KENYA NEWS

National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has declared his bid for the presidency in 2022. Muturi, who was controversially installed as Mt Kenya spokesman in May, stated that he is ready to steer the country on a new path by restoring order. “What this country needs is order and to revisit the…

Garissa Township MP Aden Duale has warned Chief Justice Martha Koome against appointing a female Chief Kadhi.  Duale vowed to resist any attempts to install a woman into the position, arguing that the function of Kadhi is not a woman’s role as per the Islamic religion. He stated that Islam as…

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has dismissed reports that it sent its officers to lawyer John Khaminwa’s office. In a statement on Sunday, EACC termed the reports as fake and malicious, insisting that it did not conduct any operation on Saturday. “EACC wishes to notify the public…

The family of missing Kenyan security expert Mwenda Mbijiwe has sought the international community’s help in finding him. Mbijiwe, a former Kenya Air Force Commander went missing on June 12th and his hired car was found abandoned in a coffee plantation near Tatu City in Kiambu. He had hired the car…

Detectives are searching for a police officer accused of shoving his girlfriend off a balcony of their fourth-floor apartment in Nairobi. The policeman attached to Kasarani Police Station is said to have had an argument with his girlfriend on Friday night before she fell off the balcony at an…

US-based Kenyan scholar Prof. Makau Mutua says Deputy President William Ruto will win the presidency early and easily.  In his weekly column on Sunday Nation, Mutua termed the 2022 presidential race as almost won, suggesting that none of the supposed Ruto opponents can match him. "Mr. Ruto is…

Police in Trans Nzoia County are detaining socialite Shay Diva Africa over allegations of stealing a vehicle belonging to a deceased Asian tycoon. Shay whose real name is Sheila Wairimu was arrested in Kitale on Friday evening and was placed in custody pending further investigations and arraignment…

A senior officer attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has died under mysterious circumstances. Chief Inspector Anne Wanjiru Waiganjo is reported to have collapsed at a colleague’s farewell party at Baita Restaurant in Upperhill, Nairobi on Saturday. A police report on the…

Two police officers sustained injuries after shooting each other in a fight over a woman at a popular club in Nairobi. The Friday night shooting incident at Quiver Lounge on Thika Road involved police constables Festus Musyoka Kavuthi, who is attached to Starehe DCI, and Lawrence Muturi from…

A family in Nyeri is seeking the government’s aid to rescue three of their kin and an employee who were abducted this week by unknown men. 34-year-old Isaac Mwangi, who was traveling with his wife and their 1-year-old daughter, was the first to be kidnapped. Their car was blocked by two vehicles…