KENYA NEWS

Azimio La Umoja–One Kenya coalition presidential flagbearer Raila Odinga is expected to name his running mate on May 10th. A seven-member advisory panel appointed to help Odinga to pick the most suitable running mate candidate will start interviews on Wednesday. The panel’s secretary Elizabeth Meyo…

Maendeleo Chap Chap (MCC) and Pamoja African Alliance (PAA) parties’ bid to exit the Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition has hit a snag. The two parties had written to the Registrar of Political Parties Anne Nderitu seeking to withdraw from the Raila Odinga-led coalition. PAA, which is led by…

Deputy President William Ruto has responded to President Kenyatta after he accused him of abandoning his work to focus on 2022 campaigns. Uhuru, who spoke during the 57th Labor Day celebrations at Nyayo Stadium on Sunday, claimed that Ruto has resorted to inciting Kenyans against him and the…

President Kenyatta has taken a swipe at Deputy President William Ruto, accusing him of absconding duty and inciting Kenyans against his administration. Speaking on Sunday during Labor Day celebrations at Nyayo stadium in Nairobi, the president said Ruto should have resigned to pave the way for the…

President Kenyatta has announced a 12 percent increment in the country’s minimum wage effective May 1st. The president said the move is aimed cushioning workers against the rising cost of living owing to external economic factors. Speaking during this year’s Labor Day celebrations at Nyayo Stadium…

Police in Kiambu are detaining a 21-year-old woman suspected to be a drug peddler.  Rosemary Waithera Ngige was arrested on Saturday following an intelligence-led operation conducted by officers attached to the Kibichoi police station. During the operation at Thuita village in Komothai, the…

The late former president Mwai Kibaki has finally been laid to rest at his rural home in Othaya, Nyeri County. The body of Kibaki, who died on April 22nd at the age of 90, was lowered to the grave at around 6:00 pm on Saturday following a funeral service held at Othaya Approved School Grounds. He…

Kenya’s third President Mwai Kibaki will receive a 19-gun salute as his body is lowered to the grave during his State funeral in Nyeri on Saturday. Kibaki, who died on April 22nd aged 90, becomes the third Kenyan to ever be accorded a State funeral with full civilian and military honors after his…

The body of the late former president Mwai Kibaki was on Saturday morning transported by road to his rural home in Nyeri ahead of his burial. The funeral cortege, escorted by family members and military officers, left Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi at 7:00 am and traversed Kiambu, Murang'a, Kirinyaga…

The Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) Othaya Annex has been renamed Mwai Kibaki Hospital in honor of the late former president, who died last week. The hospital’s director Peter Munene said the decision to name the facility after Kenya’s third president was made following consultations between…