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A Kerugoya court has sentenced to death three suspects accused of robbing a taxi driver of Sh3,300. The three; Josphat Njoroge, Hilda Njau and Mikeson Mutinda were found guilty of robbery with violence. They were charged that on October 5th, 2016 at Kabendoso area in the outskirts of Kerugoya town…

The National Construction Authority (NCA) has ordered tenants of Grafion Apartments in Ruaka to vacate the building with immediate effect. This comes after the apartment's perimeter wall and a sector of the parking lot caved in following heavy downpour on Tuesday night. A huge foundation dug up in…

Drama ensued in Kirinyaga County on Wednesday afternoon after four women turned out at a funeral parlor to claim the body of a deceased man. Each of the four women claimed to be the wife of 32-year-old Peter Mwangi Gichobi, a boda-boda operator who passed away on April 28th in a road crash along…

Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore has landed a new State appointment amid reports of his exit from the telecommunications firm later this year. Collymore has been appointed as a board member of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). He will serve alongside Citizen TV’s Digital Content Manager Mercy Oburu,…

The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) has protested a move by Members of Parliament to award themselves hefty house allowances. In a statement to the press, the SRC has termed the MPs' decision to award themselves a house allowance of Sh250,000 per month as illegal and unconstitutional.…

Kenya has signed the Strategic Dialogue Framework Agreement with the United States during bilateral talks held in Washington on Tuesday. The agreement was jointly signed by Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Trade Amb. Monica Juma and US Deputy Secretary of State John…

A number of tenants of Grafions Apartments in Ruaka Estate, Kiambu County are counting losses after they found their cars sunk inside a construction site on Wednesday morning. Part of the apartment's perimeter wall and parking lot caved in following a heavy downpour in the area on Tuesday. The…

General Samson Mwathethe will continue to serve as the Chief of Defence Forces following the extension of his term by one more year. His stay has been extended by President Kenyatta after his term expired last month. In a statement, the Ministry of Defense says the extension of Mwathethe’s term…

Former Machakos Senator Johnstone Muthama has called for the arrest of Governor Alfred Mutua over corruption allegations. Muthama has asked the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to arrest Governor Mutua, failure to which he will organize a citizen’s arrest. "If authorities cannot arrest…

A new report shows that at least 80 newborns die at Kenya's largest referral hospital, Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) every week. A report recently published in the International Journal of Paediatrics blames the high number of infants' death at KNH's New Born Unit (NBU) to lack of facilities and…