- Kenya and Ghana have secured Ksh1.5 billion from the United States Department of State to enhance soil quality. This financial boost comes hours after a Ksh38.8 billion acquisition from India aimed at boosting Kenya’s agricultural sector and modernizing its health sector. In a statement, the Food…
- Kenya Power has announced scheduled electricity interruptions affecting five counties on Wednesday, December 6. The Nairobi region, specifically the Langata area, is slated for a power interruption from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. The affected locations include T Mall, Moi Educational Centre, Wilson…
- The Kenya Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA) have called on the Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome to effect necessary arrests and investigations after a female passenger was attacked by a matatu tout along Thika Road. KEWOPA chairperson and Kajiado woman representative Leah Sankaire,…
- Law enforcement officers in Kisii County have come to the rescue of an abandoned newborn. This marks the third time an infant has been rescued from a latrine, with the latest incident occurring on Tuesday, December 5 in Kiango Sub-location. In a statement, the National Police Service (NPS) said the…
- Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya coalition Raila Odinga has visited Makadara Member of Parliament (MP) George Aladwa at the Nairobi Hospital. Aladwa was hospitalised and is currently bedridden at the facility. However, it remains unclear how long the lawmaker has been hospitalised. During the visit,…
- The Kenya Meteorological Department has implored Kenyans to brace themselves ahead of the rains set to continue across different parts of the country from today. A forecast shared by the department’s official X platform indicated that the rains are expected to continue across the Central Highlands…
- The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has opened up 186 job vacancies for citizens. In a statement on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, ODPP invited Kenyans to apply for vacancies spanning various positions. The vacant positions include:- Applicants are required to submit their…
- Controller of Budget Margret Nyakang’o has been charged with defrauding Claudia Mutungi of Ksh29 million, operating a sacco without a valid licence and forgery. Nyakang’o, who appeared before Mombasa Chief Magistrate Alex Ithuku denied committing the three offences. She is accused of defrauding…
- India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged Ksh38.3 billion to Kenya to boost its agricultural sector and modernization of its health sector. The funds which are earmarked for the modernization of Kenya’s agricultural practices, will focus on mechanization of agriculture and healthcare…
- State House Chief of Staff and Head of Public Service Felix Koskei has asked Kenyans to embrace casual wear starting tomorrow, Wednesday, December 6, 2023. In a statement shared via his official X account, Koskei urged Kenyans to embrace dress-down, stylish and presentable casual wear for the next…
- The government will award a Ksh200,000 bonus to each player in the Kenya Women’s 3×3 basketball team for the 21-20 victory over hosts Egypt in the final of the FIBA 3×3 Africa Cup 2023 held in Cairo. The reward to the team now set for the Paris Olympics was announced by Youth Affairs, Arts and […]
- High Court Judge John Chigiti has issued orders suspending the registration and issuance of new digital IDs by the government until February 6, 2024. In a brief ruling on Tuesday, December 5, Justice Chigit issued the conservatory orders barring the Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki and…
- Principal Secretary for State Department of Livestock Development Jonathan Mueke now claims Livestock Bill 2023 circling online is fake. The PS dismissed the retrogressive bill proposal as propaganda in a statement issued on his official X account. “Fake news by enemies of progress. Msiuziwe uoga…
- Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o was arrested in Mombasa in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. Nyakang’o was arrested in connection with a complaint made against her and 10 other persons in 2016. This was before she became the CoB. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions approved…
- The Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) has announced 63 job vacancies in different departments. In a public notice on Tuesday, December 5, the management said the state corporation is seeking to recruit highly motivated, visionary, dynamic and results-orientated candidates to fill the vacant positions to…
- South African border officials say they have intercepted a group of more than 440 unaccompanied children who had travelled from Zimbabwe. The Border Management Authority (BMA) said the children, all aged under eight, travelled on dozens of buses on Saturday. It added that they were without parents…
- The parents of a teenager stabbed to death at an end-of-term party have revealed they still send him messages on WhatsApp every day. Charlie Cosser, also known as ‘Cheeks’, was stabbed multiple times in July at a party in the grounds of a £1.5 million country mansion farmhouse in the village of…
- A couple who kept an unexploded missile as a garden ornament for decades were ready to “go out with our home and everything in it” after a bomb disposal unit told them it needed to be detonated. Jeffrey and Sian Edwards had kept the 19th-century relic outside their home after moving in back in 1982…
- At least two counties will be affected by a power blackout on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, Kenya Power has said. In a notice, the utility firm said the scheduled outage in Kiambu and Laikipia counties is part of routine maintenance and lasts from 8 am to 5 pm. “Hello, these areas will be affected by…
- Kenyatta National Hospital(KNH) has debunked a fake job recruitment notice. This follows a fictitious poster circulated on social media purporting to advertise 15 KNH positions for over 1,000 job seekers in the company including nurses, pharmacists and morticians among other positions. In a…
- The gun used in the murder of former Kabete MP George Muchai eight years ago at the City Centre had been stolen from a police officer in Kitisuru, Nairobi two years before the incident, the High Court heard on Monday. The disclosure was made by the investigation officer Sergeant Moses Otiu Opiyo…
- Police in Ruiru, Kiambu County, are holding four suspected carjackers said to have kidnapped two vehicle dealers after luring them by pretending to be customers. The four, among them a young woman, were arrested from their hideout in Juja nearly four days after allegedly abducting the traders and…
- President William Ruto’s administration has suffered a major setback after the High Court issued orders halting its plans to privatise the Kenya International Conference Center(KICC) and 10 other parastatals. Justice Chacha Mwita issued the conservatory orders barring the government from…
- Indian tests of a cough syrup linked to the deaths of at least six children in Cameroon have found unidentified quality issues in at least one of the five samples picked up by authorities, two people familiar with the investigation told Reuters. Riemann Labs is one of three Indian drugmakers whose…
- There was drama in Embu town when traders staged demonstrations over the delayed re-opening of the recently renovated Embu Bus Park. The traders blocked the Embu-Kiritiri highway paralysing transport, before forcing other traders who had opened their businesses to close them down and join them in…
- Police have launched a manhunt for a truck driver who caused an accident at Kikopey along the Gilgil-Nakuru road, killing five people. The accident happened on Sunday around 8:30 pm, involving a Mercedes-Benz truck whose full registration was not visible. The police said that the driver was heading…
- One person has been reported missing after a boat capsized in River Migori in Matanda, Migori County. On Monday, December 4, 2023, the Kenya Red Cross announced that five people had been rescued while rescue efforts were ongoing for the missing person. “Early this morning, a boat capsized at River…
- President Willia Ruto has flown to India for a two-day state visit, State House Spokesperson Hussein Mohammed has announced. The trip to India comes hours after Ruto returned to Kenya from Dubai where he attended the UN Climate Conference (COP28). “President William Ruto embarks on a two-day State…
- From the roar of engines to the cheers of spectators, the ARC has witnessed moments of triumph and glory that have etched themselves into the memories of motorsport enthusiasts. Here are some of the unforgettable stories of champions who conquered challenging terrains. 1. Karan Patel & Tauseef…
- A cruise ship passenger has told of his horror after discovering a spider had laid eggs inside his toe – including one that hatched. Colin Blake and his wife were spending the evening in Marseille, in the south of France, after the ship had docked on their 35th wedding anniversary trip – when his…
- Kenya Power has announced planned electricity interruptions in two counties on Monday, December 4. In a statement shared on Sunday, December 3, the utility company said some parts of Kiambu and Laikipia counties will be affected by the scheduled interruptions. In Kiambu County, the areas to be…
- Law enforcement officers have taken the woman who allegedly threw her 8-month-old baby into the Indian Ocean at Mombasa County’s Likoni Ferry on Sunday, December 3 at the Ferry Police station for questioning. The police said the child is recuperating fairly at the Red Cross rescue centre as the…
- Pope Francis on Sunday said it was “painful” to see that the truce between Israel and Hamas had been broken, and voiced hope that all parties involved can reach a new ceasefire “as soon as possible”. A seven-day pause in the fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas militants, which had allowed the…
- An 8-month-old baby has been rescued by coast guards from drowning in the Indian Ocean at Likoni ferry crossing. Residents claimed that the infant was thrown into the ocean by their mother. In a statement on Sunday, December 3, Kenya Red Cross said the infant is safe and at the rescue centre. “…
- A British soldier has died while off duty in Kenya, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said. The BBC understands 32-year-old Maj Kevin McCool was on a motorcycle trip off base when he was attacked. MoD officials said it would not be releasing any details of what happened to the soldier, who was from…
- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimates that over 1.3 billion people are living with disabilities worldwide. This comes even as the world commemorates the Day of People with Disabilities, which the body says “reminds us that every individual deserves to enjoy the full…
- MPs Ali Wario Shaka of Garsen and his Galole counterpart Hiribae Saidi have been rescued after going missing on Saturday, December 2, 2023. The MPs were rescued alongside nominated MCA Mama Aodho Omara and other passengers on the boat that went missing on Saturday. “The boat that went missing in…
- Former Bungoma South (presently Kanduyi and Bumula) MP Lawrence Sifuna is dead. Sifuna was first elected to parliament in 1979 and was re-elected in 1983 before losing the seat to former North Eastern Provincial Commissioner Maurice Makhanu in the 1988 General Election. Sifuna died aged 77 while…
- Kenya Power has issued a notice informing Kenyans of scheduled power interruptions which will affect three counties tomorrow. In an update shared via the company’s official X account on Saturday night, the counties that will be affected include Nairobi, Machakos, and Nyamira. Kenya Power said the…
- Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kithure Kindiki has announced the government’s initiative to evacuate residents in Masinga, Kamburu, Kindaruma and Kiambere Dams who are affected by the ongoing floods. While addressing a sensitization public gathering at Kiambere, Mbeere North Constituency, Embu…
- Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has announced that the government is vigilantly monitoring the ongoing El Niño-induced rains through a scientific mechanism. Kindiki highlighted the comprehensive approach being taken to ensure the safety of citizens especially those residing in flood-…
- Four construction workers on Saturday lost their lives after a building’s scaffolds collapsed along Muratina Road in Nairobi’s Eastleigh area. While confirming the unfortunate incident, the Kenya Red Cross team issued a statement noting that the collapse of the scaffolding killed four on the spot…
- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has hailed the Great Chepsaita Cross Country Run held in Uasin Gishu on Saturday, December 2 noting its significance in shaping the future of the nation. The second in command could not contain his excitement about witnessing a multitude of children participating…
- President William Ruto’s digital secretary Dennis Itumbi has come to his defence after an official list released by by the United Nations Climate Change (UNCC) revealed that 765 people accompanied him to Dubai for COP 28. The list as seen by K24 Digital, showed that Ruto was accompanied by a…
- As many as half a million people have descended on Ethiopia’s sacred city of Aksum, according to its mayor, for a religious festival taking place for the first time since the civil war in the northern region of Tigray ended. Aksum is a holy site for Ethiopian Orthodox Christians who say it is home…
- The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has arrested two land officials over allegations of soliciting bribes for service. The duo- Sheila Nandako a Deputy Land Registrar based in Kisamis lands office, Kajiado West alongside a subordinate in her office Washington Wahome were nabbed for…
- Furious residents of Nyacaba and Witeithie villages in Juja, Kiambu County blocked armed police officers from collecting the body of a middle-aged woman who was mauled to death by a pack of hyenas on the morning of December 2, 2023. The woman is said to have been walking from Nyacaba area to…
- At least five people lost their lives in the wee hours of Saturday, December 2, 2023, in Londiani along the Molo-Kericho road. In an update by the Kenya Red Cross, the deceased -four men and a child- died on the spot after the 14-seater matatu they were travelling in rammed into a trailer at the […]
- Russia lost a dozen elite marines when they cooked food on an open fire and triggered an explosion from nearby live ammunition. Eight more were wounded in the incident that Vladimir Putin’s regime has sought to cover-up. Reports say a RPG-7 grenade launcher shell caught fire and exploded at…
- Ethiopian Airlines in Nigeria has banned the infamously nicknamed “Ghana Must Go” bags from their flights there. The luggage got the nickname in Nigeria in the 1980s, when hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants, many of whom were Ghanaian, were expelled. People fled with the red and blue…
