KENYA NEWS

The family of a patient who was admitted at the Karen Hospital in February last year has opposed an attempt by the hospital to discharge her over an unpaid bill of over Sh23 million. The Karen Hospital moved to court last month seeking to be allowed to discharge the patient named Jackline Nelima…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with the disappearance of a Class 8 girl. The suspect, Marcos Menza Masumbuko alias Vasco, was apprehended at Mathare Police Depot in Nairobi on Monday. His arrest comes after a forensic…

Details of how much former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero spent in a bid to recapture his seat in the 2017 elections have emerged. Kidero, who eventually lost to Jubilee party’s Mike Sonko, claims his failed re-election bid cost him a staggering Sh418 million, The Standard reported. The breakdown of…

Narok Governor Samwel Ole Tunai has spoken out after he survived a helicopter crash on Saturday. Tunai escaped with bruises after the aircraft ferrying him and three others from a funeral in Narok north sub-County crash-landed in Melili area shortly after taking off. Speaking at the Aga Khan…

Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has acquired an automated Aeronautical Search and Rescue System at a cost of Sh31 million. The hi-tech system was installed at the Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC) located at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi. The…

A Mombasa court has ordered Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa and her aide be taken to the hospital for mental assessment pending plea taking in a murder case. Jumwa appeared before Justice Njoki Mwangi of Mombasa law courts on Monday alongside her bodyguard, Geoffrey Okuto Otieno. The court directed the two…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a Kenyan man for allegedly engaging in cyber-espionage.  The suspect, Archibald Kalela Mwandawiro, was nabbed by sleuths from DCI’s Special Service Unit (SSU) at his home in Wundanyi, Taita Taveta county on Sunday.…

Police in Nairobi are holding a notorious fraudster accused of conning unsuspecting Kenyans of millions of shillings. Patrick Olindo Aswani was nabbed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). He is accused of…

A section of Kikuyu elders has disowned a group of elders that visited ODM leader Raila Odinga’s Bondo home last week. Speaking on Sunday, the elders who are under “Kiama kia Ma” stated that the council was not aware of the delegation’s visit to Odinga’s home, adding that President Kenyatta did not…

All Uasin Gishu county MCAs are set to be tested for Covid-19 and proceed to self-isolation after their colleague succumbed to the disease. All Uasin Gishu County Assembly members of staff are also required to undergo testing and self-isolation.  This is after an autopsy revealed that Huruma…