- Since arriving in the country from Canada in mid-October, lawyer and activist Miguna Miguna has had quite a busy schedule. The self-proclaimed revolutionary has been traversing the country meeting various groups as he enjoys his ‘freedom’ after four years in exile. During his visits, Miguna, who…
- A renowned sexual worker in Narok town is seeking justice after people well known to her assaulted her in the wee hours of the night. Elizabeth Njeri, a confessed sexual worker and barmaid at Manjus bar in Narok town, said she has been doing that business to feed her children due to lack of an […]
- A major flight disruption is looming after Kenya Airways (KQ) pilots vowed to continue with their planned strike on Friday, November 4. In a statement, Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA) said its members will begin their industrial strike on Saturday, October 5, after Kenya Airways management…
- Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary (CS) Alfred Mutua has blamed agencies facilitating the traveling of Kenyans to Saudi Arabia to seek jobs. Mutua, who has been on a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, said there is massive corruption in the way Kenyans are prepared before they leave to be…
- Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary (CS) Alfred Mutua now says Kenyan graduates have a bigger opportunity to work in Saudi Arabia. In a statement he released after meeting his Saudi Arabia counterpart Faisal Bin Farhan Al-Saud, Mutua said gulf countries have great potential and are a…
- Elon Musk will begin mass layoffs at Twitter on Friday, November 4, sharply reducing the social media platform’s workforce, the company said in an email to staff on Thursday. “In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce…
- Kenya Red Cross has cautioned members of the public against falling victim to fraudsters soliciting funds for drought response in the name of the organisation. In a statement on Friday, November 4, Red Cross said persons behind the new scam have been circulating fake Paybills with the society’s…
- Serial city fraudster conning Nairobi residents using the name of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has finally been nabbed and put in detention. George Morara Bosire is accused of stealing job-seekers’ certificates which he later sells after alterations. Authorities say many have fallen victim.…
- A middle-aged man claiming to be an alumna of Moi University was on Thursday, November 3 charged before Milimani Law Courts for attempting to secure a loan from Finance Bank Limited using forged documents. Gerald Lumuchele is said to have walked into the bank in June this year and attempted to use…
- Police in Kirinyaga West sub-county have launched investigations into a murder and suicide case that happened on Thursday, November 3 in Kibaratani village, Mwerua location. In a police report, a man identified as James Kigoto Mbuyu is said to have killed his wife and son before taking his own life…
- A court in Kisumu has shocked the country after awarding a claimant Ksh122, 000 after being conned of a chicken. According to a tweet by the Judiciary, the claimant had agreed with the suspect to sell the chicken but the latter failed to honour the agreement and disappeared with the money. “Kisumu…
- A businessman has sued Absa bank Kenya for compensation claiming that the bank leaked his confidential information to third parties without his consent. In the suit filed before the Mombasa Commercial Bank Admiralty court, Kirui Kamwibua who is the owner of New mega Africa Ltd listed as the…
- Two traders have been charged before a Nairobi court with defrauding a deceased person’s land worth Ksh14 million located in Ongata Rongai, Kajiado county. Lucy Wanjiru Njoroge and Zakariah Maina Ndibaru appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate Wendy Kagendo and denied the charges of intermeddling…
- A matatu tout with Tripple S SACCO was on Thurday, November 3 arraigned and charged with insulting a rival female matatu sacco driver. George Kihiu Karanja is accused of calling Catherine Kabura Wangari a prostitute at Tom Mboya Street commercial bus stop. Appearing before Milimani Senior Principal…
- Opposition leader Raila Odinga has hit out at President William Ruto accusing him of selectively dealing with extra-judicial killings in the country. Addressing the press in Nairobi on Thursday, November 3, the Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya party leader said Ruto is using the criminal justice system to…
- International wildlife conservation charity, Fauna and Flora International (FFI) has appointed former tourism Cabinet Secretary (CS) Najib Balala as its vice president. Balala’s appointment to the world’s oldest international wildlife conservation comes barely weeks after he left the government…
- Jubilee Party Secretary-General Jeremiah Kioni on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, visited Sirisia Member of Parliament (MP) John Waluke at the Industrial Area remand prison. Kioni had paid Waluke a courtesy call to inform him of his nomination as one of the commissioners in the Parliamentary Service…
- Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram has introduced six new changes to WhatsApp. The new updates include communities, in-chat polls, 32-person video calling, expansion of groups to 1024 users, larger file-sharing functionality and group admin delete functionality.…
- Suspended Kenyatta University Vice-Chancellor (VC) Paula Wainana has been reinstated months after his suspension. Speaking to the press after his return to the institution, Wainaina affirmed that his return was after an intervention with the current administration. “For you to see me here alive it…
- Three people lost their lives on the night of Wednesday, November 2, 2022, after a grisly road accident at Kiminini bridge along the Kitale-Webuye highway. Confirming the fatal accident, Kiminini Sub-County Police Commander John Onditi said the accident which involved a lorry and a tractor was…
- Chief Justice Martha Koome has urged the Judiciary to prioritize the clearance of children’s cases. In a release sent to newsrooms on Thursday, November 3, 2022, the CJ acknowledged that the backlog of children cases was still an issue yet to be dealt with and called on the judiciary to enhance…
- GK Prison Kitengela primary school administration has suspended all Physical Exercise (PE) lessons following increased cases of learners fainting due to hunger. The public institution with 1,600 pupils is the most populous among the four public schools serving Kitengela town and its environs and…
- It is a reprieve for suspended Kenyatta University Vice-Chancellor (VC) Paul Wainaina after parties involved in the land dispute that saw his suspension as VC agreed to withdraw court cases – sources within the government and at the university have confirmed to The Nation. Wainaina was suspended…
- The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is investigating Ken Mwige, Director General of Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat over alleged abuse of office and violation of the law in the recruitment of three senior officers. Mwige is said to have irregularly recruited the officers against a…
- President William Ruto has appointed Dr. Raymond Omollo to replace outgoing Interior Principal Secretary (PS) Karanja Kibicho. Omollo, who was appointed alongside 50 other PSs by the President on Wednesday, November 2, has been serving as Lake Basin Development Authority Managing Director. He is…
- President William Ruto on Wednesday, November 2 prayed for Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) troops heading to the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for a United Nations peace-keeping mission. Ruto, who flagged off the troops, said in his prayer that the officers are going to protect women and…
- Finally, the Kiambu politician who was suspected to have brutally murdered her husband George Mwangi has been formally charged with the offence. Gladys Chania alongside her co-accused Morris Mbugua who appeared before Kiambu High Court Judge Mary Kasango were charged with jointly murdering the…
- Farmers in Kiambu have decried delays in the supply of subsidised fertilisers due to unnecessary and rigorous purchasing procedures. The farmers say they are likely to get late for planting as several parts of the county start to receive rain. According to the farmers, the requirement to only…
- Police officers in Siaya are investigating circumstances under which two remandees escaped from custody at Kogelo Police station on Tuesday, November 1, 2022. Richard Oliaro Odongo and Boniface Otieno Onyango, who are accused of robbery with violence, had been remanded at the station following the…
- Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) has explained a blackout affecting several parts of the country. Kenya Power, in a statement on Wednesday, November 2, said it experienced a ‘system disturbance’ at around 11:09 am affecting power supply to parts of Nairobi, Coast. and Mt Kenya regions. The…
- The Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji has urged the Court of Appeal to dismiss a bid by Sirisia Member of Parliament (MP) John Waluke to be released on bail pending the hearing of his appeal challenging the 67 year jail term imposed on him over Ksh297 million NCPB maize scam. While…
- Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua has left the country for an official visit to Saudi Arabia. Mutua had promised to travel to Saudi Arabia this week to discuss the plight of domestic workers in the country in the wake of a surge in cases of mistreatment and deaths. The visit follows…
- Professionals from the Mwea ward in Embu county have raised concern over the increased rate of divorce cases within the area due to hunger. While addressing the press in the Karaba market, the professionals said many men had divorced their wives due to the challenges of providing food for the…
- The media was locked out of Harambee House as outgoing Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i officially handed over to his successor Prof. Kithure Kindiki on Tuesday, November 1. Unlike his colleagues who handed over their dockets in the full glare of cameras, the tough-talking former minister…
- Police officers in Murang’a have arrested four suspects, including a 20-year-old man, in connection with gruesome murder of an 83-year-old granny whose lifeless body was discovered at her house hours after her murder in Kagundu-ini village. The young man, who is the prime suspect in the murder of…
- Police officers in Murang’a have arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with the gruesome murder of an 83-yr-old granny whose lifeless body was discovered at her house hours after her murder in Kagundu-ini village. According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the lifeless body…
- Al-Shabaab militants attacked an ambulance that was racing a patient to a hospital in Elwak, Mandera County on Tuesday evening November 1, 2022. Police say four people were in the ambulance at the time of the attack. The four included two paramedics based at Lafey Sub-County hospital, a patient,…
- A Bomet county government employee accused of defiling a 2-year-old girl has been released on a Ksh200,000 bond by a court in the county. Joel Rono Chebusit who appeared in Bomet law courts before Principal Magistrate Kipkurui Kibelion was released after denying the charges. Chebusit had been…
- A Somali based in the US has appealed to the authorities to investigate controversial Pangani police station-based officer Sergeant Rashid Ahmed over claims of torture, extrajudicial killings and extortion. Ali Mohammed Ally says he was conned Ksh1.8million and while pursuing the matter he was…
- Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary (CS) Alfred Mutua has reacted to an online video of a Kenyan crying for help in Tanzania. Mutua’s attention was drawn to a viral clip of Kenyan Fredrick Omondi who lamented how police in Tanzania harassed him. The Foreign Affairs CS directed the Kenyan High…
- Police officers have launched a manhunt for a gang that robbed three pedestrians three phones worth Ksh63,500 and cash amounting to Ksh80 along Haile Selassie avenue at the roundabout on Monday, October 31, 2022. The three were accosted by a motorcycle that had two pillion passengers who were armed…
- A middle-aged man has been charged with the offense of assaulting two police officers in Kibokoni, Mombasa County. Salim Nasoro, who appeared before Mombasa Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku pleaded not guilty to charges of assaulting police constables Robert Kipchirchir and Enock Kipkorir. The court…
- The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has banned 131 ‘beauty’ products from the Kenyan market. The skin-lightening products, according to KEBS, contain hydroquinone, steroids and hormonal preparations which should be registered by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board for medical use. “Their use in…
- A 65-year-old elephant that is reportedly one of Africa’s largest female tuskers has died. In a statement by KWS, the jumbo identified as Dida died at the Tsavo East National Park due to old age. “A matriarch has rested. We are saddened by the death of Dida who was possibly Africa’s largest female…
- Public Service, Gender and Affirmative Cabinet Secretary (CS) Aisha Jumwa has announced the extension of Huduma centres working hours in eighteen centres within the next 100 days. The centres targeted will operate on a shift basis from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm to enhance convenience in accessing services…
- Police officers in Kiambu are investigating circumstances under which a suspected illicit brew dealer died as he was being grilled by detectives. The mysterious death of the middle-aged man occurred at Kiaria location in Githunguri sub-county where the suspect is said to have collapsed and died…
- Controversial businessman Paul Kobia accused of being involved in a violent fight with a Congolese national and shooting in the air at a massage parlor within Kilimani area in 2017 is now a free man. This is after Milimani Chief magistrate Wendy Kagendo Micheni on Monday, October 31, 2022,…
- The Central Organization of Trade Unions (Cotu) has endorsed a proposal by the Kenya Kwanza administration to increase NSSF deductions from the current Ksh200 to six per cent of an employee’s monthly salary. In a statement on Tuesday, November 1, Cotu Secretary General Francies Atwoli said the…
- Amid the ravaging effects of the drought that has hit most parts of the Country, a farmer from Kinanie area in Athi-river is counting losses after 27 cattle died after he unknowingly fed them poisonous feed. The herd of over 50 cattle had spent the better part of Monday feeding on green grass…
- Robert Omondi, the husband of a 28-year-old woman who lost her life due to alleged negligence while delivering twins at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital, appeared before the Senate Health Committee on Tuesday, November 1, to give an account of what transpired. Omondi told the committee chaired by Uasin…
