KENYA NEWS

A Ugandan businessman has a section of Kenyan MPs at the East African Court of Justice (EACJ). Dr. Paul Bamutaze wants a group of ODM MPs sanctioned for undermining the Ugandan ruling party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM). The petitioner accuses MPs Junet Mohammed, John Mbadi, Opiyo Wandayi…

Police in Bugoma are investigating the gruesome murder of Kanduyi MP Wafula Wamunyinyi’s aide. Peter Ochieng, a communications assistant at the MP’s office, was hacked to death by unknown assailants in Kanduyi on Friday night. The deceased’s mutilated body was found dumped near a popular bar along…

A Turkish businessman associated with Deputy President William Ruto was on Saturday arrested by security officers in Nairobi. Harun Aydin, who was in Ruto’s aborted trip to Uganda, was arrested at Wilson Airport in Nairobi upon arriving in the country and was taken to Kilimani police station before…

Kenyan long-distance runner Peris Jepchirchir on Saturday won the women’s marathon at the Tokyo Olympics. Jepchirchir, a two-time world half-marathon champion, bagged the Gold medal after finishing first in 2:27.20 ahead of her compatriot Brigid Kosgey and American Molly Seidel. “When I was there I…

Former Nakumatt CEO Atul Shah is set to lose his home in Nairobi’s high-end estate of Lavington over a Sh2 billion defaulted loan. The multi-million-shilling mansion was used as security for a loan given to the collapsed retail chain by Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) in 2011. Following the collapse of…

The late former Nyeri MP Peter Gichohi Muriithi, popularly known as PG, has been cremated in accordance with his wishes. The body of Muriithi was incinerated in a low-key ceremony attended by a few family members and MPs Ngunjiri Wambugu (Nyeri Town) and Jeremiah Kioni (Ndaragwa). His son Andrew…

Media mogul S.K Macharia and his wife Serah Njeri have lost control of the Sh1.2 billion estate left behind by their deceased son John Gichia. This comes after the High Court revoked the letters of administration granted to the two on April 5th, 2019 as Gichia’s parents. The property was placed…

Several traders at Gikomba Market in Nairobi are counting huge losses after another fire gutted down parts of the facility. The inferno allegedly broke out in the wee hours of Friday, destroying several businesses near the mitumba section of the market. Reports indicate the fire erupted about 30…

Dr. Ezekiel Mutua has been relieved of his duties as the CEO of the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB).  Mutua, who has been at the helm of the State Corporation for the past six years, was reportedly sent on “terminal leave” and no reason has been given. Christopher Wambua from the…

Workers and students at Kagumo Teachers Training College in Nyeri are in shock after the institution’s deputy principal committed suicide. Cyrus Ndirangu reportedly took his own life by hanging himself at Mathari Consolata Hospital’s clothesline on Wednesday night. Confirming the incident, Nyeri…