KENYA NEWS

President Ruto on Friday met with several investors at the Executive Business Roundtable and Investment Forum in Washington, DC, where he committed to diversify Kenya’s trade with the US in order to accelerate the country’s economic recovery. The president told the forum that Kenya offers the added…

Governor Kawira Mwangaza has called for the dissolution of the Meru County Assembly following her impeachment on Tuesday. This comes after a section of Meru residents asked Mwangaza to endorse their bid to have the county government dissolved over her irreconcilable differences with the MCAs. The…

Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome is under fire for directing police officers to make use of their firearms when faced with danger. On Friday, Koome told off the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) for condemning police officers who err while executing their mandate but remain…

President Ruto was on Friday inducted into the American Academy of Achievement at a Golden Plate Award Ceremony held in Washington DC. The Golden Plate Award was presented by Awards Council members Dr. Ben Carson and General Charles Q. Brown, of the United States Air Force, State House Spokesperson…

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has heaped praises on Kenyatta University, saying the institution produces the best wives. Speaking at the institution’s 52nd graduation ceremony on Friday, Gachagua recalled his life as a student at the University of Nairobi together with President Ruto, saying…

A 22-year-old university student is the newest multi-millionaire in town after bagging a Sh200 million jackpot. Eli Kipruto Rotich, a student at Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology (JKUAT), won the Betika Mega Jackpot after predicting 17 matches correctly using a Sh49 stake. “I…

CNN's 2022 Hero of the Year Award winner Nelly Cheboi and her mother Christina Chebii on Thursday met President Ruto in the US where he is attending a high-level meeting. The meeting comes days after the software engineer was honored in a ceremony in New York for her work in creating computer labs…

The High Court has frozen two properties worth Sh16,300,000 belonging to former Murang’a governor Mwangi Wa Iria’s wife Jane Waigwe Kimani. The court issued the freezing orders for the properties located in Umoja, Nairobi and Mweiga, Nyeri County, pending the hearing and determination of a suit in…

Kenya is seeking a joint partnership with the Chinese government to extend the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Mai Mahiu to the border town of Malaba. Roads, Transport, and Public Works Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen said on Thursday that the proposed five-year plan will see the rail track…

The High Court has ordered the freezing of Sh48 million held in the bank accounts of a Nairobi county government official whose monthly salary is Sh55,000. Justice Esther Maina on Tuesday ordered the freezing of the funds belonging to Wilson Nashon Kanan to allow the Ethics and Anti-Corruption…