KENYA NEWS

Nairobi businessman Tom Oywa Mboya was on Wednesday sentenced to 23 years in prison. Mboya was handed the sentence by Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku of Milimani law courts after he was found guilty of attempted murder. The tour operator was accused of shooting Ranalo Foods Restaurant owner William…

American App-based public safety company Citizen has reportedly hired 200 Kenyans to monitor emergency scanners. The New York Post reports that the recruits are based in Nairobi and were scheduled to begin work on October 6th. Their work is to listen to emergency scanners and draft reports on…

A Nairobi court has dismissed Pastor James Ng’ang’a’s application to settle a fraud case through an out-of-court agreement. Ng’ang’a, who is the head of the Neno Evangelism Ministry, is accused of defrauding businessman Wickson Njoroge Mwathi of Sh3.6 million. Ng’ang’a and Njoroge made a written…

The government has declared Monday, October 11th a public holiday to mark Utamaduni Day. Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i in a statement on Wednesday said October 10th, which Kenyans have marked for over 20 years as Moi Day, will now be referred to as Utamaduni Day. The day has been set…

Marsha Dee Amario, the daughter of the late Kenyan tycoon Peter Gilbert Njoroge is demanding monthly upkeep from her father’s estate. Marsha filed an application in court seeking to have her elder brother Miki Ng’ang’a compelled to pay her upkeep of Sh134,000 per month. Ng’ang’a is the…

ODM leader Raila Odinga has reacted to the Pandora Papers investigative report that exposed how world leaders use offshore tax havens to hide assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Speaking on Wednesday, Odinga stated that he does not own any offshore account, adding that all his wealth is…

The National Assembly environment committee has proposed the renaming of Karura Forest after the late environmentalist Prof. Wangari Maathai. The committee successfully deliberated on the renaming of the forest during a meeting with officials from the Ministry of Environment led by CS Keriako…

A Ugandan national has been arrested over the murder of a Kenyan woman in Nyali, Mombasa. Suleiman Mayanja was smoked out from his hideout in Nyali by sleuths from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Monday evening. He was cornered at Nyali Cinemax, where he was hiding after…

A Kenyan has petitioned the National Assembly to amend the law to ensure that MPs and other elected leaders serve for a maximum of two five-year terms. Jonah Gachuki wants parliament to amend Article 102 of the Constitution and other related provisions in order to limit the term of office of the…

Former Mathare MP George Wanjohi has surrendered a parcel of land to parliament after failing to service a mortgage. Wanjohi took the mortgage before he lost his seat through a court petition and subsequent by-election in 2014. National Assembly Clerk Michael Sialai said the matter has been settled…