KENYA NEWS

Kenya has received 410,000 doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by the UK government. An Emirates A6-EPM aircraft carrying the consignment arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Saturday and was received by Health Ministry officials led by Chief…

A case in which Kenyan woman Riziki Cherono is charged with the murder of her Dutch husband Herman Rouwenhorst has taken a fresh twist. This is after it emerged that Cherono was also married to the tycoon's brother identified as William Rouwenhorst, according to documents filed at Mombasa High…

A 74-year-old woman and her 51-year-old niece are embroiled in a tussle over a multi-million-shilling estate left behind by her husband. Appearing before a Nakuru court on Tuesday, Susan Nyambura accused her niece, Lucy Wanjiku, of eloping with her husband Joseph Leitmann, a German national.…

Flamboyant Nairobi lawyer Donald Kipkorir says Kenyan man Abdulrahman Imraan Juma “Abdul”, who was indicted in the US for fraud reached out to him through a friend. Through Twitter on Friday, the attorney divulged that Abdul wanted him to keep some money for Nigerian Instagram influencer Ramon…

Detectives are searching for a former GSU officer linked to Tuesday’s robbery at Equity Bank branch in Matuu, Machakos County. The policeman, who was stationed in Masinga before being discharged from the service over misconduct, is among the suspects being pursued over the daylight heist. Three…

A Kenyan woman has died of COVID-19 hours after taking to social media to appeal for oxygen. Through Facebook on Friday morning, Fiona Juma said her oxygen levels were at 52 and pleaded with anyone with oxygen to help her out. She was admitted to Mbagathi Hospital in Nairobi after contracting…

The family of the late Kikuyu benga singer Wanjaro Junior has refused to bury him, insisting that he was murdered. Speaking on Friday, his father Njaro Wairatu said his son did not commit suicide as alleged, adding that he was murdered. He accused the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) of…

A family in Ruiru, Kiambu County is seeking justice after their daughter was murdered three days before flying to Qatar for work. Joyce Wanjiru Nyambura was reportedly stabbed to death by her boyfriend identified as Golden Nyakundi, alias Ras, at Maziwa area within Kahawa West, Nairobi on Wednesday…

A Bungoma girl who was forced to repeat Class 8 despite scoring 401 marks in the 2020 KCPE examination is set to join Form One. This comes after Lamu Governor Fahim Twaha came to her rescue and paid the full Sh53,000 required for her admission to Moi Girls’ High School, Eldoret. Daina Nyokabi had…

Kenya and the UK on Thursday signed two key agreements in the health sector. The first pact is a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Health Workforce Collaboration, which provides a framework for capacity building and exchange of healthcare workers between Kenya and the UK. It was signed by Kenya’…