KENYA NEWS

Meru Senator Mithika Linturi has moved to court seeking to block his impeding arrest and prosecution over alleged attempted rape. Linturi says he is in possession of a May 5th, 2021 letter authored by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), which reveals plans to prefer attempted rape…

A UK-based Kenyan woman has demanded speedy investigations and arrest of those behind the killing of her two sons. Lucy Wanjiru’s sons Fredrick Mureithi (30) and Victor Mwangi (25) were lynched by villagers in Kitengela on August 8th alongside their friends Mike George (29) and Nicholas Musa (28)…

Eastlands most-wanted gangster Fidel has been killed in a shootout with police. Fidel, who was the leader of a dreaded five-man gang that has been terrorizing residents of Nairobi’s Eastlands estates, was gunned down by Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) sleuths on Monday morning. DCI…

Jane Muthoni, who was sentenced to 30 years in jail for the murder of her husband, insists she is innocent. Muthoni is serving her sentence at Lang’ata Women’s Prison after she was found guilty of killing her husband Solomon Mwangi, who was the principal of Kiiru Boys High School. She was handed…

Deputy President William Ruto’s allies claim that there was an assassination attempt against blogger Dennis Itumbi on Friday night. United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party Director of Communications Wanjohi Githae was the first to report about the incident, saying Itumbi survived the 8:00 pm attack…

Police in Juja, Kiambu County are detaining a 37-year-old man over the gruesome murder of his estranged wife. Evans Kamau is accused of killing his wife Esther Njigi Nyaga, 35, by stabbing her multiple times with a kitchen knife. Police say the deceased was stabbed 17 times on August 8th and died…

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is set to pay its employees an extra one-month salary as a reward for surpassing the 2020/21 financial year targets. KRA Commissioner-General Githii Mburu in an internal memo said the bonus payment equivalent to one month’s salary was approved by the authority’s board…

Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) secretary-general Francis Atwoli has been elected the chairperson of the Global Workers Awareness Fund based in Sydney, Australia. Atwoli will serve in the position for a term of three years and is expected to fly to Australia for his acceptance speech.…

Siaya Senator James Orengo has asked MPs to summon Deputy President William Ruto over his links to deported Turkish man Harun Aydin. Orengo wants Ruto to appear before the National Assembly Committee on National Security to shed light on his relationship with Aydin, whose activities in the country…

Gospel singer Jimmy Gait has weighed in on the mistreatment of Kenyan immigrant workers in the Middle East. Gait, who runs a recruitment agency that places Kenyans in jobs abroad, claimed that indiscipline was the main reason why Kenyan domestic workers are abused by their employers in Gulf. …