KENYA NEWS

President Kenyatta has suspended judge Mary Muthoni Gitumbi of the Environment and Land Court with immediate effect. This comes after the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) recommended her removal on grounds of mental incapacity. JSC petitioned the president to remove the judge after considering…

Deputy President William Ruto says the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) was the most dangerous project in Kenya’s history. Ruto, who spoke on Tuesday at his Karen residence, said the BBI Constitutional Amendment Bill would have reserved the democratic gains since independence. He argued that the…

Bishop David Muriithi of House of Grace has admitted to siring a kid with a woman who sued him for child support. In documents filed in court, Muriithi accused Judy Mutave of keeping her pregnancy a secret, saying he learned she was expectant long after they ended their short-lived relationship in…

Kenyan-Canadian lawyer Miguna Miguna has come to the rescue of a needy University of Nairobi (UoN) student. Through his law firm KMM Lawyers, Miguna has fully paid Esther Amimo Anyanzwa’s tuition fee as well as accommodation, books, food, and other basic needs. Miguna was touched by the plight of…

President Kenyatta has broken his silence on last week’s Appeals Court ruling on the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).  The second-highest court on the land upheld a High Court decision that declared the BBI constitutional review process null and void. Speaking during an engagement with media…

President Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged Deputy President William Ruto to resign if he is unhappy with how the government is being run. Kenyatta, who spoke during an engagement with media editors at State House on Monday, said Ruto should quit instead of criticizing the government and at the same…

A police officer on Sunday night shot and killed his girlfriend before committing suicide in Nakuru County. Corporal Bernard Sivo, 28, is reported to have followed Mary Nyambura to Njoro Sub-County Hospital where she had been admitted with a fractured leg after being assaulted by the officer. He…

The Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) has warned Kenyans against participating in a campaign run by Cadbury. The State agency on Monday raised a red flag over what it termed as unethical terms of competition. In the campaign dubbed ‘In Our Own Words’, the UK-based confectionery company requires…

The High Court has quashed an order barring the media from covering a child upkeep case against Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka.  High Court Justice Jairus Ngaah set aside the gag order on Monday following a petition filed by the Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ). “That the ex-parte application be…

Naivasha MP Jayne Kihara is set to lose property worth millions of shillings over a Sh10 million debt. This comes after the court allowed auctioneers to attach her movable property to raise Sh10,988,786 on behalf of former Naivasha MP John Mututho. The debt accrued from the cost of an election…