KENYA NEWS

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition has announced it will resume anti-government protests on May 2nd. Azimio executive council chairman Wycliffe Oparanya said the opposition coalition decided to resume demonstrations due to President Ruto administration’s failure to commit to holding constructive…

Naivas Supermarket has confirmed that it was a victim of a ransomware attack by an online criminal organization dubbed Threat Actor. In a statement on Monday, Naivas Chief Executive Officer Willy Kimani said the unlawful intrusion may have compromised some of the company’s data and assured…

Former President Uhuru Kenyatta has been honored for his contribution to the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Northern Ethiopia. Kenyatta was among the leaders who mediated the peace talks that led to the resolution of the two-year conflict between the Ethiopian government and the regional…

The Appeals Court has cleared the way for East African Development Bank (EADB) to auction property belonging to former cabinet secretary Raphael Tuju. The regional bank is seeking to recover the $9.3 million loaned to Tuju in July 2015, which has since accumulated to $16.5 million (Sh2.22 billion…

President Ruto has announced plans to enhance the Housing Fund to allow more Kenyans to own homes. Ruto said the government wants all employers to contribute 3% of their income towards the Housing Fund to kick start their journey of owning a house. Speaking at a church service at Friends Church (…

Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua says Kenya has offered to send police officers to Haiti to fight the gangs that continue to unleash a reign of terror on civilians. Mutua made the announcement after a phone conversation with Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly where…

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Saturday left the country for Botswana where he will represent President Ruto in the Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ Africa Summit. Gachagua, who is accompanied by Second Lady Pastor Dorcas Rigathi, underscored the importance of the summit in recognizing young…

The bodies of a family of five, including a man, a woman and three kids were on Saturday exhumed from one of the Shakahola graves in Kilifi County. The five were among 14 bodies dug out of shallow graves discovered on a vast land believed to be owned by controversial Pastor Paul Mackenzie, who is…

President Ruto has announced plans to double the funds allocated to tertiary institutions by the government. Speaking in Laare, Meru County, on Saturday, the president said the move will help the institutions to improve the quality of education. "From May, we are going to have a new and…

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua says he would be languishing in jail if the Kenya Kwanza coalition did not win the 2022 presidential election. Speaking in Mathira, Nyeri County on Friday, the deputy president recalled the period before the August 9th, 2022 election, claiming that his opponents…