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Comedian Vincent Mwasya, better known as Chipukeezy, has been elected as the vice-chairperson of the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) board. Chipukeezy was voted in by the Board of Directors during a meeting held on Tuesday and takes over from Peterson…

Kenya has approved the emergency use of the Russian-made COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, which has a 92 percent efficacy rate. The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) on Wednesday said it has granted Emergency Use Approval to a private pharmacy, making Sputnik V the first private vaccine consignment in…

The government has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on the closure of two major refugee camps in Kenya. Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i directed the UN refugee agency to develop a roadmap towards the permanent shutting of Dadaab and…

At least four passengers were killed and several others wounded after a bus they were traveling in ran over an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Mandera County on Wednesday morning. The 42-seater bus was headed to Mandera town from Lafey when the incident happened at Kiromey area along Mandera-…

A Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) candidate on Tuesday died shortly after giving birth at a hospital in Nyandarua County. Nyandarua County Commissioner Benson Leparmorijo said the Pesi Primary School pupil succumbed to excessive bleeding at Nyahururu County Referral Hospital. The girl…

A Kenyan woman was on Tuesday charged with defrauding a Dutch national of Sh2.9 million in a fake surrogacy deal.  Winnie Warigia Maina is said to have defrauded the Dutchman named Dion William Van Aardt on the pretext that she could offer surrogacy services to him through her company Family…

Kenya Airways (KQ) has announced a loss of Sh36.2 billion, the largest by a corporate in the country’s history. The loss in the year ended December 31st, 2020, which is nearly threefold the Sh13 billion loss recorded a year earlier, is largely attributed to the collapse of the airline’s operations…

Doctors have warned that there is a shortage of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds across the country amid a third COVID-19 wave. Speaking during a press briefing on Tuesday, Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) secretary-general Chibanzi Mwachonda called on members of the public and…

Four Kenyan police officers are set to face trial over the murder of British aristocrat Alex Monson, who died in their custody nine years ago. This comes after High Court Judge Erick Ogolla on Monday ruled that the four—Naftali Chege, Charles Wangombe Munyiri, Baraka Bulima and John Pamba—have a…

Jubilee Party Executive Director James Waweru has passed away in Nairobi. Waweru, who previously served as Nairobi Provincial Commissioner and Permanent Secretary for Sports, died on Tuesday morning while undergoing treatment at Nairobi Hospital, where he had been admitted. The cause of his death…