KENYA NEWS

Kenya is no longer indebted to the United Kingdom after the National Treasury cleared all the direct loans owed to Britain. The country does not owe the UK as of June compared to a debt of Sh35 million in May and Sh1.4 billion in 2015, according to data from the Treasury. This becomes the first…

President Kenyatta has issued an executive order establishing an ultra-modern mental hospital to address the rising cases of mental illness in the country. Speaking during his 7th State-of-the-Nation address to a joint sitting of the Senate and National Assembly on Thursday, Uhuru said the medical…

President Kenyatta on Thursday delivered the 2020 State of the Nation address to a joint sitting of the Senate and National Assembly. In his speech, Uhuru talked about some of the key achievements his administration has made since his re-election three years ago and what he plans to achieve in the…

President Kenyatta has continued to drum up support for the recently released Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report. Speaking in Parliament during his State of the Nation address on Thursday, Kenyatta said the report will provide long-term solutions to some of the challenges that have stopped…

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has filed a fresh court application seeking to have a Sh34.5 million house linked to Migori Governor Okoth Obado frozen. EACC wants the court to issue a six-month preservation order blocking the sale or transfer of the property located in Nairobi’s…

The Jubilee Party has dismissed reports that Raphael Tuju, the party's secretary-general, is admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Through its communication director Albert Mwemusi, the party termed the reports doing rounds on social media as baseless.  “These are baseless reports based…

The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) is set to auction 101 aircraft abandoned in various airports around the country. KAA declared the planes a safety risk and gave their owners a notice to claim them failure to which they will be sold off to recoup unpaid parking fees accumulated over time. The…

Police in Migori county have arrested a pastor accused of defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old girl. The man of the cloth is said to have sexually abused the minor, who is a Class Eight pupil at Muslim Primary School in Migori, two months ago. The girl remained silent about the incident until a…

The United Nations (UN) has appointed Kenyan activist Alice Wairimu Nderitu as Special Adviser on the prevention of genocide. Her appointment was announced on Tuesday by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. “Ms. Nderitu has been a recognized voice in the field of peacebuilding and violence…

President Kenyatta on Tuesday launched the rehabilitated Nairobi Central Railway Station and commuter rail service across 10 stations within the Nairobi metropolis. The 11 refurbished stations will be served by modern commuter trains referred to as Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs), which were imported…