- Irungu Nyakera, the newly appointed chairperson of the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) board, has vowed to clean the mess at the scandal-ridden agency as he assumes office. Speaking on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, Nyakera exuded confidence in his new role, saying he is up to the challenging task…
- WhatsApp has finally rolled out the long-awaited ‘Chat Lock’ feature to increase the privacy and security of the app. It allows you to protect your most private conversations with one more layer of security. The feature will be available to users with the new app update. With Chat Lock, you can now…
- The increase in prices of petroleum products continues to elicit reactions from Kenyans, who say the cost of living is becoming unbearable. The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) on Sunday, May 14, increased the retail prices for super petrol, diesel and kerosene by Ksh3.40, Ksh6.40…
- President William Ruto has nominated former Treasury Principal Secretary Kamau Thugge for appointment as Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). In a statement on Monday, May 15, State House Chief of Staff Felix Koskei said the nomination follows a competitive recruitment process carried out…
- Six police officers were injured after they were attacked by a group of about 200 youths illegally harvesting tea at a James Finlay farm in Bomet County. The violent confrontation occurred on Monday as the offices stormed the farm to disperse the youths from Chemasingi tea estate in Chepchabas…
- Embattled preacher of the New Life Church and Prayer Centre Ezekiel Odero, has yet again suffered a blow after the High Court dismissed his applications seeking, the re-opening of his Times TV station, and quashing of orders issued by Milimani court freezing his 28 bank accounts. Mombasa High Court…
- The Atheists in Kenya Society is calling for the immediate release of self-proclaimed preacher Eliud Wekesa Simiyu, popularly known as Yesu wa Tongaren, who is being held by the police on allegations of running a cult in Western Kenya and purporting to be Jesus Christ. The leader of New Jerusalem…
- The Kenyan government has distanced itself from controversial remarks made by Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria regarding the ongoing war in Sudan. Kuria, in a tweet on Sunday, May 14, 2023, suggested that the African Union should marshall a strong army to bomb Khartoum to act as a lesson to…
- Catholic priests in France will be made to wear traffic-light coded identification tags to allow the public to check whether they may have faced sexual abuse charges. Cards will feature a QR code, scannable by mobile phone, that will flag a red, orange or green light depending on whether its holder…
- Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested three suspects following the disappearance of a 14-year-old minor on May 9, 2023, at the Nairobi Railways terminus. The three, two men and a woman, are believed to have disappeared with the minor at around 9.30 pm after…
- The Energy & Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has announced new fuel prices for the period between May 15, 2023, and June 14, 2023. The retail prices for super petrol, diesel and kerosene have increased by Ksh3.40 per litre, Ksh6.40 per litre and Ksh15.19 per litre respectively. The…
- Kenyans will have to wait longer before the cheap gas prices are actualised, President William Ruto now says. The president during his joint interview on Sunday, May 14, 2023, acknowledged that the promise of lowering prices by June 1, 2023, was over-ambitious. He argued that the proposal would…
- Nutrition experts may have been consulted in the State House kitchens and the clear indication is visible on President William Ruto‘s weight loss. Speaking during a joint interview with local media at State House on Sunday, May 14, 2023, the Head of State says he embarked upon a mission to shed…
- President William Ruto’s daughter Charlene Ruto on Sunday, May 14, 2023, joined millions of social media users across the world to celebrate Mother’s Day. In a heartwarming tribute to her mother, Rachel Ruto, Charlene shared a bible verse to celebrate the First Lady for her unparalleled love and…
- Senior Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officials on Saturday, May 13, held a meeting with the local community in Kajiado South over rising cases of human-wildlife conflict in the area that has left at least 10 lions dead. The meeting followed the killing of six lions by angry herders at Imbirikani…
- Mother’s Day commemorated worldwide on May 14 brings emotions of joy and sadness and especially to those who have lost a child, lost their mother or are estranged from their mother. And for internet personality and digital strategist Pauline Njoroge the latter is a painful testament to her story on…
- Presenters from Mwinjoyo FM studios, the Nakuru-based radio station that was raided by armed men during a live show have come out to narrate their ordeal. The presenters were attacked by robbers who had covered their faces with masks as they were having a show. One of the armed men had a gun while…
- Women are still disadvantaged in leadership and property ownership even as the world marks International Mother’s Day, a Kenyan Hindu religious woman leader has said. The Hindu Council of Kenya Chairperson Sujatha Kotamraju appealed to Kenyan women to break the barriers and take up leadership…
- The Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC) has taken to court former Makueni MP and Agriculture Assistant Minister Peter Maundu and former Commissioner of Lands Wilson Gachanja over a parcel of land hosting the Kadhi’s Court in Nairobi. According to the anti-graft agency, the land had been…
- President William Ruto’s daughter Charlene Ruto has revealed that now she has a Kisii name, after visiting the region over the weekend. In a statement, Charlene said that she had been nicknamed ‘Nyaboke’, a name which means honey in the Kisii dialect. In a statement, Charlene termed the Kisii youth…
- Two suspects have been arrested in Homa Bay while heading to Kericho in what detectives believe was a mission to commit murder. The two who were arrested on Saturday are also linked to gang rape and robbery with violence incidents reported in Homabay County in the last month. “The duo were arrested…
- At least three suspected thugs were on Saturday, May 13, 2023, arrested by police along Makuyu highway in Murang’a county. According to Directorate of Criminal Investigations(DCI) the trio who’s names have been withheld is part of a gang that has been harassing motorists and robbing them of their…
- Pastoralists on Saturday, May 13, 2023, killed at least six lions at Imbirikani village, Loitoktok, Kajiado South. In what seemed to be a retaliation attack, angry herdsmen speared to death five lions and a cab. The villagers followed the footprints of the lions which had killed 12 sheep and a dog…
- Police in Tharaka Nithi are probing an incident where two people believed to be police officers were lynched by an angry mob at Kathanje market in Imnang’ombe. While confirming the incident, Imbamg’ombe Deputy County Commissioner Julius Arap Too stated that the duo met their fate when they went to…
- Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has closed Narok-Mai Mahiu highway six kilometres from Mai Mahiu Town after severe crack emerged. In a notice, KeNHA said the crack may have been caused by heavy rain currently being experienced in the area. “KeNHA would like to notify motorists and the…
- President William Ruto on Saturday, April 29 questioned the management of the African Union (AU) saying it has failed to live up to its expectation to address issues facing the continent. Speaking during Mo Ibrahim Foundation Governance Conversation in Nairobi, the President said AU has failed to…
- Neno Evangelism pastor James Ng’ang’a has called on the government to stop claiming that all pastors participate in the indoctrination of their followers. This comes amidst a probe into the deaths of over a hundred people whose bodies were discovered buried in mass graves in Shakahola in Malindi,…
- 17 people in Nakuru have today been rescued from a suspected cult church, police have confirmed. According to a police report seen by K24 Digital, the incident was first reported by a parent who claimed that her daughter had been confined in a house in Kamwene ‘B’ village, Kihingo ward and Njoro…
- Residents of Nakuru were left in disbelief after they discovered a grieving widow who kept her husband’s corpse hidden inside her home for a week. The unidentified woman, who hails from Molo, Nakuru County is also reported to be mentally ill. According to the residents, they became suspicious after…
- President William Ruto on Saturday, April 29 presided over the swearing-in of the new Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General Francis Ogolla at State House, Nairobi. Ogolla officially took over from General Robert Kibochi who retired after 44 years of service in the military. “I want to congratulate…
- The father of Zablon Mwana wa Yesu, Paul Mackenzie’s key ally in the Shakahola massacre church, has advocated for his son’s life imprisonment should he refuse to denounce Mackenzie’s church. Cleophas Atanda Lihoywa, who hails from Shirombe village in Butere, Kakamega county called on the government…
- Dutch judges have ordered a man suspected of fathering more than 550 children through sperm donations to stop donating, in the latest fertility scandal to shock the Netherlands. The man, identified in Dutch media only as Jonathan M, 41, was taken to court by a foundation protecting the rights of…
- The Communications Authority has suspended TV stations owned by pastor Ezekiel Odero and pastor Paul Mackenzie who are currently under probe for mass killings. The two stations; World Evangelism TV and Times TV station respectively owned by Ezekiel and Mackenzie were suspended on grounds that they…
- Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga has condemned the move by the government to block the media from covering the exhumation of bodies from Shakahola forest in Malindi, Kilifi county. The police had on Wednesday denied journalists access to the 800-acre land where the…
- Kimilili Member of Parliament (MP) has weighed in on the arrest of pastor Ezekiel Odero, who was arrested on Thursday over reported deaths at his church situated in Kilifi. In a statement, Barasa strongly condemned the arrest of Ezekiel noting that it was wrong for police to arrest the man of cloth…
- The wife of pastor Ezekiel Odero of the New Life Prayer Centre and Church has finally spoken days after her husband was arrested over reported deaths at his church situated in Kilifi. Sarah Odero while speaking to congregants in a video shared via their official Youtube account, noted that prayer…
- The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has denied entering into a plea agreement with controversial cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie in a case in which he was charged with radicalisation. In a press statement, the DPP said Makenzi was acquitted by a Malindi court after being put on his defence…
- Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has flown back to Shakahola village in Kilifi, even as the search operation for more bodies intensifies. Kindiki, who has visited the place for the second time this week, indicated that the government has set up public information, tracing, and support…
- Pastor Ezekiel Odour of New Life Prayer Centre and Church, who is an alleged close associate of Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, will remain in police custody until May 2, 2023, when the case against him will be heard. The state told the court that Ezekiel is linked to Mackenzie having organized burial…
- The Star Newspaper’s Chief Operating Officer, Agnes Kalekye has been elected as Chair of the Media Owners Association of Kenya during the association’s Annual General Meeting held on Friday, April 28, 2023. Mediamax Group Chief Executive Officer, Ken Ngaruiya has been elected Vice Chairman as Kass…
- Detectives in Kitengela have arrested a murder suspect in connection with a murder incident in which a man was stabbed to death at Noonkopir area in Kitengela. In the 11 pm Thursday incident, a rider and a pillion passenger dumped an unidentified man at the Kitengela Sub-county Hospital emergency…
- Directorate of Crmunal Investigations (DCI) detectives have obtained CCTV footage crucial to unraveling the murder of woman, whose lifeless body was found stashed in a suitcase and dumped in Ruiru, Kiambu County on April 18, 2023. According to DCI, Ryspa Ndunge’s lifeless body was discovered at the…
- A UK zoo has put out a job advert for people to dress up as blow-up birds and scare off seagulls. Blackpool Zoo is looking for a team of animal lovers to fill the role of “Seagull Deterrent/Visitor Services Assistant” after the venue’s Lancashire seaside location meant visitors and animals alike…
- Neno Evangelism Centre founder pastor James Ng’ang’a has subtly attacked embattled pastor Paul Mackenzie who was recently arrested after the bodies of his followers were discovered in Shakahola village in Malindi, Kilifi county. Speaking during a Facebook live session via his church’s official…
- Nairobi governor Johnson Sakaja has today announced that the county government will scrap off weekend parking fees for motorists accessing the city’s Central Business District (CBD). This according to the governor comes as part of the plans to boost the economy by encouraging businesses to operate…
- Coast-based televangelist pastor Ezekiel Odero of New Life Church now faces murder charges in connection with alleged mass killings of his followers. Ezekiel was arrested Thursday, May 27, 2023, and is set to be processed with the aforementioned criminal charge according to Interior and National…
- Magarini MP Harrison Kombe now claims that controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie was forced to close his church after burying his two wives under the altar. In an interview with Citizen TV, Kombe says that the act irked church members and the general public, forcing him to close the church. “Pastor…
- At least 342 evacuees who were stranded in war-torn Sudan have arrived in the country. On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, the Cabinet Secretary for Co-operatives & Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Simon Chelugui and Diaspora Affairs Principal Secretary Roseline Njogu received the evacuees at the…
- Pastor Ezekiel Odero has been arrested over reported deaths at his New Life Prayer Centre and Church which is located in Kilifi. While confirming the arrest, police also revealed that the church has been closed down. “As the reginal security team, we have arrested pastor Ezekiel Ombok Odero of the…
- Controversial preacher Pastor Ezekiel Odero has been arrested. Police have further closed down his church, according to coast regional coordinator Rhoda Onyancha. “Ezekiel has been arrested at his Mavueni church in Kilifi on allegations of deaths reported at his premises and initial investigations…
