KENYA NEWS

A University of Nairobi (UON) Graduate student is in police custody after he was apprehended for allegedly sending threatening messages to Members of Parliament. The suspect identified as Alex Anyolo, 30, was arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) after Njoro…

Police officers in Maai Mahiu, Naivasha have launched investigations into an incident where a woman allegedly sewed up the mouth of her 10-year-old son for performing poorly in school. The mother reportedly sewed up the lips of the Class Five boy on Saturday using a needle and a thread. The salon…

The National Assembly Defense Committee has asked President Kenyatta's nominee for Kenya's High Commissioner in Seoul, South Korea, Mwende Mwinzi, to first renounce her US citizenship before taking up the job. The committee approved Ms. Mwinzi's nomination as the Kenyan High Commissioner to South…

Lamu Senator Anwar Loitiptip is nursing serious injuries after he was attacked by unknown persons at a Nairobi club over the weekend. Senator Anwar sustained deep cuts on the head and is currently admitted at the Aga Khan Hospital's Intensive Care Unit. A report filed with the police shows…

Bomet Governor Dr. Joyce Laboso has been admitted to a hospital in London, United Kingdom. Laboso left the country for the UK on Wednesday last week after handing over duties to Deputy Governor Hillary Barchok. Her office announced she was taking a one-month medical leave, ending months of public…

A Kenyan Member of Parliament was on Tuesday evening arrested after he was filmed assaulting a blogger. Gem MP Elisha Odhiambo was apprehended and taken to Kisumu Central Police Station for beating up a blogger identified as Maurice Otieno. The politician accused Otieno of spreading fake news on…

Police officers have launched hunt for a man suspected to be the arsonist behind Nairobi's Malik Heights inferno that left a trail of destruction. The suspect identified as Abdirzak Yusuf Adow was reportedly captured on CCTV entering the nine-storey business complex with a jerrycan believed to be…

Alhusnain Motors Limited is counting losses running into millions of shillings following Monday night inferno at Malik Heights along Ngong Road in Nairobi. The fire broke out immediately after pockets of explosions were heard from the nine-storey business complex at around 8 pm. A team of…

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Dr. Patrick Njoroge has defended the decision to include an image of the Kenyatta International Conference Center (KICC) on the newly unveiled banknotes. Critics claimed that the inclusion of the iconic building was an attempt to sneak the image of founding…

The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has warned families of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash victims of foreign law firms offering to represent them in court.  This comes after two United States law firms; Friedman Rubin and Shakespear N. Feyissa placed an advertisement in a local newspaper last…