KENYA NEWS

Police in Nakuru are in hot pursuit of a policewoman suspected to have killed her colleague in cold blood. 28-year-old Constable John Obweno, attached to Nakuru Central police station, was found murdered inside his car at Kasarani police quarters’ parking on Monday, with blood oozing from his ears…

President Kenyatta has canceled his scheduled two-day development tour of the Ukambani region over COVID-19 fears. Kenyatta was set to visit the counties of Machakos, Makueni, and Kitui from Tuesday to launch key government projects. Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua in a statement on Monday said the…

The murder trial of Migori Governor Okoth Obado will kick off next week, a Nairobi court ordered on Monday. Obado through his lawyers requested the court to postpone the matter citing COVID-19 issues but Justice Cecilia Githua rejected the application and ordered the hearing to commence on July…

Kenyan politician and businessman Joseph Mboya Nyamuthe is being detained in Burundi over drug trafficking allegations. Reports indicate that Mboya, who is the son of former Moi-era Permanent Secretary Hezekiah Oyugi, is being held in solitary confinement. The businessman moved to Burundi in 2019…

National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has declared his bid for the presidency in 2022. Muturi, who was controversially installed as Mt Kenya spokesman in May, stated that he is ready to steer the country on a new path by restoring order. “What this country needs is order and to revisit the…

Garissa Township MP Aden Duale has warned Chief Justice Martha Koome against appointing a female Chief Kadhi.  Duale vowed to resist any attempts to install a woman into the position, arguing that the function of Kadhi is not a woman’s role as per the Islamic religion. He stated that Islam as…

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has dismissed reports that it sent its officers to lawyer John Khaminwa’s office. In a statement on Sunday, EACC termed the reports as fake and malicious, insisting that it did not conduct any operation on Saturday. “EACC wishes to notify the public…

The family of missing Kenyan security expert Mwenda Mbijiwe has sought the international community’s help in finding him. Mbijiwe, a former Kenya Air Force Commander went missing on June 12th and his hired car was found abandoned in a coffee plantation near Tatu City in Kiambu. He had hired the car…

Detectives are searching for a police officer accused of shoving his girlfriend off a balcony of their fourth-floor apartment in Nairobi. The policeman attached to Kasarani Police Station is said to have had an argument with his girlfriend on Friday night before she fell off the balcony at an…

US-based Kenyan scholar Prof. Makau Mutua says Deputy President William Ruto will win the presidency early and easily.  In his weekly column on Sunday Nation, Mutua termed the 2022 presidential race as almost won, suggesting that none of the supposed Ruto opponents can match him. "Mr. Ruto is…