KENYA NEWS

The Youth Enterprise Development Fund has announced plans to launch a mobile loan application. Youth Fund Chairman Ronald Osumba says the mobile app dubbed Y-Mobile will be unveiled in April 2019. Osumba says the Youth Fund is seeking Sh300 million from the National Treasury to enable it to provide…

Majority of Kenyans have less than Sh1 million in their bank accounts, Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Patrick Njoroge has revealed. Njoroge has revealed this while appearing before the Parliament's Finance and National Planning Committee on Tuesday. He says 99.3 percent of bank accounts in…

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has frozen 11 bank accounts belonging to Kenyan billionaire Humphrey Kariuki. This comes after the agency obtained orders from the court to freeze the businessman's accounts over alleged tax evasion totaling to Sh3 billion. The accounts are held in several banks,…

Five people have been arrested in Nairobi after they threw a live grenade at police officers along Thika Superhighway on Monday evening. The five suspects are said to be part of a nine-man gang that was riding on three motorcycles towards Thika Road from Mathare North estate, where they had stolen…

The United States military forces have killed 35 Al-Shabaab militants in the latest airstrike in Somalia. In a statement, the US Africa Command says the airstrike targeted Al-Shabaab fighters in central Somalia. The Africa Command adds that the strike was launched on Sunday near Beledweyne, Hiran…

Police have arrested four suspects in connection with a series of burglaries in Nairobi's Kilimani and Kileleshwa estates. The four men have been arrested in Kihoto area, Ruiru on Monday morning after police officers trailed them from a robbery scene in Kileleshwa.  “A car that they have been…

Kenyan authorities are investigating Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) over claims of aiding terrorism. Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji says the lender has been found to have carried out suspicious transactions linked to terrorism. Speaking when he appeared before MPs on Monday, Haji said…

Kenya Rugby Sevens and Impala Saracens RFC player Richard Sidindi Otieno has passed away in Nairobi. Sidindi reportedly drowned at the Impala Club's swimming pool on Monday morning. Impala Rugby Club Secretary-General Charles Mbogo says the fullback had gone for his routine training exercise when…

Seven suspects arrested over the weekend for reportedly impersonating a senior government official conned a Nairobi businessman of Sh80 million, police say. Police say the suspects posed as President Kenyatta and promised to award the businessman government tenders worth millions of shillings. The…

The government through the Ministry of Education says it has suspended the digital literacy program that seeks to issue Standard One pupils with tablets. Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang says that there is a policy change in the program and the Ministry will instead focus on setting up…