KENYA NEWS

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)…

The High Court in Nairobi has ordered Absa Bank to pay a couple Sh234 million as compensation for fraudulently selling their shares. Justice Alfred Mabeya directed the bank to pay Stanley Mwangi Gachugu and his wife Bilha Waruguru Mwangi Sh234,188,156 being the current market value of the 127,797…

A 50-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to defiling and marrying a nine-year-old girl. Saigulu Ololosereka admitted to marrying the minor in 2019 at Entasekera area in Narok South Sub County. Appearing before Narok Senior Resident Magistrate Phyllis…

A land registrar based at the Ngong Land Registry has been arrested on allegations of demanding a Sh2.5 million bribe from a Kenyan in order to process a title deed. Charles Mwendwa Mutua was arrested on Monday by officers from Kilimani police station after he was caught receiving Sh900,000, which…

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja says he is ready to discuss his differences with Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua instead of engaging words in public. The two leaders have differed in the past few weeks over Governor Sakaja’s plans to kick out matatus from the Central Business District (CBD), as…

The US government has called for a thorough and speedy probe into the brutal murder of Kenyan gay activist Edwin Kiprotich Kipruto, alias Chiloba.  US Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price expressed his country’s willingness to help Kenya investigate the 25-year-old’s killing. “We urge…

A Sh2.2 billion tax evasion case against businesswoman Mary Wambui and her daughter Purity Njoki has been dropped. Anti-corruption magistrate Felix Kombo withdrew the matter on Tuesday after the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) informed the court that Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) reached an…