KENYA NEWS

Embakasi East MP Paul Ongili, alias Babu Owino has narrated his 'traumatizing' experience in the police cell following his double arrests last week. The youthful MP was arrested on Monday last week after allegedly insulting President Uhuru Kenyatta and was charged with subversion and making…

A fresh petition seeking for the removal of Supreme Court judges Njoki Ndung'u and Jacktone Ojwang' has been filed. Two voters, Francis M. Sakwa and Zacheus Okoth Oliech wants the two judges ejected from office on grounds of gross misconduct. Sakwa and Okoth allege that Justice Njoki contravened…

National Super Alliance (NASA) has forwarded the names of six managers of telecommunication giant Safaricom to the Director of Public Prosecutions to institute criminal charges. The coalition accused the six of being part of the team that committed electoral offences during the August 8th elections…

University of Nairobi has been closed indefinitely following recent riots that has rocked the Kenya's oldest institution of high learning. “UON senate has today closed the University with immediate effect due to the deteriorating security situation. Students have been asked to vacate the halls of…

Dubai-based printing firm, Al Ghurair will print ballot papers for the repeat presidential election despite demands by Opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) to have it blocked from being part of the poll. This comes after the Independent Electoral and Boundaries commission gave it a go ahead to…

Senators allied to the opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) have vowed to challenge the proposed amendments on electoral laws in court, if Jubilee passes then in Parliament. The MPs argued that formation of a select committee in Parliament to scrutinize the proposed changes in election laws…

Opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) has revived the secession debate that dominated the headlines shortly after the August 8th elections. On Monday, the opposition supporters in some parts of the country displayed the "Peoples Republic of Kenya" flag as they staged anti- Independent Electoral…

The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) has urged Kenyan media to first conduct a vetting exercise on political analysts before inviting them to give give their opinions on political matters. KFCB chairman Ezekiel Mutua said that some of the political commentators are quacks who have taken…

Kenya has been stripped of the rights to host a high-profile international conference that was to be held in Nairobi next week due to heightened political tension and uncertainty. United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAids) said it had cancelled the global prevention coalition meeting set for…

French retail chain Carrefour has launched investigating into an incident in which a Kenyan shopper was reportedly physically and racially abused by a white female customer at one of their shopping mall in Nairobi's Karen area. Through the social media, a shopper identified as Wangu Wa Muendo…