- A middle-aged woman, who allegedly tried to sell her one-month-old son for Ksh20,000 was on Thursday charged with promoting child trafficking contrary to Section 4 (2)(3) of the Counter-trafficking in Persons Act 2010. Phibi Machesa Barasa, who appeared before Thika Law Courts Senior Resident…
- Equity Group Managing Director and CEO James Mwangi was on Thursday, August 3, 2023, appointed as Chancellor of the Open University of Kenya. President William Ruto announced his appointment during the awarding of the Charter to the first virtual public University in Kenya and expressed confidence…
- A woman is crying for justice after allegedly being assaulted by an American national over five times. Ann Kaburu claims that Philip Andrew has been beating her due to the delayed processing of a land title deed for a parcel of land that she sold to him at a cost of Ksh 6 million in […]
- In May 2023, Russia donated at least 34,000 tonnes of raw fertilizer to Kenya. The consignment was received by the Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary(CS) Mithika Linturi in Mombasa. While receiving the donation, Linturi, at the time, assured the nation that the Kenya Kwanza…
- Residents of Kitengela, Kajiado County are grappling with an acute water shortage as cartels take the lucrative water vending business by storm. Clean water now sells at between Ksh30-50 while salty water sells at between Ksh10-20 in the populous dusty town that was elevated to a municipality last…
- Detectives are pursuing an unknown male suspect who is believed to have murdered a female police officer in Mashuuru, Kajiado Central. The police officer, who was positively identified, is attached to the Emali SGR station – Mashuuru Sub County police commander Charles Chepkonga confirmed. She was…
- Mandatory Housing levy contributions proposed in the Finance Act, 2023 have been backdated to July 1. This is according to a notice issued by the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development. The move by the Ministry comes after the Court of Appeal lifted orders suspending the …
- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie said on Wednesday they were separating in an unexpected announcement that appeared to mark the end of the couple’s 18-year high-profile marriage. The couple had talked frankly in the past about difficulties in their relationship and in…
- Janna Clinton was sitting on her back porch watching her son Charlie, 11, fish in a pond behind their house in Oklahoma when he suddenly started yelling for her. “He was screaming, ‘Oh my God, mom! Oh my God!’ Clinton said. “I thought he was just being dramatic, to be honest,” she added. Then she…
- Rwandan President Paul Kagame has appointed his daughter to a key position in his office. Ange Kagame, 29, has been appointed the deputy executive director in charge of the strategy and policy council, according to a statement of a cabinet meeting chaired by Kagame on Tuesday, August 2, 2023. The…
- Agripina Mulupi was forced to let go of her ‘come-we-stay’ husband after her spouse who had been missing for nearly two decades suddenly returned home. 42-year-old Boniface Moi Muyeshi showed up at his home in Lurambi, Kakamega County 17 years after he went missing. Muyeshi left home for Nairobi in…
- A 1-year-old girl in New York died after her grandmother left her in the back seat of a car for eight hours while she went to work, police said. The 54-year-old woman forgot to drop off the 14-month-old at daycare on her way to work on Monday, the Suffolk County Police Department said in a […]
- Daring vandals on Monday night destroyed two luxurious vehicles belonging to the Kerwa Catholic Church in Kikuyu, Kiambu County. The criminals are reported to have scaled a perimeter wall to gain access to the church which also houses the parish’s priest father Vitalis Were. Father Were told the…
- During the selection of Form One students’ annual intakes at Banja Mixed Secondary School in Nandi County, the process is undertaken purely on merit. However, in a very rare coincidence, the school has admitted six pairs of twins for the last four years much to the amusement of both teachers and…
- Eight people have been admitted to local health facilities in Migori County over suspected cholera ailments. The eight tested positive for Cholera symptoms pointing to high suspicion of a Cholera outbreak in the area. On Tuesday, the county health authorities put the residents on high alert to…
- Thieves broke into St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Tala, Machakos County and stole a priest’s laptop. The robbery happened in the wee hours. The thieves broke into the priest’s office and made away with his personal computer. Confirming the incident, Tala area chief Francis Mulinge noted that the…
- The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) has now assured that the 31,164 examiners have commenced receiving their dues. KNEC Chief Executive Officer (CEO), David Njengere has said that National Treasury has released Ksh2 billion to facilitate payment of all 2022 Kenya Certificate of Secondary…
- A magistrate took his time to engage Shakahola suspected cult leader Paul Mackenzie alongside his aides after they turned violent and began chanting slogans of “Haki yetu” in court over their continued detention. In a calm demeanour, Shanzu Principal Magistrate Yusuf Shikanda called out Mackenzie’s…
- The National Police Service has issued a cautionary statement urging the public to be vigilant against persons impersonating Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome on social media. In a statement, NPS said unscrupulous individuals were impersonating the police boss with the aim of defrauding…
- Former US President Donald Trump has been charged with plotting to overturn his 2020 election defeat. He is accused of four counts including conspiracy to defraud the US, tampering with a witness and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. The indictment caps an inquiry into events surrounding…
- A 74-year-old retired police officer has committed suicide by hanging himself in Mba village, Mbooni East Sub-county, Makueni County. According to Kako/Waiya area chief Patrick Ndiku, the body of the deceased was found dangling from a mango tree on his farm. The administrator said the deceased’s…
- President William Ruto’s administration has suffered a major setback after the Environment and Lands Court sitting in Nairobi issued orders suspending the decision to allow logging in forests across the country. A brief ruling rendered by Justice Oscar Angote directed that the exercise should stop…
- Nairobi County Assembly has passed a motion to formulate a county broadcast policy. The motion tabled by Deputy Minority Whip Joyce Kamau on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, proposed the formulation of a broadcast policy to help the county establish a digital press unit, county TV and radio broadcast…
- The government has suspended all Wordcoin registration activities in the country over security concerns. In a statement on Wednesday, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithire Kindiki said the exercise that involved collection of iris data had been halted until all security concerns were addressed. “The…
- Police in Mlolongo, Machakos county are investigating the death of a man whose body was found dumped. While confirming the incident, Syokimau assistant chief David Kilonzo noted that the deceased aged between 30 and 40 years was found dead at the All Park area on Tuesday, August 1, 2023.…
- Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms(PWPER) wants the Ministry of Education(MoE) to come up with a policy framework on dress codes for all levels of education. This is according to the recommendations the committee handed over to President William Ruto on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. The…
- Suspected Shakahola cult leader Paul Mackenzie and his aides booed Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Yamina Jamii after he applied to bar the suspects from freely associating with each other while being held in custody. Jamii who was responding to an application that had been tabled before…
- A man was yesterday sentenced to 12 months in jail or pay a fine of Ksh200,000 at a Milimani law court after being found guilty of assault. Quackelbeen Johad was convicted after pleading guilty to the assault charges. The prosecution told the court that on July 27, 2023, at 2:00 PM, the accused…
- The police on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, turned away thousands of people who gathered at Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) for the Worldcoin registration exercise, citing security reasons. According to the Worldcoin representatives, the police asked them to put the exercise on hold…
- A 48-year-old man has been burnt to death after a suspected gas explosion in Athi River, Machakos County on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. According to witnesses, the unfortunate incident that left 50 iron sheet (Mabati) house units reduced to ashes started at around 11:30 am after a cooking gas…
- Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja now wants the county to establish its own media house saying this would help in broadcasting initiatives the City Hall is undertaking. Through a motion on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, Sakaja proposed that the county develops a Nairobi City county broadcast service policy…
- Two people were killed and at least 10 others injured after suspected Al Shabaab militants attacked travellers along Lamu-Witu-Garsen Highway, at Lango la Simba near the border of Lamu and Tana River counties on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. In a statement to newsrooms, Interior Cabinet Secretary…
- Content creator Kennedy Odhiambo alias Crazy Kennar is hiring new cast members weeks after much-publicized fallout with former crew members. Taking to his official Facebook page, the comedian posted a burner for the casting call, inviting talented and capable actors to apply. While listing the…
- A Mombasa woman has been left nursing serious injuries after she was allegedly assaulted by her husband for stopping him from urinating on their matrimonial bed. 24-year-old Georgina Chao claims to have been assaulted by her husband named Boniface Chacha on Monday, July 31, 2023, as she tried to…
- A section of Ruiru parents in Kiambu County are up in arms over increased theft of metallic school appliances by scrap metal dealers. The rogue scrap metal dealers are reported to have been invading day-public institutions at night to steal metallic items such as metals that make lockers, steel…
- President William Ruto on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, presided over the signing of the performance contract at State House, Nairobi. The event saw Cabinet Secretaries (CSs), Principal Secretaries (PSs) and Parastatal heads sign performance contracts with the government. Ruto and his deputy Rigathi…
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- Chief of Peacebuilding Strategy and Partnerships at the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) Dr Roselyn Akombe has expressed optimism that justice will be served one day over the death of Chris Msando six years ago. In a statement, Akombe said that it is unfair to…
- A senior official attached to the Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company (NAWASCO) has been arrested by Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC) detectives for allegedly demanding a Ksh50,000 bribe. According to sources close to K24 Digital, Jimna Kubia Maina is accused of demanding a bribe of…
- Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to leave the country for a holiday in the United Kingdom. Uhuru announced the trip on July 24, 2023, when he met media editors in an interview after police raided the home of his son Jomo Kenyatta in Karen. Speaking to the editors, Uhuru jokingly cautioned…
- Three lawyers have moved to court to quash the Judicial Service Commission’s (JSC) decision to appoint magistrate Clarence Awuor Otieno as the new Registrar of the High Court. Lawyers Omwanza Ombati, Robinson Kigen and Brian Ochieng’ Saka in their petition filed at the High Court argued that the…
- A lobby group now wants City Hall finance boss Charles Kerich, Chief Finance Asha Abdi and the head of the Treasury at City-hall to step aside and pave the way for investigations into the alleged payment of millions to nine companies that supplied nothing to the county government. The group, Tunza…
- 41 Shakahola survivors will now be charged alongside suspected cult leader Paul Mackenzie with murder, manslaughter and other terror-related charges. Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Jami Yamina told Shanzu Senior Principal Magistrate Joe Omido that investigations have established…
- Kenyatta National Hospital(KNH) announced a medical milestone in foetal medicine after a successful transfusion of a baby while still in the mother’s womb. In a press release on Monday, July 31, 2023, KNH elaborated that the procedure known as intrauterine fetal transfusion undertaken by a group of…
- A 20-year-old girl has committed suicide at Kasaye Kokoth Kataa location within Karachuonyo constituency, Homa Bay County under unclear circumstances. Daisy Akoth, a former student at Mawego Training Institute is said to have committed the act at her uncle’s house while her grandmother was away…
- Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Ezekiel Machogu has revealed that nearly 10,000 students who qualified to join universities opted to join Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions. Speaking on Monday, July 31, 2023, while releasing the placement results for students who…
- Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Ezekiel Machogu on Monday, July 31, 2023, released the placement results for students who sat for their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination in 2022. Machogu said the Commission for University Education and the Technical and Vocational…
- Sean Andrew, the grandson of late President Mwai Kibaki, shared his thought about the police raid at the home of John Jomo Kenyatta – the son of retired President Uhuru Kenyatta. Speaking to vloggers during the grand opening of Chateau 254 Cellar Gastro Club which is owned by Akothee’s daughter…
- Detectives in Kilifi have recovered the decomposing body of a Pwani University lecturer who had been missing. According to Kilifi North sub-county police Commander Kenneth Maina, the body of the deceased was discovered inside his rental house at Mtaani within Kilifi township. Police investigations…
- The remains of a German man who went missing while climbing near Switzerland’s iconic Matterhorn mountain 37 years ago have been recovered. DNA tests confirmed the remains belonged to the 38-year-old, who went missing in September 1986. The discovery was made by climbers hiking along the Theodul…
