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Barely three months after the Kenyan forest living community, Ogiek, well known as "Dorobo" won a landmark case against the Kenyan government at the African Court on Human and People’s Rights, the marginalized community has once again struck big, bagging a nomination seat to the Senate, the first…

A Malawian citizen was on Wednesday charged with collecting information by drawing a sketch plan of the Standard Gauge Railway terminus in Mombasa for use in commission of a terrorist act. Kristen Prince Kishombe, who claimed to be a professional footballer, was also charged with declining to exit…

Immediate former Meru Governor Peter Munya says he will move to the court to oppose the recognition of former President Mwai Kibaki as the Party of National Unity leader, saying it is illegal. Munya, who has been leading the party for some years also threatened to sue the Registrar of Political…

National Super Alliance (Nasa) leader Raila Odinga has urged Kenyans to maintain peace during and after the highly anticipated Supreme Court ruling on Friday. The opposition chief, in a speech delivered on his behalf by Kisumu governor Anyang Nyong'o on Thursday at the burial of late Foreign…

Justin Muturi has retained his National Assembly Speaker seat after garnering 220 votes of the total votes cast against Dr. Noah Winja who got 1 vote. Voting was force to go for a second round after neither Justin Muturi nor Noah Migudo got 233 out of 349 votes, a two third of the total number of…

Former Bungoma Governor Ken Lusaka has trounced Farah Maalim to be declared the second Senate speaker in the second round of voting. Lusaka, enjoying the backing of Jubilee Party senators, the majority in the House, garnered 42 votes out of the 67 that were cast against former National Assembly…

Embakasi MP Babu Owino was on Thursday forced to retake his oath office at the National Assembly after he added his own words in the oath by mentioning National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga and Tibim, a slogan largely associated with him and widely used by the opposition alliance…

Kitui West Member of Parliament Francis Nyenze was on Thursday seen carrying an oxygen tank into the National Assembly chambers to take an Oath of Office. The former National Assembly Minority Leader arrived at around 10am dragging the Oxygen tank behind him, with the tubes snaking up his back. He…

Kenyans have been told to start swapping their old passports for an electronic one beginning Friday after the government launched the printing of e-passport on Thursday, ending the 17-year wait. The Immigration Department said the new e-passport will have a micro-chip that will contain the bio-data…

More police officers have been deployed to guard lawyer PLO Lumumba's rural home in Siaya County after unknown individuals threatened to burn down his house and kill his employees. Bondo OCPD Paul Kiarie said police officers have been stationed at the homestead in Usigu division, Bondo sub-county,…