KENYA NEWS

Bonchari MP Pavel Oimeke is up in arms after the ODM party denied him a ticket to defend his seat in the upcoming elections. The Raila Odinga-led party issued a direct ticket to US-based Kenyan Jonah Ondieki to vie for the Bonchari parliamentary seat, leaving out the incumbent. Oimeke, the former…

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) says political aspirants facing graft charges are free to run for office in the August 9th elections. Citing a 2013 High Court ruling which allowed Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto to run for office despite facing charges at the International…

Meru Senator Mithika Linturi has pledged to support commercial sex workers should he be elected as the county’s next governor. Linturi, who is eyeing the Meru gubernatorial seat on a UDA party ticket, says his administration will provide an enabling environment for their trade. Speaking during a…

An inmate serving a life sentence at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison has been handed a three-year prison term for defrauding a jobseeker Sh800,000. Patrick Amere Shikure was sentenced by Milimani Chief Magistrate Wendy Kagendo after he pleaded guilty to the charges leveled against him. He admitted…

Equity Group Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) Polycarp Igathe has officially announced his bid for the Nairobi gubernatorial seat. Igathe says he will be seeking the Jubilee Party ticket to vie for the seat in the August 9th elections, adding that his quest for the city’s governorship is motivated by…

High Court judge Esther Maina has frozen assets worth Sh257 million belonging to a junior employee at the Kenya Prisons department. The judge froze the assets owned by Eric Kipkurui, a cleaning supervisor at the State Department of Corrections, following an application filed by the Ethics and Anti-…

Jubilee Party on Tuesday issued a ticket to embattled former Youth Affairs Principal Secretary Lilian Omollo Mbogo to vie for the Embu senatorial seat. Omollo was among aspirants who secured direct tickets to fly the ruling party’s flag in the gubernatorial, senate, Members of the National Assembly…

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is seeking to access Huduma Namba data in the war against tax cheats. The tax authority wants Members of Parliament (MPs) to amend the Huduma Namba Bill to give it access to data that is beyond acquisition of legal information such as identity cards (IDs) or…

Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Muthoni Passaris says she is still in the race to defend her seat in the August 9th elections. Passaris termed reports that she stepped down from the race as false and malicious, saying she is focused on retaining the position. "My attention has been drawn to…

Nark-Kenya leader Martha Karua is set to accompany Azimio-One Kenya coalition presidential candidate Raila Odinga on his trip to the United States. Odinga will leave the country on Friday for a week-long tour of the US, where he is expected to meet American government officials, business leaders,…