KENYA NEWS

Jubilee Party legislators on Tuesday kicked out four rebellious MPs from parliamentary committees. The MPs were ousted after various parliamentary departmental committees they were elected in held meetings to pass a vote of no confidence against them. Those ejected include Nandi Hills MP Alfred…

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has fired three top officials slightly a week after the resignation of Deputy Governor Polycarp Igathe. The three officials, who include Sonko's personal assistant Bernard Mulwa, delivery unit deputy director Joseph Ireri and Michael Mutua have been shown the door barely…

A British national in Malindi, Kilifi county has been arrested after hitting and killing his wife with a car along the Thalathameli-Kaoyeni road on Sunday. Simon Harold, the proprietor of UK Club in Malindi, reportedly knocked down a boda boda carrying Jacinta Njoki, her wife, in what police…

National Super Alliance (Nasa) will not be holding the inauguration ceremony of Raila Odinga as people's president at Uhuru Park grounds as earlier announced, an opposition MP has said. The MP, who spoke to the Nation on condition of anonymity said the prior announcement that the fete would be…

Jubilee leaders have hit out at National Super Alliance (Nasa) principal Kalonzo Musyoka over threats that the country will plunge into civil unrest similar to that in South Sudan or Somalia should President Kenyatta refuse to dialogue with opposition leader Raila Odinga. Led by Jubilee Party…

About 120 National Super Alliance (Nasa) Members of Parliament have endorsed the swearing-in of opposition leader Raila Odinga as the people's president, set for January 30th. The MPs have signed an affidavit recognizing Odinga as the duly elected people’s president and his inauguration to be held…

The first ever Kenyan-made satellite is set to be launched from the International Space Station (ISS). The satellite was made by Kenyan engineers from the University of Nairobi with the assistance of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa). The apparatus has been developed in new form referred to…

The resurgence of daylight robbery along the streets of Nairobi's central business district has prompted Governor Mike Sonko to unveil an anti-mugging squad to neutralize the gang groups involved. The Governor said officers of the squad will collaborate with Kenya Police officers to restore…

Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja has received praise from Kenyans on social media for managing to negotiate the release of Embakasi East MP Babu Owino, who was held at the Parklands police cells for two nights. The youthful MP was arrested outside Parliament premises on Friday by Flying Squad…

A Nairobi court on Monday acquitted four suspects linked to a terror attack at Java restaurant at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in 2014 using an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). Hassan Abdi Mohammed, Mohammed Osman Ali, Yusuf Warsame and Garad Hassan Fercharged had been charged…