KENYA NEWS

Equity Bank CEO James Mwangi has donated $1 million (Sh120 million) to help support families affected by the ongoing drought in the country. Speaking on Saturday during a consultative meeting presided over by President Ruto to discuss the current drought situation, Mwangi urged the government to…

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is mourning the death of one of their members of staff, who died after falling off the Times Towers building, which houses the agency's head office. In a statement on Friday, the KRA deputy commissioner for marketing and communications, “It is with deep regret that…

The High Court has ordered former Tourism Principal Secretary Rebecca Nabutola and two others to refund Sh8.9 million acquired fraudulently from the government. Nabutola, Dr. Ong’ong’a Achieng (CEO, Catering and Tourism Development Levy Trustees) and Duncan Muriuki (Director, Maniago Safaris)…

President Ruto has directed police to tackle insecurity in the country, particularly the recent spate of mugging incidences witnessed in Nairobi. Speaking at State House, Nairobi when he met the new Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome, who took the oath of office on Friday, Ruto said police…

The Political Parties Tribunal has issued an order staying the Registrar of Political Parties' gazette notice dated November 4th on the distribution of Sh1.48 billion political parties fund. This follows an application by the President Ruto-led United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party contesting the…

Mount Kenya University has launched a new program in which Kenyans will be trained as healthcare assistants for German hospitals starting January 2023. Dubbed the Certificate in Healthcare Assistant for German Hospitals, the 28-week program will be offered at the university’s main, Thika and…

President Ruto has pledged to transform Kibera from a slum into a ‘real estate’ by the end of his term in 2027 through the ongoing affordable housing program, which seeks to build 200,000 units annually. Speaking during the Association of Pension Trustees and Administrators of Kenya stakeholders'…

Kenya’s new Inspector-General of Police Japhet Koome has clarified that he is not related to Chief Justice Martha Koome. Speaking during his swearing-in ceremony at the Supreme Court on Friday, Koome dismissed claims of blood ties with the chief justice, saying it was only a coincidence that they…

A Kenyan woman has been arrested for allegedly poisoning her four-year-old daughter so as to be free to fly to Saudi Arabia to work as a housemaid. The woman from Kandara, Murang’a County, is suspected to have committed the crime between November 6th and 7th after she secured employment in the Gulf…

The High Court has given the family of the late former Cabinet minister Joseph Kamotho until the end of November to agree on how to distribute his multi-million-shilling estate. On Wednesday, the family told Justice Stephen Riechi that they failed to agree on the mode of distribution of the…