- A boda boda rider lost his life on Friday, May 19, 2023, in a road accident along the Kisumu-Kakamega road. The incident took place around 8pm when two lorries heading in opposite directions, one from Kakamega heading to Kisumu and the other one from Kisumu heading to Kakamega collided head on. In…
- A 40-year-old Denis Ondara, who is the main suspect in a twin murder of Nyamira couple in their home, was arrested on Friday, May 19, 2023, in Migori, authorities said. In a report by Directorate of Criminal Investigations(DCI), Ondara was nabbed by officers posing as hawkers following a 4-day…
- Police in Isiolo are holding a 25-year-old man over links to a spate of murders in the county. In a statement on Friday, May 19, the National Police Service (NPS) said Ltoria alias “Kashuru” was arrested following a sting operation by a multi-agency Special Operations team in Sereolipi. According…
- The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has issued an alert over the resurgence of the ‘Wangiri’ mobile phone scam in the country. Originating from Japan, the Wangiri scam is a type of scam which occurs when a scammer calls your phone and immediately hangs up before you can answer, tricking you…
- The Embassava tout accused of pushing a 17-year-old boy off a moving bus has been arrested. He is currently cooling his heels at Capital Hill Police Station after he was handed over by officers from the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA). The suspect is accused of pushing the minor…
- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Friday, May 19, 2023, gifted Mukurwe-ini Technical Training Institute (TTI) students Ksh500,000 for a party. Speaking when he presided over a graduation ceremony at the Nyeri-based institution, the country’s second in command said his boss, President William…
- Telecommunications provider Safaricom has announced a temporary system upgrade on Saturday, May 20, 2023, which will affect key services including mobile money transfer (M-Pesa) and Hustler Fund services. In a notice on Friday, Safaricom said the service disruption will last for about five hours,…
- The driver of the Embassava bus that was torched after its tout allegedly pushed a 17-year-old boy to his death has come out to narrate what happened. Speaking on Thursday, May 18, 2023, the bus driver only identified as Geofrrey refuted the claims that the minor was pushed out of the bus by the…
- The government has announced the sale of at least 1050 affordable housing units in Ruiru’s Ruiru Boma Estate. In a circular by the principal secretary for the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development Charles Hinga said that the housing units will be sold separately from…
- Opposition Members of Parliament are against the Shs350 million (Ksh13 million) that has been proposed for bedding, clothes and footwear at the State House. The money has been allocated under the Annual Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2023/2024.Led by the Shadow Minister Finance, Mr…
- Residents in Samburu have surrendered at least 96 guns and hundreds of ammunition even as the government intensifies anti-banditry operations in six counties. On Friday, May 19, 2023, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki announced that the government was partnering with residents to help…
- Dozens of African royals will converge in Mombasa under the umbrella body Annual Ateker International Development Organisation (AIDO) in a bid to welcome descendants of black people enslaved in different parts of the world over 500 years ago. The event dubbed AIDO Convention, which is in its fifth…
- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua now says United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party will rule Kenya for 100 years. Speaking during a consultative forum with UDA cordinators from across the country on Thursday, May 18, the DP said the party is now in every part of Kenya including areas perceived to be…
- A woman has discovered a secret room in her basement – and as if that wasn’t creepy enough, she then went on to uncover what’s inside it. She explained how she found the room while carrying out renovation work, saying she didn’t know anything about it beforehand. It was when she started removing…
- An 18-year-old Form Three student in Lamu was on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, arrested by police after he was accused of stabbing a Form Four student to death. The suspect who is currently cooling his heels in police custody is said to have stabbed his victim, Mohamed Bakari, 20, when he visited a…
- A man in Shikoti village, Kakamega has been left mouth-agape after his wife got pregnant despite him undergoing a vasectomy procedure. A vasectomy is a form of male birth control that cuts the supply of sperm to semen. It’s done by cutting and sealing the tubes that carry sperm. Speaking during a…
- The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has opposed a request by the embattled Pastor of the New Life Church Ezekiel Odero to withdraw any money from his 28 frozen bank accounts. According to DCI, any withdrawal will be a bias move in their ongoing investigations with officer Martin Munene…
- Police in Homa Bay County are holding in custody an alleged ‘prophet’ who claimed God had instructed him to meet President William Ruto within 21 days. The preacher, Joseph Otieno Chenge of Jerusalem Mowar Church, was nabbed alongside his 11 followers at his church in Ruri East Sub-location, Lambwe…
- Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko on Thursday, May 18 celebrated his adopted son, Gift Osinya, on his 22nd birthday. Osinya, who was adopted by the then-Nairobi Senator in 2014, is currently a second-year student at Scott’s Christian University. “You have really grown very fast and now a 2nd-year…
- Three children and a baby were reported to have been found alive more than two weeks after a plane crashed with them on board in the Colombian Amazon jungle. Colombian authorities had deployed more than 100 soldiers with sniffer dogs to search for the children who were travelling in a plane that…
- Mysterious lights that prompted reports of UFO sightings in the sky over California were identified by experts as Starlink satellites. Numerous residents of Sacramento area reported a line of bright lights in the night sky to local media outlets. Kyle Watters, director of the Sacramento State…
- Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) Managing Director Lt. Col (Rtd) Bernard Njiraini and several Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officials have been suspended over the release of condemned sugar. In a statement on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, Head of Public Service Felix Koskei said the condemned sugar had…
- Police in Nandi County are investigating a fire incident at Father Khun Secondary School in Emgwen Constituency which has forced over 60 students to spend the night in the cold after the girl’s dormitory was razed down on Wednesday, May 17. The inferno also destroyed one classroom, and students’…
- A somber mood engulfed Miiri village in Mukurweini constituency, Nyeri County after relatives were forced to bury the body of an 85-year-old granny who was beheaded while asleep by unknown assailants three months ago. The body of Juliah Muthoni, killed 67 days ago, has been lying at Mukurwe-ini…
- President William Ruto has read the riot act to the two warring Sudanese generals responsible for the war in the country. Speaking at the Pan-African Parliament Summit on Climate Policy and Equity in Midrand, South Africa on Wednesday, Ruto lamented that the two generals were reducing Sudanese…
- Outer Ring Road is a dangerous road. According to exclusive data obtained by K24 Digital from the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA), the road has claimed the lives of hundreds of people within a short period of time. In 2022 alone, (from January to December), the road claimed 58 lives…
- A lawyer representing Lawrence Njuguna alias DJ Fatxo now says the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji has recommended an inquest to establish the cause of Jeff Mwathi’s death. Lawyer Duncan Okatch in a media briefing on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, stated that DPP agreed with the findings of…
- The government has been urged to consider banning the export of donkey skins to contain the illegal slaughter of the animals in the country. The skins sell like hotcakes in China with exporters making a fortune in the lucrative business which gained traction after the Kenya government ordered the …
- Wajir, Garissa and Kajiado have the lowest levels of accessibility to procurement opportunities in the health sector, the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC) has revealed in its latest report. According to the report, Makueni, Kakamega and Nakuru counties had the highest levels of…
- 80.6 per cent of members of the public have acknowledged the prevalence of corruption and unethical conduct in the health sector projects implemented in counties. This is according to the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC) report released on Wednesday on the extent of corruption and…
- The government has opened the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) portal for 2022 KCSE candidates. Speaking during the launch, Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu said that qualifying candidates can now apply for education courses in universities, colleges,…
- A speeding driver who was pulled over in Colorado tried to switch seats with his dog in the passenger seat to evade arrest, according to police. An officer approached the car and watched the bizarre scene unfold. The man was initially stopped for speeding at 52mph (84km/h) in a 30mph zone. He was…
- The Canadian government says there are no special programs for Kenyans seeking to migrate to the country in search of greener pastures. In a statement, moments after Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua suggested that his ministry and Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of…
- Gatundu South MP Gabriel Kagombe has been summoned by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) for allegedly uttering threatening, inciting and abusive remarks. Kagombe, who has been summoned to appear before NCIC offices tomorrow, May 18, 2023, from 11 am is being investigated for…
- Police in Nairobi have seized 1,511 bags of what they termed harmful powdered milk with an estimated worth of Ksh75 million. In a statement, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations(DCI) say the contaminated milk powder was impounded after an intelligence report leading to a raid at a go-down…
- Detectives investigating the Shakahola cult in Kilifi County have exhumed 10 more bodies, bringing the total tally of deaths related to the cult to 211. According to updates from Coast Regional Commissioner Rhoda Onyancha, two of the bodies exhumed on Tuesday are children. Three male people…
- CCTV footage showing former Tetu Member of Parliament James Gethenji assaulting a security guard at the upmarket Kihingo village in Kitisuru was on Tuesday played in court. Gethenji was charged in 2021 with assaulting Godffrey Kirimi Mutua, who was a security guard at Kihingo village on February 5…
- Kenya Power has come out to explain the cause of power outage in parts of the country in North Rift, Western and sections of Nairobi. In a statement on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, Kenya Power said the outage was as a result of a system disturbance affecting one of its major power transmission lines. “We…
- President William Ruto has reassigned seven Principal Secretaries (PS) from various ministries in his Cabinet. In a statement to newsrooms on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, Ruto says the new PSs will assume office with immediate effect. Those re-assigned duties include Jonathan Mueke who was transferred…
- At least five people are feared to be dead and several injured after a truck transporting gumboots fell from the Kondele Bypass Highway flyover in Kisumu. According to preliminary reports, the truck fell on pedestrians and a tuk-tuk that had a couple of occupants. This is the fifth accident to…
- A woman was charged at the Makadara Law Courts for allegedly creating a disturbance on May 8, 2023. The 24-year-old identified as Faith Mokeira is said to have locked her parents out of their home in Marurui, Kasarani in Nairobi forcing them to seek accommodation at their neighbour’s house. When…
- Nairobi County inspectorate officers popularly known as Kanjos will be rolling on new wheels after Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja unveiled new vehicles set to replace the old jalopies they used to hang on while chasing hawkers in the city. Sakaja while addressing the press, noted that the officers…
- Donald Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani is being sued for sexual harassment by a former employee. Noelle Dunphy alleges in the $10 million/Ksh1.3 billion civil case that he coerced her into sex acts and launched into “alcohol-drenched” and racist rants at work. Rudy Guiliani made his former…
- Police in Mwiki, Nairobi, have launched investigations after a body of a 6-year-old boy was found in the Nairobi River. While confirming the unfortunate incident, Nairobi police commander Adamson Bungei noted that the minor’s body was still in a school uniform at the time of the discovery. He noted…
- The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Noordin Haji has dropped a Ksh1.2 billion land fraud case against businessman Jimi Wanjigi, his wife Irene Nzisa and four others for lack of evidence. While dropping the criminal charges, the DPP informed Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Bernard Ochoi…
- Self-proclaimed preacher Eliud Wekesa Simiyu, popularly known as Yesu wa Tongaren, is a free man after the prosecution failed to charge him regarding allegations of running a religious cult in Western Kenya. The leader of New Jerusalem Church in Bungoma County, who purports to be Jesus Christ, the…
- A 26-year-old Ugandan woman caught on camera forcing her four-year-old stepson to eat his faeces was on Monday, May 15, 2023, arrested. The woman Esther Nabirie sparked debate after the video went viral with netizens calling on the police to respond swiftly. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga noted…
- The University of Nairobi (UoN) has once again emerged as Kenya’s premier institution of higher learning after earning a spot on the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR). CWUR listed the world’s top 2,000 universities in the latest rankings released on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. UoN is the only…
- Lawyer George Wajackoyah is among a team of lawyers representing self-proclaimed preacher Eliud Wekesa Simiyu, popularly known as Yesu wa Tongaren, who is accused of running a religious cult in Western Kenya. The leader of New Jerusalem Church in Bungoma County was presented at the Bungoma Law…
- Pastor Ezekiel Odero has appealed against the decision of the Communication Authority of Kenya (CA) to suspend a broadcast license issued to his television station World Evangelism TV. In an appeal filed at the Communication and Multimedia Appeals Tribunal, the embattled pastor contends the CA’s…
