KENYA NEWS

Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have launched a probe into an online syndicate that has been luring school girls from their homes for partying orgies that last for days. Preliminary investigations reveal that the teenagers are being lured through social media accounts…

The Kenyan medical fraternity is mourning the death of another medical doctor who died from Covid-19. Dr. Anthony Were Omollo, the head of the Renal Unit at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) succumbed to the disease on Friday night. The kidney specialist died while undergoing treatment at a Nairobi…

Dr. Miriam Mutebi, a Kenyan oncologist, has been elected to the board of directors of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). Dr. Mutebi, a breast cancer surgeon, clinical epidemiologist, and health systems researcher, becomes the first African to sit on the board.  Mutebi also…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have rescued three of the seven Kenyan girls who went missing from their homes in Nairobi a week ago. The teenagers were found in Nairobi by sleuths drawn from the DCI’s Child Protection Unit on Friday. In a statement posted on…

Blogger Dennis Itumbi has sued Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i over the Ruaraka land scandal. Itumbi, formerly the Director of Innovation, Digital and Diaspora Communication at State House, has filed an application at the Milimani law courts and wants it certified as extremely urgent. He…

Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru has hired American attorney, Michael G Karnavas to defend him at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Gicheru is suspected of offenses against the administration of justice consisting of corruptly influencing witnesses. He is believed to have bribed or attempted to…

Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital CEO Dr. Emma Mutio was on Thursday detained to allow police  to conclude investigations into an alleged child trafficking syndicate.  Senior Principal Magistrate Benard Ochoi of Milimani law courts ordered Mutio be held at Kileleshwa police station alongside six…

Narc-Kenya party leader Martha Karua has sent auctioneers to sell Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria’s properties in a bid to recover Sh6.5 million. Karua was awarded the amount by the High Court in Nairobi in 2017 after she sued MP Kuria for defamation. Kuria had accused Karua of procuring fake…

Covid-19 has claimed the life of the second member of the Nakuru County Assembly.  London Ward MCA Samwel Karanja Mbugua died while undergoing treatment at War Memorial Hospital in Nakuru on Wednesday night. Reports indicate Karanja, who had an underlying health condition, was admitted to the…

Medics at Mandera County Referral Hospital have successfully carried out a rare surgery known as lithopedion operation. A team comprising 15 medical specialists performed the delicate procedure on a 31-year-old Ethiopian woman identified as Hawa Adan. Hawa was suffering from intra-abdominal…