KENYA NEWS

Assistant Commissioner General of Prisons Pauline Wanja Ngara has died. Reports indicate Wanja passed away on Saturday night at the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi, where she had been receiving treatment for the past seven days. The cause of her death was not revealed. Until her death, Wanja was the…

Former long-serving State House Comptroller Abraham Kiptanui has passed away after a long illness. Kiptanui died on Sunday while undergoing treatment at the Nairobi Hospital, where he had been admitted for the past few weeks. His death was announced by Moi's Press Secretary Lee Njiru on behalf of…

The government has responded to the UK’s decision to include Kenya in its ‘red list’ to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The UK added Kenya to the list alongside the Philippines, Pakistan, and Bangladesh amid concerns about new COVID-19 variants. Consequently, travelers originating from Kenya and…

Emotions ran high as the late Kiambaa MP Paul Koinange was laid to rest at his home in Kiambu County on Saturday. Koinange, who succumbed to COVID-19 related complications while undergoing treatment at the Nairobi Hospital on Wednesday, was buried in a private ceremony attended by family and close…

Siaya Governor Cornel Rasanga has hit out at Alego-Usonga MP Samuel Atandi for criticizing former US president Barack Obama for doing nothing for his ancestral village, Kogelo. Speaking during an interview earlier this week, Atandi claimed that Kogelo has nothing to show despite having links with…

Elgeyo-Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen has reacted to the government’s ban on the Russian-made Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine. Through Twitter on Saturday, Murkomen alleged that the embargo is meant to stop Deputy President William Ruto from getting his second shot. “So the government banned…

A 28-year-old Kenyan woman who has lived with HIV since birth has called for a speedy resolution to a standoff between the government of Kenya and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Doreen Moraa Moracha, who is the founder of “I am A Beautiful Story” and recipient of…

A Murang’a family could not hide their joy after their kin who disappeared 17 years ago returned home this week. 35-year-old Milkah Muthoni left her parents’ home in Kagaa village, Kiharu constituency in 2004—she was only 18 years old and had just cleared high school. Muthoni says she went to…

Flamboyant Nairobi-based lawyer Donald Kiprorir says he spent nearly Sh4 million on treatment after contracting COVID-19 last year. Taking to Facebook on Friday, Kiprorir, who was hospitalized at the Aga Khan Hospital, said he is yet to fully recover from the disease despite spending an arm and a…

The government through the Ministry of Health has banned the importation, distribution, and administration of private COVID-19 vaccines in Kenya. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe says the decision was made following a meeting by the National Emergency Response Committee (NERC) on COVID-19. “…