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Four pupils were killed after suspected al-Shabaab fighters attacked their school in Garissa County on Tuesday morning. The armed militants are said to have stormed Saretho Primary School at around 2 am and opened fire, killing four pupils and injuring two people. Authorities said the attackers…

Miguna Miguna says the Government of Kenya is yet to withdraw a red alert issued to Lufthansa Air despite promising to do so.  Taking to Twitter on Tuesday afternoon, Miguna said he is still at the Tegel Airport in Berlin after the Lufthansa flight he was to board to Nairobi left without him.…

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has reacted to Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko’s decision to fill the position of Deputy Governor. Sonko nominated Anne Kananu Mwenda, who is Nairobi County’s current Disaster Management and Coordination Sector Chief Officer, to the position on Monday…

Governor Mike Sonko has nominated Anne Kananu Mwenda to the position of Nairobi Deputy Governor. In a letter to Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Beatrice Elachi on Monday, Governor Sonko said the decision to nominate Ms. Mwenda to the position was informed by the need to fill the leadership gap left…

The High Court in Nairobi has issued fresh orders directing the government to facilitate the entry of deported lawyer Miguna Miguna back to the country. In a ruling on Monday, High Court Justice Weldon Korir barred Kenya’s Immigration Department and other State agencies from interfering with the…

Police are holding four suspected terrorists who allegedly attempted to get unauthorized access into military installations in Kenya. A Somali-Canadian man was arrested on Monday morning in Nairobi’s Eastleigh area after he was allegedly busted conducting surveillance at the Kenya Defense Force’s…

Three American citizens lost their lives while two sustained injuries in Sunday morning al-Shabaab attack on Lamu’s Camp Simba military base which hosts both Kenyan and US military personnel. In an update, the US military Africa Command (Africom) said the fatalities included one US Service member…

The US military command for Africa (AFRICOM) has dismissed al-Shabaab’s claims that they attacked Camp Simba military base which hosts soldiers from both Kenya and the US. In a statement on Sunday, the armed group claimed that it raided the army base in Lamu County and that there were “several…

Grief engulfed a Mombasa church on Sunday morning after a pastor stabbed his wife during church service before killing himself over an alleged domestic dispute. Pastor Elisha Misiko of Ground for Jesus Church in Chembani, Bamburi in Mombasa was sitting beside his wife at the pulpit before he…

Suspected al-Shabaab fighters on Sunday morning attacked Manda Airstrip located next to Camp Simba, a military base in Lamu County that is used by the US and Kenyan soldiers. In a statement, Kenyan Defense Forces (KDF) said the 5.30 am attack was repulsed and four militants were killed in the…