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Three suspects believed to be part of a car theft syndicate were on Friday killed in a shootout with police in Ruiru, Kiambu County. The three were part of a four-man armed gang that engaged the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives in a fierce gun battle. The officers embarked on…

The Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) has castigated Health CS Mutahi Kagwe for making nurses’ English results public. On Wednesday, CS Kagwe said 290 out of 300 Kenyan nurses who took an English test for UK jobs failed. KNUN deputy secretary-general Morris Opetu and KNUN Kisumu branch…

The Exim Bank of Korea has pledged to support Kenya’s bid to set up a human vaccine production plant. In a statement on Friday, the Ministry of Health said the bank has already received a green light from the Korean government to support the initiative. “A meeting between Health CS Mutahi Kagwe and…

President Kenyatta has warned Kenyans against electing “thieves” who will ruin his legacy and that of his predecessor Mwai Kibaki. Speaking in Ruiru on Friday, Uhuru said the fate of his legacy and that of Kibaki will be determined by the kind of leaders Kenyans will elect in the 2022 election.…

Nominated MP David Sankok is under fire for claiming that Kenyans working in Gulf nations as housemaids are sourced from brothels and bars in Nairobi. Sankok, who is part of a Kenyan delegation that is presently in Saudi Arabia to meet the country’s Labor officials to discuss the plight of Kenyans…

Police are holding a Nigerian national who attempted to defraud a Nairobi-based nut processing company of Sh35.9 million. Endurance Obayan was arrested on Thursday at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) trying to flee the country after the Wednesday evening incident. "He was stopped on…

The court has ordered the son of the late Kenyan tycoon Peter Gilbert Njoroge, alias Fai Amario, to pay his sister Sh134,000 monthly upkeep. High Court judge Teresia Matheka ruled that Miki Ng’ang’a should take care of his sister Marsha Dee, who is living with a disability. Ng’ang’a is the sole…

The head of the British Army General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith has weighed in on the murder of a Kenyan woman by a British soldier in 2012. General Carleton-Smith said he is appalled by reports that a British soldier was involved in the murder of 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru. The Chief of General Staff…

The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has announced it will take action against Pastor James Ng’ang’a’s Sasa TV for violating broadcast regulations. In a statement on Thursday, the Council said the television station aired offensive content on October 9th, 2021. “The Council notes that the media house…

The High Court has dismissed an application by Sirisia MP John Walukhe seeking to have his passport released for him to travel abroad. Walukhe had requested the court to release his passport to allow him to travel to the United States to attend official duty. Justice Esther Maina declined the…