KENYA NEWS

Over 180 Facebook moderators working in Kenya have obtained court orders preserving their immigration status after receiving termination letters from their employer. The foreigners worked for Sama, an outsourcing company that was hired by Meta to moderate Facebook content from Nairobi in 2019. At…

Over 200 Kenya-based content moderators working for social media giants Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, and Open AI’s ChatGPT have resolved to form and register a workers’ union to advocate for their welfare. During a Labor Day meeting on Monday, the group decided to create the Content Moderators Union…

The Supreme Court has suspended the planned auction of former Cabinet Secretary Raphael Tuju’s properties over a Sh2.2 billion debt owed to East African Development Bank (EADB). A five-judge bench of the apex court stopped the seizure of the assets by the regional bank until an appeal filed by Tuju…

President Ruto has decried the mistreatment of African leaders during foreign trips and international summits outside the continent. Ruto, who spoke at the Mo Ibrahim Governance Weekend held at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), recounted how African leaders were loaded onto buses…

Azimio leader Raila Odinga has affirmed that the planned protests in Nairobi will go on despite the police declaring the demos illegal and repeated threats of assassination of opposition leaders by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and Trade CS Moses Kuria. Odinga, through a statement on Sunday,…

The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has announced the temporary closure of the Mai Mahiu-Narok Highway. In a statement on Sunday, KeNHA said the busy highway was closed following the discovery of a severe crack six kilometers from Mai Mahiu town. The agency pointed out that the crack cuts…

Police have banned the planned anti-government protests by the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition in Nairobi on Tuesday. Speaking during a media briefing on Sunday, Nairobi Regional Police Commander Adamson Bungei acknowledged that the opposition submitted a notice to hold demonstrations in the…

President Ruto has vowed to use all the powers at his disposal to thwart the planned anti-government protests by Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition. Speaking in Malava, Kakamega County on Saturday, Ruto assured Kenyans that the government will protect their property and ensure that the…

Police in Nakuru are detaining a 62-year-old woman suspected to be the leader of a religious cult.  Hellen Wanjiru Weri was arrested on Saturday in Kihingo area of Njoro after police found 31 people believed to be members of her Army Rurwama ‘cult’ confined to a house for fellowship, fasting…

101 of the 1,500 sheep stolen when a group of goons invaded the Kenyatta family’s Northlands farm in Ruiru, Kiambu County on March 27th have been recovered. Some of the animals were returned voluntarily and others were recovered through police crackdowns, according to the farm’s security manager…