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Three suspected criminals were on Sunday morning gunned down during a shootout with detectives from Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Nairobi. With the help of regular police officers, DCI detectives intercepted the suspects in Nairobi’s Kamukunji estate following a tip-off from…

Embakasi East MP Babu Owino is set to be presented in court on Monday to face charges over the shooting of a Disk Jockey on Friday. Babu, who was arrested on Friday morning for allegedly shooting Felix Orinda, aka DJ Evolve, on the neck at B-Club in Nairobi’s Kilimani area, spent the weekend at…

A top official of a special US development programme is scheduled to visit Kenya next week for talks that could culminate in the country receiving aid worth billions of shillings to fight corruption.   Sean Cairncross, the CEO of the US Millennium Development Corporation (MCC) this week said…

Embattled Embakasi East MP Paul Ongili, popularly known as Babu Owino, has reportedly paid Felix Orinda’s medical bill at Nairobi Hospital. A senior Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officer, who declined to be mentioned, told K24 Digital that Babu paid at least KSh600,000 for Orinda’s…

Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria has disclosed the genesis of his fall out with President Kenyatta. In an interview with Saturday Nation, Kuria gave an insight into what made him break ranks with Kenyatta. Kuria, a former staunch supporter of Kenyatta, has become a fierce critic of…

President Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga are set to travel to the United States in February to deliver a talk about their historic March 9th, 2018 handshake. This was announced on Saturday by Odinga during a Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) public consultative meeting at Bukhungu Stadium in…

At least 40 Kenyans are presently languishing in Hong Kong prisons after they were arrested in connection with drug trafficking. This was disclosed by Father John Wotherspoon, an Australian Catholic priest who has been campaigning against the coercion of Africans into becoming drug mules in the…

Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris has announced a new plan whose aim is to address the problem of unemployment in the country. Through her Twitter handle, Passaris promised to give out KSh200,000 every month from her salary to youth with brilliant business ideas as part of her efforts to…

Deputy President William Ruto has dismissed claims that President Kenyatta recently snubbed him in Mombasa. The Saturday Standard reported that Kenyatta this week held a meeting with 24 Governors in Mombasa but failed to invite DP Ruto despite him being in the coastal city. But on Saturday, DP Ruto…

Embakasi MP Babu Owino, who was arrested on Friday morning for allegedly shooting a DJ at the popular B-Club in Nairobi, has been moved to Gigiri Police Station. Babu, who is accused of shooting Felix Orinda, alias DJ Evolve on the neck, was transferred to Gigiri Police Station after spending hours…