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The death toll from landslides that struck two villages in West Pokot County on Saturday morning has climbed to 37. The victims were buried alive in Nyarkulian and Parua villages following a night of heavy downpour. 15 bodies have so far been retrieved from the mud while a search for the other 22…

At least 24 people have been confirmed dead after landslides hit two villages in West Pokot County on Saturday morning. West Pokot County Commissioner Apollo Okello said the affected villages are Nyarkulian and Parua, where the landslides buried people alive.  Okello indicated that rescue…

A police officer has been arrested in connection with the rape of a 21-year-old Kibabii University student. The student, who is receiving treatment at the Bungoma West Hospital in Kanduyi, was attacked and sexually abused by a lone assailant in the wee hours of Friday. The third-year Bachelor of…

Officers from Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) on Friday seized seven skin lightening products that are banned from the Kenyan market. The products; Caro Light, Dermaclair, Skin Balance Gel, Movate Cream, Epiderm Cream, Coco Pulp and Maxi Light were impounded in Nakuru town. KEBS said the seven…

President Kenyatta is scheduled to receive the much-anticipated Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report on Tuesday, November 26th. This was announced during a media briefing on Friday by Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji, who is the Chairperson of the BBI taskforce Senator Haji said the report will…

Nairobi’s faceless crime buster, 'Hessy wa Dandora' has sent a warning to two young men filmed brandishing a gun in a public service vehicle in Nairobi, In a video shared on social media, the two are heard uttering profanities with one of them showing off a pistol tucked in his trouser. On his…

Nark-Kenya leader Martha Karua has warned President Kenyatta against the alleged plans to extend his stay in power beyond 2022. Karua said the proposal to have Kenyatta serve as Kenya’s Prime Minister after 2022 is unconstitutional, noting that the two-term limit set by the 2010 Constitution was…

A Kenyan man who was earlier reported to be the stowaway who fell from a Kenya Airways plane in London in June this year has spoken out. In a report about two weeks ago, British media, Sky News released photos of a Kenyan man it identified as 29-year-old Paul Manyasi, an employee of a company that…

President Kenyatta on Thursday ordered an inquiry into the status of mental health in the country. Kenyatta directed the Ministry of Health to constitute a taskforce to look into the matter during a Cabinet meeting held at State House, Nairobi. The team will be required to establish the status of…

British media Sky News has deleted their investigative story that had identified the Kenya Airways stowaway who fell in London in June as 29-year-old Kenyan national, Paul Manyasi. A spot check on the media’s website on Thursday showed that the story titled ‘Plane stowaway: Who was Kenyan man who…