KENYA NEWS

Former Foreign Affairs assistant minister Dr. Hezron Manduku has passed away in Nairobi.  The 79-year-old died while undergoing treatment at Nairobi Hospital on Saturday night, his son Dr. Robert Manduku confirmed. Manduku, a former Member of Parliament for Nyaribari Masaba, is reported to…

Detectives from Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Saturday arrested a man who allegedly raped a 25-year-old woman in Bomet County before stabbing her multiple times in her private parts. The suspect identified as Bernard Ng’etich went into hiding after committing the crime on…

Detectives from Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested the driver and conductor of a Nairobi bus who are accused of fatally pushing a man out of a moving vehicle. The two; Naphtali Fondo, 33, and Alex Gikonyo, 20, are set to be arraigned in court next week to face murder charges…

Igembe South MP John Paul Mwirigi, who made history as Kenya’s youngest ever elected MP during the 2017 elections, has finally acquired his undergraduate degree. Mwirigi, 25, graduated with a Bachelor’s of Education degree from Mount Kenya University (MKU) on Friday. News about MP Mwirigi’s…

Doctors have diagnosed 22 Kenyans with cancer following a free screening exercise launched at Mama Lucy and Mbagathi Hospitals in Nairobi this week. Medics said all the 22 cases are at a manageable stage while two other suspected cases were referred for further analysis.  About 300…

Investigations into the alleged non-existent foreign trip by 42 MCAs from Siaya County, where each pocketed Sh200,000 has taken a new twist. The Ward Representatives are accused of pocketing the amount from Siaya County Assembly coffers for a foreign trip to Uganda that never happened. Ethics and…

A Nyeri court has sentenced a 28-year-old pregnant woman to 30 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to killing her husband. Emily Mukiri, who was accused of killing her drunken husband following an altercation, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter.  She had been charged with…

Detectives from Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have opened investigations into the alleged swindling of 14-year-old Kenyan gymnast Wendy Waeni by her former manager Joe Mwangi. DCI said officers from the Child Protection Unit have taken up the case and Mwangi will face legal action if…

A Nairobi court has deferred the sentencing of two Kenya rugby 7s players who were on Thursday found guilty of gang-rape. The two, Alex Olaba Mahaga and Frank Wanyama, were set to be sentenced on Friday but the court postponed the sentencing to August 16th. The two have been detained ahead of the…

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has presided over the pass-out parade of an elite all-female Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) squad. The team of 48 female commandos, who were picked from the Administration Police Service, is the first of its kind in Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa. The…