- A woman arrested in connection with the murder of Nairobi Hospital finance director Eric Maigo at his Woodley home in Kilimani area has been freed by a Nairobi court after detectives found no evidence linking her to the offence. Cynthia Lusenga Andayo alias Flora Akoth Okonda was discharged by…
- Kenya Power issued a notice informing Kenyans of power interruptions in select parts of the country. The utility firm, in a statement, said there would be a scheduled outage from morning to evening on Monday, September 25, 2023, in parts of seven counties. Kenya Power, however, didn’t say if the…
- Kenyan lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi has criticized recent unannounced visits by Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) to various government departments, alleging systemic flaws within state agencies that hinder efficient service delivery to the common citizens. Ahmednasir Abdullahi accused the CSs of conducting…
- Kisumu County Assembly speaker Elisha Oraro is mourning the death of his father John Ouko. His father’s death was confirmed by Kisumu County Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o. Nyong’o described Ouko as a revered figure in the Nyahera Community and a man whose wisdom had a lasting impact on the leadership of…
- Dwane Wade is opening up on one of the most challenging times of his life … admitting he nearly ended things with his now-wife, Gabrielle Union, after finding out he was having a child with another woman. The Miami Heat legend — who fathered his 9-year-old son, Xavier, with Aja Metoyer during a…
- A sample collection from asteroid Bennu — categorized as a “near-Earth object” — is due to land Sunday. Scientists hope the sample will give a greater understanding of how Earth became habitable. Ending its seven-year-long expedition, a NASA space capsule carrying samples from the surface of an…
- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Sunday hosted his long-time friend, Maina Muchangi, for breakfast at his residence in Mathira, Nyeri County. The two friends first crossed paths 18 years ago with the deputy president making him a promise that he would always look after him. Taking to his X…
- President William Ruto has led Kenyans in heaping praises on marathoner Eliud Kipchoge for winning the fifth title in the Berlin Marathon. Kipchoge secured his fifth victory in the Berlin Marathon, clocking an impressive time of 2:02:40 on Sunday. This win establishes Kipchoge as the first runner…
- Olympic Champion Eliud Kipchoge secured his fifth victory in the Berlin Marathon, clocking an impressive time of 2:02:40 on Sunday. This win establishes Kipchoge as the first runner to have triumphed in the Berlin Marathon on five occasions. Vincent Kipkemboi clinched the second-place position,…
- Former TV star Kimani Mbugua has opened up about his journey in illness and depression even as he appealed for help from well-wishers. In a video posted online, Mbugua revealed that he had sunk into drugs until two months ago when he quit drugs. “I fell ill in 2020. I was diagnosed with bipolar…
- Nairobi City County has announced plans to dispose of at least 193 bodies unclaimed bodies lying at the City Mortuary and Mam Lucy Hospital. In a public notice, acting County Secretary and Head of Public Service Patrick Analo announced that there are 169 bodies unclaimed bodies at the City Mortuary…
- French rapper MHD has been given a 12-year jail term for the murder of a young man in Paris in 2018. A court in the capital found the 29-year-old MHD, real name Mohamed Sylla, guilty of involvement in the gang-related killing of Loic K, 23. The victim was knocked down by MHD’s Mercedes, then beaten…
- Water and Irrigation Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome has defended herself against reports of being biased following the failure to suspend Athi Water Works Development Agency Chief Executive Officer Eng. Michael Thuita. In a press statement, Wahome argues that she did not have enough information to…
- The Biden administration pledged $100 million on Friday to support a proposed Kenyan-led multinational force to restore security to conflict-ravaged Haiti and urged other nations to make similar contributions. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the U.S. would provide logistics,…
- Police in Embu have seized three elephant tusks with an estimated market value of about 10.6 million shillings. In a statement, the authorities said the three pieces weigh approximately 53Kgs. During the operation conducted on Friday, September 22, 2023, officers with the aid of the Kenya Wildlife…
- The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has locked former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu and his family out of their bank accounts following an order by the High Court to freeze them. In an update on social media, EACC noted that Waititu will be forfeiting the said assets to the State…
- A six-month-old baby was allegedly left bitten and almost eaten alive by rats in his crib by three parents. Cops were called to a home in Evansville, Indiana, after David Schonabaum reported finding his young son covered in blood in his bassinet, according to arrest affidavits obtained by WFIE. The…
- A massive alligator was caught Friday carrying the lifeless body of a Floridian down a canal. A witness first spotted the 14-foot reptile with its victim clenched between its jaws on a residential street in Largo, a small community just four miles south of Clearwater. “I could tell there was a body…
- Poland’s prime minister has told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to never “insult” Poles again, returning to harsh rhetoric towards Kyiv after the Polish president had sought to defuse a simmering dispute between the two countries over the issue of Ukrainian grain imports. Zelenskyy angered…
- Kenya Power has issued a notice informing Kenyans of power interruptions in select parts of Nairobi County. The utility firm, in a statement, said there would be a scheduled outage from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, September 23, 2023, in parts of the capital city. Kenya Power said they planned to…
- Global bookmaker 1xBet talks about the Premier League’s 6th round match, where Arsenal will host Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates on September 24, 2023. Impregnable Emirates North London’s two leading clubs have spent the last decade on the sidelines of title contention. The battle for the…
- The Chief of Staff and Head of the Public Service Felix Koskei has asked the Board of the Athi Water Works Development Agency to suspend its Chief Executive Officer Eng. Michael Thuita. Thuita will be suspended pending investigations into alleged irregularities in the award of tender for the…
- A man who posed as a 16-year-old girl online to blackmail dozens of teenage boys has been jailed for 21 years. Jay Lang, 24, used the alias ‘Chloe’ to contact his victims, who were aged between 11 and 16, on social media apps including Snapchat and Instagram. He instigated sexualised conversations…
- Police have recovered the clothes worn by the main suspect in the murder of Nairobi Hospital’s acting Finance Director Eric Maigo. In a statement, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said that the suspect identified as Ann Adhiambo alias Nut is aged between 15 to 17 years old. “…
- Self-styled ghetto President Calvince Okoth alias Gaucho has suffered a major blow after the court declined his attempt to have two senior officers summoned over allegations of being assaulted by an officer while in remand at Kilileshwa Police Station. In a ruling rendered by Milimani Chief…
- Former President Uhuru Kenyatta and former First Lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta have mourned the late Field Marshal Muthoni Kirima. In a joint statement, Uhuru and Mama Ngina termed Muthoni as a patriot who has left a huge vacuum that will be hard to fill. Uhuru described Field Marshall Muthoni as a…
- A lock of hair from a young Ethiopian prince, who died over 140 years ago, has been handed over in the UK to representatives from his home country. In 1868, British soldiers took Prince Alemayehu away after invading the fortress of his father, Emperor Tewodros II, who then killed himself. The crown…
- Several leaders from both the government and the opposition on Friday, September 22, 2023, flocked Kinunga Stadium in Tetu to attend the final send-off of Field Marshal Muthoni Kirima. Muthoni served as the late freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi’s personal assistant during the fight for independence.…
- Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kithure Kindiki has given law enforcement personnel the green light to use deadly force against armed criminal suspects targeting security officers and police camps. Speaking on Friday, September 22, 2023, during the inauguration of the…
- Russia has temporarily banned exports of gasoline and diesel to all countries outside a circle of four ex-Soviet states with immediate effect in order to stabilise the domestic market, the government said on Thursday. It said the ban did not apply to fuel supplied under inter-governmental…
- Third Way Alliance party leader and lawyer Ekuro Aukot has voiced his concerns about President William Ruto’s visit to the United States, saying the visit does not serve the interests of Kenyan citizens. The politician believes that Ruto’s visit to the US has been sensationalized and that American…
- An $8.5 million settlement has been reached in the civil lawsuit involving a 28-year-old man who died after deputies and staff at a Virginia hospital pinned him down for 11 minutes during a mental health crisis. A Virginia Circuit Court judge approved the settlement between the family of Irvo…
- The National Basketball Association(NBA) is set to open new offices in Nairobi in November 2023. This follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with Youth Affairs, Arts and Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba in New York where President William Ruto was also present. In a…
- Around ninety primary schoolchildren in South Africa were sent to hospital after eating muffins thought to be laced with cannabis. Officials said the pupils bought the muffins from a street vendor on their way to Pulamadibogo Primary School, northwest of Pretoria. They experienced nausea, stomach…
- A shoe belonging to a child and dating back more than 2,000 years has been unearthed in Austria with its laces still intact. The design of the leather shoe, whose size roughly corresponds to EU30 (US12), suggests it was likely made in the 2nd century BC, according to the German Mining Museum Bochum…
- A city tycoon was on Thursday, September 21, 2023, charged in Milimani Law court with conspiracy to defraud beneficiaries of a five-storey building along Latema Road in Nairobi county worth Ksh230 million. Appearing before Chief Magistrate Susan Shitubi, the businessman Nilesh Jayantilal Lalji…
- One of Ukraine’s staunchest allies, Poland, has said it is no longer supplying weapons to its neighbour, amid a diplomatic dispute over Kyiv’s grain exports. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Poland’s focus was instead on defending itself with more modern weapons. Poland has already sent…
- India has stopped issuing visas to Canadian citizens amid an escalating row over the killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil. India said the temporary move was due to “security threats” disrupting work at its missions in Canada. Canada’s visa services remain open in India. Tensions flared…
- A Nairobi court on Thursday, September 21, 2023, issued a warrant of arrest against one of the accused persons in the Ksh180 million laptops scandal after he failed to appear in court for hearing of the case. State Prosecutor Anderson Gikunda told Milimani Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina that the…
- The Anti-Corruption Court sitting in Nairobi has found former Kiambu Governor Waititu, his wife Susan and their co-accused with a case to answer in the Ksh588 million roads tender graft charges. In a ruling delivered on Thursday, September 21, Milimani Chief Magistrate Thomas Nzyoki said the…
- A proposal to reintroduce the position of official leader of opposition has the support of a majority of Kenyans, a new survey shows. The opinion poll results released by TIFA Research on Thursday, September 21, show that 62 per cent of the respondents strongly support or somewhat support the…
- Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale has dismissed Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria’s apology over his remarks on fuel prices as mere sarcasm. Speaking during his appearance for an interview on Thursday, September 21, 2023, the Senator declined to neither accept the apology nor respond to it saying he…
- A majority of Kenyans support the ongoing national dialogue between the Kenya Kwanza administration and the Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya coalition, a new survey by TIFA Research shows. In the opinion poll conducted between June 24 and 30, sampling 1,530 respondents, 48 per cent of the respondents…
- Nearly half of Kenyans are not aware of the legitimate secretary general of the Jubilee party, a new survey by Trends and Insights Africa (TIFA) shows. The survey conducted between June 24 and 30, sampling 1,530 respondents, shows that 47 per cent of Kenyans do not know the bonafide secretary…
- Police in an Illinois town are trying to identify a mysterious white or translucent object seen flying in the daytime sky. Prophetstown Police Chief Bruce Franks said he was off-duty Wednesday when he received a call from an employee at Todd’s Tire and Auto, where a crowd had gathered to watch a…
- A baby born in India was born with 26 fingers and toes — and her family thinks it’s divine. According to the New York Post, the newborn from Bharatpur, in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, has seven fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. Medical professionals said that she was born…
- At least 10 suspects linked to an alleged attack on Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza on Sunday, September 17, 2023, have been arrested. In a statement by the National Police Service(NPS), authorities say the ten namely; Eliud Muchui, Eric Thuranira, Benjamin Mutua, Charles Adriano, James Mugambi,…
- Families set to bury their kin at the Lang’ata cemetery were on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, forced to wait for long hours after police used teargas to disperse protesting Nairobi County contract workers who had been employed to tidy up the graveyard. Staging their protest at the cemetery’s…
- Bongo’s eldest son Noureddin Bongo Valentin and former presidential spokesman Jessye Ella Ekogha “have been charged and placed in provisional detention” on Tuesday over alleged corruption, said Libreville prosecutor Andre-Patrick Roponat. In all, 10 people were indicted on Tuesday with charges…
