KENYA NEWS

Mukami Kimathi, the widow of Kenyan freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi has finally been discharged from Nairobi Hospital. This comes after President Ruto settled the Sh1,045,883 medical bill that made the health facility detain her. On Sunday evening, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua visited her at the…

Uganda’s High Commissioner to Kenya Hassan Wasswa Galiwango has died in Nairobi after a short illness. Wasswa, who doubled up as Uganda′s High Commissioner to Seychelles, passed away while undergoing treatment at Nairobi Hospital. His death was confirmed by Uganda’s First Deputy Prime Minister and…

President Ruto has announced there will be no more tax waivers for Kenyans due to pressing development needs. Ruto, who is seeking to expand annual revenue collections as part of the efforts to tame ballooning public debt, said other alternatives should be considered before waiver requests. “We all…

The government has launched a bird control operation to exterminate millions of the destructive quelea birds that have invaded rice farms in Kisumu. The operation spearheaded by the Ministry of Agriculture aims to eliminate at least 5.8 million birds in nine locations, according to Kisumu County…

President Ruto has pledged to set up a software factory in Bomet in a bid to keep the infamous Mulot SIM swap scammers positively productive. Ruto made the pledge after Kericho Kericho Senator Aaron Cheruiyot requested the government to build a Sh1 billion software factory to accommodate the…

President Ruto has apologized to Kenyan-Canadian attorney Miguna Miguna for the violation of his rights by the Jubilee administration. Ruto and Miguna met on Saturday during the president’s three-day development tour of the Nyanza region.  "I am sorry for what the government did to you. I am…

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has promised to settle the hospital bill of Mukami Kimathi, the widow of Kenyan freedom hero Dedan Kimathi. Kimathi’s family appealed for assistance from Kenyans of goodwill after Mukami was detained at a Nairobi hospital over a medical bill of over Sh1 million.…

A Kenyan man who was set to relocate to Europe this month for work is disappointed after the company that hired him downsized, rendering his position redundant.  Tom Mboya Opiyo, an ICT specialist as per his LinkedIn profile, says he received the devastating news just four days before his…

Michael Mithamo King'ori was on Saturday ordained as the first-ever blind priest in the history of the Catholic Church in Kenya. Father Mithamo of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri was conferred holy orders by Archbishop Anthony Muheria. “Jubilation and thanksgiving to God as the Catholic Church in…

Kenya’s freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi’s widow Mukami Kimathi is appealing for help from Kenyans of goodwill to offset a Sh1 million hospital bill. Mukami, 91, was hospitalized in Nairobi on January 5th with pneumonia symptoms and was treated and discharged on Thursday, The Standard reports. The…