KENYA NEWS

American pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna is set to build a multi-billion-shilling vaccines manufacturing plant in Kenya. On Monday, President Kenyatta witnessed the signing of an MoU between Kenya and Moderna to establish the first mRNA factory in Africa. The state-of-the-art mRNA…

ODM leader Raila Odinga is next week expected to leave the country for a five-day tour of the United Kingdom. The Star reports that Odinga will jet out on March 14th, two days after his unveiling as the ‘Azimio La Umoja’ presidential flag bearer in the August 9th elections. “Baba (Raila) will leave…

East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA) MP Oburu Odinga is set to vie for the Siaya senatorial seat in the August 9th elections. Oburu, the elder brother of ODM leader Raila Odinga, officially launched his bid for the seat at his rural home in Bondo on Saturday. Citing his experience, the 78-year-…

The National Construction Authority (NCA) has launched a probe after a four-story building collapsed in Kinoo, Kiambu County on Saturday night. NCA Executive Director Maurice Akech says the agency is seeking to establish the circumstances that led to the fall of the building that was under…

Former police spokesperson Charles Owino has formally joined the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party. Owino, who resigned from the police service last month, announced he will vie for the Siaya gubernatorial seat in the August 9th elections. The 51-year-old will now square it out with Siaya…

A Kenyan man suspected to be the mastermind behind the disappearance of new-generation passports from job recruitment agencies in Nairobi has been arrested. 30-year-old Stephen Obiero was apprehended on Friday by detectives based at the Directorate of Immigration Services. The arrest of Obiero, who…

Police in Ruiru, Kiambu County are searching for a man who attacked and robbed his employer on Thursday evening. The suspect, Benjamin Munene Ndiang’ui is said to have driven his employer Jane Muraguri to a secluded place at ClayWorks along the busy Thika superhighway, where he stabbed her multiple…

Deputy President William Ruto says the handshake contributed to his fallout with President Kenyatta. In an interview with the Voice of America (VOA) on Friday, Ruto admitted that President Kenyatta kept him abreast during the entire process that led to the famous handshake between him and ODM…

Former United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi has shelved his presidential ambitions to support ODM leader Raila Odinga. Speaking when he accompanied Odinga during his tour of Bungoma on Friday, Kituyi said he made the move after holding talks…

Makueni Governor Prof. Kivutha Kibwana has announced he will contest for the county’s senatorial seat in the August 9th elections. Kibwana’s second and final term as Makueni governor expires in August and is constitutionally barred from defending the seat as the 2010 Constitution prescribes at a…