KENYA NEWS

At least 20 people have died and scores injured after the bus they were traveling in plunged into a river at Nithi bridge along the Meru-Nairobi highway on Sunday evening. Reports indicate that the bus belonging to Modern Coast company was heading to Mombasa from Maua in Meru when it lost brakes…

34 million Kenyans watched last Tuesday’s Deputy Presidential Debate, according to a new survey by the Media Council of Kenya (MCK). The debate organized by MCK, Media Owners Association and the Kenya Editors Guild was broadcasted live on all Kenyan television and radio stations and multiple online…

Deputy President William Ruto has reacted to Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition presidential candidate Raila Odinga’s decision to withdraw from Tuesday’s presidential debate. Speaking during a campaign rally at Erera grounds in Kisii town on Sunday, Ruto said he will attend the debate and use the…

Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition party presidential candidate Raila Odinga has withdrawn from the much-awaited presidential debate slated for July 26th. Odinga’s presidential campaign secretariat spokesperson Prof. Makau Mutua said the ODM leader is not ready to share a national podium with his…

UDA presidential running mate Rigathi Gachagua has hit out at Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i and Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho for allegedly coercing chiefs to engage in politics. Gachagua claims that the two have been luring the administrators to campaign for the Azimio La Umoja-…

Deputy President William Ruto has weighed in on the arrest and detention of IEBC personnel at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Thursday. Speaking during a campaign rally in Kajiado on Saturday, Ruto claimed that the arrest of the three technology contractors was part of the government’…

Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition party has given conditions for its presidential candidate Raila Odinga to participate in the July 26th presidential debate. The coalition’s secretary-general Junet Mohammed said Odinga, who is giving his fifth stab at the presidency, will only attend the forum if…

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has seized assets valued at Sh100 million belonging to a Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA) employee. Esther Wanjiru Chege, who is attached to KERRA’s Kajiado county office, is accused of fraudulently acquiring assets that include over Sh3 million…

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has obtained an order to freeze Migori Governor Okoth Obado’s assets worth millions of shillings.  High Court judge Esther Maina on Thursday ordered EACC to seize Obado’s two luxury vehicles and residential property in Nairobi’s posh Loresho…

A 62-year-old man claiming to be the first-born son of the late former president Mwai Kibaki has filed a case in court seeking official recognition and a share of the family’s multi-billion-shilling estate. In the case filed before Nyeri High Court judge Florence Muchemi, Jacob Ocholla wants Kibaki…