KENYA NEWS

A law firm based in Seattle, United States has announced it will be seeking justice for Kenyan victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash. In an advertisement in the Daily Nation, Friedman Rubin said it will partner with another law firm, Shakespear N. Feyissa to pursue justice for the Kenyan…

The US Embassy in Nairobi has reportedly compiled a list of top Kenyan corrupt officials who are set to be blacklisted from traveling to the United States. The Star reported that the list of more than 100 public figures accused of engaging in graft was made by immediate former US Ambassador to…

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has launched the new generation Kenyan currency notes. The new banknotes were unveiled during the Madaraka Day Celebrations at Narok Stadium on Saturday. The ceremony was officiated by President Kenyatta. CBK Governor Dr. Patrick Njoroge said the new notes have a…

A matatu driver has expressed his disappointment following the acquittal of a police officer accused of assaulting him in 2013. 43-year-old Ernest Nyamoti said the officer clobbered him after he was found to have violated traffic laws. Nyamoti claimed that the officer severely damaged his manhood…

Kenya's largest health facility, Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) has successfully carried out its first-ever Bariatric Surgery. Bariatric Surgery is a type of operation that helps a patient to reduce their weight. The procedure also helps patients to normalize their blood sugar, blood pressure,…

Details of how Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu and some members of his family received millions of shillings in their bank accounts have been revealed. In documents filed in court, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) said the funds were received from a company that was awarded a…

Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) detectives in collaboration with Kenya's Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) homicide officers have exhumed the body of a nine-month-old infant secretly buried at a children's home operated by American national, Gregory Dow and his wife Mary Rose. The…

Renowned Kenyan gay activist and author Kenneth Binyavanga Wainaina was on Wednesday cremated in Nairobi. The body of Binyavanga was incinerated at Kariakor Crematorium in a low-key event attended by close family members and friends.  On Thursday, family and friends converged at the National…

Kisumu Governor Prof. Anyang' Nyong’o and his sister Dr. Risper Nyagoy have been fined Sh400,000 each or face a one-month jail term. The two were found guilty of contempt of court in a family row for Sh200 million estate left behind by their father Hesbon Shimei Nyong’o, who died on November 2006…

United States ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter appeared to mock Kenya's National Prayer Breakfast held at Safari Park hotel in Nairobi on Thursday. President Kenyatta led leaders in attending the meeting, themed 'new dawn'. In a tweet, Ambassador McCarter took a dig at Kenyan leaders attending the…