KENYA NEWS

Former Nairobi town clerk John Gakuo has been appointed as the new co-chair of the Nairobi re-generation committee to replace Polycarp Igathe. Gakuo was appointed by Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko to take up Igathe's place in the team that is tasked to help the Kenyan capital city regain its lost…

Opposition National Super Alliance (Nasa) is set to hold a convention before February 28th to deliberate and approve a raft of radical proposals aimed at changing the country's leadership. Among proposals made by the coalition's People’s Assembly Organising Committee include pushing for…

Residents of West Asembo Ward in Siaya County have accused their Member of County Assembly (MCA) of neglecting his duties as an elected leader in order to run his business in Germany. Residents have complained that Ambrose Auma Akuno, a member of Siaya County Assembly, spends most of his time…

A National Super Alliance (Nasa) Member of Parliament has asked opposition chief Raila Odinga to stop holding the country at ransom. Matungulu MP Stephen Mule said it is time for Odinga to sit down with President Kenyatta and talk about moving Kenya forward. Mule further said that it was time for…

Hundreds of foreign citizens are reportedly pocketing millions in salaries while illegally living and working in Kenya, Daily Nation says in a special report. The leading Newspaper says the foreigners are mainly employed by international charities and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) either…

Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has allayed fears that National Super Alliance (Nasa) coalition is headed for a split. Speaking during the burial of Prof. Lenno Mbaga Mwambura at Bodoi, Kilifi County on Saturday, Musyoka said the four Nasa co-principals; Raila Odinga, Musalia Mudavadi and Moses Wetang…

Following his appointment as Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) in the Foreign Affairs Ministry by President Uhuru, former Budalang'i Member of Parliament Ababu Namwamba has resigned from his position as leader of Labor Party of Kenya. Addressing party officials at Noble Hotel in Eldoret on…

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has defended his decision to order for deportation of former Nairobi gubernatorial aspirant Miguna Miguna to Canada. Responding to a case filed by Miguna at the High Court, Matiang'i maintained the deportation of the self-declared National Resistance…

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i now says he is ready to resign from his position should he be found guilty of defying the law in his operations. The no-nonsense Cabinet Secretary has constantly found himself at loggerheads with the opposition coalition, National Super Alliance (Nasa), who…

The United Kingdom has warned its citizens living in and those traveling to Kenya to avoid walking in the streets of Nairobi and Mombasa. In a statement, the UK cited the increased cases of muggings and other criminal-related incidents reported within Nairobi's central business district and other…