KENYA NEWS

President Kenyatta has drummed up support for Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition presidential candidate Raila Odinga, saying he is the only leader fit to continue his development agenda. Speaking on Thursday in Mombasa where he launched several infrastructure projects including the Sh4.5 billion…

Deputy President William Ruto claims that there is a scheme to intimidate voters and stir chaos in his Rift Valley backyard during the August 9th general elections. Addressing the media on Thursday, the UDA party presidential candidate alleged that President Kenyatta is aware of the scheme…

Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition presidential candidate Raila Odinga has hit out at Deputy President William Ruto for linking President Kenyatta to an alleged plot to rig him out in the upcoming election. While dismissing the rigging claims as false, Odinga termed the deputy president’s attacks…

American labor outsourcing company ONQ has hired 200 Kenyan youths to work at its newly opened office in Nyeri town. ONQ, which provides medical billing services to US-based companies, says the office located at KDS Centre will deal directly with American patients, providers, and payers, according…

Deputy President William Ruto has obtained a court order allowing him to hold his final campaign rally at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi on August 6th. High Court Judge Joseph Sergon on Thursday issued a temporary order allowing the Kenya Kwanza Alliance to hold the meeting in the stadium…

The High Court has quashed a decision by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to scrap the use of manual voters’ register in the August 9th general elections. Justice Thande Mugure on Thursday declared the move unconstitutional and ordered the electoral commission to reinstate…

The government has declared Tuesday, August 9th a public holiday. Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i in a gazette notice issued on Thursday said the day has been made a public holiday to allow Kenyans to exercise their democratic right to vote in the general election. “It is notified for…

The United States Embassy in Kenya has clarified its earlier security alert warning its citizens to avoid traveling to Kisumu ahead of next week’s general elections. In the alert dated August 2nd, the embassy said it imposed movement restrictions on personnel in Kisumu “out of an abundance of…

Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition party presidential running mate Martha Karua has taken a swipe at Deputy President William Ruto after he broke into tears during a prayer service at his Karen residence on Tuesday. Karua, who spoke during a campaign rally at Bukhungu Stadium in Kakamega on…

With just five days to the August 9th general elections, the United States government has called for peaceful and transparent elections in Kenya.   Through Twitter on Wednesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said peaceful and transparent elections are “critical to delivering a more…