KENYA NEWS

President Ruto has formally recognized the Pemba as an ethnic community in Kenya. This paves the way for people of Pemba heritage to be issued with relevant identification and citizenship documents in line with the Constitution. In a Special Gazette Notice dated January 30th, Ruto said he took the…

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has banned morning and night preps in day primary and secondary schools. On Tuesday, Machogu ordered that the schools operate between 8 a.m and 3:45 p.m, arguing that the current curriculum causes mental torture on pupils by setting school days to start…

The High Court in Nairobi has declared that a degree certificate is not a requirement for presidential candidates. Justice Anthony Mrima made the ruling on Tuesday in a petition filed by former presidential aspirant Nazlin Umar Rajput, who was disqualified from the 2022 contest due to lack of a…

Police in Nairobi are investigating an incident where burglars broke into Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi’s Karen home and stole household items. The two burglars are said to have accessed the property, which is guarded by armed police officers, by jumping over the perimeter wall and made…

Kenyan Shadrack Kiprotich has won the coveted Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award 2022 for actively sharing his high-quality expertise with other technology professionals. With more than 3,000 awardees globally, Microsoft MVPs are an elite group of experts sharing a passion for…

President Ruto has accused unnamed tax evaders of sponsoring the recent public rallies by Azimio la Umoja leaders led by Raila Odinga. Stating that no Kenyan will be exempted from paying taxes, the president said Kenya is not an animal farm where some animals are more equal than others. “Even if…

Kisumu Governor Anyang Nyong’o on Monday launched the first-ever drone delivery service in Kenya dubbed Zipline instant logistics distribution system. Nyong’o said the drone delivery is a result of a partnership between the larger Lake Region Economic Bloc (LREB) counties and Zipline, an…

A family in Kakamega county is mourning the death of their son, who died during a bullfighting match. 26-year-old Bramwel Andugu was attending the cultural festival at Malinya Stadium in Ikolomani on Sunday when one of the bulls ran amok and hit him. His father Maurice Andugu said his son died from…

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga has castigated President Ruto’s administration for imposing punitive and unjust taxes on Kenyans. While urging Kenyans to resist paying such taxes, Odinga likened Ruto to the biblical tax collector Zacchaeus, who is known for his unethical and…

Renowned surgeon Yusuf Kodwavwalla, popularly known as Dr. Yusuf Dawood has passed away in the United Kingdom. His son Jaan Yusuf Kodwavwalla confirmed to The Standard that his father died on Sunday morning. "My dad slipped away from us in the early hours of this morning. May his soul rest in peace…