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A 26-year-old Kenyan woman committed suicide after her ailing son, who was being rushed to the hospital in an ambulance, failed to make it. The woman identified as Naiso Leslie is said to have jumped from the speeding ambulance shortly after her son Solomon Lesie, succumbed to the illness. The boy…

President Kenyatta has reiterated that he will retire from politics once his current and final term expires in 2022. Kenyatta, who spoke on Sunday at African Inland Church (AIC) in Milimani, Nairobi during the coronation of presiding Bishop Abraham Mulwa and his deputy reverend Paul Kirui, said he…

President Kenyatta and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga have been invited to the United States, where they will speak about their historic March 2018 handshake. The two leaders are expected to attend the International Lunch in Washington, DC, on February 5th, 2020 to tell their…

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has spoken out after Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto alleged that there was a scheme by his rivals to reopen his case at the Hague-based court. Speaking during an interview with NTV on Thursday, DP Ruto claimed that he was aware of a plot to revive the…

Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria claims that he was roughed up by an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) MCA during the Saturday’s Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) consultative forum in Mombasa. Kuria, through a Facebook post on Saturday night, alleged that Makongeni Ward MCA Peter Imwatok accosted and…

The United States military Africa Command (Africom) has refuted reports that Kenyan soldiers hid in the grass when al-Shabaab militants attacked Camp Simba in Lamu on January 5th, 2020. The New York Times, in a report this week, claimed that Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) officers hid in the bushes…

Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga has rubbished claims that he tried to reach out to Deputy President William Ruto prior to his handshake with President Kenyatta in March 2018. Speaking on Saturday during a Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) consultative forum in Mombasa, Odinga…

Uasin Gishu Woman Representative Gladys Shollei has spoken out after photos showing her getting ‘intimate’ with an unidentified white man went viral on social media on Friday. Speaking during a press briefing at Poa Place Resort in Eldoret on Friday night, Shollei alleged that someone was out to…

Former Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri has reportedly registered a new political party barely two weeks after he was fired from Cabinet. He was shown the door by President Kenyatta during a mini Cabinet reshuffle announced on January 14th and was replaced by former Meru County…

Nyakundi was arrested in Nairobi on Monday together with his coconspirator Emmanuel Nyamweya on allegations of extortion, blackmail, and false accusations.  Kenyan blogger Cyprian Nyakundi was on Friday arraigned at Milimani Law Courts where he was charged with attempted extortion. Nyakundi…