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A Kwale court has issued a warrant of arrest against Nyali MP Mohammed Ali, alias Moha Jichopevu. This comes after the first-time MP failed to appear in court on October 4th, 2021 in a case in which he stood as a surety for a terror suspect. He was required to present himself in court after the…

Kayla Bosire, a 16-year-old Kenyan student, was among the winners of the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2021. Kayla, a student at Maxwell Adventist Academy, was declared the winner of the Senior Writers category by the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS). The Kenyan teenager was among 25,648…

Kikuyu elders have conducted a special ritual in Sagana, Kirinyaga County to allow the uprooting of a fig tree that was hindering the construction of a highway. A Chinese company that is building the Kenol-Sagana-Marwa dual carriageway was forced to seek the elders’ intervention after several…

Inspector-General of Police Hillary Mutyambai has ordered the reopening of the case on the murder of Agnes Wanjiru, who was allegedly killed by a British soldier on March 31st, 2012. On Monday, Mutyambai directed the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to compile all available evidence and…

Deputy President William Ruto-led United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party has protested the inclusion of Interior CS Fred Matiang’i and his ICT counterpart Joe Mucheru in the multi-agency team on the preparation for the 2022 general election. In a letter to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries…

Several students were rushed to the hospital on Sunday evening after a fire broke out at Buruburu Girls High School in Nairobi. The inferno engulfed one of the multi-storied dormitories at the institution, sending students into a panic.  A harrowing video shared on social media showed girls…

Narok Senator Ledama Olekina has hailed President Kenyatta for being patient, calm and tolerant.  Through Twitter on Saturday, Olekina noted that the president has remained restrained despite insults and disrespect from Deputy President William Ruto and his allies. Olekina argued that things…

It is now emerging that British soldiers laughed about the death of Kenyan woman Agnes Wanjiru, who was killed nine years ago. It is suspected that the 21-year-old sex worker was murdered by a British soldier at Lions Court Inn Hotel in Nanyuki on the night of March 31st, 2012. The Sunday Times…

Kenya and the US Embassy in Nairobi on Saturday carried out a joint terror drill to test preparedness. The exercise conducted at Rosslyn Academy in Gigiri, Nairobi is part of wider efforts to step up Kenya’s readiness and interoperability amid rising terror threats globally. At least 100 officers…

Former Law Society of Kenya (LSK) president Allen Gichuhi has lost a government job, weeks after his appointment. Gichuhi’s appointment to the Industrial Property Tribunal was revoked through a gazette notice published by the Cabinet Secretary for Industrialization, Trade and Business Development,…