KENYA NEWS

The Kenya government is set to start regulating the migration of doctors abroad for work due to a shortage of health workers in the country. Under the proposed workforce migration policy, Kenyan medics seeking greener pastures abroad will have to obtain special clearance from the government, Sunday…

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has obtained a court order compelling former Lands Commissioner Sammy Kipkorir Mwaita to pay Sh5 million in damages for the illegal allocation of public land in Mombasa. This is after the anti-graft agency successfully recovered a Sh70 million…

Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga has proposed the introduction of a tax on idle land in a move aimed at freeing up land for development projects. Hinga pointed out that the prices of land in Nairobi are rated among the most expensive in the world mostly because people are holding land. His…

The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) has raised alarm following the discovery of a new malaria vector that poses a serious threat to Kenyans. The vector (transmitter) known as Anopheles stephensi was first detected by Kemri’s Entomology Research team in Laisamis and Saku sub-counties of…

Kenya Airways (KQ) has released a statement after one of its passengers was arrested trying to smuggle drugs into India. Rukshana Shaikh was intercepted at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai on Wednesday carrying 11.94kgs of heroin. “The substance was concealed inside the…

Kenyan socialite Peninah Lema Munyithya, alias Pesh, appears to have been released from jail in Ghana if the recent activity on her social media page is anything to go by.  Pesh, who was arrested in Ghana in 2015 for drug trafficking, recently changed her Facebook profile picture and made her…

President Ruto has appointed a taskforce on the establishment of a National Lottery. The Presidential Taskforce is structured in two tiers namely; the Steering Committee and the Technical Committee, according to a circular dated February 17th. The steering committee will be chaired by billionaire…

Forbes Africa has published its list of the wealthiest persons in Africa for 2023. No Kenyan was named in the latest list, which features 19 billionaires from seven countries including Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, Algeria, Angola, Zimbabwe, and Morocco. Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote…

The United States has issued an alert warning its citizens in Kenya against traveling to some parts of the country due to insecurity. In the alert issued on Friday, the US Embassy in Nairobi cited the recent deployment of additional security personnel to six Rift Valley counties in a bid to counter…

Nairobi business hub Eastleigh is set to host the largest shopping mall in Africa with more than 3,500 shops. Dubbed Business Bay Square (BBS), the mall is set to open in early May 2023, Business Daily reports. BBS boasts a floor size of 130,000 square meters, making it the largest mall in Kenya…