KENYA NEWS

President Kenyatta on Thursday held private talks with his US host President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington. Kenyatta made history by becoming the first African president to visit the White House since Biden took over office in January this year. During the historic meeting, Biden…

Confessed child serial killer Masten Milimo Wanjala has been beaten to death by an irate mob at Mukhweya village in Bungoma County. This comes barely two days after the 20-year-old suspect escaped from police custody under mysterious circumstances. Confirming the incident, Bungoma County Assistant…

The family of former Mt Elgon MP John Serut is appealing for help to offset his huge medical bills. Through Twitter on Thursday, his daughter Chemoss Serut pleaded with Kenyans to assist the family to settle a hospital bill amounting to Sh20 million. “Hey guys, so a lot of you don’t know me but I’m…

The husband of slain Kenyan long-distance athlete Agnes Tirop has been arrested in Mombasa county. Ibrahim Rotich, who is the prime suspect in the murder of the 25-year-old runner, was apprehended in Changamwe on Thursday night as he tried to flee to a neighboring country to evade justice. The…

Suspected serial killer and rapist who has been terrorizing residents of Ruiru, Kiambu County for months has been arrested. Paul Magara Morara, 29, is suspected to have killed three ladies and seriously injured four others in the last four months. Magara, who is believed to be a member of a cult,…

The Nairobi County Assembly has approved a motion seeking to have Mbagathi Way renamed Raila Odinga Road. The motion to rename the busy road after ODM leader Raila Odinga was sponsored by Makongeni MCA Peter Imwatok, who doubles up as the Minority Whip in the county assembly. Imwatok argued that…

Anti-Narcotics Unit (ANU) detectives have seized a cache of narcotic drugs at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). The narcotics were concealed in two shipments and were destined for Australia and China. The first shipment that was destined for Australia from Kenya had been declared as…

Candidates and political parties are now free to spend as much funds as they can afford in the campaigns for the 2022 general election. This is after the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) withdrew campaign spending limits published in the Kenya Gazette in August. The move is in…

The High Court has declared the rollout of the Huduma Namba program illegal. Justice Jairus Ng’aah ruled on Thursday that the government failed to conduct a data protection impact assessment in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 2019. Section 31 of the act requires data processing to be…

The family of slain Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen has filed a petition seeking the removal of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji from office. In the petition filed before the Public Service Commission (PSC) on Wednesday, the family accuses Haji of mishandling the murder case of their kin.…