KENYA NEWS

A Kenyan family was left stranded at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) after the body of their kin failed to arrive from abroad. The family from Lugari, Kakamega County arrived at the airport on Tuesday night to receive the remains of 21-year-old Slaida Vugutsa, who died in Saudi Arabia in…

A Catholic doctor who made headlines last month after urging Kenyans not to be inoculated against COVID-19 has died from the virus. Dr. Stephen Karanja, chairman of the Kenya Catholic Doctors Association (KCDA), succumbed to the disease on Tuesday while undergoing treatment at Mater Hospital in…

A special team of detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has been tasked to probe the alleged abduction and murder of four men in Kitengela. Brian Oduor (36), Jack Ochieng Onyango (37), Elijah Obuong (35), and Benjamin Imbai (30) went missing on April 19th under unclear…

The family of former Chief Noah Chelugui has moved to court seeking to be paid Sh2 billion from the late former president Daniel Arap Moi’s estate. Chelugui’s family has been enjoined in a case in which Moi’s family wants to appoint lawyer Zehrababu Janmohammed as the executor of his multi-billion…

Former Naivasha MP John Mututho has obtained a court order barring Equity Bank from auctioning his multi-million-shilling property in Nairobi over a defaulted loan. Senior Resident Magistrate Peter Muholi issued the order pending the hearing and determination of an application filed by Mututho.…

Police in Kiambu have opened a probe into the robbery of a Church bell weighing over 500 kilograms.  The huge bell made of copper was stolen from Virgin Mary Orthodox Church in Ngecha, Kiambu County last week. Speaking to a local news outlet, the church organizing secretary-general James…

A Kenyan taxi driver was on Thursday charged with illegally obtaining COVID-19 certificates for foreigners. Vincent Nzola Mutuku, who operates within the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi, where he pleaded guilty to the charge. He…

Suspected Kenyan serial rapist John Muturi Ngeneiya has been arrested and charged. Muturi was arraigned at a Kiambu court, where he was charged with over 100 cases of rape and robbery with violence in Ruaka, Kabete, and Kiambu. Muturi, who has been going by the name Francis Ngugi, allegedly…

Elijah Obuong and Benjamin Imbai, two of the four male friends who have been missing since April 19th, have been found dead. The lifeless body of Obuong was reportedly discovered by sand harvesters on the banks of River Mukunga in Murang’a County on April 20th and was taken to a local morgue, where…

Jubilee Party vice-chair David Murathe on Thursday appeared before the Public Investment Committee (PIC) for questioning over his role in the ‘COVID-19 Millionaires’ scandal. Murathe told the committee that his alleged link to the Sh7.8 billion scandal at Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA)…