down.
- Detectives investigating John Matara, the main suspect in the murder of socialite Starlet Wahu, have recovered HIV testing kits, condoms and other items his house in Kahawa West.