KENYA NEWS

Flashy Nairobi businessman Paul Kobia has moved to court seeking to stop implementation of the new banking regulations by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). This comes after Barclays Bank closed his accounts on the basis of the new rules that require holders to fully disclose the source of any cash…

President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga have reportedly canceled a planned tour to the Mt. Kenya region. The Daily Nation reports that Kenyatta and Odinga were set to visit the region this month or early May to popularize the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), which was born…

A 30-year-old Kenyan woman has survived after she was stabbed severally by her husband in Nyeri County. Peninah Wangechi is currently receiving treatment at the Karatina Hospital after she was stabbed 17 times during a domestic quarrel with her spouse. Speaking from the hospital bed, the mother of…

Suspected Al-Shabaab insurgents on Friday morning adducted two Cuban doctors in Mandera town. The attackers are reported to have shot dead one of the police bodyguards attached to the medics before kidnapping the two. Witnesses say the gunmen crossed over to neighboring Somalia with their…

A new Bill that seeks to allow doctors to harvest kidneys from fresh dead persons has been tabled in Parliament. Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) renal unit head John Ngigi says the Kenya National Blood Transfusion and Organ Transplantation Bill will help many Kenyans who are seeking organ…

Eric Otieno Adede, the man at the center of the alleged Sh2.6 billion fake currency that was seized from a Barclays Bank branch in Nairobi last month has filed an application in court seeking to have the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) ordered to produce the money. Adede wants the DCI…

Kenya Airways (KQ) says it will resume daily nonstop flights to the United States in June, 2019. This has been announced by the airline's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sebastian Mikosz. This comes after KQ reduced the number of flights on the Nairobi-New York route from seven to five per week in…

Deputy President William Ruto claims that Opposition leader Raila Odinga approached him four times after the 2017 elections with a view of burying the hatchet and working together. Speaking during an interview with Citizen TV, Ruto, however, says he rejected Odinga's advances and informed President…

A photo of a Kenyan policeman carrying murder weapons using his bare hands has gone viral on social media. In the photo, the officer is seen holding a knife and an axe, which were used to hack Ivy Wangechi, a six-year Moi University medicine student by her alleged boyfriend Naftali Njahi Kinuthia,…

A US Marine has been arraigned in court for causing public disturbance and insulting police officers in Nairobi. Appearing before a Nairobi court, Kennedy Okemwa, 41, was charged with causing a public disturbance. Okemwa is accused of creating a disturbance at Makongeni Police Station, where…