KENYA NEWS

Former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga says ODM leader Raila Odinga will win this year’s presidential election. Speaking during an interview with Nation, Njenga expressed confidence that Odinga will garner at least 60% of votes in the Mt. Kenya region in the forthcoming elections. While dismissing…

Hotel Sonrisa in Diani, Kwale County has been demolished following a dispute over the ownership of the land on which its stands. The multi-million-shilling property was brought down on Friday in an exercise that was supervised by armed police officers. The dispute for the 1.9-hectare beachside…

NARC-Kenya party leader Martha Karua has warned President Kenyatta against attempts to cling onto power. Speaking during NARC-Kenya’s National Delegates Convention (NDC) at Ufungamano House in Nairobi on Friday, Karua urged the president to facilitate a seamless handover of power to his successor…

Kenya is set to benefit from the global messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) technology transfer program by the World Health Organisation (WHO). It is among six African countries that will be supported by WHO to start local production of Covid-19 and other vaccines to combat various diseases such as…

The National Assembly Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is probing the alleged use of public funds to pay Kenyan medics working in Seychelles. This comes after an audit on Kenyatta University Teaching Research and Referral Hospital’s (KUTTRH) Covid-19 kitty revealed that taxpayers paid salaries of 50…

Kenyan Members of Parliament have petitioned the Treasury to set aside an additional Sh11.7 billion for free cars among other expenditures.  As per Business Daily, Parliament’s Budget and Appropriations Committee is seeking Sh4.2 billion car grant for MPs who will be elected in the forthcoming…

Police in Nairobi are investigating the mysterious death of a 41-year-old woman, who was found dead inside her car outside the Carnivore Restaurant. The lifeless body of Victoria Nyambura Kamwaro was found inside the vehicle parked outside the hotel, with the engine running and her hands on the…

Customs officials have seized Sh238 million in foreign currency from a traveler at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). The traveler, a Kenyan national, was intercepted with a parcel containing USD$2 million after arrival at the airport from Burundi’s capital Bujumbura on Thursday…

Deputy President William Ruto would emerge victorious if a presidential election was held today, a new survey shows. Ruto would garner 38 percent of the votes cast ahead of his main competitor Raila Odinga (27 percent), according to the latest opinion poll by Trends & Insights for Africa (TIFA…

Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi has become the first health facility in the region to successfully perform penile implant surgery. The procedure was done on a male patient who has been suffering from erectile dysfunction and had unsuccessfully sought alternative treatments in the past. Aga…