KENYA NEWS

A group of Kabarak University students has found a way of converting grass into edible starch flour that can be used to make ugali or porridge. Faith Wandia, who came up with the idea two years ago, said she was inspired by the increase in maize flour prices in the country and believes the…

Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga has called off the planned parallel Jamhuri Day celebrations at Jacaranda grounds in Nairobi on Monday. National Assembly Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi said on Tuesday that the cancellation is due to prior commitments that were not confirmed…

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua topped the list of the most searched local personalities on Google in Kenya this year. Gachagua, who has been nicknamed ‘Riggy G’ by social media users, was the most interesting person among Kenyans who sought to find out more about him after he was named the…

Sarah Wairimu, the widow of slain Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen, has demanded the release of her matrimonial property following the withdraw of the case where she was accused of killing the businessman. On Tuesday, High Court judge Daniel Ogembo granted an application by the Director of Public…

The son of the late Kanu-era Cabinet minister Joseph Kamotho was on Wednesday charged with forging a medical report and filing it in court in order to disinherit his siblings of their late father's multi-million-shilling estate. The court heard that Charles Githii forged a medical report showing…

A section of Kenya Kwanza MPs has threatened to recall East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) MP-elect Winnie Odinga for skipping President Ruto’s meeting. Manyatta MP Gitonga Mukunji said Winnie, who is the daughter of Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga, will be summoned to…

Socialite and musician Sheila Wairimu, alias Shay Diva Africa, has been sentenced to four years in prison after she was found guilty of stealing a luxury car belonging to departed tycoon PJ Dodhia Kumar. Kitale Chief Magistrate Julius N'garng'ar also gave Wairimu an alternative of a Sh200,000 fine…

President Ruto says 13 million Kenyans have so far registered with the Hustler Fund, which was launched on November 30th. Speaking during the ground-breaking of the Mavoko Affordable Housing project in Machakos County on Wednesday, the president said loans amounting to Sh5 billion have been…

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has filed an application to withdraw a Sh2.2 billion tax evasion case against businesswoman Mary Wambui Mungai, who was recently appointed by President Ruto as the Chairperson of the Communication Authority of Kenya. On Monday, the anti-corruption court in Nairobi…

Police in Kirinyaga County are searching for a man who is suspected to have killed his elder brother in a fight over an incestuous love affair with their sister. The suspect identified as Benard Njere, 31, is said to have descended on his brother Samuel Irungu, 37, after finding him "in a…