KENYA NEWS

The government says Kenyans stranded in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover will be evacuated by their respective employers. Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Amb. Macharia Kamau on Tuesday said there were no Kenyans on official assignment as diplomats or any other government duty in…

Jubilee Party’s National Management Committee (NMC) has given the ruling party the green light to form a coalition with ODM ahead of the 2022 general election. The governing party’s highest-ranking organ made the decision following a meeting with Jubilee Parliamentary leadership on Tuesday. The…

The prime suspect in the murder of four young men in Kitengela on August 8th has been arrested. Benson Melonyie Ole Mungai, 40, was smoked out of his hideout in Kitengela by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Monday evening. He is believed to be the mastermind…

Nominated Senator Victor Prengei has died after a grisly road accident in Nakuru. Prengei, who was nominated to the Senate by the Jubilee Party, was involved in a crash along Nakuru-Kabarak Road on Monday night. Confirming the incident, Nakuru County Police Commander Beatrice Kiraguri said the…

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has ordered the arrest of 6 police officers linked to the murder of Embu brothers Benson Njiru and Emanuel Mutura. Haji directed the Inspector-General of Police to immediately arrest and arraign the six to avoid any interference with evidence and…

A Nigerian man was on Monday arraigned in a Nairobi court for allegedly forcing his Kenyan girlfriend to perform oral sex on him. Joseph Adekunle Odu appeared before Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi at Milimani law courts where he was charged with assault, threatening to kill, cyber harassment, and…

Meru Senator Mithika Linturi has moved to court seeking to block his impeding arrest and prosecution over alleged attempted rape. Linturi says he is in possession of a May 5th, 2021 letter authored by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), which reveals plans to prefer attempted rape…

A UK-based Kenyan woman has demanded speedy investigations and arrest of those behind the killing of her two sons. Lucy Wanjiru’s sons Fredrick Mureithi (30) and Victor Mwangi (25) were lynched by villagers in Kitengela on August 8th alongside their friends Mike George (29) and Nicholas Musa (28)…

Eastlands most-wanted gangster Fidel has been killed in a shootout with police. Fidel, who was the leader of a dreaded five-man gang that has been terrorizing residents of Nairobi’s Eastlands estates, was gunned down by Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) sleuths on Monday morning. DCI…

Jane Muthoni, who was sentenced to 30 years in jail for the murder of her husband, insists she is innocent. Muthoni is serving her sentence at Lang’ata Women’s Prison after she was found guilty of killing her husband Solomon Mwangi, who was the principal of Kiiru Boys High School. She was handed…