KENYA NEWS

President Kenyatta has on Friday described his new Cabinet as talented, competent and one that reflects the face of Kenya. Speaking during the swearing-in of nine new Cabinet Secretaries at State House in Nairobi, the Head of State warned the newcomers against misusing their positions. “This is not…

Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet has made a major reshuffle of top officers in the police department. In the new changes announced on Thursday, Nairobi Police commander Japheth Koome was named as the new Principal assistant to Deputy Inspector General. Joseph Ole Tito, who was the Anti…

The government has maintained that self-declared National Resistance Movement (NRM) general Miguna Miguna remains deported. This comes hours after the High Court on Thursday morning declared the revocation of Miguna's Kenyan citizenship as illegal, null and void and ordered Immigration authorities…

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua's bid to dethrone Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka as the Ukambani political kingpin has received a boost after some of Musyoka's key allies ditched him for Mutua. The refusal by Musyoka to take oath as the people's deputy president and failure to take a firm stand on…

The United States Embassy in Nairobi has refuted claims by National Super Alliance (Nasa) that its Ambassador Robert Godec's push for Opposition leader Raila Odinga to recognize Kenyatta's presidency was informed by America's commercial interests in Kenya. Earlier this week, envoys from 11…

The United States has warned that political instability in Kenya is likely to persist as the country's opposition continues to seek redress of various grievances surrounding last year's bitterly contested presidential elections. In a report by US Intelligence agencies, the US says Kenya and…

Three National Super Alliance (Nasa) affiliated parties have told Kalonzo Musyoka's Wiper Democratic Movement to either remain in the coalition or leave. In a joint statement by 18 MPs drawn from the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), Amani National Congress (ANC) and Ford Kenya, the leaders…

President Kenyatta's Jubilee Party has written to Chief Justice David Maraga to protest what it described as “bias, double standards, impunity and poor leadership” in Kenyan Judiciary. In a hard-hitting open letter to Maraga, Jubilee Secretary-General Raphael Tuju accused the Chief Justice of “…

The High Court on Tuesday declined to suspend government order that saw former Nairobi gubernatorial aspirant Miguna Miguna deported to Canada by Kenyan Immigration authorities last week. Justice Chacha Mwita refused to grant Miguna the order, where he was seeking suspension of the order to banish…

Police have gunned down seven suspected gangsters during a foiled robbery at Kibunja trading center in Molo, Nakuru County. The seven were waylaid as they drove around the shopping centre located along the busy Nakuru-Eldoret Highway in two cars; a Toyota Fielder and Toyota Prado, which they have…