KENYA NEWS

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani has dismissed claims that President Ruto inherited a broke government from his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta last week. Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei claimed that Ruto, who took over as the country’s fifth president on September 13th, found only Sh93.7 million…

President Ruto on Wednesday held talks with the United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on the sidelines of the ongoing United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City. Blinken said they discussed the ongoing efforts between Kenya and the US to tackle food insecurity, as well as…

Outgoing Cabinet Secretaries and Principal Secretaries have been barred from traveling abroad during the transition period unless approved by President Ruto. Through a memo, Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua said CSs and PSs who served in Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration will remain in office…

A team of four students from Kenya’s St. Paul’s University has won the 2022 Hult Prize for their business innovation. Lennox Omondi, Keylie Muthoni, Dullah Shiltone, and Brian Ndung’u founded Eco-Bana Ltd, a startup that makes biodegradable sanitary pads using banana fibre. Eco-Bana Ltd, whose aim…

Kenya’s Ministry of Health has issued a health alert following the declaration of an outbreak of Ebola in Uganda. Ugandan health authorities said the confirmed case is a 24-year-old man from Ngabano village of Madudu Sub County in Mubende District. Before he died, the patient showed Ebola symptoms…

Former U.S President Bill Clinton recognized Kenyan community organizer and social entrepreneur Kennedy Odede during this year’s Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) meeting in New York City. Clinton, who opened the forum this week, introduced Odede as a long-time family friend and a true embodiment of…

President Ruto will make his inaugural address at the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Wednesday night. Ruto will take to the podium at 2 p.m New York Time (9 p.m East African Time) to deliver Kenya’s national statement, according to his Director of Communications Hussein…

Police in Nairobi are investigating an incident in which a British national lost Sh4 million at the Galleria Business Club over the weekend. Patrick John Mccaffey and his wife hired a vehicle to ferry them from a hotel in the Kilimani neighborhood to the Galleria Business Club for lunch, according…

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Tuesday visited presidential escort officers who were injured in the line of duty. Gachagua visited the officers at Nairobi West Hospital, where they are receiving treatment after being involved in a road accident. Through social media, the deputy president said…

Kenyan-Canadian attorney Miguna Miguna has lashed out at Foreign Affairs PS Amb. Macharia Kamau for saying that Kenyan migrant workers in Saudi Arabia are mistreated for not being submissive enough to their masters. In a quick rejoinder, Miguna stated that hundreds of Kenyans have been tortured and…