KENYA NEWS

A Nairobi family is in distress after their kin disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad, the executive director of the Institute for Horn of Africa Strategic Studies, was last seen in Nairobi on Wednesday. It is alleged that Abdisamad, who also serves as an analyst at…

The late former President Daniel Arap Moi’s long-serving press secretary Lee Njiru has announced his retirement after a 46-year career in the civil service. Njiru, who served as Moi’s press secretary for 42 years, said his retirement will take effect on September 11th. “It has been a challenging…

A Kenyan businessman has moved to court to block her estranged Indian wife from taking away their son.  High Court Judge A.C Mrima on August 30th issued an order restraining the woman, her servants, or agents from taking the minor outside the country without express consent from the minor and…

The High Court in Nakuru has ruled that having a child with a partner is not proof of marriage. The ruling was made by Justice Joel Ngugi in a case where a woman was seeking to be recognized as the wife of a deceased Nakuru businessman identified in court documents as B.M. The woman identified in…

Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers have seized over Sh60 million in fake United States dollars destined for Muscat, Oman. The consignment from a money-laundering syndicate that is under investigation was seized from a transport logistics facility located on Lusaka Road within…

Kenyan journalist Anita Nkonge has joined the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Nkonge will be the new youth reporter based in Nairobi, according to a statement by BBC Africa TV programmes director Newton Ndebu. Her appointment comes barely two weeks after she resigned from Nation Media Group…

The United States government has donated six brand new vehicles to Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to enhance the movement of DCI detectives during security operations. The cars were handed over to DCI director-general George Kinoti by US Embassy representative Joseph Thompson…

Collins Kibet Moi, the grandson of the late former president Daniel Arap Moi, says he cannot afford Sh1 million child upkeep demanded by his baby mama Gladys Jeruto Tagi. In an affidavit filed in a Nakuru court, Kibet said he is jobless and does not have a source of income, adding that he depends…

A Kenyan woman has been arraigned in court for allegedly stealing money and other items from her American boyfriend. Judy Onchiri is accused of robbing Kevin Michael Queen together with her brother Wilson Momanyi and cousin Harun Moranga at their house in Nairobi’s Lang’ata area on December 3rd,…

There was drama in Nairobi CBD on Wednesday after a businessman was robbed of cash by a gang. James Mwangi had withdrawn Sh684,000 from a bank along Kimathi St around noon then went to an MPesa shop along Tom Mboya Street and deposited some of it. Shortly after leaving the shop, he was waylaid by…