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The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has opened a probe into an alleged sex scandal at the Lands Ministry. Senior officials at the registry department are accused of sexual abuse and making unwanted sexual overtures towards junior female employees and interns. Complainants said no…

Margaret Wambui, one of the widows of the late Nakuru North MP Dickson Kihika Kimani, has lost her bid to remain joint administrator of the Sh600 million estate left behind by her husband. High Court judge Rachael Ng’etich ruled that Wambui, 90, should be replaced with her last-born daughter…

Police on Monday arrested Kisii Deputy Governor Joash Maangi and South Mugirango MP Sylvanus Osoro ahead of the late Cabinet Minister Simeon Nyachae’s funeral service. The two were separately apprehended by officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and driven to DCI offices in…

Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji has passed away aged 80 years. Haji, a former long-serving provincial administrator, and Cabinet Minister died on Monday morning while undergoing treatment at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi. He was the Chairperson of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI)…

300 MCAs drawn from four Western Kenya counties have demanded Sh500,000 each to pass the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Constitutional Amendment Bill. The Ward Representatives from Kakamega, Bungoma, Vihiga, and Busia counties threatened to shoot down the Bill in their respective county…

The family of a 54-year-old Nairobi-based lawyer is in distress following his disappearance a week ago. Benson Njau Kayai from Nairobi’s Kahawa West estate was allegedly kidnapped by unknown people along Muhoho Avenue in South C on the evening of February 7th, according to reports. Investigations…

The government has gone after millions of shillings held in bank accounts belonging to Jeffrey Sila Ndungi, a Kenyan man currently serving a 10-year jail term in the US. In an application filed at the High Court, the Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) is seeking forfeiture of more than Sh17 million held…

Deputy President William Ruto has insisted that he respects President Kenyatta despite being stripped of his duties. Speaking in Isiolo County on Saturday, Ruto stated that he has never disrespected President Kenyatta even after he began assigning his roles to other people.  "I respect the…

Police have discovered an acre of bhang estimated to be worth Sh27 million in Naivasha, Nakuru County following a tip-off from members of the public. The marijuana farm was discovered during a security operation conducted by a multi-agency team drawn from the Anti-Narcotics Unit and the…

Deputy President William Ruto has spoken out hours after President Kenyatta dared him to resign for fighting the government from within. Uhuru said it was hypocritical for Ruto to claim that the Jubilee government has failed and, at the same time, take credit for its projects. “On one hand he [Ruto…