KENYA NEWS

Keroche Breweries Limited CEO Tabitha Karanja on Thursday pleaded not guilty to fresh tax evasion charges. This is after the prosecution requested to amend the charge sheet in the Sh14.5 billion tax evasion case against Karanja and her company. Karanja, who is the senator of Nakuru County, denied…

The highly-anticipated launch of the Taifa-1 Sat, a satellite developed by Kenyan engineers, has been delayed once again due to unfavorable atmospheric conditions in the upper atmosphere. Space Regulation, Exploration and Utilization Acting Director Col Andrew Nyawade on Wednesday said the launch…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are seeking the public’s help to arrest a suspected international serial fraudster behind a series of fraud cases in Australia, Uganda, and Kenya. The suspect, who is believed to be a South Sudanese national, goes by several names…

East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) MP Winnie Odinga says her job at the regional parliament is not her primary source of income. Winnie, who is the last-born daughter of opposition leader Raila Odinga, said she earns most of her income from her digital communications company dubbed The Brick…

British troops who commit murder in Kenya will face trial in the country if recommendations by a Parliamentary committee are adopted. The proposed changes to the Defense Cooperation Agreement between Kenya and the UK await ratification after they were debated in the National Assembly. The…

The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has confirmed that its network was infiltrated in a cyberattack. A KAA official who sought anonymity told NTV that the cyberattack by a notorious group called Medusa occurred in February, adding that it did not have a ‘significant’ operational and financial impact…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX company has delayed the much-anticipated launch of Kenya’s first earth observation satellite by 24 hours due to unfavorable weather conditions at the launch base in California, USA. The satellite named Taifa-1 was set to be deployed aboard a Falcon 9 rocket alongside other…

President Ruto has assured civil servants that they will soon receive their salaries, which were delayed this month due to an operational liquidity crunch. The president admitted that the government is facing challenges paying its workers owing to the mounting debts, which have forced the country…

President Ruto has expressed confidence that the Kenyan shilling will soon strengthen against the US dollar, which is currently exchanging at Sh134. Ruto said the Kenya Kwanza administration has put up measures to prevent the shilling from falling further to the dollar, adding that the exchange…

Former First Lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta has had her monthly pension raised by over Sh100,000 amid renewed scrutiny over her family’s multi-billion-shilling estate. Citing Treasury documents, Business Daily reports that Mama Ngina’s pension was increased to Sh679,800 from Sh568,218 she earned in 2018…