KENYA NEWS

A Kenyan woman has been arrested for allegedly poisoning her four-year-old daughter so as to be free to fly to Saudi Arabia to work as a housemaid. The woman from Kandara, Murang’a County, is suspected to have committed the crime between November 6th and 7th after she secured employment in the Gulf…

The High Court has given the family of the late former Cabinet minister Joseph Kamotho until the end of November to agree on how to distribute his multi-million-shilling estate. On Wednesday, the family told Justice Stephen Riechi that they failed to agree on the mode of distribution of the…

Members of the National Assembly have threatened to suspend Parliament business if the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) is not disbursed by next week. Led by Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi, the MPs asked the Speaker to direct the Majority Leader to engage National Treasury…

Kenya’s second post-independence Attorney-General James Karugu is dead, the family confirmed on Thursday. Karugu, described as the country’s most independent attorney-general, died on Wednesday night at the age of 86, his daughter Victoria Karugu said. The deceased served as the deputy public…

The Anti-Corruption Court has allowed the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to withdraw the Sh7.3 billion graft case against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and his co-accused. While granting the application on Thursday, presiding magistrate Victor Wakumile warned the accused persons that…

President Ruto has announced the government’s plan to have locally manufactured smartphones that will cost less than Sh5,000 in the next one year. Speaking at the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) Annual General Meeting in Nairobi on Thursday, Ruto said the move is part of his…

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has filed an application to withdraw a Sh7.3 billion graft case against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. In the application filed before the anti-corruption court on Wednesday, the prosecution said the evidence against Gachagua does not meet…

Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei has endorsed Fafi MP Salah Yakub’s proposal to remove the two-term presidential limit and replace it with an age limit of 75 years. Cherargei, a close ally of President Ruto, said he will support a constitutional amendment bill seeking to scrap the two-term…

A Kenyan family is seeking answers after the body of their kin who died in Italy was brought back to the country without some internal organs. An autopsy conducted at Malindi Referral Hospital mortuary determined the body of Amani Justine Luwali was missing vital organs, including the heart, major…

President Ruto has invited South Africa's private sector to invest in Kenya's real estate sector, particularly the affordable housing projects. Ruto, who spoke during the Kenya-South Africa trade summit at KICC in Nairobi on Wednesday, said the country has a deficit of over two million houses and…