KENYA NEWS

A team of four students from Kenya’s St. Paul’s University has won the 2022 Hult Prize for their business innovation. Lennox Omondi, Keylie Muthoni, Dullah Shiltone, and Brian Ndung’u founded Eco-Bana Ltd, a startup that makes biodegradable sanitary pads using banana fibre. Eco-Bana Ltd, whose aim…

Kenya’s Ministry of Health has issued a health alert following the declaration of an outbreak of Ebola in Uganda. Ugandan health authorities said the confirmed case is a 24-year-old man from Ngabano village of Madudu Sub County in Mubende District. Before he died, the patient showed Ebola symptoms…

Former U.S President Bill Clinton recognized Kenyan community organizer and social entrepreneur Kennedy Odede during this year’s Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) meeting in New York City. Clinton, who opened the forum this week, introduced Odede as a long-time family friend and a true embodiment of…

President Ruto will make his inaugural address at the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Wednesday night. Ruto will take to the podium at 2 p.m New York Time (9 p.m East African Time) to deliver Kenya’s national statement, according to his Director of Communications Hussein…

Police in Nairobi are investigating an incident in which a British national lost Sh4 million at the Galleria Business Club over the weekend. Patrick John Mccaffey and his wife hired a vehicle to ferry them from a hotel in the Kilimani neighborhood to the Galleria Business Club for lunch, according…

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Tuesday visited presidential escort officers who were injured in the line of duty. Gachagua visited the officers at Nairobi West Hospital, where they are receiving treatment after being involved in a road accident. Through social media, the deputy president said…

Kenyan-Canadian attorney Miguna Miguna has lashed out at Foreign Affairs PS Amb. Macharia Kamau for saying that Kenyan migrant workers in Saudi Arabia are mistreated for not being submissive enough to their masters. In a quick rejoinder, Miguna stated that hundreds of Kenyans have been tortured and…

Pastor James Ng'ang'a of Neno Evangelism has urged Kenyans to be patient with President Ruto, saying he needs time to stabilize the economy. The televangelist said it is unfair to criticize the president barely a week after he formally assumed office, adding that he should be given at least three…

President Ruto is leading Kenya’s delegation to the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, where he will attend the high-level segment of the meeting from Tuesday to Friday. While in New York, Ruto is scheduled to give his debut address to the United Nations and hold bilateral…

The family of Koitalel Arap Samoei has rekindled its demand to the British government to return the head of the late freedom fighter and compensate the Nandi community. Led by his great-grandson Ambrose Tarus, the family demanded a public apology from the British government for the atrocities they…