- The High Court has suspended the construction of the Ndarugu II dam in Gatundu North, Kiambu County pending the hearing of a petition by landowners who have declined to cede their parcels of land for the multi-billion project. Lady Justice Grace Kemei of Lands and Environment Court in Thika gave…
- Journalists covering the anti-government demos in Kibra, Nairobi, on Monday were attacked and robbed by a k************g gang. The journalists drawn from both local and international media outlets were forced to flee after the vehicles they were using were vandalised, even as the gang pelted their…
- Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition has kicked off its anti-government protests in Kisumu city, with Kisumu governor Professor Anyang’ Nyong’o and his deputy Mathews Owili leading. Also in the procession is Kisumu Central MP Joshua Oron. Most shops and business entities in the Kisumu central…
- The Kenya Railways (KR) has suspended the Nairobi commuter train service for Monday, March 27, 2023. The corporation in a statement issued on Sunday night said that the Nairobi commuter train service had been suspended due to unavoidable circumstances. “We wish to inform our customers that due to…
- Heavy deployment of police officers was witnessed on Mondays, March 27, 2023, ahead of demos organized by Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Alliance. A spot check showed there was a contingent of anti-r**t police officers across Nairobi on Monday morning. In the Central Business District (CBD), there was a…
- Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya leader Raila Odinga now claims Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is planning to cause “mayhem” during the coalition’s protests on Monday, March 27, 2023. In a statement, Raila said the DP has set up an armoury and command centres in two different locations “It has come to…
- Heavy downpour experienced in Wajir, Marsbit, and Mandera counties has wreaked h***c, rendering some roads impassable due to sticky mud and flash floods. On Thursday, March 23, impassable roads left drivers and passengers, including an ambulance ferrying a patient in c******l condition t*****d for…
- Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has cautioned the opposition against going ahead with anti-government protests scheduled for Monday, March 27, 2023. In a statement to newsrooms on Sunday, Kindiki said there are gaps in the current law on demonstrations and as such security organs will…
- The National Police Service (NPS) has confirmed that plans are underway to exhume the body of Jeff Mwathi, who died under mysterious circumstances last month. Mwathi died on February 22, 2023, after allegedly falling from Kikuyu singer DJ Fatxo’s 10th-floor apartment in Kasarani. Addressing members…
- Roots Party leader George Wajackoyah has asked members of the public to carry their phones during Azimio la Umoja demonstrations tomorrow, Monday 27, 2023, and take pictures of police officers v*******g the law. Speaking at Jesus Teaching Ministry in Embakasi where Azimio leaders attended a church…
- Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya leaders Raila Odinga and Martha Karua have dared Inspector General of Police Japheth Koome to arrest them on Monday, March 27 during the coalition’s mass action. Speaking during a church service at Jesus Teaching Ministry in Embakasi on Sunday, March 26, Raila said “Koome…
- Police in Juja, Kiambu county, have arrested one suspect and recovered several litres of illicit brew following a sting operation to weed out illicit brew operators. A w***n only identified as Salome was arrested on Friday, March 24, 2023, after police raided a house at Two Rivers estate of Mugai…
- Inspector General of police Japhet Koome has addressed the nation ahead of the Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition countrywide protests scheduled for Mondays and Thursdays. Speaking on Sunday, March 26, 2023, Koome noted that tomorrow, Monday, 27, 2023, will be business as usual and urged Kenyans…
- Police officers at Ematiha police station in Navakholo constituency, Kakamega county, were forced to scamper for safety after they were overpowered by a section of angry residents who invaded the station searching for an officer believed to have stolen a c*r battery belonging to a bishop. The…
- Shock engulfed Mukuru-Hazina slums in South B, Nairobi county after a 28-year-old man believed to be dead and buried showed up on the evening of Friday, March 24, 2023. The area residents and relatives were in disbelief when Meshack Ondieki Nyambane who was ‘buried’ in Kisii county three weeks ago…
- The Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade and Industry Moses Kuria says the government will not tolerate protests by Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition party leader Raila Odinga any more. Speaking to BBC, Kuria said that the government will use tactics used by neighbouring Presidents Yoweri…
- President William Ruto will depart the country on Sunday, March 26, 2023 for a four-day visit to the Federal Republic of Germany and the Kingdom of Belgium, respectively. In a statement on Sunday, State House spokesperson Hussein Mohamed said that the trip is aimed at strengthening bilateral ties…
- The Judiciary has distanced itself from claims that it was involved in the swearing-in of 50 Chief Administrative Secretaries (CAS) at the State House. In a statement on Saturday, March 25, 2023, the Judiciary said its attention had been drawn to remarks by the National Coordinator of the Institute…
- Dr Godfrey Onyango who was representing victims who were sexually exploited in Kericho tea farms has died in unclear circumstances. Family members said that Onyango was found dead at his home in Lanet, Nakuru county having collapsed at around 5.30 pm on Friday, March 24, 2023. “I found him, having…
- As rains continue to pound in most parts of the country, the business community in Kitengela town is counting massive losses occasioned by blocked water drainages. Business owners who operate next to drainage lines have nothing to write home about after flash floods caused massive destruction to…
- The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has issued a public apology after it was fingered for sharing wrong images purporting to be those captured during the Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya coalition’s Monday protests. In a statement shared via its official social media pages on Saturday,…
- Police in Nyamira county have discovered a new twist in the mysterious death of a US-based Kenyan man and his wife whose b***************d at their house in Nyamakoroto village of Kitutu Masaba. This is after family members revealed that there was a pending land dispute between the couple (Morema…
- Kapseret Member of Parliament (MP) Oscar Sudi has called for the release of a 17-year-old boy who sneaked into a ranch in Gilgil, Nakuru county and attempted to fly an aircraft before c******g it. In a statement shared via his official Twitter account, Sudi asked authorities to release the young…
- Suba sub-county Deputy County Commissioner, Sebastian Okiring has issued a stern warning against men preying on school-going girls for s****l pleasures. Speaking to residents at Kisaku primary school on Friday, March 24, 2023, the administrator decried the worrying spate of d********t among school…
- Google has taken down hundreds of loan apps from the Play Store in Kenya since its new policy, which requires digital lenders in the East African country to submit proof of license, went into effect in January. The policy came in the wake of Kenya’s Digital Credit Providers (DCP) regulations last…
- Police are interrogating a middle-aged man for allegedly k*****g his wife by strangling her with a rope at their rented house in Kitui town. The suspect surrendered himself to the police after k*****g the 39-year-old w***n on Friday. The man told the police that he strangled his wife with a rope in…
- Police are holding a w***n over the murder of her husband in Kaiti, Makueni county. Police reports indicate that Veronica Mutisya h****d her husband to death using a panga after a domestic wrangle on Friday, March 24. H****d with m*****e The deceased’s brother, who reported the incident to the…
- President William Ruto on Friday, March 24, pledged to construct an airport in the Gusii region to serve Kisii and Nyamira residents. The H**d of State made the promise during his three-day tour of the South Nyanza region. President Ruto said a team from the Kenya Airports Authority will tour the…
- The High Court has suspended the Communication Authority of Kenya’s (CA) decision to censure six TV stations for covering anti-government demonstrations last Monday. Justice John Chigiti ruled that the case filed by Katiba Institute, Law Society of Kenya and journalist unions raises weighty issues…
- A 17-year-old boy is cooling his heels in police cells after sneaking into a ranch in Gilgil, Nakuru county, and damaging an aircraft belonging to a local businessman. According to a police report seen by K24 Digital, the minor identified as David Chege made his way into the ranch located in Ndume…
- 48 percent of Kenyans feel that the country is headed the wrong direction, the latest opinion poll by TIFA has shown. According to the poll, only 37 percent of Kenyans acknowledge that the country is headed the right direction. However, the contrast between Kenya Kwanza and Azimio la Umoja-One…
- 64 percent of Kenyans are opposed the planned Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition anti-government demonstrations, a new opinion poll by TIFA has shown. Among the Azimio supporters, only 56- percent expressed support for these protests. According to the polls, only 16 percent of Kenyans believe such…
- Kisii Governor Simba Arati on Friday, March 24, distanced himself from the opposition calls for protests across the country to push for electoral and economic reforms. Arati said Kisii residents will not go to the streets for protests as there is enough food in the region. “Kisii tuko na chakula,…
- Two a*******s convicted in the Garissa University t*******t attack will now serve 25 and half years in prison from 41 years after the High Court partially overturned their conviction. Justice Cecilia Githau acquitted Hassan Edin Hassan and Mohammed Abdi Abikar of the offenses of being members of Al…
- The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has launched a probe into acts of v******e that were committed during Azimio la Umoja- One Kenya coalition demonstrations Monday, March 20, 2023. In a statement, the agency said the v******e was committed by criminals and termed the protests as i…
- Journalist Joshua Arap Sang has quit radio after 24 years of service. Sang, who announced his retirement from radio on Friday, March 24, has been hosting breakfast show at Mediamax Network Limited ‘s Emoo FM since 2019. “To all my fans, colleagues and bosses. Today is my last day working as a radio…
- Two suspects are in police custody after a body of a minor was found dumped on the road at Koilel village in Uasin Gishu County on Thursday, March 23, 2023. The two, a man and his son, are being held at Kapsoya Police Station. “It was reported by one Isaac Kibiwot of phone number 0722229307 […]
- A gold smuggler implicated in a scandal that robbed Kenya of 10 per cent of its GDP in the 1990s has moved his smuggling operation to Zimbabwe and Dubai, Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit) can reveal. Kamlesh Pattni was involved in the so-called Goldenberg scam, a gold smuggling operation…
- The Public Service Governance (PSG), a non-governmental outfit, has committed itself to initiating electoral reforms that are aimed at streamlining governance and paving way for sustainable development by promoting the ‘Kenya Bila Uchaguzi Bill’ (Kenya Without Elections Bill) through a popular…
- The Public Service Governance (PSG) has committed itself to initiating electoral reforms that are aimed at streamlining governance and pave way for sustainable development by promoting the ‘Kenya Bila Uchaguzi Bill’ (Kenya Without Elections Bill) through a popular initiative process. PSG president…
- Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance leader Raila Odinga has made a sharp u-turn on boycotting the Star Newspaper. Speaking at his Capitol Hill office on Thursday, March 23, 2023, while addressing the media, Raila said that Azimio resolved to call off the boycott of the Star newspaper after…
- Controversial Malindi preacher Paul Makenzi was today, Thursday, March 23, 2023, arraigned in a Malindi court in connection with the deaths of two children believed to have been starved and suffocated by their parents in the name of appeasing God. Pastor Makenzi of the Good News International…
- President William Ruto has come out to clarify claims regarding the shortage of funds at the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB). While addressing a crowd at the Kisii National Polytechnic on Thursday, March 23, 2023, the H**d of State asserted that his administration had disbursed enough funds to…
- The High Court has declined to issue any orders in relation to the appointment and swearing in of the 50 Chief Administrative Secretaries (CAS). Justice Hedwig Ong’undi of Constitutional and Human rights Division in Milimani Law courts on Thursday, March 23, 2023, said that the request by a Kenyan…
- Fresh details regarding the murder of a Nyamira couple found dead three months after they had returned from the US have emerged. The family of the deceased, Edward Morema, 63, and Grace Morema, 60, who were found lying in a pool of b***d, recounted that an unknown man visited the couple prior to…
- Senate Minority Leader Stewart Madzayo, his National Assembly counterpart Opiyo Wandayi and four other politicians have been charged before Kahawa Law courts with illegally leading supporters in the Azimio mass protests on Monday. The suspects are Members of Parliament, a Senator and two Members of…
- The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has dropped charges against businessman Gideon Zeddy Otieno and a Congolese who were involved in a Ksh56 million fake gold deal scandal. When the case came up for mention, the DPP, through state Counsel Anderson Gikunda told Milimani Chief…
- One person was killed Kakong’ Trading Center in Turkana County after being ambushed by 10 suspected bandits. According to a police report seen by K24 Digital, two other p****e were injured during the incident. “At around 1700 hours, a Toyota vehicle registration KDG 490 U that was being driven by…
- One person was killed Kakong’ Trading Center in Turkana County after being ambushed by 10 suspected bandits. According to a police report seen by K24 Digital, two other p****e were injured during the incident. “At around 1700 hours, a Toyota vehicle registration KDG 490 U that was being driven by…
- President William Ruto has called on the newly sworn-in Chief Administrative Secretaries (CAS) to serve Kenyans equally and with dignity. Speaking at State House, Nairobi where he witnessed the swearing-in of the 50 CASs, the President said he expected them to hit the road running and implement the…