KENYA NEWS

Kenya's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Manoah Esipisu has taken issue with Safaricom’s appeal to Kenyans to re-register their SIM cards. On Friday, the giant telco posted a notice on Twitter reminding Kenyans to update their SIM card registration details ahead of the April 15th deadline…

Kesses MP Mishra Swarup has opened up on why he carries 19 mobile phones while going about his daily business. The first-time MP says the phones are not for showing off but each plays an important role in his work as a member of parliament and businessman. “I have 19 phones now... Yes, I use all of…

Keroche Breweries CEO and founder Tabitha Mukami Karanja has changed her official name ahead of the August 9th elections. Karanja, who is eyeing the Nakuru senatorial seat on a United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party ticket, will now be known as Tabitha Karanja Keroche. The 57-year-old entrepreneur…

Deputy President William Ruto has released a remix video of the popular 'Sipangwingwi' song. Ruto, who featured the hit’s original composer Gengetone artiste Exray Taniua, shared the remix video on his social media pages on Friday afternoon. The deputy president captioned the three-minute remix…

The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has published a list of 25 words that are considered hate speech. NCIC Chairperson Samuel Kobia, in a media briefing on Friday, said they classified the terminologies as coded messages that can be used to trigger ethnic hatred ahead of the…

A manager and two bouncers working at Deja Vu Club in Nairobi have been charged with the murder of a reveler who was killed at the entertainment joint last month. Charles Chege, a matatu driver, was beaten to death at the nightclub located in Kileleshwa on the night of March 5th over accusations of…

The Education sector received the lion’s share of the Sh3.3 trillion 2022/2023 financial year budget tabled in Parliament on Thursday. Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani, in his budget statement for the next financial year, indicated that the government allocated Sh513.8 billion to the…

Nairobi-based attorney Harrison Musyoka has offered to give free legal services to the family of Caleb Otieno, who was boiled to death at a steel factory in Thika on March 25th. The lawyer says he will offer pro bono representation to the family to ensure they get justice, arguing that the Sh420,…

Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja says he is still in the race for the county’s gubernatorial seat in the August 9th elections. Sakaja on Thursday confirmed he will be seeking the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party ticket to contest for the Nairobi governor’s seat. He denied ever joining Musalia…

Nandi Hills parliamentary aspirant Wesley Kibet Kogo is dead. Kogo, popularly known as Tingeet, passed away in a grisly road accident in Nairobi’s Kangemi area on Thursday morning. The politician lost his life after the Classic Shuttle matatu he was traveling in reportedly rammed a bus at Kangemi…