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Deputy President William Ruto has promised to protect President Kenyatta’s wealth and interests should he ascend to power later this year. Ruto, who is eyeing the presidency on a UDA party ticket, faulted Kenyatta for judging him wrongly as someone who cannot protect his interests once he retires.…

National Youth Service (NYS) scandal suspect Anne Ngirita has spent a month at Lang’ata Women’s Prison. Citizen Digital reports that Ngirita has been unable to get a surety to secure her release from prison as directed by a Nairobi court last month. Anti-corruption court Magistrate Eunice Kagure on…

West Pokot Deputy Governor Dr. Nicholas Atudonyang has defended his decision to work from the United States in the last four years. Atudonyang, who left for the US shortly after his election in 2017, recently returned to the country and declared his bid for the county’s gubernatorial seat in the…

Businesswoman Muthoni Grita has joined the presidential race ahead of the August 9th elections. Muthoni officially declared her State House bid during a media briefing in Nairobi on Sunday, saying she will contest on a Ford Asili party ticket. She becomes the first female presidential aspirant in…

Four college students have been arrested in connection with high-level national examination fraud. The suspects were arrested by detectives attached to the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) following intelligence reports of the sale of examination papers to candidates sitting the ongoing…

Two Kenyan women have been appointed to high-level positions in the United Nations. Nanjala Nyabola was named to a UN high-level advisory board on effective multilateralism while Dr. Jemimah Njuki will lead their work on Women's Economic Empowerment around the world. Nyabola, an author and…

Narc-Kenya party leader Martha Karua says she is yet to decide which coalition she will join ahead of the August 9th elections. Karua, who is eyeing the Kirinyaga gubernatorial seat, said she is still weighing her options before throwing her support behind any coalition or presidential candidate.…

Azimio La Umoja presidential flagbearer Raila Odinga says he will accept defeat if he fairly loses the August 9th election.  Odinga, who is on a visit to the United Kingdom, told Sunday Nation that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) needs to do more to assure Kenyans of…

Wiper Democratic Movement party leader Kalonzo Musyoka on Friday evening hosted President Kenyatta for dinner at his residence in Karen, Nairobi.  The two, who were joined by KANU Chairman and Baringo Senator Gideon Moi, held lengthy political talks during the meeting. Reports indicate that…

President Kenyatta on Friday presided over the opening of a new level-four hospital in Nairobi’s Korogocho slums. The four-storey 350-bed facility named Mama Margaret Kenyatta Children’s Hospital was constructed by the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS). It is one of the 24 health facilities that…