KENYA NEWS

A 38-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with the shooting of National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) employee Lilian Waithera along Kaunda street in Nairobi CBD. The suspect, a licensed firearm holder, was apprehended by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI…

Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha says her ministry will not be giving condoms to underage Kenyans to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS. Nakhumicha pointed out that as a Christian woman, she advocates for abstinence as a precautionary measure against sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy…

The Public Service Commission (PSC) has shortlisted 224 candidates to fill the position of Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) from a list of 5,183 applicants. President Ruto’s digital strategist Dennis Itumbi, former Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala, and former nominated senator Millicent Omanga…

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua says only those who voted for President Ruto will get appointments and contracts in the Kenya Kwanza government. Speaking during a tour of various projects in Kericho County, Gachagua described the government as a company in which some Kenyans have shares while…

Kenyan university students could pay more tuition fees if the recommendations by the education task force formed by President Ruto are implemented. In the second interim report presented to the president last week, the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms made a raft of recommendations…

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has withdrawn terror charges against journalist Laban-Cliff Onserio, citing insufficient evidence. Kahawa law courts magistrate Boaz Ombewa marked the file as closed after the DPP withdrew the charges, according to the journalist’s attorney Ishmael Nyaribo…

The family of the late freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi has appealed to President Ruto’s administration to find his remains.  The family said their wish is to have Kimathi's widow Mukami Kimathi, who is still alive, buried beside him once she dies. Speaking during the 66th commemoration of his…

The Kenya government is set to start regulating the migration of doctors abroad for work due to a shortage of health workers in the country. Under the proposed workforce migration policy, Kenyan medics seeking greener pastures abroad will have to obtain special clearance from the government, Sunday…

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has obtained a court order compelling former Lands Commissioner Sammy Kipkorir Mwaita to pay Sh5 million in damages for the illegal allocation of public land in Mombasa. This is after the anti-graft agency successfully recovered a Sh70 million…

Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga has proposed the introduction of a tax on idle land in a move aimed at freeing up land for development projects. Hinga pointed out that the prices of land in Nairobi are rated among the most expensive in the world mostly because people are holding land. His…