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Self-declared National Resistance Movement (NRM) general Miguna Miguna has continued to launch attacks on opposition leader Raila Odinga following his March 9th handshake with President Uhuru Kenyatta. The firebrand politician now claims that President Uhuru offered Odinga a whooping Sh50 billion…

Cases of mistreatment of Kenyan domestic workers could soon be a thing of the past after Kenya and the United Arabs Emirates (UAE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU will see the two countries cooperate in the field of domestic workers. The deal regulates hiring of Kenyan domestic…

Former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Commissioner Roselyn Akombe has opened up on the the infighting that almost crippled the agency during last year’s elections. In a 93-page report submitted to the electoral commission Chairperson Wafula Chebukati three months after she…

Two Kenyan students have been recognized in the United States for their extraordinary achievement in the field of technology. The two developed a shoe computer mouse customized for persons with hand disabilities. The mouse enables persons without fingers to use a computer and keyboard like any…

A Kenyan family in the United States has announced a $10,000 reward to anyone with more information about the suspicious death of their son. The body of 22-year-old Noble Douglas Kimanthi Abdullah, alias Kimo, a Texas Tech University student, was recovered on April 8th by Lubbock police. His…

US authorities have revealed how Jeffrey Sila Ndungi, a Kenyan man currently serving a 10-year prison term after he found guilty of defrauding the federal government, was tricked into traveling to the US from Kenya, where he was arrested. A report published by The Standard reveals that Sila had a…

Kenyan-born Joel Sati is one of the beneficiary of this year's Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans.  Sati, who graduated from City College of New York in 2016, is one of 30 recipients of the program which offers $90,000 each to outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants…

Majority of Kenyan youths say, given a chance, they would leave the country immediately in search of greener pastures; a new study indicates. Research findings published in the British Council’s Next Generation Kenya Report indicates that corruption, high cost of living, high unemployment rates,…

Jeffrey Sila Ndungi, a Kenyan man currently serving a 10-year prison term in the United States has lost a court battle against MultiChoice Kenya. Ndungi had filed an infringement of rights case against the Digital Television firm and the Copyright Board at the High Court. In a suit before Justice…

Kenyans in the United Kingdom openly showed their differences outside Chatham House in London, where President Kenyatta delivered an address on Tuesday. As President Kenyatta exited the venue after a successful talk, two groups of Kenyans stood outside the house associated with tenets of democracy…