KENYA NEWS

Former Othaya Member of Parliament Mary Wambui is among persons who have landed State positions in the latest appointments made by President Kenyatta. Ms. Wambui was named as the Chairperson of the National Employment Authority and will serve for the next three years. Her appointment was announced…

Deputy President William Ruto on Monday blasted Daily Nation over an article claiming that his dalliance with President Kenyatta was on the rocks. In a front-page article titled ‘How Uhuru pulled a fast one on Ruto’, the publication claimed that Ruto’s attempt to persuade Kenyatta to convene a…

An editor for an American media house has received a backlash from social media users for terming Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge’s Saturday marathon record as ‘fake.’ Kipchoge, 34, made history in Vienna, Austria after becoming the first man to complete a 42-kilometer race in less than two hours. He…

Retired President Daniel Arap Moi was admitted to Nairobi Hospital for a routine medical examination. The 95-year-old was taken to hospital on Sunday evening accompanied by his private physician Dr. David Silverstein, according to Daily Nation. This was confirmed by Moi’s Press Secretary Lee Njiru…

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently directed Kenya Airways and Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) to inspect their fleet of Boeing 737 new-generation aircraft. The US government agency wrote to KQ and KCAA to examine the planes due to the problems detected on this Boeing aircraft…

President Kenyatta has vowed to ensure attackers who killed 11 General Service Unit (GSU) officers on Saturday in Garissa are brought to book. The 11 security officers lost their lives after the vehicle carrying them during a patrol near the Kenya-Somalia border ran over an improvised explosive…

The remains of 36 Kenyan nationals who died in the March 10th, 2019 Ethiopian Airlines plane crash are expected to arrive in Nairobi on Monday The plane carrying the remains is scheduled to land at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) at about 9 am, according to Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign…

At least 10 General Service Unit (GSU) police officers were killed after the vehicle they were traveling in ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) near the Kenya-Somalia border on Saturday. Confirming the incident, Inspector-General of Police Hillary Mutyambai said the officers were carrying…

Kenyan tycoon Jimmi Wanjigi has denied claims that he promised to gift athlete Eliud Kipchoge a private jet if he managed to break the sub-two-hour marathon barrier. Wanjigi said the reports circulating on social media were false; adding that the Twitter account used to post information about his…

A new report by the World Bank indicates that Kenya has the sixth-highest number of poor people in the globe. At least 17.6 million Kenyans are living below two dollars a day, according to the report dubbed Poverty and Shared Prosperity, 2018. Kenya is in position six in the number of citizens…