KENYA NEWS

Police in Naivasha are in hot pursuit of a female gang that has been spiking revelers’ drinks in clubs and bars before robbing them. This follows a spate of incidents in which several men lost huge sums of money after their drinks were laced with stupefying substances. Some of their victims end up…

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has decried low turnout in the ongoing nationwide mass voter registration exercise. On Monday, the commission said it registered only 202,518 new voters in the last seven days out of the weekly national target of 1.5 million. Samburu, Elgeyo…

A housemaid accused of killing her employer’s seven-year-old son and seriously injuring his mother has been arrested.  Lydiah Jelagat Kipng’etich, who went into hiding after the September 24th incident, was arrested in Gilgil, Nakuru County on Sunday. The 24-year-old was flushed out of her…

President Kenyatta on Sunday arrived in the United States for a two-day working visit.  Kenyatta landed in New York, where he is slated to chair a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) high-level debate on diversity, state-building, and peace. Kenya is currently holding the monthly rotational…

Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria has dismissed the push to impeach Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i.  In a statement on Monday, Kuria termed the attempt to remove Matiang’i from office as an unnecessary distraction and waste of time. He stated that the ouster motion is bound to fail and…

The supremacy battle in Kirinyaga County intensified on Sunday as Governor Anne Waiguru and Woman Representative Wangui Ngirici clashed over billboards. Waiguru had reportedly ordered the pulling down of two billboards bearing the portrait of Ngirici in Mwea town. On Sunday morning, officials from…

Sir Charles Njonjo,  Kenya’s first post-independence Attorney-General, has dismissed reports of his death. Through a statement to newsrooms on Sunday, the 101-year-old termed the rumors as a great exaggeration, adding that he is enjoying his weekend at home. “Reports of my death have been…

Kenyan media personality Adelle Onyango on Friday thrilled an audience at an international conference in Montpellier, France. During the meeting called to discuss France’s role in Africa, Adelle challenged President Emmanuel Macron to explain what his country “stands for.” In her speech, she…

Deputy President William Ruto has declared himself the political kingpin of the Mt Kenya region. Ruto, who spoke at a public rally in Nyahururu, Laikipia County on Saturday, stated that any other leader looking for votes in the region must talk to him. The deputy president downplayed ODM leader…

A Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detective has committed suicide at his home in Kasarani, Nairobi. Elias Kariuki Kirimo, who was stationed at Parklands DCI offices, reportedly hanged himself in his house at Pazuri Apartments near Naivas Kasarani on Friday. The matter was reported at…