- 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…
- Interior Cabinet Secretary Prof Kithure Kindiki has warned that demonstrators destroying property will be treated as terrorists. Speaking at Matiru Catholic Church in Embu County during a church service, Kindiki said the opposition has a right to differ with some government policies but warned that…
- Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has now moved to the Supreme Court seeking to overturn the Court of Appeal Friday’s decision that allowed the implementation of the Finance Act 2023. In a notice of appeal filed by Omtatah and six other petitioners, they want the top court to quash the decision by a…
- Police have seized yet-to-be-valued bhang bound for Mombasa in a dramatic night chase with suspects. In a statement, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) say that the bhang was seized around the Kanga area after the suspects in a Toyota Premio car defied police orders to stop triggering…
- A 35-year-old woman is being held at Bomet police station for allegedly killing her 13-year-old son on allegations that he stole two maize cobs from a neighbour’s farm at Mogoma village in Bomet County. Faith Cherono is said to have severely punished her son leaving him with serious injuries in the…
- A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to 30 years in jail after being found guilty of incest and defilement. Mombasa Senior Principal Magistrate Vincent Adet convicted and jailed Benard Anjera Manyasi for 30 years for committing the act of incest with his 14-year-old daughter. Adet ruled that the…
- Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha stirred controversy with orders directing the immediate transfer of Officer Commanding Station (OCS) for Matisi, John Thuo, on Saturday. Speaking in Trans Nzoia County, the CS ordered action against the police boss over insecurity in Matisi. This is despite…
- A federal judge has dismissed a $475 million (Ksh.67.3 billion) defamation lawsuit that Donald Trump filed against CNN for describing his claim that the 2020 election was stolen as the “Big Lie.” Trump, in the suit filed in a US District Court in Florida in October, had alleged that the use of the…
- A middle-aged woman has been apprehended by police officers for killing and burying a three-day-old baby boy. Dorcas Chebet is alleged to have committed an infanticide act at her home in Timboiywo, Baringo Central, and dug a pit in the backyard where she buried him as a means of concealing evidence…
- Lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi has voiced strong disapproval of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) for seemingly ‘targeting’ police officers and minor offenders while ‘turning’ a blind eye to larger corruption cases involving high-ranking government officials. The lawyer’s criticism…
- A collaborative effort between security teams has led to the successful recovery of 13 stolen goats near the border of Isiolo and Samburu Counties, close to the Meibae Conservancy. The goats had been reported stolen on July 23, 2023, via the Kimanjo Police Station in Laikipia County. In a police…
- Exhausted by the pressure to succeed as a photographer, Litsky Li accepted a better offer: quit work to become one of China’s growing legions of children paid by their families to stay home. Li, 21, now spends her days grocery shopping for her family in the central city of Luoyang and caring for…
- President William Ruto has awarded citizenship to the Pemba Community. He said this will give them the identity and recognition that they deserve. Ruto noted that the move will also facilitate the community to access public services. “This, effectively, ends the Pemba community’s statelessness and…
- A group of alleged victims of the recent demonstrations in the country have written to the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan asking for investigations against opposition leader Raila Odinga and retired President Uhuru Kenyatta for their alleged role in the protest. Under the…
- The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has decried rampant cases of fraudsters impersonating its detectives and defrauding members of the public ostensibly to save them from adverse corruption investigations. Appearing before the National Assembly Committee on Constitutional…
- Five Korogocho businessmen were on Friday, July 28, 2023, charged at a Nairobi court with causing unlawful assembly. Jack Odhiambo, John Aura, Asalmus Ochieng, Evans Oburu and Beatrice Adala jointly with others who were not before the court were charged with participating in unlawful demonstrations…
- It is a big win for the government after the Court of Appeal lifted orders suspending the Finance Act of 2023. In a ruling delivered by Justice Mohamed Warsame, Kathurima M’Inoti and Hello Omondi on Friday, July 28, 2023, has allowed the National Treasury’s plan to raise more taxes to implement the…
- Ex-Raila Odinga’s aide and advisor Silas Jakakimba has resigned as legal advisor for Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga. In his resignation, Jakakimba who was appointed to the position in October 2022 says his new move was prompted by increasing unforeseen commitments. “Whereas we still believe in this…
- A 56-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for killing his wife for failing to include beef in his meal on December 25, 2020. In her ruling, Embu High Court Judge Lucy Njuguna found Crispin Nyaga guilty of killing his wife Catherine Mbuya. The court heard that on the fateful day,…
- Singapore has hanged Saridewi Djamani, the first woman to be executed in the city-state in almost 20 years, amid an outcry from human rights groups. The 45-year-old Singaporean national, who was sentenced to death in 2018 for trafficking about 30g of heroin, was executed early on Friday, the…
- The Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC) has raised an alarm over an upsurge in fake academic certificates in the country. Appearing before the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee of the National Assembly on Thursday, July 27, a delegation from EACC led by Deputy CEO Abdi…
- The City of Angels, a metropolis of freeways and traffic, has a newly discovered species named in its honor: The Los Angeles Thread Millipede. The tiny arthropod was found just underground by naturalists at a Southern California hiking area — near a freeway, a Starbucks and an Oakley sunglasses…
- There was drama in Nyeri town on Thursday, July 27, 2023, after police officers broke into a business premise on suspicion that the business owner had committed suicide only to discover a decomposing carcass of a cat inside the house. Locals had alerted the police of a suspected suicide case after…
- The government has confirmed resumption of services on the eCitizen platform after attempted cyberattacks. In a statement on Thursday evening, the Ministry of Interior and National Administration said the services had been paralysed since Sunday, July 23, 2023, following an attempted cyberattack on…
- Kenya Railways and the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) are the latest state agencies to report problems with their service accessibility. NTSA said the disruption has been brought about by a cyberattack on the e-Citizen platform. However, the authority assured that all the other…
- A Mariakani court has jailed a man to 10 years in prison for vandalizing and endangering the safety of Standard Gauge Railway ( SGR) train commuters. Mangale vandalized the SGR line fencing post valued at Ksh 30,000, the property of Kenya Railways Corporation. Adalo ruled that the prosecution…
- Kenya Power, the country’s electricity provider, is currently experiencing disruptions in its token purchase services due to a network breakdown from their service provider. As a result, customers are unable to purchase prepaid tokens through the usual channels of M-Pesa and USSD Code *977#. In an…
- The High Court has thrown out a petition challenging the nomination of Noordin Haji as the Director General of the National Intelligence Services (NIS) by President William Ruto. In a ruling delivered on Thursday, July 27, Judge Heston Nyaga dismissed the case filed by Nakuru-based lawyer Katherine…
- The High Court has declined to issue orders suspending over Ksh1.2 billion school feeding programme by Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja. Justice Mugure Thande on Thursday, July 27, 2023, declined a plea by Tunza Mtoto Coalition Executive Director Janet Muthoni Ouko to temporarily suspend Sakaja’s…
- eCitizen platform is among the websites that have dealt with cyberattacks, Information, Communication and Digital Economy Cabinet Secretary(CS) Eliud Owalo has confirmed. Speaking during his appearance on Spice FM, the CS noted that the site was compromised this week. “There was an attack. We are…
- Jubilee Party Deputy Organising Secretary Pauline Njoroge now says her voice shall not be silenced by the government. She argues that while the freedom of expression is seemingly under threat she refuses to watch silently what she termed an attempt by the current regime to recreate the country’s…
- The main suspect in the murder of Kilifi County Chief Officer for Blue Economy Rahab Karisa was arraigned before the Kilifi law courts on Thursday, July 27, 2023. Diana Wanyonyi alias Sarah Nekesa Barasa was ferried to Kilifi by Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives following her…
- A woman has been charged with the offence of failing to display a sign board indicating that alcohol is not sold to persons aged below 18 years at her liquor store. The suspect Betty Makena, who operates a wine and spirit shop, appeared before Mombasa Senior Resident Magistrate David Odhiambo and…
- Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta’s longtime security aide Bill Arocho Otunga has joined the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party. UDA welcomed Arocho into their fold on Monday, July 24, 2023. “Welcome to the ruling Party, Omwami Bill Arocho Otunga. Huku Kazi ni Kazi,” UDA Secretary General…
- A prisoner is on the run in the US after he and three other inmates staged a Shawshank Redemption-style jailbreak. The four, who were being held at Bent County Jail in southeast Colorado, reportedly pushed through a drywall ceiling in their cell, which used to serve as a kitchen, and used bundled…
- Nine pupils from Keteng Primary School in Nandi Hills, Nandi East, have been hospitalized at Nandi Hills County Hospital after falling from a tree within the school compound. The incident occurred when the pupils were trying to pick fruits from the tree during school hours. The pupils had climbed…
- Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha violated the constitution by promoting 59 junior officers to senior management positions in the ministry, Public Service Commission(PSC) has told the High Court. According to the commission, the CS usurped constitutional and statutory powers and functions…
- Embattled Jubilee Party Secretary-General Jeremiah Kioni was on Wednesday, July 26, 2023, overcome with emotion during a vigil ceremony in honour of slain protestors. The former Ndaragwa Member of Parliament(MP) welled up in the middle of a 20-minute video that displayed alleged police brutality…
- Kibera court has handed a ‘light’ sentence to Njoroge Chege who pleaded guilty to possession of bhang. Chege was found in possession of 100 grammes of marijuana worth Ksh2,000 and charged before Kibera Chief Magistrate Ann Mwangi. The prosecution informed the court that Chege was arrested while in…
- Former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s son John Jomo Kenyatta has gotten a major reprieve after the High Court issued orders barring the government from revoking his firearms license. Justice Jairus Ngaah of the High Court Judicial Review Division has also issued orders barring the Firearms Licensing…
- Drama ensued at the Kirigi primary school when a parent went berserk and bit the headteacher and two pupils on their fingers in a dramatic scene that paralysed learning for some hours. While confirming the incident, Lincoln Kithaka, chief of Gandori South location, said the suspect Charity Wanja…
- Former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s son John Jomo Kenyatta has moved to the High Court challenging the recent decision by the government to revoke his firearms license. In documents filed at the Milimani High Court, Jomo is seeking an order stopping the Chief Licensing officer, the Firearms Licensing…
- The US embassy has cautioned US citizens to be vigilant and avoid large gatherings in Kenya on Wednesday, July 26, due to planned solidarity vigils and parades organized by the Azimio la Umoja coalition. The Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition suspended anti-government protests and instead opted…
- A man accused of calling his neighbour a prostitute has been charged with using offensive words in a public place with intent to cause a breach of peace. Swaleh Mohamed from Likoni appeared before Mombasa Senior Resident Magistrate David Odhiambo and pleaded not guilty to charges of offensive…
- Easy Coach, a bus company operating on various routes in the country, has announced a fare increase across all its routes. In a statement released on Tuesday, the company stated that fares will be raised by Ksh100 on all routes. The fare hike comes in response to the recent increase in the fuel…
- Singer Alex Apoko, alias Ringtone and five others were on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, charged before Kibera law courts with assaulting five foreigners and damaging property worth Ksh5,000. Appearing before Kibera Chief Magistrate, the musician together with Samson Onunga alias Kazola, Victor B Maringa…
- Three students have been arrested for allegedly torching a dormitory at St. Mary’s Girls – Thigio in Ndeiya, Kiambu County last weekend. According to the area Sub-county Director of Education Kariuki Mwangi, the students were arrested after preliminary investigations linked them to the Saturday…
