KENYA NEWS

Police in Machokos County have foiled a child trafficking deal where a woman was seeking to sell her two-week-old son for Sh60,000. The operation carried out in Mlolongo area on Friday led to the arrest of two female suspects including the child’s mother, Diana Mwende, 21. Mlolongo Assistant County…

Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa and her bodyguard, Geoffrey Otieno have been released on a cash bail of Sh4 million and Sh1.5 million respectively after spending four nights in police custody. The two are charged with the murder of 48-year-old Gumbao Jola on October 15th, 2019, in Ganda village, Kilifi…

Former IEBC commissioner, Roselyn Akombe has accused President Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto of fooling Kenyans. Akombe through Twitter on Wednesday claimed that the alleged fallout and fights between Kenyatta and DP Ruto were a scheme by the two to divert attention from their failed…

A Nairobi court has ordered a probe into the mysterious abduction of Liban Abdillahi Omar, a Westgate mall terror suspect who was acquitted on October 7th. Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi on Thursday directed the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) to investigate the matter amid…

A South Sudan diplomat collapsed and died inside a banking hall in Nairobi. Michael Nyang Joook, the South Sudanese Ambassador to Eritrea died at the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), Moi Avenue branch on Thursday afternoon. The 66-year-old is said to have developed breathing difficulties before he…

Kenya’s daily Covid-19 cases have hit a record high in what raises fears of a second wave of infections. The Health Ministry on Thursday reported 1,068 new positive cases from a sample of 7,556 tests, raising the total number of infections in the country to 47,212. The new cases comprise 1,044…

Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa and her bodyguard Geoffrey Otieno Okuto have been charged with murder. The two were arraigned before Justice Njoki Mwangi of Mombasa law courts on Thursday where they pleaded not guilty to the charges. They are accused of murdering 48-year-old, Gumbao Jola on October 15th,…

The employment and labor court has ordered the government to pay former Youth Affairs Principal Secretary Lillian Omollo Sh1 for unfair dismissal. Justice Stephen Radido ruled that the removal of Ms. Omollo from the government’s payroll was unconstitutional as she was not subjected to due process…

Some victims of the 1998 bomb attacks on US embassies in Kenya (Nairobi) and Tanzania (Dar es Salaam) have opposed a deal between the Trump administration and Sudan. Michael Miller, one of the lawyers representing the victims and their families said most of his clients have rejected the deal,…

President Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga received the final Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report. The 204-page document was handed over to the two leaders by the BBI taskforce at Kisii State Lodge on Wednesday morning. The report, which will be officially launched next Monday at the Bomas…