KENYA NEWS

A Kenyan family that was recently blessed with quintuplets is mourning the death of one of the babies. Douglas Nyaoko and his wife Sellah Nyanchera welcomed the five babies on April 16th. Nyanchera, 25, delivered the quintuplets—four girls and a boy—at Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital through a…

Police in Kitengela are looking into the mysterious disappearance of four young men, who were last seen at Club Enkare on April 19th. The four are said to have arrived at the entertainment joint in the afternoon aboard a white Toyota Mark X registration KCQ 715C. They ordered some drinks and at…

The Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA) has asked Kenyans residing along the coastline to watch out for Tropical Cyclone Jobo, which is approaching the East African coast. The agency said the storm is expected to hit the Kenyan coastline at midnight on Monday, with Mombasa, Kilifi, and Kwale likely to…

Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika has weighed in on the alleged plan to extend President Kenyatta’s term. Through Twitter on Sunday, Kihika warned that such a move will be met with resistance, saying it would amount to a violation of Kenyans’ democratic rights. “We must resist and never allow an…

Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal is under investigation by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) over Sh661.2 million suspicious wealth. EACC wants Governor Lenolkulal to explain the source of the wealth acquired since March 2013 when he was elected into office. The wealth in question…

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru is a proud mother as her son was among a group of Nairobi’s Brookhouse School students that bagged a continental award recently. Brookhouse School was declared the winner of the University of Dundee’s African Schools Mooting Competition 2021. This year’s competition…

Jubilee Party vice-chairperson David Murathe has threatened to expose the individuals behind the Sh7.8 billion scandal at Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (Kemsa). Speaking during an interview with The Standard, Murathe said he will appear before the National Assembly Public Investment Committee (PIC…

13 traders have been arrested in Nairobi after they were found in possession of banned plastic bags. The suspects were nabbed during a crackdown conducted by officers from the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) and the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) in Toi Market and Dangoretti…

Police in Nakuru are holding three suspects for allegedly cultivating bhang on a quarter-acre plot.  Victor Kung’u Wainaina, his son Broddus Wainaina, and Dennis Matete were nabbed by a multi-agency security team on Friday in Nakuru’s London estate. The officers discovered, uprooted, and…

A 17-year-old KCSE candidate was on Friday arraigned in court on suspicion of stealing over Sh300,000 from a police officer. Gideon Rotich, who sat for his KCSE exam this year at Ngito Secondary School in Kipsigis, was arraigned at Milimani law courts in Nairobi where he was charged with one count…