KENYA NEWS

A Nairobi court has issued an arrest warrant for Goldenscape Group Ltd. CEO Peter Wangai. This comes after he failed to show up in court on Monday for the mention of a case in which he is accused of defrauding Kenyans of millions of shillings through fake greenhouse investment schemes.  In…

Collins Toroitich, the grandson of former President Daniel Arap Moi has been sued by his former wife for child maintenance.  Toroitich is accused of neglecting his two children, a boy and a girl aged 9 and 11, after separating from their mother Gladys Jeruto Tagi.  The two reportedly got…

Kaaga Girls High School in Meru was named the most improved school in the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KSCE) exam whose results were released on Monday. Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha said Kaaga Girls topped the list of schools that admitted candidates with lower…

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha has officially released the results of the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination. The announcement came hours after CS Magoha presented the exam’s results to President Kenyatta at State House, Nairobi on Monday. Speaking…

Three headteachers lost their lives in a grisly road accident along the Nyeri-Nyahururu road on Saturday. The three were among the four people who perished after two private vehicles collided head-on at the Solio ranch stretch. Their deaths were announced through a statement released by Teachers…

Kenya has launched its first-ever national wildlife census whose aim is to aid conservation and identify threats to its wildlife populations. Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala said the three-month exercise will be funded by the government to a tune of Sh250 million. "The census will utilize…

A senior Kenyan immigration officer died after unknown gunmen attacked him on Sunday. Reports indicate that Philip Sitienei was on a morning run along the Lokichoggio–Nadapal highway in Turkana West when he was shot dead. Confirming the 7:30 am incident, Assistant County Commissioner Kennedy Omollo…

Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives are pursuing a criminal gang linked to a spate of car-jacking incidents within Kiambu County.  On Friday, the gang allegedly waylaid a motorist as he drove to his residence in Ruaka and disappeared with his Toyota Premio. The DCI says the…

Former Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Alex Ole Magelo has died. Magelo passed away on Friday night while receiving treatment at the Nairobi Hospital, where he had been admitted for some weeks. His passing was confirmed by Kajiado Governor Joseph Ole Lenku, who said Magelo died after a short…

Five family members were on Saturday morning killed in a grisly road accident along the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway. The five died after the vehicle they were traveling in collided with a truck at Taru area, around 80 kilometers from Mombasa town. Four other people cheated death by a whisker in the…