KENYA NEWS

Police have launched a manhunt for a Marsabit MCA accused of supplying weapons to bandits who have been terrorizing area residents. Uran Ward MCA Halkano Konsa allegedly went into hiding following the arrest of four suspects by police from the Border Patrol Unit (PDU) on Saturday. The officers were…

Leopold II, Belgium’s longest tunnel could soon be renamed after Kenyan environmentalist the late Prof. Wangari Maathai. Maathai, a Nobel Prize winner, is among 15 female nominees from whom the people of Belgium capital, Brussels have been asked to choose for the new name of the tunnel. 10 of the…

Suna East MP Junet Mohamed is under fire for vilifying Nominated Senator Isaac Mwaura. Speaking in Turkana County on Saturday, Junet claimed that Senator Mwaura, who suffers from albinism, bleached his skin in order to get a nomination slot. "It seems he bleached himself so he could secure himself…

Nark-Kenya party leader Martha Karua has weighed in on the arrest and detention of former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko. Through Twitter on Saturday, Karua said Sonko was “welcomed, used and dumped” by people that are no better than him. “He was welcomed, used, and dumped by people no better than him…

Former powerful politician Hosea Kiplagat has passed away aged 76. Kiplagat died at his home in Karen, Nairobi on Saturday morning as his family prepared to rush him to the hospital after falling ill. He is reported to have been seen last on Friday evening having drinks with friends at a Lavington…

A 47-year-old Kenyan teacher has opened up about her battle with three deadly diseases— HIV/AIDS, cancer, and COVID-19. Sarah Muthoni, an English and Literature teacher at Afraha High School in Nakuru, says she has been living with HIV/AIDS for the last 23 years.  She discovered she had HIV…

ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi has dispelled claims that he is secretly being fronted as President Kenyatta’s preferred successor in 2022. Mudavadi clarified that his presidential bid is not pegged on any endorsement, adding that he will seek to be elected as the country’s next president based…

A section of Kenyan youth has vowed to reject the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) unless certain conditions are met. Taking to Twitter, the youth demanded that their names be cleared on the Credit Reference Bureaus (CRB), and Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) before passing BBI. CRB and HELB…

Lugari MP Ayub Savula says the motion to impeach Deputy President William Ruto is still on course. Savula, who spoke on Thursday, indicated that 126 MPs allied to Jubilee have so far appended their signatures on the ouster motion. He pointed out that he is now seeking an additional 107 signatures…

A Nairobi court has ordered Pastor James Ng’ang’a of Neno Evangelism Center to pay a former worker Sh300,000 for unfair dismissal. Christopher Kinama, who worked as the church’s caretaker, was unceremoniously fired by Pastor Ng’ang’a in 2017 following a dispute over car parking fees collection.…