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President William Ruto on Tuesday released his cabinet appointments. Among the appointees is Musalia Mudavadi to serve as Prime Cabinet Secretay, Aden Duale as Defence Cabinet Secretary, and Alfred Mutua as CS of Foreign Affairs & Diaspora. See the complete list below: Prime Cabinet Secretary…

The Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ) has released a new report detailing the woes of Kenyan domestic workers in Saudi Arabia. The commission established that Kenyans employed as housemaids in the Gulf state are not only underpaid, but also their working conditions are dire. "There are…

Deceased lawyer Paul Gicheru’s son is reportedly admitted to a Nairobi hospital in critical condition. This was disclosed by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), which released a statement on Tuesday calling for a speedy and in-depth investigation into Gicheru’s sudden death. LSK says that the son was…

Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru, who was facing charges at the International Criminal Court (ICC), is dead. Gicheru was found dead at his home in Karen, Nairobi on Monday night, with form in his mouth, The Standard reports, citing a report filed at Karen Police Station. The cause of his death…

President Ruto has dismissed claims that his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta secretly backed his presidential bid in the August 9th election. Ruto termed allegations that he worked behind the scenes with Kenyatta in his campaigns as rumors and gossip, insisting that the former president supported Azimio…

A Nairobi court has extended orders blocking the transfer of a Sh1.5 billion property which Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is claiming to be the owner. On Monday, Environment and Lands Court judge Oguttu Mboya extended the orders to October 13th when the application before him will be heard.…

President Ruto has said his administration is ready to buy fuel from Russia if this is what it will take to tame the skyrocketing fuel prices. This comes at a time when some countries, including the United States, avoid engagement with Russia as a result of its invasion of Ukraine In an interview…

Veteran media personality Leonard Mambo Mbotela has been sworn in as a member of the National Heroes Council. Mbotela, 82, was sworn in during a ceremony overseen by Chief Justice Martha Koome at Supreme Court buildings in Nairobi on Monday. "Witnessed the swearing-in of Leonard Mambo Mbotela as a…

Three people, including a mother and her two children, have died and scores of others injured after a six-storey building under construction collapsed in Kirigiti area of Kiambu town on Monday morning. Nation reported that the victims died while being rushed to Kiambu Level IV Hospital after the…

US Ambassador to Kenya Margaret Whitman has shared details about her appointment to the position by President Biden last December. Whitman, a billionaire business executive who formerly served as CEO of Hewlett Packard (HP), said Kenya’s tech ecosystem was among the things President Biden cited…