KENYA NEWS

The Nairobi County Government is set to roll out free health insurance cover for poor households in the city. While making the announcement on Thursday, Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja said the initiative is aimed at providing much-needed healthcare access for the vulnerable population in the city…

A Kenya Airways passenger was on Wednesday arrested for trying to smuggle 11.94kgs of heroin into India. The woman was intercepted at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, India’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) said. An examination of her baggage resulted in the…

A Kenya Airways (KQ) flight was on Wednesday forced to turn back to Heathrow Airport in London, the United Kingdom after an ‘incident’, according to reports. MyLondon reported that the flight to Nairobi left Heathrow at around 10.15 a.m UK time. But about ten minutes into its journey, the aircraft…

President Ruto's administration has raised the borrowing limits of the financial inclusion fund, popularly known as the Hustler Fund. Cooperatives and MSME Development Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui said on Thursday that the increase was a result of the tremendous growth recorded since the fund’s…

An armed suspect responsible for a series of violent robberies in Nairobi's Eastlands area was on Tuesday night gunned down during a police shootout at Mlango Kubwa area in Mathare. The suspect only identified as Vinnie walked into a police dragnet but refused to surrender, leading to a fierce…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Wednesday evening raided the home of former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i. DCI Director Amin Mohamed confirmed that officers raided the home in Karen, Nairobi, to obtain CCTV footage as they seek to unravel the puzzle…

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has moved to court seeking an order to access CCTV footage at the home of former Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i. This follows the alleged police raid at Matiang’i’s home in Karen, Nairobi, on the night of February 9th. It was alleged that police…

A 23-year-old man from Kericho County is the newest multi-millionaire in town after bagging a Sh200 million mega jackpot. Moses Kiprono, a farmer who cleared high school in 2021, won the Sh200 million Betika Mega Jackpot after predicting 17 matches correctly using a Sh49 stake. Kiprono, who has…

Detectives have opened a probe into the mysterious death of a 46-year-old woman along Kaunda Street in Nairobi’s central business district on Monday. Mary Waithira Gathenya, an employee of the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF), was initially believed to have died of natural causes by police…

President Ruto has declared six vacancies at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) pending the hearing and determination of a case against suspended Commissioner Irene Masit. Through a Gazette Notice dated February 14th, 2023, the president declared vacancies in the positions…