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Emotions run high at Kapnyamisa village in Chesumei, Nandi County as slain Olympic star Agnes Tirop was laid to rest on Saturday. Thousands of mourners arrived at Kapnyamisa Primary School grounds to pay their last respect to Tirop, who would have celebrated her 26th birthday today. Hellen Obiri,…

Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho has dropped his 2022 presidential ambitions. Speaking in Likoni, Mombasa on Saturday, Joho announced he will instead back his party leader Raila Odinga’s bid for the presidency in next year’s elections. The second-time governor argued that a Raila presidency will pave…

Deputy President William Ruto says he will develop a water-tight security plan to guard his votes from being stolen by the ‘deep state.’ Ruto, who is on a tour to western Kenya to popularize his 2022 presidential bid, stated that he will not allow the ‘deep state’ to stop him from ascending to…

Three Cabinet Secretaries led by Fred Matiang’i have endorsed ODM leader Raila Odinga’s 2022 presidential bid. Matiang’i and his counterparts Mutahi Kagwe (Health) and Eugene Wamalwa (Defense) said Odinga is the most suitable candidate to safeguard and continue President Kenyatta’s development…

Police officers in Ruai, Nairobi were in the wee hours of Saturday morning involved in a dramatic car chase on Kangundo Road. The chase pitted the officers stationed at the AP Driving School in Ruai against the occupants of a suspicious vehicle. It all began after a resident of Ruai alerted police…

Kenya will spend Sh2 billion to put up a vaccine manufacturing plant announced by President Kenyatta during Mashujaa Day celebrations. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the company named Kenya Biovax Limited will be located in Nairobi’s Embakasi area and is expected to start operations in…

The Court of Appeal has cleared the way for Nairobi Deputy Governor Ann Kananu to be sworn in as the county’s substantive governor. This comes after a three-judge bench comprising Justices Wanjiru Karanja, Jamila Mohammed and Jessie Lesiit dismissed Mike Sonko’s application seeking to bar Kananu…

A suspect on Thursday pleaded guilty to killing Catholic priest Michael Kyengo Maingi for allegedly sodomizing him. Michael Muthinji in his mitigation confessed he killed the priest after he turned him into a “wife.” He told Embu High Court judge Lucy Njuguna that the clergyman molested him several…

A 17-year-old student from Gathiruini Boys High School in Kiambu died after he was lynched by girls from a neighboring school. The deceased was among six boys who sneaked out of their school and crept into a dormitory at Komothai Girls Secondary School at around 4:00 am on Thursday, according to a…

Police have opened a probe into an incident where unknown assailants blew up an unfinished house belonging to activist Boniface Mwangi. The armed attackers are said to have raided the construction site on Wednesday evening and assaulted workers, robbed them, before wrecking the building using…