KENYA NEWS

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Police in Eldoret are searching for a suspect who converted a six-bedroom house in the posh Elgon View Estate into a ‘greenhouse’ for marijuana farming.   Accompanied by the area local chief Sammy Meli, police officers raided the Bungalow House plot No. 810 and upon gaining entry, they…
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Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition party secretary-general Junet Mohamed claims that Deputy President William Ruto-led Kenya Kwanza alliance is colluding with some top IEBC officials to rig the August 9th presidential election. Junet, who is also the MP for Suna East, alleges that there is a plot…
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The government has temporarily banned Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) from using the newly-built Nairobi Expressway. The Ministry of Transport in a statement on Wednesday cited isolated safety incidents and road crashes witnessed on the expressway as the reason behind the restriction. “Since the…
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Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition party presidential flagbearer Raila Odinga says Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) must adopt both manual and electronic voter registers. Citing alleged plans by the electoral commission to interfere with the forthcoming elections, Odinga…
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The United Kingdom Trade envoy to Kenya Theo Clarke has resigned, citing a lack of confidence in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's administration. Clarke said she can no longer work with Johnson, who she accused of taking matters of sexual misconduct lightly after the Prime Minister elevated a…
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Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang’ula has rubbished reports linking him with a Greek company that was awarded a lucrative tender to print and supply ballot papers and other election materials to IEBC. On Wednesday, Nation reported that the Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition party wants IEBC, EACC and…
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Roots Party presidential candidate George Wajackoyah has spoken out after questions were raised about his citizenship. Former presidential aspirant Peter Gichira wrote to the British High Commission in Nairobi seeking clarification over the exact status of Wajackoyah’s nationality. Through his…
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Two Kenyan women have been sentenced to jail after they were found guilty of forging academic documents and using them to secure employment in a government agency. The two, Pauline Otieno and Lilian Ochieng worked as supplies assistants at the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation…
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Flamboyant Kenyan attorney Donald Kipkorir has defended the payment of Sh1.3 billion legal fee to his law firm by the Nairobi City County government. This comes after a certificate of taxation for a matter handled in the Environment and Land Court in Milimani showing Kipkorir’s law firm KTK…
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Outering Road in Nairobi has been named as one of the most dangerous roads in the world during the United Nations (UN) High-Level Meeting on Global Road Safety. Urban Mobility expert Claudia Adriazola-Steil described the 13-kilometer highway as the most unsafe road in the world in her speech during…