KENYA NEWS

President Ruto will leave the country on Sunday evening for a one-day official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Korea, State House announced. In a press release, State House Spokesperson Hussein Mohamed said Ruto will meet with his host President Felix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa to…

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has dismissed reports of an impending fallout within the Kenya Kwanza Alliance, accusing the media of falsifying information to meet their agenda.  Speaking at the Outspan Medical College graduation ceremony in Nyeri on Saturday, Gachagua said the differences…

Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has told off Kenyans who castigated him over his remarks on the government’s move to authorize the importation of Genetically Modified (GMO) maize. Insisting that the government will not backtrack on its decision to allow the import of GMO maize to…

Police in Nairobi have opened a probe into an incident where a businessman was allegedly robbed over Sh6 million in Westlands. The incident happened on Thursday after the victim, Mohamed Haji went to a forex bureau to convert dollars to Kenya shillings, according to a police report. “He was given $…

Priscilla Sitieni, the world’s oldest primary school student has died in Kenya at the age of 99, her family confirmed. Sitieni, whose resolve to acquire an education in her 90s inspired a French film and won praise from UNESCO, passed away at home in Nandi County on Wednesday after developing a…

Trade, Investment and Industry Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has come under fire from Kenyans over his remarks on the government’s decision to lift the ban on Genetically Modified (GMO) foods. While admitting that GMO foods present risks to human health, Kuria said being a Kenyan makes one a…

President Ruto has made new appointments to various State agencies, including the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA).  In the appointments announced on Friday, the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party National Elections Board (NEB) Chairman Anthony Ng’ang’a Mwaura was named the new KRA…

The National Assembly on Thursday elected nine representatives to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). ODM leader Raila Odinga’s daughter Winnie Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka’s son Kennedy Kalonzo are among the nine MPs who will represent the country in the regional assembly. The nine MPs…

A Nairobi court has found quack doctor Mugo wa Wairimu guilty of sedating a woman with the intention to rape her. On Thursday, Milimani Chief Magistrate Wendy Micheni convicted Mugo of 10 of the 12 counts he had been charged with including sedating a woman with the intention to rape her, operating…

Police in Nairobi are investigating the death of a Chinese national whose lifeless body was found in an apartment in Lavington on Wednesday. The body of 58-year-old Yang Changgui was discovered in a house at Sunshine Court within Lavington's Valley Arcade area, where an assortment of game trophies…