KENYA NEWS

Nark-Kenya party leader Martha Karua has broken her silence about Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka’s decision to ditch the Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition. Musyoka quit the alliance and announced he will vie for the presidency after Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya presidential flagbearer Raila Odinga…

Jubilee Party Vice-Chairman David Murathe says Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has not left the Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition. Musyoka announced his departure from the coalition last week after failing to secure the presidential running mate slot and declared he will run for president in the…

The National Integrity Alliance (NIA) has published the Red Card 2022 list ahead of the August 9th elections. The list comprising 25 political aspirants was released on Sunday as part of this year’s NIA Red Card Campaign whose aim is to have individuals with tainted integrity barred from contesting…

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has vowed to continue campaigning despite attempts to block his Mombasa gubernatorial bid in the August 9th elections. Sonko hit out at Chief Justice Martha Koome and Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji over their recent declarations that impeached…

The High Court has ordered Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) to pay a Nakuru-based Landlord Sh112 million in rent arrears. Kwanza Estates Ltd sued the university after failing to settle rent arrears for the building that hosted its Nakuru campus for years before its…

Switzerland has initiated the process of repatriating to Kenya Sh233 million stashed in the country as proceeds of corruption. During a meeting in Bern on Friday, President Kenyatta and his Swiss counterpart Ignazio Cassis agreed that their governments will work together to expeditiously conclude…

Eight people were killed in a grisly accident along the Nairobi-Mai Mahiu highway on Saturday morning. The 2:00 am crash occurred near Mafuta Taa centre after a minibus collided head-on with a lorry that was ferrying sand towards Narok, according to Naivasha police commander Samuel Waweru. “…

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has moved to block impeached public officials from running for elective seats in the August 9th elections. As reported by Nation, the commission has directed returning officers not to clear such aspirants unless they obtain a court order to…

A Kenyan lawyer has filed a petition in court seeking to have political aspirants facing charges barred from vying in the August 9th elections. Lawyer Edward Asitina argues that allowing candidates who have previously been removed from office through impeachment, with questionable integrity, and…

Detectives in Mombasa on Friday seized a consignment of cocaine estimated to be worth Sh100 million from a house in Utange estate. The consignment, some that had been packaged ready for market, was seized by officers from the Transnational Organized Crimes and the Anti-Narcotics units following…