KENYA NEWS

Retired President Mwai Kibaki has passed away at the age of 90.  The announcement was made on Friday by President Kenyatta, who termed his death a sad day for the country. “It is a sad day for us as a country. We have lost a great leader, the former president Mwai Kibaki,” Uhuru said in a…

President Kenyatta on Thursday chaired the inaugural Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition party council meeting at Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC). The coalition political party, which comprises 26 parties, was officially registered last week and President Kenyatta gazetted as the…

A Kirinyaga woman is embroiled in a court battle with her 97-year-old mother over the ownership of a commercial building. Mary Nguru has sued her mother, Sabena Wairimu, for allegedly trespassing on the property located at Baricho market in Kirinyaga. She accuses her mother and six siblings of…

The Wiper Democratic Movement has issued a direct nomination ticket to former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko to vie for the Mombasa gubernatorial seat. Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka handed Sonko the nomination certificate in a ceremony in Nairobi on Thursday. This comes after Kisauni MP Ali Mbogo, who…

Bonchari MP Pavel Oimeke is up in arms after the ODM party denied him a ticket to defend his seat in the upcoming elections. The Raila Odinga-led party issued a direct ticket to US-based Kenyan Jonah Ondieki to vie for the Bonchari parliamentary seat, leaving out the incumbent. Oimeke, the former…

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) says political aspirants facing graft charges are free to run for office in the August 9th elections. Citing a 2013 High Court ruling which allowed Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto to run for office despite facing charges at the International…

Meru Senator Mithika Linturi has pledged to support commercial sex workers should he be elected as the county’s next governor. Linturi, who is eyeing the Meru gubernatorial seat on a UDA party ticket, says his administration will provide an enabling environment for their trade. Speaking during a…

An inmate serving a life sentence at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison has been handed a three-year prison term for defrauding a jobseeker Sh800,000. Patrick Amere Shikure was sentenced by Milimani Chief Magistrate Wendy Kagendo after he pleaded guilty to the charges leveled against him. He admitted…

Equity Group Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) Polycarp Igathe has officially announced his bid for the Nairobi gubernatorial seat. Igathe says he will be seeking the Jubilee Party ticket to vie for the seat in the August 9th elections, adding that his quest for the city’s governorship is motivated by…

High Court judge Esther Maina has frozen assets worth Sh257 million belonging to a junior employee at the Kenya Prisons department. The judge froze the assets owned by Eric Kipkurui, a cleaning supervisor at the State Department of Corrections, following an application filed by the Ethics and Anti-…