KENYA NEWS

President Kenyatta has pledged to help the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA) complete a hospital project in Nyeri county. Kenyatta said the government will set aside Sh100 million towards the completion of the ongoing expansion of PCEA Tumutumu Mission Hospital in the spirit of government-…

Kenyan atheists have vowed to reject the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report for failing to capture their views. Atheists In Kenya Society said its members presented their grievances before the BBI taskforce in February this year but none was incorporated in the final report. “Despite sending…

Deputy President William Ruto has threatened to reject the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report if the process is not done in an open and all-inclusive manner. Speaking in Kakamega on Sunday, DP Ruto warned BBI proponents against using phrases such as “nobody can stop reggae” to drum up support…

Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua’s bank accounts have been frozen over the alleged embezzlement of public funds amounting to Sh12.5 billion. This comes after detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) completed a probe into how the billions were wired to Gachagua’s accounts between…

Distinguished Kenyan lawyer Nzamba Kitonga who played a major role in the drafting of the 2010 Constitution has died at the age of 64. Kitonga is said to have collapsed at a funeral in Mutito, Kitui county on Saturday, and died while being taken to the hospital. His younger brother Muthusi Kitonga…

It has emerged that Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa and her bodyguard, Geoffrey Otieno Okuto are lovers. Documents filed in court indicate that the two have been in a stable love relationship after Jumwa divorced her husband some 20 years ago. Jumwa and Otieno have been living together for the past six…

Police in Kilifi are holding Kenyan-based Turkish tycoon Osman Elsek for allegedly shooting a Kenyan boy.  Osman, 55, is said to have shot the teenager after chaos broke out during a football match in Kilifi on Friday, according to a police report. This was after a group of village boys…

Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa will spend the weekend in police cells after she failed to raise and deposit bail on time. Jumwa, who is charged with the murder of 48-year-old Gumbao Jola, was on Friday freed on Sh4 million cash bail or an alternative bond of Sh4 million.  Her co-accused Geoffrey…

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has extended a rent waiver offered to over 16,000 tenants living in houses owned by the county government for a further six months. Sonko pointed out that the decision was informed by the financial challenges occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic. He accused the Kenya…

International schools in Kenya have suspended the second phase of reopening following a spike in Covid-19 infections. The Kenya Association of International Schools (KAIS) on Friday said the move affects learners who were scheduled to resume their studies on Monday. Final year and key transitional…