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Police are holding seven people for allegedly stealing COVID-19 vaccines and engaging in illegal vaccination. Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochache said the seven suspects, who include a doctor, were arrested over an incident where some politicians in Murang’a colluded with health workers to…

Labor Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui says Kenya will send up to 20,000 nurses to the United Kingdom for work. This follows the signing of a bilateral agreement for collaboration in the healthcare workforce between Kenya and the UK, which allows Kenyan healthcare professionals to be recruited to…

A grandson of the late former president Daniel Arap Moi has agreed to pay support for his two children. Collins Kibet Moi told a Nakuru court that he is ready to support the kids he sired with politician Gladys Jeruto Tagi. This comes after a DNA test confirmed that he is the biological father of…

President Kenyatta has appointed four new Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioners. The four, Juliana Cherera, Francis Wanderi, Irene Masit, and Justus Nyang’aya, were appointed through a gazette notice dated September 1st, 2021. Their appointment comes a day after the…

Deputy President William Ruto says he sells 150,000 eggs per day from his poultry farm in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County.  Speaking on Thursday, Ruto confirmed that he owns most of the properties listed by Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i when he appeared before the National Assembly…

Deputy President William Ruto has accused Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i of exposing him to “further security threats.” Ruto noted that the revelations Matiang’i made when he appeared before the National Assembly Security Committee on Wednesday were aimed at humiliating and ridiculing…

The court has issued a warrant of arrest against Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua for defying orders to pay a businessman over Sh5.5 million. Mutua was on July 30th, 2020 ordered by the Machakos Environment and Land Court to pay businessman David Gitau Thairu a sum of Sh5,590,443.15 in a dumpsite…

Importers of a surfeit of regulated goods lying at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) custom stores have been given a one-month ultimatum to collect the items. The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) in a notice on Wednesday warned that the goods among them, drones, sex toys, and shisha pipes…

Interior CS Fred Matiang’i has listed some of the properties owned by Deputy President William Ruto, including a 22,000-acre estate, five helicopters, a hangar, and private homes. Appearing before the National Assembly Security Committee on Wednesday, Matiang’i noted that a total of 257 police…

Interior CS Fred Matiang’i says over 250 police officers are assigned to William Ruto, making him the most protected deputy president in Kenya’s history. Matiang’i, who appeared before the National Assembly Security Committee on Wednesday, dispelled claims that Ruto’s security was withdrawn or…