KENYA NEWS

Jimmy Wanjigi has threatened to ditch ODM if the party fails to follow its constitution when picking its 2022 presidential flag bearer. Wanjigi claimed that there is a plot by a section of ODM officials to prevent him from taking part in the party’s presidential nominations. The presidential…

Zimbabwe has apologized to Kenyan YouTuber and blogger Marceline Masanya following her recent encounter at Robert Mugabe International Airport. Through social media, Marceline called out an immigration official at the airport for trying to extort a bribe from her by withholding her passport.…

Melida Auma, the mother of slain Rongo University student Sharon Otieno has joined politics. Auma announced she will contest for the Homa Bay Town West ward representative seat in the next year’s election under United Democratic Alliance (UDA), a party associated with Deputy President William Ruto…

Kenya has received the first batch of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. A Lufthansa flight carrying the consignment of 141,600 doses arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Friday night.   Health Ministry CAS Dr. Mercy Mwangangi, who received the vaccines at…

Rosemary Alakie, the daughter of the late Kenyan cabinet minister Tom Mboya has appealed for help to settle medical expenses. Rosemary, who has been battling breast cancer for the past four years, says the ailment has drained her emotionally, physically, and financially. She is appealing for…

Catholic priest Dominic Wamugunda has appealed against a ruling that ordered him to pay support for a child alleged to be his. Father Wamugunda was directed to pay Sh25,000 per month after the child’s mother sued him for child maintenance in December 2020. But in an appeal filed before High Court…

Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives have arrested three money-laundering suspects in Nairobi. Abdulaziz Ibrahim Hassan, (54), Dorcas Ntoya (34), and Arum Bob Busimbi (26) were arrested on Thursday after sleuths from DCI’s Transnational Organized Crime unit raided an apartment in…

There was panic in Kinoo, Kiambu County on Friday morning after a building under construction partially collapsed.  A video widely circulated on social media shows the six-storey structure wobbling as residents watch from a distance. Although the building near Kinoo shopping centre has not…

The Attorney General and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) have moved to the Supreme Court to appeal against the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) judgment. The two are dissatisfied with the Appellate Court’s verdict that upheld a High Court ruling that nullified the BBI…

Auctioneers have failed to find a buyer for a mansion belonging to former Nakumatt CEO Atul Shah. The home located in Nairobi’s posh estate of Lavington was repossessed from Shah over a Sh2 billion debt and was put up for sale in July. This was after the High Court dismissed a petition seeking to…