KENYA NEWS

Popular Nairobi preacher Bishop Godfrey Migwi of House of Hope Church, Kayole has passed away. Bishop Migwi, who had declared interest in running for the Mathioya parliamentary seat in next year’s general elections under the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party, reportedly died of high blood…

Kenya insists it will not ban flights from southern African countries over the new Omicron coronavirus variant. Several countries including the European Union, the US, Italy, Israel, UAE, and the UK have already banned flights from South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique, and…

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has warned 2022 aspirants against participating in public fundraisers. IEBC Chairperson Wafula Chebukati says politicians found taking part and holding public fund drives after December 9th will be barred from running for office in next year’s…

Nominated Senator Isaac Mwaura was on Wednesday readmitted to the Senate months after his expulsion from the Jubilee party. This comes after High Court judge Joseph Sergon last week quashed the ruling party’s decision to oust Mwaura, saying that due process was not followed and that he was not…

Expatriates have named Nairobi as the best city to work in on the continent owing to the ease of settling and finding a house. The Kenyan capital city was ranked number one in Africa and 12th out of 57 cities surveyed in the world, according to the Expat City Ranking 2021. Nairobi jumped 50 places…

President Kenyatta has officially conferred a city charter to Nakuru municipality.  This makes Nakuru, a cosmopolitan urban area located in central Rift Valley, the fourth city in the country after Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kisumu. On Wednesday, the president signed the citation conferring Nakuru…

President Kenyatta has hailed Kenyan company Revital Healthcare for being among the largest producers of Covid-19 vaccine syringes in the world. The president says the company exported over 70 million syringes to more than 20 countries around the world in 2020 alone, making it the largest producer…

A 19-year-old woman has given birth to conjoined twins at a private hospital in Kisii County. Lilian Moraa from Kiong'ongi area in Bobasi sub-county delivered the babies at Lenmek Hospital in Kisii County on Monday night. The teenager started experiencing normal birth pains on Monday evening before…

President Kenyatta says the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has grown twofold in the last eight years. Speaking on Tuesday when he delivered his eighth State of the Nation Address before a joint sitting of the Senate and National Assembly, the president indicated that Kenya’s GDP now stands…

President Kenyatta has once again faulted the courts for nullifying the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) process that sought to introduce amendments to the 2010 constitution. By doing so, the president said, the judiciary went against the will of the people and denied Kenyans their right to…