- Holy water and white handkerchiefs seized by the Anti-terror Police Unit (ATPU) from the Mavueni-based church of embattled Pastor Ezekiel Odero are set to undergo testing at the government chemist. Through his lawyers Danstan Omari, Jared Magolo, Shadrack Wambui and Cliff Ombeta, Ezekiel now claims…
- Uganda’s speaker of parliament Anitah Among has allegedly been banned from travelling to the United States of America(USA). This is according to MP Asuman Basalirwa who was the mover of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill that was on Monday, May 29, 2023, signed into law by President Kaguta Museveni.…
- State Department for Housing and Urban Development Principal Secretary Charles Hinga now says he previously discussed the Affordable Housing agenda with Azimio leader Raila Odinga in 2012. Speaking in an interview with a local radio station, Hinga said that Raila, in his previous campaign, voiced…
- Lionel Messi is among 10 best footballers out of contract in July 2023 and available as free transfers. Sergio Busquets – Barcelona Sergio Busquets’ 14-year stint with Barcelona could be coming to an end soon when his contract expires at the end of the 2022-23 season. There haven’t been talks of a…
- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has revealed his history with alcoholism saying being sober has had a positive impact on his life. The second in command says he won his battle with alcohol after being born again and has remained sober since then. Gachagua was speaking on Monday, May 29, 2023,…
- Former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga has been released on a Ksh50,000 bond or Ksh100,000 cash bail. Njenga, who appeared in Nakuru Law Courts on Monday, May 29, 2023, was charged with several offenses including being a member of an organised crime and six charges of engaging in organised criminal…
- Police in Mathira Sub-county in Nyeri County have launched investigations to establish the circumstances under which a 44-year-old Community health volunteer was murdered by her husband in the wee hours of Monday morning May 29, 2023, at Gathugu village in Mathira. It has been alleged that Judy…
- Police in Tharaka Nithi county on Sunday, May 28, 2023, opened fire at a white Toyota Sienta being driven by a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier after it failed to stop at a roadblock. According to a police report seen by K24 Digital, Police Constable (PC) Davis Kamunde fired at the Toyota Sienta…
- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday signed into law a controversial anti-gay bill, his office and the country’s parliament said, introducing draconian measures against homosexuality that have been described as among the world’s harshest. Museveni “has assented to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill…
- High Court has suspended the Judicial Commission of Inquiry formed by President William Ruto to investgate the Shakahola deaths and religious organizations in the country pending the hearing and determination of a petition by Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition. More to follow…
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during talks with Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya Mozes Wetangula on Monday that he also planned to discuss the progress of Russian-Kenyan ties with President of Kenya William Ruto and the country’s Foreign Minister Alfred Mutua. The top Russian…
- A woman who lost her husband to a brain tumour has given birth to their second child through IVF 16 months after he died. Jasdip Sumal, 38, gave birth to Amandeep through IVF on April 9. Her husband, Aman Sumal, was diagnosed with a grade four brain tumour after suffering a seizure and headaches in…
- Public servants have announced peaceful processions to Parliament scheduled for Monday, May 29, 2023. Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), Kenya Universities Staff Union (KUSU), Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU), Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Union (KMPDU), and Kenya Union Of…
- A government official in central India has been suspended from his job after he ordered a water reservoir to be drained to retrieve his smartphone, which he had dropped while taking a selfie. Food inspector Rajesh Vishwas dropped his smartphone in Kherkatta Dam in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh…
- Baringo County Government has banned food hawkers from Eldama Ravine town, including eggs and smokies vending, maize roasting, budding, Juice, coffee, porridge and tea vending. In a notice, Eldama Ravine town Public Health Officer D Kangogo said that the move followed a case of suspected cholera…
- A body of a 55-year-old man was on Sunday, May 28, 2023, found dumped on the roadside in Kirwarwa village in Mutithi, Kirinyaga County. The lifeless body of the man identified as Bernard Mwai was found without a shirt with his jacket and a gumboot dumped two kilometres away. This was according to…
- A social media influencer died soon after live-streaming himself drinking several bottles of strong alcohol on China’s version of TikTok, state-run media in the country are reporting, in a development likely to renew debate about how to regulate the industry. The influencer “Sanqiange” (or “Brother…
- Interior CS Kithure Kindiki has warned against the resurgence of the outlawed militia Mungiki and the country’s division. Speaking in ACK Cathedral, Siakago Mbeere North Constituency, Embu County, Kindiki warned leaders against inciting the youth and recruiting them to outlawed groups like Mungiki…
- The Cabinet Secretary of Interior and Administration of National Government Kithure Kindiki says that 99 per cent of churches are adherent to regulations. According to Kindiki, the government has issues with 0.01 per cent of churches in the country, which are allegedly misleading people. “Kama…
- Nairobi residents will enjoy free eye consultations after the county government announced a free Surgical Eye Camp scheduled for June 7 and June 8, 2023. In a statement shared by the county’s Governor Johnson Sakaja, the county government announced that the event will be held at Mama Lucy Kibaki…
- City lawyer Donald Kipkorir is mourning the loss of his mother Katarina. In a tweet on Sunday, May 28, 2023, the flamboyant attorney said his mother died on Saturday after a long battle with cancer. At the time of Mama Katarina’s death, she was receiving treatment in India. “Yesterday, my Beloved…
- Pastor Ezekiel Odero of the New Life Prayer Centre and Church has threatened to move to court after discovering that his church file was missing from the Office of the Registrar of Societies. Through his lawyers Cliff Ombeta and Danstan Omari, the man of cloth claims that the move comes as a well-…
- A man in Giankaja village in Tharaka Nithi county was arrested after allegedly killing his father before cooking parts of his body is currently cooling his heels in custody at a police station in Tharaka Nithi county. Police who confirmed the unfortunate incident noted that the matter was reported…
- Officers from the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC) on Thursday, May 25, 2023, arrested an employee of the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) for allegedly forging academic certificates to secure employment at the state parastatal. According to EACC, Zinje Jumaa Mwadama…
- Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir expressed his anger at stubborn tenants after a four-storey building near the Mackinnon Market in the Marikiti area collapsed on Saturday, May 27, 2023. The building, which had been declared unsafe for occupation in a notice dated May 12, 2023, by the Mombasa…
- The police oversight authority has launched investigations into the shooting that led to the loss of six lives and left several others injured in Isebania, Migori County on May 23. The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) on Saturday, May 27, said a Rapid Response Team from Kisumu had…
- The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has launched a search for a matatu whose tout was caught on video pushing out a passenger. The road agency’s probe came after the viral video showed the female tout throwing out the female passenger off the bus after a disagreement over bus fare.…
- President William Ruto has pleaded with Kenyans to repay Hustler Fund loans to keep the programme going. Speaking in Embu on Friday, May 26, 2023, the Head of State urged Kenyans not to abuse the fund which he said was launched with the aim of uplifting small traders. “The Hustler funds are not for…
- Queen Elizabeth II faced a potential assassination threat during a 1983 visit to the US, newly released FBI documents show. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released a cache of files relating to the late Queen’s travels to the US, following her death last year. They show how the FBI, which…
- A viral video of a passenger being kicked out of a Public Service Vehicle (PSV) is drawing mixed reactions on social media. The undated clip captured a passenger being forced out of a matatu by a female conductor who was demanding fare. The passenger is also heard retaliating saying she had paid…
- A multi-agency security team has recovered electricity installation equipment belonging to Kenya Power estimated to be worth Ksh6.3 million in a sting operation in Embakasi, Nairobi. In a statement, the National Police Service (NPS) said 10 tonnes of vandalised aluminium high transmission cables…
- A toddler is said to have been sentenced to life in a North Korean prison camp after his parents were discovered with a Bible in their home. The shocking tale was revealed by the US State Department’s International Religious Freedom Report. It claimed the two-year-old and his entire family were…
- President William Ruto has today, Friday, May 26, 2023, promoted Major General Fatuma Gaiti Ahmed to Senior Directing Staff Air. In a statement signed by the Director of Public Communications Ministry of Defence, Bogita Ongeri, the Head of State noted that Fatuma was posted to the National Defence…
- The 50 Chief Administrative Secretaries (CASs) will wait longer before assuming office after the Court of Appeal rejected an appeal by Dennis Itumbi seeking to allow them to commence work. Appellate court judges, Hellen Omondi, Imaana Laibuta and Ngenye Machari threw out the request by Itumbi to…
- Stephen Nzuki Mutisya, former children’s home director serving 100 years jail term for defiling underage boys, has blamed his former Swiss girlfriend for his woes. While defending himself in a fresh defilement case involving 13 under-age boys, Stephen Nzuki Mutisya, aged 30, urged Milimani Senior…
- Four people were shot dead after storming into a police station in an attempt to rescue inmates locked up at Isebania Police Station in Migori. According to a police report, the quartet invaded the station in a pick-up full of stones and machetes on the evening of Thursday, May 25, 2023. Upon…
- At least 20 pupils were hospitalised after police lobbed teargas into their school in Kawangware, Nairobi, on Friday, May 26, 2023. The officers were responding to demonstrations staged by local traders on Friday morning, protesting the government’s destruction of their make-shift kiosks. The men…
- Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has claimed that controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie and his henchmen had a 3-star menu at Shakahola forest, while his followers starved to death. Appearing before the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on the inquiry into the Shakahola masacre, Kindiki painted the…
- Police in Kakamega County have launched manhunt for two robbery with violence suspects who escaped from Kakamega Police Station cells. According to a police statement seen by K24 Digital, Denis Indeche, 26, and Allan Kemoli, 29, escaped from the station’s cells under unclear circumstances on…
- An activist has sued Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Kennedy Ng’ondi for allegedly hiring 12 employees to serve in his office instead of five. Francis Awino claims that Ng’ondi, who also serves as the chair of the County Service Board, hired the said employees despite the fact that the Salaries and…
- Transparency International has withdrawn the 2019 Leadership Integrity Award awarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji. In a letter to Haji, Transparency International cited the withdrawal of high-profile corruption cases by Haji, including those for which he was previously…
- President William Ruto has opened up about being nicknamed ‘Zakayo’ by Kenyans over his tax drives aimed at collecting more taxes from Kenyans. Ruto was responding to KRA staff members who asked for a tax collectors’ day to be held at the State House. “Since I have already been referred to as…
- President William Ruto now says he has always ensured that he is fully tax-compliant and remitted all taxes due to the government in full and on time. Speaking at Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) headquarters on Friday, May 26, the President said it is the duty of every Kenyan citizen to pay their…
- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said the government will not use the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to “deal” with its political opponents. Gachagua, who accompanied President William Ruto while filing his annual tax returns, promised that political scores will be settled politically. “We want…
- Police in Kapsabet, Nandi County, on Thursday, May 25 siezed illicit liquor packaged as genuine brands of established firms valued at Ksh600, 000 in one of the bars in Kamobo area. Kapsabet town Chief Selina Too said the alcoholic drinks were nabbed at one of the stores belonging to one of the…
- President William Ruto has accused a section of staffers at the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) of sabotaging tax collection efforts by the government. Speaking after filing his annual tax returns at the KRA headquarters in Nairobi, Ruto accused the staff of aiding some people to evade taxes. “…
- A California man who returned a library book that was found to be 96 years overdue said he believes the tome was originally checked out by his deceased wife’s grandfather. Jim Perry of Napa said he was going through boxes of books that had belonged to his wife, Sandra Learned Perry, when he came…
- The county government of Mombasa has clarified its directive that stopped Mombasa Cement boss Hasmukh Patel from paying bills for needy patients across public hospitals in the county. According to a letter addressed to Mombasa Cement by County Executive Committee Member – Health Services Swabah…
- Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Prof Kithure Kindiki on Thursday, May 25, 2023, visited embattled preacher Paul Mackenzie’s house in Shakahola, Kilifi county. According to images shared by the CS, Mackenzie resided in a mud grass thatched house that was disorganised almost resembling a garbage site…
- A 23-year-old man on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, stabbed a 4-year-old nephew to death at his home in Kilingot village, Baringo north. Silas Kipkosgei is reported to have stabbed his nephew who had been left in the custody of the grandparents mercilessly using a knife to death, an incident that left…
