KENYA NEWS

A proposal by Parliament to have former MPs who served between 1984 and 2001 get a lump sum payment of Sh2.7 billion and a monthly lifetime pay of not less than Sh100,000 has been rejected by Treasury. The government termed the move illegal since Parliament failed to consult Treasury on the Bill…

Kenyans online camped at Melinda Gates’ Twitter handle after she posted a photo of her meeting with President Kenyatta on Wednesday. Gates, who is in Nairobi to attend the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD+25), held talks with Uhuru at State House, Nairobi. “Thank you,…

Equity Bank CEO James Mwangi has indicated that he is not about to retire and looks to remain at the helm of the lender for another two decades. This week, 57-year-old Mwangi said he wants to lead the company until he clocks age 75, Business Daily reported.  “The earliest may be on my own…

Sarah Wairimu, who is accused of killing her Dutch husband Tob Cohen, on Wednesday filed an application seeking to be allowed to access her palatial house in Nairobi’s Kitisuru area. In documents filed in court, Wairimu seeks orders granting her access to the residence to pick her personal…

Parties in the Fidel Odinga multi-million-shilling estate case have been given two weeks to settle the matter out of court. The case pits Fidel’s widow Lwam Bekele against Raila’s wife Ida Odinga and daughter Winnie Odinga. On Wednesday, Ms. Bekele through lawyer Rodger Sagana told the court that…

A Kenyan man who appeared on a Sky News TV report authenticating an e-fit image of a stowaway who dropped from a Kenya Airways flight in London on June 30th this year now says the deceased is not his son. In an interview with KTN News on Wednesday, Isaac Manyasi said he believes his son – who he…

A Kenyatta University bus nearly plunged into the Indian Ocean on Monday after it reportedly slid off the ferry at Likoni Channel in Mombasa. The bus was disembarking from the vessel when it slid off from the ramp into the shallow waters but the driver managed to steer it to safety. In a short…

Sky News has established what it believes is the identity of a stowaway who fell from a Kenya Airways flight heading to Heathrow Airport in London, the UK on June 30th, 2019. The body of the unidentified male fell in a garden in the Borough of Lambeth, South London minutes before the aircraft…

An investigation by NTV has exposed how lax policies have allowed food with high levels of a toxin named aflatoxin to be sold to unsuspecting Kenyans. The investigation done by journalist Dennis Okari tested 12 brands of wheat and maize flour where three were found to contain aflatoxin…

Kenyan aviation authorities have barred seven planes owned by Silverstone Air from operating for the next one week pending the completion of an investigation into a series of air incidents involving the airline’s fleet. This was announced by Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) Director-General…