KENYA NEWS

Nakuru Town East MP David Gikaria has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a voter. Confirming his arrest, Nakuru County Police Commander Peter Mwanzo said the MP assaulted and injured a voter at a police station in his constituency on Tuesday. Gikaria, who is defending his seat on a United…

Police in Bungoma are in hot pursuit of Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa after he allegedly shot and killed his competitor Brian Khaemba’s aide. Barasa is said to have shot Khaemba’s aide Brian Olunga at Chebukwabi polling station at around 6.00 pm on Tuesday, according to a police report. Khaemba, who is…

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) says only 200 Kenya Integrated Election Management System (KIEMS) kits have so far malfunctioned. IEBC Commissioner Justice Nyang’aya said claims that most of the kits that are being used as the primary voter identification tool had failed in…

UDA presidential running mate Rigathi Gachagua has dismissed reports that he was identified manually after the Kenya Integrated Election Management System (KIEMS) kit failed to identify him biometrically. While calling out Nation over the report, Gachagua stated that he was identified as a voter…

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) says 6,567,869 Kenyans had cast ballots by midday on Tuesday, translating to about 30 percent of the total registered voters. In a media briefing, IEBC Vice Chairperson Juliana Cherera said most polling stations opened at 6.00 am across the…

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has suspended elections for Rongai parliamentary seat until further notice. Nakuru County IEBC manager Joseph Mele said the suspension was occasioned by a mix-up in ballot papers, with some polling centres missing the ballot papers for the MP…

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has suspended elections for the Mombasa and Kakamega gubernatorial seats until further notice. IEBC Chairperson Wafula Chebukati said the move was due to errors discovered on the ballot papers for the two positions, saying that the names and…

Three suspects, among them two police officers, have been arrested after they were reportedly found transporting marked ballot papers and other election materials in Kilgoris, Narok County. Narok County Police Commander Kizito Mutoro said the three were apprehended at around 6.30 pm on Monday after…

11 petitioners have moved to the Supreme Court seeking to stop the swearing-in of UDA presidential candidate William Ruto and his running mate Rigathi Gachagua should they win the August 9th elections. Through their attorney Kibe Mungai, the petitioners contend that the swearing-in of the two would…

The Supreme Court has declared the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NGCDF) Act unconstitutional. In a ruling on Monday, a five-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Martha Koome, Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu, Smokin Wanjala, Njoki Ndung’u and William Ouko said the CDF Act…