KENYA NEWS

Mathare-Korogocho Level 5 Hospital has been renamed Mama Margaret Kenyatta Hospital in honor of the First Lady. The health facility located in Mathare North was constructed by the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) at a cost of Sh400 million. NMS Director-General Lieutenant General Mohamed Badi…

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has cleared 72 political parties to participate in the 2022 general elections. IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati says 10 other parties were locked out for failing to comply with requirements as outlined in the Elections Act and other laws. “Only…

Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria is this week set to undergo a rare stem cell surgery in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE).  Kuria, who sustained serious feet injuries in September, told Capital FM News that he will be among the pioneers in the world to undergo this kind of operation. “I am…

A 29-year-old man is nursing life-threatening injuries at a Nairobi hospital after he was caught in a compromising situation with another man’s wife.  The man identified only as Kangechu was having a good time with the woman when her husband busted them in his bedroom at around 4:00 am on…

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has mourned its officer who was stung to death by a swarm of bees in Mombasa on Saturday. In a statement, KRA said John Muthine Mutwiri was attacked by the stinging insects while driving along Jomo Kenyatta Avenue in Mombasa. Dr. Edward Karanja, the Commissioner of…

Jubilee Party vice-chairman David Murathe maintains that Deputy President William Ruto will not win the 2022 presidential election. Speaking at Uhuru Gardens ahead of the 58th Jamhuri Day celebrations on Sunday, Murathe claimed that the odds are stacked against Ruto succeeding President Kenyatta…

President Kenyatta insists that the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) was meant to cure some of the issues that have bedeviled the country for long. Kenyatta, who spoke during the 58th Jamhuri Day celebrations at the renovated Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi on Sunday, said the proposals contained in the…

President Kenyatta breached protocol during the 2021 Jamhuri Day celebrations on Sunday and invited ODM leader Raila Odinga to speak.  Kenyatta, who presided over the annual event held at Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi, had just finished making his speech when he invited Odinga to address the…

A Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officer lost his life following a bee attack in Mombasa on Saturday. John Muthine Mutwiri was in the company Maurice Kinyua and Hezekiel Gikambi inside his car when a swarm of bees arrived and circled the vehicle. “The bees entered the vehicle and they alighted to…

President Kenyatta has announced plans to reduce the cost of electricity by 30 percent. Speaking during the 58th Jamhuri Day celebrations at Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi on Sunday, Kenyatta said the plan will be fully implemented by March 2022. The reduction of power cost will be implemented in two…