KENYA NEWS

The Cuban Foreign Affairs Ministry has refuted reports that two Cuban doctors kidnapped in Kenya last year were released after 18 months of captivity in Somalia.  Various outlets on Wednesday reported that the two, Landy Rodriguez and Herera Correa, were freed last weekend by Al-Shabaab after…

A Nairobi court has convicted two suspects in relation to the 2013 terror attack at Westgate Mall in Nairobi. The two, Mohamed Ahmed and Hussein Hassan Mustafa, were found guilty of conspiracy to commit a terrorism act and being in possession of material promoting terrorism activity.  Chief…

Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed’s bid for World Trade Organization (WTO) director-general seat has flopped. Amina failed to progress to the final round of the race alongside two other candidates; Liam Fox from the United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammad Maziad Al-Tuwaijri. The three did…

The government has ordered the deregistration of popular nicotine pouches known as LYFT. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe in a letter to the Pharmacy and Poisons Board CEO Fred Siyoi said the pouches were registered and licensed illegally and want them delisted. Kagwe said the licensing was…

President Kenyatta has defended himself and his administration against allegations of militarizing the country. Critics have in the recent past questioned Kenyatta’s decision to deploy Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) officers in civilian State agencies, terming it a dangerous precedent that could…

Residents of Gatundu North Constituency are set to return to the ballot to elect a new MP after the election of Annie Wanjiku Kibe was annulled by the High Court. On Tuesday, Justice Weldon Korir declared the seat vacant after finding out that Mrs. Kibe was not validly elected citing violation of…

Two Cuban doctors abducted in Kenya last year have finally been freed after 18 months of captivity in Somalia. The two, Landy Rodriguez (a surgeon) and Herrera Correa (general practitioner), were kidnapped by Al-Shabaab militants in April 2019 in Mandera town, where they worked. They were released…

Four Kenyan nationals were on Tuesday arraigned in a Nairobi court for allegedly receiving over Sh50 million from unidentified people abroad. The four, Warsame Abdi, Adan Noor, Ibrahim Mohammed, and Mohammed Hussein, are said to have received a total of Sh55 million from people in South Africa…

County Governors have filed a case in court to challenge a ruling barring them from accessing their offices once they are charged with corruption. High Court Justice James Makau on Tuesday certified the petition as urgent and directed the Deputy Registrar of the Constitutional and Human Rights…

The US has launched an economic empowerment program targeting Kenyan female entrepreneurs. The US will initially invest Sh300 million in Kenyan women-owned businesses under the White House's Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative (W-GDP). The three-year initiative, which will see the…