- At least 14 more bodies were Saturday, April 22, 2023, exhumed as operations inside controversial pastor Paul Mackenzie’s Shakahola land in Kilifi County continue. Of the 14, five bodies that were buried in one grave, are believed to belong to one family. They include a man, a woman, and three…
- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua left the country on Saturday, April 22 to attend Forbes 30 Under 30 Africa Summit in Gaborone, Botswana. The DP was accompanied by his spouse Pastor Dorcas Rigathi. “Forbes 30 Under 30 recognises outstanding young innovative entrepreneurs in tech, the creatives,…
- 10 members from the same family, including seven women and three men, were killed by gunmen Friday in the city of Pietermaritzburg, in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province of South Africa, police said Friday. “According to initial police reports, unknown gunmen stormed a Pietermaritzburg homestead and…
- Detectives are investigating a murder incident which occurred in Kitengela on Friday, April 21 2023, where a 25-year-old man stabbed to death a 22-year-old female colleague. In the 8:30 pm incident, the suspect stabbed the female colleague at a famous fast-food chain in Kitengela as customers…
- A female employee on duty at the fast food restaurant Chicken Inn, Kitengela died after she was stabbed by her male colleague. According to witnesses, the man (who was not on duty) stormed the restaurant on Friday night at around 8:30 pm and stabbed the woman multiple times with a knife. Purity…
- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua claims that he would have been jailed if Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Alliance had clinched the presidency. Speaking in Mathira, Nyeri County, on Friday, April 21, 2023, Gachagua told a gathering that votes cast for Kenya Kwanza alliance in the August 9, 2022, General…
- The government has announced evacuation plans for Kenyans in Sudan. Through Twitter on Friday, the Principal Secretary(PS) for Diaspora Affairs Roseline Njogu said interested persons are required to reach out to these contacts +249900194854 (Sudan) and +254114757002 (Kenya) via text message or…
- Three more bodies were on Friday, April 21, 2023, exhumed from two shallow graves in Kilifi-based Pastor Paul Mackenzie’s Shakahola land. Two bodies had been buried in one grave while the other was buried on its own. At least 58 gravesites have so far been identified as operations led by head of…
- Police in Kiambu have arrested a man believed to be the boyfriend of a woman whose dead body was found stashed in a suitcase and dumped outside a residential house at Kamakis in Ruiru. The suspect aged 28 was arrested after he took the authorities to a shop where he bought the sack before stuffing…
- The Supreme Court of Kenya has dismissed a petition filed by the Law Society of Kenya challenging the Court of Appeal’s judgment that allowed the Communication Authority of Kenya (CA) to continue developing a Device Management System (DMS). CA is banking on the system it intends to install on…
- Police have netted 1.7 million litres of unregulated brews and hard drugs worth millions of shillings in the past two months. Internal Security and National Administration Principal Secretary (PS) Raymond Omollo said the operation will be intensified as the government seeks to boost public health…
- A family in Uasin Gishu is in distress after their son allegedly took his own life while studying in Finland. Rodgers Kipruto, who was pursuing a degree in nursing under the Uasin Gishu County program, reportedly committed suicide in his room on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Kipruto’s family has linked…
- A Russian warplane has accidentally fired a weapon into the city of Belgorod near Ukraine, causing an explosion and damaging buildings, the Tass news agency cited the Russian defence ministry as saying. Late on Thursday, local authorities reported a large blast in the city, which lies just across…
- Barriers erected outside the former Hilton Hotel in Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD) have finally been removed after a directive from Governor Johnson Sakaja. The hotel had a barrier at either side of its entrance, limiting access to only customers and members of the public visiting the…
- Leading media houses and organisations in Kenya appear to have lost their Twitter verification badges as changes introduced by new owner Elon Musk take effect. Elon Musk had threatened to take away verification from accounts that don’t pay for the company’s Twitter Blue subscription service.…
- Suba North Member of Parliament(MP) Millie Odhiambo wants persons who leak nude content of their partners on the internet jailed for life. The MP, who was speaking during a parliamentary debate on sexual harassment, said she is offended by the ongoing harassment and especially of women and is…
- Former First Lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta has cautioned the country against persons she says are wrongly taking credit for the struggle for Kenya’s independence. Speaking when she hosted Field Marshall Mary Muthoni at her Muthaiga home on Thursday, April 20, Mama Ngina said the real freedom fighters…
- Three suspects arrested on Monday, April 17, 2023, for allegedly defrauding an Iranian national of $500,000 (Ksh64 Million) in a fake gold deal have been charged at Milimani Law Courts. Two Kenyans Partick Ngare Muchina and Kelvin Mwaura Ngotho and Congolese national Muke wa Mansoni Didier appeared…
- DJ Evolve whose real name is Felix Orinda has a reason to celebrate after his voice was restored. Previously, his father noted that the DJ needed at least three surgeries to regain his voice, adding that the tracheostomy he was relying on had a blockage. “We asked the doctor who has been treating…
- TECNO’s premium sub-brand, PHANTOM, has launched a new flagship smartphone, the PHANTOM V Fold, marking the brand’s emphatic entrance into the foldable device market. This comes three months after the launch of the Phantom X2 Pro that features the world’s first retractable portrait lens. PHANTOM V…
- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has finally moved into his official residence in Karen which has been under renovation after last year’s general election. The DP said he met Central Kenya Regional Commissioner, Regional Police Commander, County Commissioners, County Police Commanders, and other…
- Dozens of people have died in Yemen, following a crush at a school distributing charity for Ramadhan. At least 78 have died in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, where hundreds were crowding into the school to receive donations for the Muslim holy month. Those responsible have been detained, local Houthi…
- The National Assembly Joint Committees on Finance and National Planning and Communication, Information and Innovation has opened the lid on the individuals and companies that received payments on the 100 per cent shares buyback of Telkom Kenya Limited by the Government of Kenya. In an ongoing…
- At least 59 per cent of Kenyans want former President Uhuru Kenyatta to avoid politics and enjoy his retirement, a study released by TIFA has shown. The study shows that 36 per cent want the former President to stay politically active and support politicians and policies that he agrees with.…
- At least 12 percent of Kenyans who voted for President William Ruto in the August 2022 General Elections believe he lost to his rival Raila Odinga, a new study by TIFA has shown. According to the study, 75 percent of Ruto supporters believe he won while the rest are not sure. On the other hand, […]
- A Spanish mountain climber emerged Friday from a cave 70 meters (230 feet) underground where she spent 500 days isolated from the outside world. Beatriz Flamini, 50, of Madrid, left the cave in southern Spain shortly after 9 a.m. after being told by supporters that she had completed the feat she…
- The Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) in Nandi East has begun a probe into the incident in which Chebisas Girls Secondary School’s bursar is reported to have been robbed of Ksh1.25 million in his parked vehicle at Nandi Hills town in Nandi County Nahashon Lagat said he had parked his…
- It is a big win for embattled Jubilee Party officials Jeremiah Kioni and David Murathe after the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal (PPDT) quashed the resolution of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) to suspend them as Secretary-General and National Vice-Chairman respectively. The…
- The Directorate of Criminal Investigations on Wednesday, April 19 completed investigations into the death of Jeff Mwathi who died on February 22, 2023, under unclear circumstances. The agency said it has received the final autopsy report from the state pathologist and the government chemist. “This…
- Police acting on a tipoff from a member of the Shakahola church dug up a grave and found one person alive. Homicide detectives dug up the grave after an informer who was a member of the controversial church alleged that there is a shallow mass grave of victims totalling 31 bodies. A visibly…
- An Argentine appeals court has confirmed that eight health professionals will stand trial over their alleged role in the death of football legend Diego Maradona. As requested by prosecutors, the eight are accused of “simple homicide with wanton disregard” and could face between eight and 25 years…
- Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has declared Friday, April 21, 2023 to mark Idd-ul-Fitr. The CS made the announcement through a gazette notice dated Thursday, April 19, 2023. “It is notified for the general information of the public that the Cabinet Secretary…
- A 300-year-old Ekebergia capensis, commonly known as the Cape Ash (Teldet in Kalenjin) tree, considered to be sacred to the Kalenjin community, has fallen in Aldai, Nandi County. The Kapsiondoi clan had been using the enormous, multi-trunked tree to conduct prayers in the previous years before the…
- Two robbery with violence suspects were arrested and a firearm recovered after police raided an apartment in Yamumbi, Eldoret, Uasin Gishu county on Wednesday morning. In a statement, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said the suspects, Kevin Mwangi and Bonface Biwott, are believed…
- The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has flagged overspending of more than Ksh45 million by the State Law Office. The watchdog committee chaired by John Mbadi quizzed the Solicitor General Mr Shadrack Mose over the failure by the office to account for the cash which was from a donor. The MPs accused…
- Officers from the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC) have arrested an official from Garissa University accused of forging academic certificates. According to EACC, Abdihakim Dagane Hassan forged a Business Information Technology degree certificate and transcripts from Mt Kenya University…
- Police have rescued a newborn baby girl dumped inside a pit latrine within Rioma Catholic Church compound in Marani, Kisii county. In a statement, the National Police Service (NPS) said the baby estimated to be four days old was retrieved from the latrine by police officers from Rioma Police…
- A third-year student from the Murang’a University of Technology has committed suicide following an alleged upsetting argument with her boyfriend. The student identified as Samantha Nyawira Wanjugu who was pursuing a degree in Tourism Management is said to have taken her own life by hanging herself…
- A court in Meru has detained a man alleged to have been engaging in legal practice without a license for one year. The suspect identified as James Kimathi Muthuri was arrested on Monday following a raid by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) at his office and arraigned for impersonation. While appearing…
- The Indian Supreme Court is hearing final arguments on a number of petitions seeking to legalise same-sex marriage. The hearings are being “live-streamed in public interest”. With same sex couples and LGBTQ+ activists hoping for a judgement in their favour and the government and religious leaders…
- Two suspects, a man and a woman, are on the run after allegedly killing their employer in Milimani Estate, Kisumu county. According to Kisumu Central Cub-county Deputy Police Commander Jackton Mango, the suspects first tied both the legs and hands of their employer – a 75-year-old Indian woman-…
- TheKenya Meteorological Department has predicted that the rainfall being experienced over several parts of the country is expected to continue up to Friday, April 21, 2023. In a statement, the department indicated that it is likely to intensify to more than 30mm in 24 hours on Tuesday, April 18,…
- At least five students died on Tuesday, April after a 14-seater matatu they were traveling in collided with a lorry at Delamere area on Nakuru-Nairobi highway. Confirming the incident, Naivasha police boss Samuel Waweruhi said the matatu was carrying students to Nairobi when the accident occurred.…
- Mathira MP Eric Wamumbi is set to tie the knot with Murang’a woman rep Betty Maina. The two lovebirds have dated for two years but are now living together even as they plan to solemnise their union. “We have now decided to live together as husband and wife and (Rigathi) Gachagua will be my chief […]
- Sauti Sol music band has threatened to withdraw their Music Copyright Society Of Kenya (MCSK) over low monthly royalties. The band on Tuesday, April 18 said MCSK no longer serves their interest. “We are going to withdraw our membership from the society as it does not serve our best interests…
- Capital Group Limited’s Commercial Director Farida Idris Mohamed has been charged before Milimani Law Courts with threatening to kill her former lover. Capital Group owns and runs Capital FM. Appearing before Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, Farida denied seven counts of…
- Capital FM’s Group Commercial Director Farida Idris Mohamed has been charged before Milimani Law Courts with threatening to kill her former lover. Appearing before Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, Farida denied seven criminal charges of threatening to kill her former…
- As the surest illustration of the effects of prolonged drought across the country, thousands of Thika residents in Kiambu County braved a heavy downpour to receive relief food donated by the national government. The exercise that began on Monday afternoon saw women, men and the youth make long…
- The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is warning members of the public against falling prey to online scammers keen to reap where they have not sown. In a statement on Tuesday, April 18, the directorate raised an alarm over phone scammers hacking into personal accounts with the intention…
- A funeral home in Kilifi county has threatened to sue popular preacher Ezekiel Odero of New Life Prayer Center and Church over claims he performed miracles that led to the closure of the facility. In a televised service, the preacher had faulted the owners of Milele Funeral Burial and Benevolent…
