KENYA NEWS

Lazurus Ombai Amayo was on Friday appointed as the new Kenyan Ambassador to the United States by President Kenyatta. Amayo will take over from Robinson Njeru Githae who leaves Washington after serving for nearly five years. Githae has been moved to Vienna. Amayo is one of the most experienced…

Nine people including seven foreigners and two Kenyans have been arrested with counterfeit United States currency in Nairobi. The nine suspects have been apprehended by detectives from Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Nairobi's Kilimani area on Sunday. In a statement on Twitter, the…

The government has dispelled reports circulating on social media claiming that the National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS), commonly referred to as Huduma Namba, has been hacked. On Saturday, a section of local blogs claimed that a hacker identified only as Enock, a University of…

A middle-aged Kenyan man has surrendered himself to police after allegedly killing his wife and her suspected lover in Namanga, Kajiado County. Samuel Gitonga is said to have killed the two after he allegedly busted them in bed after arriving home in Maili Tisa at 2 am on Saturday. Gitonga first…

Seven people have been arrested in Nairobi with millions of fake United States Dollars. The suspects were apprehended by Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) sleuths in Nairobi's Kilimani area on Saturday. The DCI says detectives acting on intelligence reports launched a sting operation in…

Members of Parliament allegedly secretly pocketed Sh2.25 million each in April as house allowance backdated to August 2018. The Daily Nation reports that the payment to the 416 members of the National Assembly and Senate was made without the approval of the National Treasury and the Salaries and…

President Kenyatta has appointed 18 new Kenyan Ambassadors and High Commissioners to various countries. The latest appointments have been revealed in a statement sent to the press by Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amb. Monica Juma. Lazurus Ombai Amayo, who has been serving as the United Nations…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a Kenyan woman described as the most wanted burglar across Africa. Margaret Waithira Kamande, who is wanted by authorities in several African countries, was arrested on Thursday at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport…

The Nation Media Group has been ordered to pay Kenyan tycoon Jimi Wanjigi and his wife Sh8 million over a fake obituary of the businessman published in the Daily Nation newspaper in February 2018. In the obituary, the newspaper claimed that the businessman had passed away. In a ruling on Friday,…

The Nairobi County government has set aside Sh100 million to eliminate stray dogs roaming in the city. Nairobi County Director of Veterinary Services Dr. Muhari Muriithi says the move was informed by the high number of stray dogs in the Kenyan capital, which poses great risks to city dwellers,…