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President Uhuru Kenyatta says that anyone planning to cause chaos during the elections will face the full force of the law. Speaking in Kilifi, the head of state called on Kenyans to cast their ballot peacefully and go home and wait for the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to…

A postmortem examination carried out on a woman found dead alongside IEBC ICT director Chris Msando has revealed that she was also strangled. Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor said that killers squeezed the neck and throat of 21 year-old Carol Ngumbu. He said she succumbed to "asphyxia as a…

The vice-chair of the Congressional Black Caucus is set to arrive in Kenya this week to co-lead an election monitoring delegation from the United States' Democratic Party. Congresswoman Karen Bass, who represents a section of Los Angeles, will lead five US Congress employees as part of the National…

Police in Mombasa have arrested a British citizen of Somali origin at Moi International Airport after being found in possession of 42 bullets. 27 year-old Surone Abdiwahid Faiza was nabbed at the airport screening point at 4.10am on Thursday. Surone had wrapped the bullets in two magazines— one had…

National Super Alliance (NASA) presidential candidate Raila Odinga has defended his daughter Rosemary Odinga’s alleged Sh540 million foundation bank account frozen by the Non-Governmental Organization board, saying that the account does not belong to her. Through his spokesman Dennis Onyango, the…

Police on Thursday morning foiled an attempted attack by Al Shabaab Militants at Lafey Police Station in Mandera County, leaving one police officer and several militants killed during the repulse. Police said that the attackers were targeting two police camps and managed to destroy two police…

Jubilee Party has written to Chief Justice David Maraga demanding the removal of High Court Judge Justice George Odunga from the panel of Judges who will be hearing elections petitions emanating from the August 8th elections, saying that he has been ruling in favor of opposition leaders in past…

Former US Secretary of State John Kerry, who is in Kenya to co-leader a team of the Carter Center's election monitors, has paid tribute to slain electoral commission ICT director Christopher Msando, who was murdered under unclear circumstances. “We all wish to honor Msando’s dedication to…

An autopsy examination carried out on slain IEBC ICT director Chris Msando on Wednesday at the Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi revealed that Msando was strangled to death. “He died from strangulation and he also had incisions on his right arm but the rest of the body was intact,” Government Pathologist…

A newly released opinion poll indicates that assuming a voter turnout of 85 per cent, President Uhuru Kenyatta will clinch the presidency in the first round of voting against Raila Odinga by garnering 54 per cent of the total votes cast. A survey conducted by the Centre for African Progress (…