KENYA NEWS

Operations at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) were on Monday interrupted for hours after a Singapore Airlines cargo plane stalled on the runway. As a result, the Kenya Airport Authority (KAA) announced the temporary closure of the airline’s only runway.  “We would like to…

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga says President Ruto’s administration must lower the price of maize flour to Sh100 and not the planned Sh150. On Friday, President Ruto announced that a two-kilogram packet of unga, which currently retails at Sh230, will go for Sh150 beginning…

Kenyans living and working abroad sent home $357 million (Sh47.8 billion) in March 2022, the latest data by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows. The amount represents a 15.5 percent increase compared to the $302.9 million (Sh41.6 billion) sent in February. The cumulative inflows for the 12 months…

Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome has dismissed calls to have him investigated by the International Criminal Court (ICC). This comes after the opposition’s Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition wrote to The Hague-based court requesting it to probe police brutality during its protests. In a…

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has announced plans to rename the City Mortuary to The Nairobi Funeral Home once the ongoing facelift is completed. The morgue, the largest government-owned mortuary in East and Central Africa, is undergoing major renovations, which will see the facility equipped…

Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing'oei says Kenya is disturbed by United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s alleged comments about President Ruto.  Citing leaked US classified documents, BBC reported that Mohammed told UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in…

Police in Malindi, Kilifi County are holding controversial pastor Paul Mackenzie of Good News International Church in connection with the deaths of four of his followers. Mackenzie was arrested on Friday evening and booked at Malindi police station and is expected to appear in court on Monday as…

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has dismissed Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition’s move to invite the International Criminal Court (ICC) to probe police brutality during its protests. In a letter to the Office of the ICC Prosecutor, the Raila Odinga-led coalition asked The Hague-based court to…

Senior Counsel Gibson Kuria Kamau is seeking the government’s protection following the invasion of his residential home in Karen, Nairobi by unknown assailants on Friday. Kuria said he fears for his life and wants Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome to provide security to himself his family…

Kenyan conservationist Wanjira Mathai has been named in Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the world 2023—the only Kenyan who made it to the list. Wanjira, who is the daughter of the late Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Cabinet Minister Prof. Wangari Maathai, was recognized for her…