KENYA NEWS

A Nairobi court has issued a warrant of arrest against businesswoman Phyllis Ngirita. Senior Principal Magistrate Bernard Ochoi of Milimani law courts issued the arrest warrant on Monday after Ngirita failed to appear in court for the hearing of her Sh20 million tax evasion case. She is…

The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party has called for a probe following an incident where rowdy youths disrupted Deputy President William Ruto’s rally in Nairobi on Sunday. UDA chairman Johnson Muthama claims the stone-throwing youths were paid by Raila Odinga’s ODM party to cause chaos during…

Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has declared his bid for the presidency in this year’s elections. Musyoka made the announcement during a meeting with Ukambani leaders at his Yatta farm in Machakos on Saturday. The 68-year-old pledged to unite the country if elected president on August 9th,…

Makueni Governor Prof. Kivutha Kibwana has earned praise from Kenyans on social media for seeking treatment in a public hospital. Through Facebook, Governor Kibwana announced he underwent minor surgery on Saturday at Makueni Referral Hospital in Wote.  Without disclosing the nature of his…

Deputy President William Ruto's rally at Jacaranda grounds in Embakasi, Nairobi was on Sunday briefly disrupted after rival groups clashed. The fight started after a group opposed to the meeting allegedly raided the venue and pelted attendees with stones. Anti-riot police were forced to fire…

18 Kenya Power officials among them five senior managers have been questioned in connection with the recent nationwide power outage. The Tuesday blackout was attributed to the collapse of four towers on the Nairobi-Kiambere high voltage power transmission line. The grilling of Kenya Power officials…

President Kenyatta has condoled with the family of renowned lawyer Nani Njoroge Mungai. Njoroge passed away on Friday while undergoing treatment at a Nairobi hospital following a long illness.  Kenyatta in a message of condolence and comfort eulogized the deceased as an accomplished lawyer…

Police in Nairobi are detaining six Chinese nationals for operating in the country without work permits. Acting on a tip-off, officers from the National Police Service (NPS) and the Immigration Department on Friday arrested the six suspects in Nairobi’s Imara Daima area where they were employed…

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has flagged 12 Facebook accounts for publishing inciteful content. Haji on Friday directed Inspector-General of Police Hilary Mutyambai to institute an investigation against the 12 users and their Facebook group, Lamu County Politics Unlimited…

A Cameroonian national linked to the ‘wash wash’ business was on Friday arraigned in a Nairobi court following his arrest on Thursday. Timson Tiekam Babila was charged with being in possession of fake US dollar currency equivalent to $2.5 million (Sh283.5 million). The court heard that the suspect…