KENYA NEWS

Two Kenyan nationals are among the 19 people who died after a commercial flight plunged into Lake Victoria in Tanzania on Sunday.  One of them, Peter Odhiambo was the co-pilot (first officer) of the ill-fated plane belonging to Precision Air company while the other was identified as Eunice…

Opposition leader Raila Odinga has once again lashed out at President Ruto and the Kenya Kwanza administration over their plans to impose more taxes on Kenyans.  Addressing mourners at a burial in Ganze, Kilifi County on Saturday, Odinga said Kenyans are already burdened by the high cost of…

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has said the government will no longer fund public universities and colleges. Citing the current financial crisis affecting most public universities and colleges, Machogu said the institutions must find alternative sources of income to ease pressure on…

Hundreds of passengers were on Saturday stranded at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) after pilots under Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA) commenced an industrial action, paralyzing the airline’s operations. Some of the passengers who arrived at the airport hoping to travel to…

President Ruto has told off opposition leader Raila Odinga for opposing his administration’s proposal to increase the statutory monthly deduction to the national pension scheme. Ruto wants the monthly contribution to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) raised from Sh200 to 6 percent of an…

President Ruto-led United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party will receive the lion’s share of the political parties’ fund for the financial year 2022/2023 after garnering the majority votes in the August 9th general election. 48 political parties have been allocated a total of Sh1.47 billion, with UDA…

President Ruto has dismissed opposition leader Raila Odinga’s call to involve foreign agencies such as the FBI to solve cases of extra-judicial killings in Kenya. On Thursday, Odinga urged the government to tap foreign detectives to investigate unresolved murders including those of businessman…

Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition party presidential running mate Martha Karua has moved to the East African Court of Justice to challenge the Supreme Court’s ruling on the 2022 presidential election petition. Karua, who filed the petition alongside Muslims for Human Rights (Muhuri) Director…

A man was on Thursday arraigned in a Nairobi court for forging a degree certificate and using it to secure employment in a bank. Gerald Lumuchele, 26, was charged that on June 13th, 2022, at an unknown location, he forced a degree certificate purporting to have graduated with a second-class honor…

Opposition leader Raila Odinga has fired a warning at President Ruto’s administration over its intent to impose more taxes on Kenyans. Addressing the media in Nairobi on Thursday, Odinga said Kenyans cannot afford and should not be asked to pay extra taxes, adding that attempts to raise taxes will…