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The son of convicted drug trafficker Baktash Akasha was on Monday arraigned in a Mombasa court, where he was charged with robbery violence. Baktash Akasha Baktash is accused of robbing Derick Gikanga Wanjiku and Naeem Yusuf Mohamed of money and property valued at Sh130,000.  The 22-year-old…

Police in Nairobi are investigating the mysterious death of a 50-year-old businessman who was found dead at his home in Karen on Monday morning. Francis Kiambi Kiriro was discovered dead following an argument with his wife Mary Waigwe Muthoni, according to a police report on the incident. Muthoni,…

President Ruto has assigned Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi new roles in the latest changes to his administration. In his first Executive Order of 2023, Ruto tasked Gachagua to oversight coffee sector reforms spearheaded by the Coffee Sub-Sector…

President Ruto has made new appointments in the Presidential Communication Service (PCS) office, which is headed by David Mugonyi. Munyori Buku was named the Public Communications Secretary, David Nzioka the Digital and Innovations Secretary, and Eric Ngeno the Messaging Secretary and Speechwriter…

The family of slain model and fashion designer Edwin Chiloba has denied claims that the deceased was a member of the LGBTQ community. Speaking on Monday, the family’s spokesperson Caudentia Tanui said Chiloba was brought up in a Christian family and was even at some point nicknamed "pastor" in his…

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has told matatu operators to disregard the directive issued by Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja and continue with their businesses. Gachagua and Sakaja have been at loggerheads over the latter’s directive to relocate long distance public service vehicles from…

At least 21 people were killed and 49 others injured when a bus heading for the Kenyan capital Nairobi from Uganda crashed on Saturday evening. The ill-fated bus, which was traveling from the eastern Ugandan city of Mbale to Nairobi, crashed shortly after crossing the border from Uganda, police…

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga has refuted reports that former President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to resign from his position as the coalition’s chairman. Odinga, who addressed reporters after attending a mass at Mombasa ACK Cathedral on Sunday, termed the reports as fake,…

A Kenyan woman who gave birth to conjoined twins in November 2021 is appealing for help to pay a Sh3 million hospital bill after the babies died two weeks ago. 21-year-old Mary Moraa said the babies, who were joined at the chest down to their abdomen, died while undergoing treatment at Kenyatta…

President Ruto has cleared the Sh4 million medical bill accrued during the treatment of the late veteran news anchor Catherine Kasavuli at Kenyatta National Hospital and The Nairobi Hospital. During an event held at the United Kenya Club in Nairobi, the fundraiser committee announced that the…