KENYA NEWS

Kenyan singer Nyamari Ongegu alias Nyashinski has opened up about his life in the United States for close to 10 years. The artiste suddenly moved to the US with his family at a time when his music career had begun to pick up. At the time, Nyashinski was part of the Kleptomaniacs music group. …

State House has refuted reports claiming that Sh368 billion Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) loan was part of President Kenyatta's recent trip to China. State House Chief of Staff Nzioka Waita says SGR loan was not part of President Uhuru's agenda during the meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi…

A police officer attached to an elite unit has been arrested in connection with last week's robbery of Sh14 million from four Barclays Bank ATMs in Nairobi. George Gachungu Njoroge, an officer attached to the Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU) in Isiolo, was arrested by detectives from the Economic Crimes…

Former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero spent the night in police cells following his arrest on Friday morning. Kidero will spend the weekend in police custody until Monday morning when he is expected to be arraigned and charged in court. The politician was arrested in Nairobi on Friday morning by…

It has now emerged that the government has used assets of eight key State corporations as collateral to secure loans amounting to Sh147 billion. This has been revealed in a document presented in the National Assembly by the Parliamentary Budget Office on Thursday. This means that the corporations…

Nairobi lawyer Assa Nyakundi has been arraigned in court over the killing of his son last month. Appearing before Senior Principal Magistrate Bosibori Nyang’ena on Friday, Nyakundi was charged with manslaughter. Nyakundi was released on a cash bail of Sh300,000 and a surety of Sh1 million. The…

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday witnessed the signing of project delivery agreements worth Sh226 billion between Kenya and China. The deals are for the Konza Data Centre and Smart Cities Project by telecommunications giant Huawei as well as the construction of an expressway linking the Jomo…

Former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero was on Friday morning arrested over graft allegations. Kidero has been arrested in Nairobi by detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) over alleged irregular payment of Sh68 million by Nairobi County government to a law firm identified as…

Ahmed Kolosh of Jubilee Party has been declared the winner of Wajir West parliamentary by-election held on Thursday. Kolosh garnered 11,053 votes ahead of his closest rival Sheikh Ibrahim of Kenya African National Union (KANU) who got 6,532 votes. The seat fell vacant after the Supreme Court…

A Kenyan court has convicted a British national accused of possessing explosive-making materials. Jermaine Grant was charged alongside his wife Warda Breik and Frank Ngala after he was arrested at an apartment in Kisauni, Mombasa in 2011. The house is said to be owned by one of the most wanted…