- First Lady Mama Rachel Ruto has claimed that Ugandans no longer plant their crops with fertiliser because the country is not only fertile but also receives enough rainfall throughout the year.
- Three suspects have been apprehended by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers, and 739 bags of assorted brands of fertilizer recovered.
- Cooperatives and MSMEs Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui has affirmed the government’s commitment to support Kenyans engaged in various artisan works across the country.
- A baby girl was born in Kithimani Law Court, Machakos County immediately after a woman accused of killing her 19-month-old baby was acquitted of murder.
- Former National Museums of Kenya Director-General Mzalendo Kibunja was on Tuesday arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts over alleged embezzlement of public funds amounting to Ksh.491 million.
- A high-ranking Nairobi County Asembly official has caused outrage online after he was recorded appearing to force his Muslim female colleague to shake his hand and hug him during a office birthday party.
- CNN Correspondent Larry Madowo and Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen on Tuesday treated Kenyans to an online exchange over the state of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
- Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has said that there is an urgent need to speed up action to end the conflict in Sudan, which has lasted for over a year.
- National Assembly Deputy Speaker Gladys Boss says Kenyans care more about service delivery and the performance of public servants than the fraction of the national budget the officials’ salaries account for.c
- The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists, and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has announced a peaceful march regarding the doctors’ nationwide strike on Tuesday.
- Over 100 families from Ngurubani in Mwea, Kirinyaga County have been forced to flee their homes and 13 houses destroyed following heavy floods on Monday night.
- Kisii Governor Simba Arati has called for investigations into what he terms a plot by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Kisii County to arrest him and some of his supporters.
- Orange lava bubbles and pops, occasionally spewing large fountains from a volcano that has been erupting for a month in Iceland, the second-longest eruption since the region's volcanic activity reawakened in March 2021.
- NASA is seeking a cheaper, simpler approach to one of its top science priorities in the midst of a budget crunch - retrieving precious soil samples collected on Mars and flying them back to Earth, U.S. space agency officials said on Monday.
- Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has promised an international standard overhaul of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to cure the long-running derelict state of the main airport.
- Israelis awaited word on how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would respond to Iran's first-ever direct attack as international pressure for restraint grew amid fears of an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East.
- The government of Kenya will host the African Union’s Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit from May 7 to 9, 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced.
- Drug regulators in Tanzania, Rwanda and Zimbabwe have recalled a batch of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N), children's cough syrup as a precautionary measure after their Nigerian counterpart said laboratory tests found high levels of toxicity.
- Australian police on Tuesday said a knife attack on an Assyrian church bishop and some followers in Sydney was a terrorist act motivated by suspected religious extremism, as the country reeled from a second stabbing incident in three days.
- But reality set in for the 77-year-old, hard-right Republican as Judge Juan Merchan issued the routine warning for criminal defendants that he will have to attend proceedings in the gritty Manhattan courthouse daily.
- Police said they arrested a 15-year-old male at the scene and were forced to hold him at the church in Wakeley, a suburb about 30 km (18 miles) west of downtown Sydney, for his own safety after a crowd gathered outside and demanded the attacker be brought out.
- Particularly hard-hit are areas like Nairobi, where rising waters along the Ngong and Nairobi Rivers have resulted in flash floods, wreaking havoc in communities of Kware, Kibra, Viwandani, Mukuru Kwa Njenga, and Mukuru Kwa Reuben. In Tana River, the swelling river has caused panic among the…
- The DPP stated that an investigation conducted by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) revealed that the suspects fraudulently awarded tenders to Top Image Media Consultancy Limited and Value View Limited with no regard for conflict of interest.
- The chaos erupted when the area woman representative accused the Maragua legislator of running a smear campaign aimed at elbowing her out of the political scene in the region. Police had to intervene to restore calm, which saw the fundraiser—attended by three cabinet secretaries—halted for security…
- He pleaded not guilty to the charges before Senior Resident Magistrate Robert Mbogo and was released on a Ksh 100,000 bond with a surety of the same amount and an alternative cash bail of Ksh20,000.
- Africa feminists in the climate space argue that the climate change crisis exacerbates already existing social imbalances such as gender. Women are believed to face cultural, political, and economic barriers as a result of their struggles to cope with the unpredictable effects of weather.
- The Private Security Regulatory Authority (PSRA) has directed private security companies to stop deducting and remitting security officers' fees to the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU-Kenya).
- The suspect, Salim Kilanga Mwinyi, was arraigned before Senior Resident Magistrate Hon. Rita Orora on Monday, with the prosecution requesting additional time to complete investigations.
- Former National Museums of Kenya Director-General Mzalendo Kibunja was on Monday arrested by Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) detectives over the embezzlement of Ksh.490 million.
- Australian police said they had arrested one man, after a member of the congregation at an Assyrian church rushed at the dais and slashed at the bishop, causing pandemonium.
- Nigerian investigators have recovered nearly $27 million (Ksh.3.5 billion) in a corruption investigation involving a suspended government minister and other officials, the anti-graft agency said.
- The Kenya Red Cross has announced that 16 counties have experienced the effects of the March-April-May rains, with a total of 17,445 households being affected by the ongoing heavy rains.
- The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) on Monday said they had moved to court to sue the Inspector General of Police, Japhet Koome, over his Sunday comments that protests by doctors and clinical officers are an inconvenience to the public.
- The Poultry Breeders Association of Kenya presents a bleak picture in a memorandum addressed to Alfred Ombudo K'Ombudo, Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Investment, Trade, and Industries. "The Kenyan poultry sector teeters on the brink of collapse if imports of finished poultry from the…
- Airports in Tehran and elsewhere in Iran resumed operations Monday, state media said, after a temporary suspension due to an aerial attack on arch for Israel that heightened regional tensions.
- A key witness who was set to testify in the trial of a female police constable accused of killing her estranged husband was stood down by Eldoret High Court Presiding Judge, citing work overload.