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Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua claims former President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga looted public funds and stashed them in offshore accounts. While dismissing calls for a dialogue with Odinga, the deputy president said the only discussion the Kenya Kwanza administration is ready…

President Ruto has told Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga to start preparing for the 2027 election instead of organizing chaos and protests. Insisting that he will still defeat Odinga hands down, Ruto stated that demonstrations would not change the fact that he was declared…

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga has promised what he described as the “mother of all demonstrations” in Nairobi on Monday. Addressing the media on Thursday, Odinga appealed to his supporters to turn up in large numbers for the mass action meant to compel the government to…

A Nairobi court has issued an order blocking Facebook and outsourcing company Sama from laying off the latter’s entire workforce at its Nairobi office. Justice Mathews Nduma of the Employment and Labor Relations Court issued the order following a suit filed by 43 Facebook content moderators, who…

President Ruto has pledged to address the current dollar shortage in the country in the coming weeks. Ruto, who spoke on Wednesday when he presided over the listing of Laptrust Reit at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), said the government is putting up measures to ensure dollar availability…

Raw chicken and pork sold in Kenyan supermarkets have been found to be contaminated with bacterial pathogens, which expose consumers to a risk of illnesses, according to a new study by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). Of the 393 samples collected from leading retail stores in the…

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition has written to police notifying them of their intention to hold protests in Nairobi every Monday and Thursday beginning March 27th. In a notice delivered to Nairobi Regional Police Commander Adamson Bungei, the opposition coalition said the procession will take…

Opposition leader Raila Odinga claims there was an attempt on his life and that of Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka during their protests on Monday. Addressing the press on Tuesday, Odinga said their cars were shot at by police officers as they made their way through Nairobi but the two were unharmed…

43 Facebook content moderators in Kenya intend to sue the social media platform’s parent company Meta and two outsourcing companies for unfair dismissal. The 43 worked under Sama, an outsourcing company that was hired by Meta to moderate Facebook content from Nairobi in 2019. At the start of the…

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has castigated the opposition over the ongoing anti-government protests, claiming they have cost the country at least Sh2 billion in one day. Speaking in Mombasa on Monday, Gachagua said several businesses in Nairobi’s central business district remained closed on…