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Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho has been ordered to pay a fine of Sh250,000 for contempt of court. Joho, who was charged alongside Changamwe MCA Bernard Ogutu, will serve a 60-day jail sentence in default of payment of the fine. In his ruling on Friday, Justice Munyao Sila stated that breaking the law…

The family of Kenya’s first vice-president Jaramogi Oginga Odinga is against the planned demolition of their property in the Eastlands area of Nairobi. The two-storey house located in Jerusalem estate is among old structures earmarked for demolition in the ongoing urban renewal program by the…

Every Kenyan aged above 18 years will soon be required to make a mandatory Sh6,000 annual contribution to National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) if MPs pass a new bill. The State-backed National Hospital Insurance Fund (Amendment) Bill seeks to make it compulsory for every Kenyan adult to…

The National Bank of Kenya has been ordered to pay its former employee Sh17 million for wrongful dismissal.  John Wanjohi sued his former employer after he was summarily dismissed on accusations of causing the lender a loss of Sh140 million between 2007 and 2009. The banker was accused of…

A US national on Thursday narrated to a Nairobi court how he was conned of Sh29 million by people who posed as officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). Appearing before Kibera principal magistrate Charles Mwaniki, Ali Raza said the suspects had promised to sell him 11.6kgs of…

Three police officers were killed after a roadside explosive hit the vehicle they were traveling in along Banisa-Tabaka road in Mandera County. The officers were on a routine border patrol early Friday morning when they were ambushed by suspected Al-Shabaab militants near Darkale center. A shootout…

Martha Karambu Koome has been sworn in as Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya. She took an oath of office in a ceremony held at State House, Nairobi on Friday afternoon. Justice William Ouko was also sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court. The event was witnessed by President Kenyatta,…

President Uhuru and ODM leader Raila Odinga are scheduled to launch the revamped Naivasha-Kisumu meter-gauge railway next week. The two will take their maiden train trip from Naivasha to Kisumu, where they will open the new railway terminus upon arrival. The Kisumu railway station is among the many…

There was a scare during the commissioning of the new Lamu Port after an intruder tried to charge towards President Kenyatta. The incident, which was captured on live TV, happened as Kenyatta was giving his speech at the function. The president was startled and briefly paused his speech, with his…

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday presided over the operationalization of the first berth of the new Lamu Port.   Kenyatta witnessed the docking of the first two ships at the harbor, which is part of the Sh2.5 trillion Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSSET) project…