KENYA NEWS

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…

Members of the Shona community in Kenya are set to participate in next year’s general elections. This comes after they were registered as voters in the ongoing mass voter listing exercise, allowing them to participate in an electoral process for the first time. Members of this community remained…

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua has demanded an apology from activist Boniface Mwangi for linking him to the attack on his house. In a demand letter, Mutua also asked Mwangi to pull down all social media posts, including a video in which the activist blamed the governor for the raid of his…

The National Assembly Health Committee is set to open an inquiry into the circumstances under which an electric mat burned Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria’s feet. This comes after Kuria petitioned the committee to investigate medical products and devices sold in the country by M/S Ceragem Kenya…

Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua has admitted he does not bank some of his money due to strict anti-money laundering laws. Gachagua noted that many Kenyans, including himself, have avoided banking owing to regulations that require individuals to account for all cash transactions exceeding Sh1 million. “…

COTU secretary-general Francis Atwoli maintains that Deputy President William Ruto will not win next year’s presidential election. Speaking on Citizen TV’s JKL show, Atwoli explained that a rift emerged in the executive arm of the government following the handshake between President Kenyatta and…