KENYA NEWS

A section of leaders allied to Deputy President William Ruto claims there is a plot to use the International Criminal Court (ICC) to block his 2022 presidential bid. Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi and his Kiharu counterpart Ndindi Nyoro alleged that Ruto’s rivals are out to revive his failed case at The…

Four Kenyan MPs have been sent to the US to observe Tuesday’s presidential election pitting Republican candidate, Donald Trump and his Democratic counterpart, Joe Biden. They include Otiende Amollo who is the MP for Rarieda, Jeremiah Kioni (Ndaragwa), Abdi Shurie (Balambala), and Kisumu Senator…

The government through the Office of Attorney-General has filed a notice of appeal against the High Court judgment that awarded former PS Lillian Omollo one shilling for unlawful dismissal. The office of the AG in the notice says it was dissatisfied with the ruling made by Justice Stephen Radido of…

The University of Nairobi (UoN) has been directed to pay a former student for delaying his master’s degree program for five years. High Court Justice Weldon Korir ordered the institution to pay Sh500,000 to Paulpeter Makanda Makokha for delaying the program that normally takes two years. The court…

About 300 MPs have thrown their support behind the final Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report. The MPs drawn from both the National Assembly and the Senate unanimously agreed to back the proposals made in the document following a two-day consensus-building retreat in Naivasha. Through a…

Inspector-General of Police Hillary Mutyambai has warned Kenyans that they will pay a fine of Sh20,000 if they are found without a facemask in public. Mutyambai said police officers across the country are under instructions to arrest anyone found not wearing a facemask in public places and those…

A 27-year-old Kenyan man landed himself in trouble after he stormed the home of a woman he was trying to court and stole some goats and rabbits. The man identified as Daniel Kemboi from Baringo County is said to have taken two goats and four rabbits belonging to the woman’s parents in a bid to…

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has sent two county employees on compulsory leave over a false death alert. The two are said to have sent an alert claiming that Dr. Robert Ayisi, a former county employee, had passed away. In a statement on Monday, Nairobi County Director of Communication Jacob Elkana…

Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), has finally surrendered to authorities in the Netherlands. This comes five years after The Hague-based court issued an arrest warrant against him over alleged witnesses interference. Gicheru is suspected of…

A 33-year-old Nairobi-based lawyer is fighting for his life at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) after he was stabbed by his girlfriend. David Ochieng was stabbed three times on the collar bone, abdomen, and on the back at his house in Nairobi’s Umoja Innercore estate on Sunday night. The two are…