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Deputy President William Ruto was on Monday reportedly barred from leaving the country for Uganda. Ruto was scheduled to make a private visit to the neighboring country in the company of his close allies including Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro, his Kapseret counterpart Oscar Sudi and businessmen David…

A woman has sued Bishop David Muriithi of House of Grace demanding Sh100,000 monthly in child support for her son. In documents filed in court, the applicant also wants the court to compel the clergyman to pay fees at Kiota School for her two-year-old son, Sh1,000 for salon, Sh5,000 for…

Goldenscape CEO Peter Wangai has been arraigned in a Nairobi court for allegedly defrauding more than 1,000 investors. Appearing at Milimani law courts on Monday, Wangai did not take plea after the matter was deferred to next week. The accused person was released on a cash bail of Sh10 million.…

A police officer in Migori County on Saturday took his life after posting a suicide message on social media. The prison warder identified as Seth Isaac Ojwang committed suicide in his house in Rongo sub-county at around 7:00 pm, according to a police report. The report filed at Kamagambo police…

Experts are up in arms over Kenya’s decision to ship 145 delicate fossils and ancient tools to a museum in France for exhibition. They argue that the move contravenes a decades-long policy that has kept the museum items under lock-and-key. Speaking to Nation, experts said the only instances such…

Kenyans on social media have come out to show love and support for nurse Wanja Mwaura as she battles COVID-19. On Sunday, Wanja posted a heartbreaking message on Facebook, saying she is almost giving up the fight. “I want to give up now. Done my best fighting. No longer strong enough to keep up the…

Kenya’s Dr. Ahmed Kalebi has been listed among the top pathologists and laboratory medicine professionals in the world. Dr. Kalebi was named in the 2021 Power List published by the Pathologist Magazine in collaboration with the American Society of Clinical Pathology. This is the third time in a row…

Deputy President William Ruto has used the bible to explain his ‘bottom-up’ economic model that has become a subject of debate in recent weeks. Addressing congregants at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Lang’ata, Nairobi on Sunday, Ruto compared the bottom-up economic model to the…

Police in Kiambu are detaining a youthful woman in connection with the mysterious death of a 47-year-old businessman. The man identified as Moses Muiruri was found dead in Room Number 7 at Hotel Konteina in Kiambu town on Saturday morning. Police said blood was oozing from the man’s mouth when his…

ODM leader Raila Odinga has urged the government to invest in a compulsory health insurance scheme in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a statement on Sunday, Odinga said the pandemic has exposed the failures and challenges facing the country’s healthcare system, adding that lessons need…