KENYA NEWS

Naivas and Quickmart supermarkets have announced they will close all their branches across the country on Election Day. The two leading retailers said the closure is meant to allow their employees and partners to exercise their democratic right of voting on August 9th. Both Quickmart and Naivas…

President Kenyatta has officially commissioned the Sh24 billion Karimenu II Dam in Gatundu North, Kiambu County which has been under construction since 2019. The 59-meter high dam occupying 600 acres of land is expected to supply 70 million liters of water daily to close to 1 million residents of…

Deputy President William Ruto has hailed President Kenyatta’s announcement that he will hand over power to whoever wins the presidency in the August 9th general elections. Speaking at a campaign rally in Baringo County on Monday, Ruto pointed out that the commitment by the president has effectively…

Billionaire Margaret “Meg” Whitman has finally arrived in Nairobi to take up her role as the new American ambassador to Kenya. Her arrival comes two weeks after the US Senate approved her appointment as the American representative in Kenya following her nomination by President Joe Biden on December…

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha has directed all basic education institutions to close on Tuesday to pave the way for the general election slated for August 9th. Magoha, who had on Sunday indicated that the institutions would close on August 6th to prepare for the elections, asked…

US pharmaceutical company Toxin has picked Kenya for a pilot study and vaccine trial for monkeypox and smallpox. Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, will partner with the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) for the study that will commence in the…

Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition presidential running mate Martha Karua has told off Deputy President William Ruto over claims that his life and those of his family are in danger. Karua, who spoke on Sunday after a service at Nandi Hills Catholic church, asked Ruto to stop peddling lies about…

Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho has dismissed claims that the government plans to use local administrators to rig the August 9th general elections. Kibicho termed the allegations made by a section of leaders allied to the Deputy President William Ruto-led Kenya Kwanza Alliance as false…

Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has rejected Deputy President William Ruto’s plea to ditch the Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition and join the Kenya Kwanza Alliance. Speaking during a campaign rally in Kitui County on Saturday, Ruto promised to give Kalonzo a position in his government if he…

The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has appealed to President Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto to stop creating tension ahead of the August 9th general elections. Citing the recent public exchanges between Kenyatta and Ruto, NCIC Chairperson Prof. Samuel Kobia warned…