KENYA NEWS

ODM leader Raila Odinga has pledged to support the families of single mothers if elected president in August. Odinga, who is giving his fifth stab at the presidency, says his administration will set aside a special fund to mitigate the economic hardships faced by single-parent families. “Wale…

The United States has donated 517,140 more Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines to Kenya to boost the ongoing vaccination drive. The consignment donated through the COVAX facility landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Saturday and was received by the Ministry of Health officials. The…

Police in Kiambu are holding two suspects for allegedly defrauding a gold investor. Posing as agents of a Congo-based gold baron, Rogers Kipkogei and Collins Chavera obtained more than Sh1 million from a gold investor after showing him dust from crushed padlocks. The two were smoked out of their…

Authorities in DR Congo have arrested Kenyan terror suspect Salim Rashid Mohamed alias Chotara. Salim was apprehended on suspicion of being a member of Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist rebel group in Uganda and DRC. It is alleged that Salim, who hails from Mombasa and scored an A- (minus…

President Kenyatta on Friday held a meeting with senior security officials amid warnings of possible terror attacks in Kenya. The meeting bringing together security chiefs drawn from the National Government Administration Office (NGAO) and the National Police Service (NPS) was held at State House,…

A Bahrain national was on Friday arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) after he was found in possession of undeclared cash amounting to $975,000 (Sh110,760,000). Khalid Jameel Saeed was intercepted by Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) custom officers while attempting to board an…

The US Embassy in Nairobi has issued a security alert over the potential for increased crime and violent extremism in Kenya. In a notice on Friday, the embassy urged American nationals and members of the public to take extreme precautions in public locations such as shopping malls, hotels, airports…

Details about how the late Kenyan businessman Chris Kirubi distributed his multi-billion-shilling estate have emerged. Kirubi whose wealth is estimated at Sh20 billion left 80 percent of the estate to his son Robert Kirubi and daughter Mary Anne Kirubi, but the two have mutually agreed to give 9.95…

Police in Murang’a are detaining a 23-year-old man for allegedly killing his four-month-old son. Mark Njuguna is reported to have gotten into a confrontation with his wife Mary Muthoni in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. A video shared on social media shows the suspect physically assaulting his…

Police have launched a search for a five-member gang that raided Prime Bank Nakuru branch on Wednesday and made away with Sh2.3 million. The robbers allegedly forced their way into the bank located at Westside Mall along Kenyatta Avenue at around 4:30 pm. Armed with a homemade gun, hammer, knives…