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Government spokesman Eric Kiraithe has dismissed plans by the opposition to swear-in National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga. Speaking during a rally in Kamukunji grounds in Kibra two weeks ago, Siaya senator James Orengo and other Nasa leaders threatened to swear the former Prime…

Mijikenda Community Council of Elders have disowned calls for secession of the coast region started by Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho and his Kilifi counterpart Amason Kingi. Speaking following a meeting at Mtwapa on Wednesday, the elders accused the two governors of disrespect for rekindling…

Jubilee Party leaders have dismissed National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga's call for the formation of a six-month transitional government to allow the country hold a fresh presidential election. Speaking during an interview with Reuters on Tuesday before he left for the United States…

National Super Alliance (NASA) will on Friday hold anti-Uhuru Kenyatta demonstrations in Nairobi's Central Business District. In a letter by lawyer Edwin Sifuna to Nairobi Police Commander Japheth Koome, Nasa notified Koome of their intention to hold peaceful protests in the City on Friday and…

The driver to the late Nyeri Governor Dr Wahome Gakuru has opened up on the circumstances that led to a fatal road crash that claimed Gakuru's life. Speaking to the Standard on his hospital bed on Wednesday, Samuel Kinyanjui narrated how the horror accident that occurred at Kabati area along Thika-…

The US Carter Center Election Observation Mission has called on Kenyan political leaders to put their differences aside and engage in dialogue to end the current political crisis in the country. In a statement on Tuesday, the US-based NGO said only dialogue between leaders could close the gap…

The latest utterances from Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli has re-ignited a fresh border and diplomatic row between Tanzania and Kenya. Reacting to a controversial decision by a Tanzanian court to auction 1,300 cows belonging to Maasai from Kenya, Magufuli said that the law was followed in…

Kenya Airways flight KQ 100 from Nairobi to London was the most searched aircraft in the world on Wednesday on Flightradar24, Swedish internet-based service that tracks air traffic in real time from across the world. The flight was searched by more than 20,000 people after reports emerged that…

The High Court has ordered the October 10th public holiday, formerly celebrated as Moi Day be reinstated. Delivering the ruling, High Court Judge George Odunga stated that it was illegal and and a violation of the Public Holidays Act to omit October 10th as a public holiday. The judge however…

A witness in a petition in which former Kisumu Governor Jack Ranguma is challenging his successor Anyang' Nyongo's election alleges that he hacked into a Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) server during the August 8th elections. Appearing before Kisumu High Court on Wednesday,…