KENYA NEWS

A woman in Ndhiwa, Homa Bay County has been arrested after beheading her one-year-old son for allegedly refusing to breastfeed. Reports indicate the baby named Briton Ochieng was crying uncontrollably, forcing his mother to breastfeed him in an effort to calm him down, but this did not work. The 23…

Police in Nairobi are detaining a 40-year-old man for allegedly impersonating an Administration Police (AP) officer in Lang’ata. The suspect identified as Gregory Simiyu Mabele was arrested past curfew hours on Friday while conducting illegal night patrols in the Southlands area of Lang’ata,…

Narc-Kenya party leader Martha Karua has questioned the delay in printing copies of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Constitutional Amendment Bill. Karua said failure to avail copies of the document to Kenyans could be part of a scheme by BBI proponents to sneak in mischievous clauses ahead of…

President Kenyatta has been voted as the new Chairperson of the East African Community (EAC). Kenyatta was elected during the 21st Ordinary Summit of the East African Community Heads of State held virtually on Saturday. This was the first-ever Summit of the EAC Heads of State to be held virtually.…

Deputy President William Ruto says he is aware of a well-calculated scheme to stop him from succeeding President Kenyatta in 2022. Ruto alleged that his political rivals have ganged up to ensure he does not ascend to power, stating that he is ready to face them.   “They are scheming against me…

The family of Alexander Monson, a British Aristocrat who was murdered in Kenya nine years ago, has reiterated its commitment to finding justice for their kin. Monson, 28, died in hospital a day after he was arrested by police officers at a beach resort in Diani in May 2012, with an autopsy report…

Dagoretti North MP Simba Arati and his Mugirango South counterpart Sylvanus Osoro have reconciled weeks after engaging in a fistfight. The two exchanged blows and kicks early this month during the burial of Kisii Deputy Governor Joash Maangi’s father, which was attended by among others, ODM leader…

Philip Moi has settled part of the Sh1.8 million debt owed to his former Italian wife Rossana Pluda to avoid being sent to jail.  Earlier this month, Justice Aggrey Muchelule ordered the officer commanding Muthaiga Police Station to appear before the court on Thursday to explain why Philip was…

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has asked the court to allow him to travel to South Africa for urgent medical treatment.   In a report filed in court on Friday, Dr. Esther Wekesa of Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) says Sonko needs to travel abroad for hip replacement surgery. The medic…

Kenya is set to receive the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines next week ahead of the launch of the first phase of the immunization process. State House in a dispatch on Thursday said the consignment will arrive in the country in the first week of March, adding that priority will be given to…