KENYA NEWS

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has had 13 bodyguards attached to him withdrawn by the National Police Service. Sonko has been left with two security officers protecting him and two others guarding his Nairobi and Machakos homes. The withdrawal will take effect on July 1st and is part of a plan by…

The government is set to withdraw half of the security detail assigned to all the 47 Governors in a new move aimed at reducing the level of VIP’s protection in the country. Already, some governors have had a number of their bodyguards recalled. County Commanders have received instructions from…

President Kenyatta has signed the controversial Computer and Cyber-Crimes Bill 2018 into law. This means that anyone found generating and spreading false news online could find himself in jail for at least five years, or pay millions of shillings in court fines. Also targeted by the new law are…

Former chief government pathologist Moses Njue has been charged with stealing the body part of a dead man. Njue was arraigned in court on Tuesday and was charged with stealing a heart from the deceased, alongside his son Lemuel Anasha Mureithi Njue, who acted as his assistant pathologist. A charge…

Opposition leader Raila Odinga says that the famous March 9th handshake between him and President Uhuru Kenyatta is facing threats from selfish politicians and perpetrators of historical injustices. Speaking when he delivered a lecture at Cambridge University in London on Tuesday, Odinga said the…

The United States officially relocated its Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on Monday. Speaking to Al-Jazeera, Israeli Foreign Affairs ministry said his nation had invited all the 86 countries that have diplomatic missions within its borders to the opening of the US embassy, but only 33…

Former Nairobi Deputy Governor Polycarp Igathe has secured a top job at one of the country's top banks, months after his resignation from the County Hall. Nairobi News reports that Igathe has been hired as Equity Bank's Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Igathe announced his resignation as Deputy…

Former Nairobi City Council Town Clerk John Gakuo has been handed a three-year prison term after he was found guilty of graft charges in cemetery land scandal. Gakuo was sentenced alongside former Local Government Permanent Secretary Sammy Kirui, ex-city legal secretary Mary Ng’ethe and Alexander…

The High Court has released controversial preacher Gilbert Deya on a Sh10 million cash bail or a bond of similar amount. The televangelist is facing five counts of child theft, where he's accused of stealing children aged 14 and below between 2002 and 2004 at Mountain View Estate in Nairobi. In his…

Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party has dismissed claims that there is a scheme to to rock ruling party Jubilee, in a bid to scuttle its succession plan. A section of ruling party's leaders, mainly allied to Deputy President William Ruto, alleged that the Opposition party was using the famous…