- Makueni county Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr has fired former Governor Kivutha Kibwana’s brother Dr. Patrick Musyoki Kibwana. Dr. Musyoki Kibwana has been the Makueni county Health Chief officer for the last 9 years. In a letter dated October 6th, 2022 Dr. Kibwana thanked the Health directors, SCMOHs…
- Police in Ganze, Kilifi County have launched investigations into an incident where a 20-year-old student at Dungicha Secondary School gave birth and buried the foetus on Wednesday, October 5, 2022. According to a police report seen by K24 Digital, the suspect, Kadzo Halima, reportedly buried her…
- Kimilili Member of Parliament (MP) Didmus Barasa has today, Friday, October 7, 2022, vowed to offer his Ksh1million salary to his constituents. Taking to his official Twitter account, the controversial legislator expressed gratitude towards the constituents for voting for him during the August 9…
- The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has announced that former president Jacob Zuma is a free man. In a statement on Friday, the department confirmed that Zuma’s prison sentence has expired. Zuma was slapped with a 15-month jail sentence when he was found guilty of contempt by the…
- Sirisia MP John Waluke has finally surrendered to the authorities after his sentencing was upheld by the High Court. The embattled lawmaker was escorted by officers to the cells at the Milimani Law Courts awaiting his imprisonment. The Jubilee lawmaker will now serve a 67-year jail term slapped on…
- A man facing assault charges broke down in court after being handed a 1-year probation sentence on Thursday, October 6, 2022. Michael Kipyator got emotional in the dock at Kabarnet Law Courts as the magistrate delivered a judgement in the assault case lodged in 2020. Assaulted neighbour The 57-year…
- A househelp, who confessed to abusing a five-month-old boy by feeding him with her nasal mucus and fingers inserted into her private parts, has been sentenced to serve five years in prison. Milimani Magistrate Festus Terer on Friday, October 7, sent Catherine Muyoka Nalianya to prison without the…
- The government has declared Monday, October 10, 2022, a public holiday to mark Utamaduni Day. In a statement on Friday, outgoing Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i asked Kenyans to honour the day by recognizing and celebrating the country’s rich cultural diversity. “In line with Section 2 (1…
- The Public Service Commission (PSC) has shortlisted 477 candidates for the recently advertised Principal Secretary (PS) jobs. In a notice, the commission said 9,154 applicants expressed interest in the vacant posts but only 477 were shortlisted for interviews. Some of the notable names in the list…
- Three Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officers were killed and 17 others injured after a vehicle they were travelling in was involved in a road accident at Jogoo area on the Nakuru-Eldoret highway on Thursday, October 6, 2022. The KDF truck was heading to Nairobi from Eldoret but upon arriving at twin…
- A man who hacked his girlfriend to death in 2018 has been sentenced to 10 years in jail. Edmond Ruto,28, confessed to having stabbed his university girlfriend to death in a suspected love triangle while he was a fourth-year student at Egerton university. While appearing before Nakuru High Court…
- Tana River Senator Danson Mungatana has narrated to a Nairobi court how a foreign witch doctor conned him a whopping Ksh76 million after selling all his properties in an “investment deal” In his emotional testimony on Thursday, October 6, 2022, Mungatana gave a blow-to-blow account before Milimani…
- A man who strangled and later set on fire the bodies of his two children has been found dead in Taita Taveta county. Police have revealed that the body of Jackson Chacha was found dangling from a roof of a house he is believed to have rented moments after he fled Mombasa following the killing […]
- A man who forcefully had sex with a 32-year-old woman whom he claimed was his girlfriend has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Shanzu senior resident Magistrate David Odhiambo said that the prosecution had proved its case against Hussein Ababukar beyond reasonable doubt for the count of rape. “…
- Security agencies have destroyed second-generation liquor impounded at the Ole Kasasi area of Ong’ata Rongai, Kajiado County. According to Ngong sub-county Deputy County Commissioner (DCC) Patrick Mwangi, security agencies are keen to tame the comeback of second-generation liquor whose market…
- Three children have died in a fire incident that guttered their mabati house in the Kirarapon area in Ngong, Kajiado County. The siblings including a girl and two boys aged 7 months, 2 years and 7 years respectively were burnt beyond recognition with a 4-year-old girl escaping by a whiskey after…
- Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei has warned state agencies against correcting Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in public. In a post on social media, Cherargei termed the practice of correcting the Deputy President as “bad manners and insubordination towards the presidency”. “Kenya Kwanza manifesto…
- Milk dairy cooperatives in Kajiado county have shut down operations due to a sharp decline in milk production prompted by the ravaging drought. The simmering drought in most parts of the vast county has dealt a blow to pastoralists. Dozens of animals have succumbed to drought with the few remaining…
- The government has launched investigations into the operations of 40 digital lenders after numerous complaints from members of the public. In a statement to newsrooms on Wednesday, the Office of the Data Protection Commission (ODPC) said it’s conducting a preliminary documentary assessment and…
- Three Mombasa residents have moved to court seeking orders to revoke, the appointment of nominated Members of the county Assembly of Mombasa. The trio Julius Ogogo, James Nyanjom and Philip Odongo(listed as petitioners) now claim that among those who were nominated as persons with disability from…
- President William Ruto today made a surprise appearance at the Parliament Buildings. The Head of State joined the legislators and members of the parliament for lunch at the parliamentary canteen before the assembly’s afternoon sitting. The President held interactions with lawmakers and the…
- Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has apologized to Kenyans and the Kenyan government following a flurry of inflammatory tweets by his son General Muhoozi Kainerugaba. The long-serving Head of State appealed to Kenyans in a statement posted on his Twitter account to forgive the Ugandan…
- The funeral service for Hellen Kemunto Nyabuto alias Hellen Wendy, who drowned in a swimming pool in Canada while live streaming on Facebook, is currently ongoing in Kisii county. Hellen Wendy will be buried today October 5, 2022, at her parents’ home in Getare-Misesi village, Bomachoge Chache sub-…
- A Mombasa magistrate, who on Monday, October 3, 2022, offered to buy a suspect three shirts after he made an emotional appeal in court, has fulfilled his promise. The suspect, Richard Christopher Odhiambo, who once again appeared before the court in a torn shirt, was handed over the shirts by…
- A mother and her four children have been admitted to the Lugari Station Hospital in Kakamega county after eating food that is said to have been poisoned by their neighbour – a boyfriend to the woman’s daughter. Everlyne Ongachi, the mother of four children, said he boiled githeri (a mixture of…
- An unknown man has caused a state of agony in a village in the Kibuswo location, Cherang’any constituency, Trans Nzoia County after he engaged in an act of bestiality with a cow on Monday night, October 3, 2022. Area Chief Gilbert Chepsiror said he received a call from one of his village elders…
- The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) is calling for an immediate intervention by Chief Justice Martha Koome following the imprisonment of Didacus Malowa, a senior Tuko editor. Malowa was on Tuesday sentenced to five days in jail for not complying with a High Court directive after he allegedly failed to…
- Former Cherangany Member Parliament (MP) Kipruto Arap Kirwa has hit out at President William Ruto for secretly introducing Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) through the back door. Speaking during an interview on KTN, Kirwa noted that Ruto’s current moves including the appointment of Musalia…
- The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has announced a 12-hour traffic disruption on Lang’ata Road this weekend. In a notice on Tuesday, October 4, KeNHA said a section of Lang’ata Road between the U-turn to Langata Hospital and Langata Barracks Roundabout will be closed on Sunday, October 9…
- A family in Eldoret is demanding justice after their 14-year-old boy who was found dead at a school dormitory in Kericho county. The family says their son Enock Kipkoech reported for the third term at St Teresa primary school on September 26, 2022, while in good health. However, the family claims…
- Woman who attempted to disrupt President William Ruto’s speech in Nyeri has spoken. The lady identified as Lucy Wangui now says she was seeking help from the Head of State citing a financial crisis. She claims, his son is set to travel abroad and she is pleading for Ksh400,000 to facilitate his…
- Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has promoted his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba to the rank of General. Reports show that Muhoozi, who previously served as Chief of Land Forces, will be replaced by Maj Gen Muhanga Kanyanja. He will, however, retain his position as Senior Presidential Advisor in…
- The Ugandan government has distanced itself from controversial remarks made by Uganda’s commander of the land forces of the Uganda People Defence Forces (UPDF) Muhoozi Kainerubaga that have since sparked a storm on social media. Kainerubaga, who is the son of President Yoweri Museveni, on Monday,…
- A TUKO editor has been sentenced to five days in jail after he failed to adhere to court orders. The orders by Magistrate Eunice Nyutu come after the editor, Didacus Malowa allegedly failed to apologize for publishing a misleading article about the ongoing Ksh226.9 million National Youth Service…
- A hacked email can pose several security issues to one’s account logins ranging from hijacked inboxes to losing control of one’s social accounts. With the emails being unique identifiers for most online account logins, a hacker could cover his tracks and mask suspicious activity that may put the…
- A gang of six suspected robbers is expected to be arraigned in court after police recovered two homemade firearms, and one round of 9mm ammunition from their hideout. Officers who were acting on a tip-off from members of the public raided the house of the first suspect identified as Samson Wambugu…
- Kenya army’s Colonel Fabian Lengusuranga is President William Ruto’s new Aide-De-Camp(ADC) Lengusuranga officially took over from Brigadier Timothy Stelu Lekolool after he (Timothy) was deployed to the Department of Defence headquarters. He was seen escorting the commander in chief during the…
- CS Foreign Affairs nominee Alfred Mutua has today held a meeting with Ambassador Dr. Hassan Galiwango who is the Ugandan High Commissioner to Kenya. The former county head stated that they discussed interesting matters and that everything is on track. “This morning I shared a social cup of tea with…
- Police in Mombasa have launched a manhunt for a man who allegedly strangled his two children before setting their bodies on fire. In the incident, police say the man, Jason Chacha, 55, allegedly committed the heinous act after a domestic row with his wife. Mombasa County police commander Stephen…
- A 55-year-old woman identified as Catherine Gatiria on Monday, 3 October, committed suicide by hanging herself using a rope on a mango tree near her house in Kiriani, Chogoria Ward. According to Kiriani Sub-Location Chief Jasper Gitonga Murithi, the deceased took her own life after confirming that…
- Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei has expressed concerns over a series of controversial tweets by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s son, Muhoozi Kainerubaga, about Kenya. Kainerubaga, who serves as the commander of the land forces of the Uganda People Defence Forces (UPDF), sparked a storm on…
- A Mombasa magistrate on Monday, October 3, offered to buy a suspect a shirt after he made an emotional appeal in court. The suspect, Richard Christopher Odhiambo, told Mombasa Senior Principal Magistrate Vincent Adet that he was suffering in Shimo La Tewa prison after authorities allegedly declined…
- Traders in the fast-growing busy Ilbisil town, Kajiado Central, have been left counting losses after a fire razed down their business premises on Sunday night. At least thirty businesses were reduced to ashes in the 10:00 pm inferno believed to have been caused by an electric fault. According to…
- A 19-year-old boy has been arrested for threatening to kill his father in Gilgil, Nakuru County. A police report seen by K24 Digital indicates that Samuel Kinyanjui pointed out an item resembling a firearm at his father while threatening to end the oldman’s life under unclear circumstances. The…
- A middle-aged man from Kyome/Thaana ward of Mwingi West, Kitui county is currently being held at Migwani police station after he hacked his son to death. Mwendwa Mboo is said to have used an axe on his 14-year-old son Mumo Mwendwa after he found him playing with his mates when he had sent him to […]
- Police in Kabete have launched a manhunt for a gang of three men who robbed an M-Pesa agent of Ksh24,000 and three mobile phones on Saturday, October 1, 2022. The victim identified as Zipporah Wanjiku was accosted by the three who were armed with a pistol at Kabete Market while heading to her place…
- The government has lifted a ban on Genetically Modified Organisms, paving way for the cultivation and importation of GMO crops. In a statement to newsrooms on Monday, October 3, State House Kenya announced that the ban imposed in November 2012 was lifted during a Cabinet meeting chaired by…
- Agriculture Cabinet Secretary nominee Mithika Linturi is off the hook in an attempted rape case after an out-of-court settlement. The Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on Monday, October 3, told Milimani Chief Magistrate Susan Shitubi to drop the case saying the complainant had…
- Residents of Kiandugira village in Kigumo, Murang’a county are reeling in shock after a body of an elderly woman was found dumped in a thicket. A family member while confirming the incident said 90-year-old Mary Njeri went missing the evening of Thursday, September 29, 2022, only for her body to be…
- President William Ruto on Monday, October 3, 2022, held a meeting with outgoing Cabinet Secretaries at State House, Nairobi. This is the second time he is meeting the heads of various ministries since taking over from his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta following the outcome of the August 9 general…
