KENYA NEWS

The family of the late Keziah Aoko Obama has asked for financial support from Kenyans to airlift her body back to Kenya for burial. Keziah, who was the step-mother of former US President Barack Obama, passed away on Tuesday while undergoing treatment at a hospital in the United Kingdom. The 78-year…

Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives have arrested a 38-year-old man in connection with the gruesome murder of his lover. Evans Karani was nabbed on Friday in Githurai, Kiambu County, two days after the body of his lover Catherine Nyokabi, 25, was discovered inside a saloon car…

Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria claims that at least 40 percent of the MPs in the current parliament hold fake academic certificates. The outspoken MP further alleged that the only genuine document this group of legislators has is a driver’s license. “For about 40% of the MPs in the 12th parliament,…

The family of the late Kenyan author Ken Walibora, who died last year has appealed to the government to help them trace some of his wealth. While commemorating his death, Walibora’s brother Patrick Wafula said the family has not been able to trace some of his wealth, including an estate and…

Deputy President William Ruto has defended his decision to be inoculated with Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine whose importation into the country was shrouded in controversy. Ruto was among the first people in Kenya to receive the Russian-manufactured jab that had been shipped into the country by a…

The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council has taken disciplinary action against three institutions that claimed to offer home-based ICU services for COVID-19 patients. The council warned Kenyans against taking up the services of Apex Home Healthcare, Utunzaji Home and Nursing Care, and…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a woman accused of defrauding a foreigner of Sh300 million in a fake gold scam. Pauline Adhiambo Odok, alias Rose Omamo, who has been on the run since May last year, was apprehended on Thursday at Ololua, Dam Estate.…

President Kenyatta has officially declared four vacancies in the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).  Kenyatta declared the positions vacant through a special gazette notice dated April 14th, 2021.  “IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 7A (2) of the…

Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu has called for the appointment of a woman as the country’s next Chief Justice. In a statement on Thursday, Ngilu stated that there could never be a better moment to have the first-ever female head of the Judiciary -one of the three arms of government. “There could never…

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi’s bodyguard Hudson Wakise was on Thursday laid to rest in a low-key burial ceremony at his rural home in Kironge village in Taita Taveta county. Wakise, who shot dead his wife before turning the gun on himself, was not given the traditional military and…