KENYA NEWS

Detectives have opened a probe into an incident where two people died during a house party in Nairobi’s Kilimani estate. Reports indicate the incident occurred at Sky Horse Apartment along Wood Avenue in Kilimani on Friday night. One of the victims allegedly jumped from the seventh floor of the…

A Kenyan man who was filmed being whipped by a Chinese national at a Nairobi restaurant last year has been awarded Sh3.07 million in damages. Simon Oseko was awarded compensation by Justice Mathews Nderi of the Employment and Labor Relations Court. The judge on Friday ruled that Oseko’s rights were…

Police in Nairobi are detaining a man who was found in possession of a cache of explosives disguised as car spare parts. Collins Odhiambo was arrested on Saturday while attempting to send the 25-kilogram consignment by bus from Eastleigh in Nairobi to Moyale. Starehe sub-county police commander…

A woman is receiving treatment at Kitale County Referral Hospital after she was shot in the abdomen in an alleged case of mistaken identity. Phanice Chemutai Juma was shot at Kiminini market on Thursday evening by businessman Ken Muyundo, who claims to have mistaken her for killer cop Caroline…

President Kenyatta has ordered a crackdown on companies discharging effluent into River Athi.  Kenyatta, who spoke during an inspection of the expansive Thwake Dam in Makueni on Friday, directed the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) to take action against the polluters. The…

Two Kenyans who have been in jail for the past 13 years over the 1998 Nairobi US Embassy bombing have been released. Mahfudh Ashur Hemed and his son Ibrahim Mahfudh Ashur left Shimo La Tewa Maximum Prison in Mombasa on Tuesday after the court dismissed the prosecution’s bid to have them remain…

A highly learned Kenyan neurosurgeon serving a life sentence has narrated how he ended up behind bars.  Dr. Clement Munyao was handed a life sentence after he was found guilty of the murder of Moses Gituma, a brother to former Commissioner of Police Mathew Iteere. Speaking to a local TV…

Machakos Town MP Victor Munyaka on Thursday narrated how he lost Sh3.7 million to an unscrupulous car dealer seven years ago. Appearing before Milimani Senior Resident Magistrate Carolyne Njagi, the two-time MP said he paid the money to George Gichohi Chege for the importation of an Audi Q7.…

Socialite Sheila Wairimu, alias Shay Diva Africa, has been released on bail in a case where she is accused of stealing deceased Asian tycoon Pankajkumar Juthalal Dodhia’s car. Wairimu appeared before Kitale chief magistrate Julius Ng'arng'ar where she was charged with obtaining registration by…

An autopsy has revealed what killed Chief Inspector Anne Wanjiru Waiganjo. Wanjiru, who was the head of the Karen Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) office, collapsed at a colleague’s farewell party at Baita Restaurant in Upperhill, Nairobi on July 3rd. She was rushed to Nairobi Hospital…