KENYA NEWS

A Nigerian national accused of defrauding a US citizen of Sh17.6 million in a fake gold scam has been arraigned in a Nairobi court. Yussuf Daniel Masara, alias Dr. Ibrahim, who was arrested on Wednesday night, was charged with obtaining money by false pretenses. He is said to have obtained the…

The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has released its maiden list of shame. The list released on Wednesday is dominated by politicians led by former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko, who was impeached in December 2020. Others are MPs Johanna Ng'eno (Emurua Dikirr), Simba Arati (…

ODM leader, Raila Odinga has weighed in on the budget for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) referendum. Odinga, who spoke during an interview on Inooro FM on Thursday, insisted that the exercise cannot cost Sh14 billion as earlier projected by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission…

US-based Columbia Pacific Management Inc. has opened its second healthcare outlet in Nairobi, Kenya. The new facility located in Nairobi’s Lavington area was built at a cost of Sh225 million, and is the company’s second after the Sh200 million unit in Parklands, which was opened in 2016. The two…

Police in Nairobi are holding a foreign national for allegedly robbing a Kenyan woman he met on a dating site. The suspect identified as Alfred Mumoh Bangura met the victim, Joyce Mbalo, on the Badoo dating site, according to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). After chatting online…

Kenyan singer Mercy Atis has shared more details about her miserable experience in the US before she was eventually deported in 2014. Atis came into the limelight in October last year after her debut song “I Don’t Wanna Know” went viral on social media. In her latest interview, she says she was in…

Former Nairobi Governor, Mike Sonko will spend five more nights in police custody after his bail ruling was deferred to next week.   The ruling, which was supposed to be issued on Thursday, was pushed to Tuesday to give the magistrate more time to compile the ruling.  Sonko was on Tuesday…

The family of a man killed by a VIP motorcade heading to President Kenyatta’s meeting at Sagana State Lodge in Nyeri over the weekend is demanding justice. 45-year-old Chris Nderitu was run over by vehicles ferrying unknown government officials to the meeting at Karundas area on Saturday. The…

Siaya County Assembly has approved the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2020. All the 41 Siaya MCAs unanimously passed the Bill during a special sitting held on Wednesday, a day after the assembly held public participation across all the sub-counties. “Having…

Former Nairobi Governor, Mike Sonko has reportedly been moved to Kamiti Maximum Security Prison for detention. Reports indicate that Sonko, who was being held at Gigiri police station, was whisked away to the facility on Wednesday evening. His lawyers, Assa Nyakundi and John Khaminwa, said they…