KENYA NEWS

Jubilee vice-chairman David Murathe has questioned Deputy President William Ruto’s frequent visits to the Mt. Kenya region. Murathe who spoke during an interview with KTN News wondered why Ruto only takes his so-called empowerment programs to Central Kenya and not Rift Valley—his political bedrock…

Ambassador Martin Kimani, the nominee for Kenya’s permanent representative to the UN in New York, was forced to apologize to MPs for naming President Kenyatta as a referee in his résumé. Kimani appeared before the National Assembly's Defense and Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday for vetting…

US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter says he has already cast a ballot ahead of the much-anticipated American presidential election on November 3rd. McCarter joins over 80 million American citizens who have so far participated in early voting ahead of Tuesday’s duel between Republican nominee…

The planned impeachment of embattled Migori Governor Zachary Okoth Obado has flopped. This comes after the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party dropped its push to have Obado removed from office, according to The Standard. A sub-committee of the ODM Central Management Committee is said to have…

Kenya Airways (KQ) is set to resume direct flights to and from the US on Saturday after a seven-month hiatus occasioned by the global outbreak of Covid-19. KQ CEO Allan Kilavuka revealed that the airline has registered a 40 percent cabin factor load for Saturday’s trip in early bookings. “We are…

A Kenyan man who serves in the US Army has revealed how he was conned nearly Sh500,000 in a fake car deal in Kiambu County. Nicolas Kuria told a Nairobi court that he had returned home for a short holiday when his brother Bernard Kahembe sought to purchase a vehicle for commercial purposes. The two…

A lobby group has expressed dissatisfaction with the sentence handed to infamous quack doctor James Mugo Ndichu, alias Mugo wa Wairimu. CitizenGO, which focuses on defending life, family, and religious liberty through online petitions, said Mugo was not prosecuted for some of the most serious…

A Kenyan man has been sentenced to death by Somalia’s military court over links to an international terror organization. 28-year-old Aden Mohamed, who was born in Wajir County, was found guilty of fighting for an affiliate of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Somalia since 2017,…

The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has linked the high number of accidents on Kenyan roads to drivers of Subaru cars. NTSA director-general George Njao said the agency has noted that most of the road crashes reported in the country involved Subaru drivers, who are infamous for their…

Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) director-general Major General Mohamed Badi says he is not interested in fighting with Governor Mike Sonko. Badi who spoke on Citizen TV’s JKL show said he is focused on cleaning up the city and the insults Governor Sonko throws at him will not stop him from…