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President Ruto has appointed Colonel Fabian Lengusuranga from the Kenya Army as his Aide-De-Camp (ADC). Col. Lengusuranga takes over from Stelu Lekolool, who has been serving as the ADC to former President Uhuru Kenyatta since 2018. Lekolool was promoted to the rank of Brigadier a few months ago…

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary nominee Mithika Linturi has had an attempted rape case against him withdrawn by the complainant. Linturi, a former Senator for Meru County, had been charged with attempting to rape a 36-year-old woman at Maiyan Villas Hotel in Nanyuki on January 30th, 2021. The…

Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has distanced itself from President Museveni’s son Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s controversial tweets that caused a storm online on Monday. Kainerugaba, who is the commander of the land forces of the Uganda People's Defense Force, posted a series of tweets about Kenya,…

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's son Muhoozi Kainerugaba on Monday caused a storm after making a series of controversial tweets about Kenya. In one of the posts, Kainerugaba, a high-ranking Ugandan Army commander, warned that his army would only need less than two weeks to capture Kenya’s…

Jacob Ocholla, who claims to be the first-born son of the late former president Mwai Kibaki, has said he is ready to undergo a DNA test to prove that the deceased was his biological father. His lawyers Morara Omoke and Peacela Atim told Justice Maureen Odero of Milimani law courts that such a…

The High Court has thrown out a petition seeking to have Kenyans with dual citizenship allowed to join the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF). Justice Hedwig Ong'udi ruled that the court cannot meddle in issues of national security, stating that the best place to change the policy is Parliament. “It is my…

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has defended the appointment of individuals with pending criminal cases to President Ruto’s Cabinet. While acknowledging that some of the nominees have pending cases in court, Gachagua noted that none have been convicted and if that happens, they will be fired. "In…

Police are investigating the death of North Eastern Deputy Regional Police Commander Patrick King'ori Macharia’s 13-year-old son. The teenager allegedly locked himself in his bedroom and shot himself with his father's pistol at their home in Nairobi’s Ruai estate, according to a report filed at…

Seven family members lost their lives after a fire damaged their home in Runyenjes, Embu County early Sunday morning. Police said the victims including a father, mother, two daughters, a son, and two grandchildren, were burned beyond recognition inside the three-bedroom timber house. They were…

Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has faulted President Ruto for nominating individuals with questionable integrity to his Cabinet. Musyoka says a number of Ruto’s 22 Cabinet nominees have pending criminal cases in court, and urged the president to rescind their nominations to avoid what he termed…