KENYA NEWS

Police have arrested a 50-year-old man for allegedly defrauding a Nakuru-based nursing home of nearly Sh1 million in a false shipping deal. Samuel Mwendwa Mutua is accused of swindling St. Joseph’s Maternity and Nursing Home of Sh948,000 through his company World Freight Logistics Limited. …

Riziki Cherono, the widow of slain Mombasa-based Dutch tycoon Herman Rouwenhorst has been arrested. Cherono was apprehended by homicide detectives on Thursday morning on suspicion of taking part in his murder. Coast Regional Police Commander Paul Ndambuki said she will be arraigned in court to face…

At least 10 Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) soldiers died after a military helicopter crash-landed in Ngong, Kajiado County. The 24-seater Kenya Air Force Mi 171E chopper was on a routine training mission when it crashed at the Ol Tepesi area on Thursday morning. 13 other military officers suffered…

Kenyan Amakobe Sande has been appointed the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Eritrea. Sande was appointed to the position by UN secretary-general António Guterres after the host government approved. She brings to the post over 25 years of experience in international cooperation, development…

Kiambu Woman Representative Gathoni wa Muchomba has defected to Deputy President William Ruto’s camp. Wa Muchomba met Ruto at his Karen residence on Wednesday where she declared her support for the deputy president. “I am aligning myself with the DP [deputy president] because that is where my…

The High Court has frozen the assets and bank accounts belonging to Margaret Wanja Muthui, a senior official at Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA). The Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) successfully applied to have the properties frozen on grounds that they are proceeds of crime. On Tuesday, Justice…

The murder case of Mombasa-based Dutch tycoon Herman Rouwenhorst has taken a fresh twist. This comes after his children, aged 14 and 12, told detectives that their mother Riziki Cherono helped his suspected killers gain access into their Bamburi home on the night he was murdered. In their…

A man driving a white Subaru Forester was on Tuesday afternoon shot multiple times by unknown assailants along Thika Superhighway. The incident happened at the Gwa Kairu area in Ruiru with the vehicle, which was headed towards Juja, veering off the road. Images shared on social media showed the car…

Kenya has been listed among countries that will receive part of 14 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the US by the end month. On Monday, the Biden administration announced it will send 55 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to countries in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. The vaccines are part…

Media personality Shiksha Arora has narrated how she was mugged in Nairobi CBD in broad daylight. Through Twitter on Tuesday, the news anchor said the incident occurred at around 5:20 pm at Globe Roundabout as she drove to work on Monday.   “Guy one knocked my side mirror bending it backwards…