KENYA NEWS

3.77 million National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) members will no longer get services in government and private hospitals after defaulting on monthly contributions. The latest NHIF data for the financial year ending June 2022 shows that the number of defaulters rose to 8.8 million from 5.03…

The Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs has denied reports that Kenya plans to set up an embassy in Hargeisa.  Hargeisa is the capital of Somaliland, a de facto sovereign state in the Horn of Africa that is still considered internationally to be part of Somalia. “I wish to clarify that…

Medical researchers in Nairobi have discovered a strain of super gonorrhea that is resistant to most drugs used to treat the STI, according to reports. The drug-resistant gonorrhea was isolated from a sample taken from one of 24 sick sex workers from Nairobi last year, The Star reports. The…

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has appealed to members of the public to volunteer any information that may lead to the arrest of four terror suspects. The suspects were identified as Abdullahi Banati, Maalim Ayman, Ramadhan Kioko, and Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir. In a statement…

The Ministry of Health has warned Kenyans against using the home DNA test kits that are being marketed on social media platforms, saying they are unauthorized. The ministry, through the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB), said it has not authorized the sale of such test kits and urged Kenyans to be…

The US government has offered a reward of up to $10 million (about Sh1.2 billion) for information leading to the arrest of the main suspect behind the January 2019 terrorist attack on the DusitD2 complex in Westlands, Nairobi. US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman announced the reward during a joint…

A group of Mau Mau war veterans has renewed their push for compensation from the British government for the atrocities meted on them during the struggle for independence.  Led by the National Chairman of Mau Mau Trust Ngacha Kariuki, the freedom fighters have urged President Ruto’s…

Celebrated rally driver Maxine Wahome is being investigated for the murder of her late boyfriend Asad Khan, who was also a rally driver. On Thursday, a Nairobi court granted police two weeks to conclude their investigation into Khan’s death. State prosecutor James Gachoka told Milimani Senior…

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga on Wednesday held talks with British High Commissioner to Kenya Jane Marriott at her official residence in Nairobi. Odinga said they discussed the situation in the country and potential areas of collaboration between Kenya and the United…

Four Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) engineers were killed after their convoy was attacked by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in Garissa on Wednesday morning. Police said the victims lost their lives when the vehicle they were traveling in ran over an Improvised Explosive Device (IED)…