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Kimilili Member of Parliament Didmus Barasa escaped unhurt after the vehicle he was traveling in was involved in a road accident at Ndengelwa area in Bungoma County on Saturday. The Toyota Prado car is reported to have lost control and veered off the road before rolling over several times. While…

Tanzania President John Magufuli has fulfilled his promise of gifting his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta with peacocks. President Magufuli promised to gift Kenyatta with four peacocks during the Kenyan president’s two-day private visit to Magufuli’s rural home in Chato early last month. The four…

The remains of the late Kibra Member of Parliament Ken Okoth have been cremated in a private ceremony held in Nairobi. Okoth’s body was burnt at Kariokor Crematorium in Nairobi on Saturday morning despite a section of family members opposing the ritual. Okoth’s mother, Angelina insisted that her…

President Kenyatta has promised that the government will boost interventions aimed at curbing the number of cancer-related deaths in the country. Speaking during a Cabinet meeting, Kenyatta said the government is collaborating with partners to put up measures aimed at making it easier for Kenyans…

The cremation of late Kibra MP Ken Okoth will take place on Saturday after feuding parties agreed to have DNA samples collected from his remains. On Friday, attorneys representing the deceased’s mother Angeline, wife Monica and his alleged secret lover, Nairobi MCA Anne Muthoni Thumbi said the…

A Nairobi court has dismissed an incitement case against Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria.  In the case, MP Kuria had been charged with uttering insulting and inciting remarks against Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga and his wife Ida. Kuria was accused of…

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) Vice-Chancellor Prof. Victoria Wambui Ngumi maintains that all degrees awarded by the institution were meritoriously earned. In a press statement, Prof. Ngumi said that all 118 PhDs awarded during the institution’s last graduation…

Police in Eldoret on Thursday seized more than Sh100 million in fake local and foreign currencies from a palatial house allegedly belonging to a Kenyan politician. Police said the house located in Eldoret’s Elgon View Estate is owned by Peter Sitati, a politician who unsuccessfully contested for…

A Nairobi court has barred the family of late Kibra MP Ken Okoth from cremating or burying the deceased until a case filed by Anne Muthoni Thumbi is heard and determined. “That in the interim a temporary injunction be and is hereby issued restraining the 1st and 2nd defendant (Okoth’s mother and…

The US says it has received evidence confirming that the son of the late al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is dead. Without providing further details, a US government official on Wednesday told CNN that the US had a role in the death of Hamza bin Laden. The New York Times reported that Hamza had been…