KENYA NEWS

ODM leader Raila Odinga has weighed in on the heightened schism between the Judiciary and the Executive arm of the government. Through a statement on Saturday, Odinga urged President Kenyatta to lay bare the integrity issues that led to the rejection of six of the 40 judges recommended by the…

US President Joe Biden has approved the deployment of American special troops to Kenya to support counter-terrorism efforts in East Africa. In a letter to Congress, Biden said the troops will collaborate with the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) in combating Al-Shabaab terrorists. "In furtherance of…

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru’s Kitisuru mansion is set to be auctioned to recover rent arrears owed to developers of Kihingo Village.  This comes after the High Court gave the developers—Frame Consultants—a greenlight to auction the Sh80 million house over the debt amounting to Sh4.5…

ODM leader Raila Odinga has hinted at the possibility of running for president in the 2022 general elections. Speaking during the burial of former Kibwezi MP Kalembe Ndile on Friday, Odinga pledged to form an alliance with the Wiper party ahead of next year’s elections. He said he is keen on…

36 candidates are set to compete for the four vacant positions in the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). The candidates were picked from a list of more than 700 Kenyans who applied for the four commissioner posts that were declared vacant by President Uhuru on April 16th. At…

A 19-year-old Kenyan girl has returned home after undergoing life-changing operations in the United States. Doctors from Stony Brook University in New York successfully carried out reconstructive surgeries on Saline Atieno, who suffered from noma. Noma, also known as cancrum oris, is orofacial…

The Appeals Court has ruled that a title deed to a land that was allocated to the late former President Daniel Moi was acquired illegally. Justices Daniel Musinga, Mohamed Warsame, and Agnes Murgor on Friday upheld a High Court ruling that declared that the beach plot in Mombasa was not available…

A section of Kenyans who were stuck in India for weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic returned home on Thursday. A Kenya Airways charter flight carrying the group touched the ground at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) at 11:00 am on Thursday. Only those with a negative RT-PCR test report…

Jubilee vice-chairman David Murathe says the time has come for him to leave the ruling party. Murathe, who spoke during an interview on NTV, said he successfully completed his mission of kicking out Deputy President William Ruto and his allies from Jubilee. Having done his job, Murathe feels it is…

The education sector received a huge share of the Sh3.66 trillion 2021/2022 fiscal year budget presented to Parliament by Treasury CS Ukur Yatani on Thursday. The Treasury proposed a Sh503.9 billion allocation to support activities in the education sector in the next financial year. The sector was…