KENYA NEWS

Machakos Senator Johnstone Muthama has dismissed claims that he is still in marital ties with Jubilee Party’s candidate for the Machakos County Woman Representative position Agnes Kavindu. The outspoken senator, while addressing journalists in his Tala home, said that he had parted ways with…

Nairobi’s “prettiest thug” Claire Mwaniki was laid to rest in an unorthodox ceremony in her home in Kambirwa village, Murang’a County on Thursday. Only a few her friends showed up in the ceremony for fear of being spotted by police officers whose presence was evident during the ceremony. It was a…

Kenyans were treated to drama after they were served with free Ugali outside President Uhuru Kenyatta’s office at Harambee House in Nairobi. The Kenyans who had earlier held a walk in Nairobi to celebrated the move by the government to reduce the prices of maize flour to Sh90 camped outside the…

Othaya MP Mary Wambui has announced that she is retiring from active politics. This comes after she lost the Jubilee nomination to retain her seat last month. Addressing journalists at the Othaya CDF office on Tuesday, the one-term MP said rather than run as an independent in the August 8th general…

National Super Alliance (NASA) leaders have vowed to cancel multi-billion-shilling contracts signed by the Jubilee administration with foreign countries if they win the August 8 elections. “Where such contracts are found to have been fraught with fraud and corruption, we shall not hesitate to…

Atheists in Kenya (AIK) have endorsed National Super Alliance (NASA) presidential candidate Raila Odinga ahead of the August 8th general elections. The group had applied to be formally registered under the Registrar of Societies in Kenya, but their application was rejected by the Jubilee…

A section of Jubilee Party officials from the Mt Kenya region have registered dissatisfaction with  the way the party’s Secretary General Raphael Tuju is running the party affairs. Over 190 officials drawn from ten counties say Tuju is micromanaging the ruling party and should be axed. The…

Four supporters of Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko have been hospitalized after suffering serious injuries when they were electrocuted on Wednesday evening. The four are said to have been on top of a lorry during an impromptu political rally organized by the Nairobi gubernatorial hopeful near Marikiti…

NASA presidential candidate Raila Odinga has hinted at quitting active politics should he lose fairly in the August 8 general elections. Raila, who launched his fourth stab at the presidency after failing to win in 1997, 2007 and 2013, on Wednesday made indications that he will be hanging his…

Kenya will be holding talks with United States this week in a bid to have Washington reverse the decision to suspend aid meant for Kenya's health sector last week over corruption concerns. Kenya's Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu in a media briefing said that the talks between Kenya and the US…