KENYA NEWS

Lincolin Kivuti Njeru, a former investment manager at Insurance Company East Africa (ICEA) was on Monday sentenced to nine years in prison for stealing over Sh62.7 million from his employer. Njeru was handed the prison sentence by Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi of Milimani law courts after he was…

Jubilee Party secretary-general Raphael Tuju has filed a petition for the removal of the judge handling an Sh1.6 billion debt case between his company Dari Limited and East Africa Development Bank (EADB). Tuju through a petition filed before the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) wants Justice Mary…

A Norwegian national who was deported from Kenya six years ago has reportedly returned to the country. Roger Klinge Dyrnes was allowed back to the country by immigration authorities to testify in a case in which he is accused of selling properties worth millions of shillings to unsuspecting buyers…

A Nairobi court has directed a businesswoman to surrender all her assets to the government over links to drug trafficking. Rose Momanyi, a business lady based in Nairobi, will lose assets worth millions of shillings following the order issued on Monday by High Court judge Mumbi Ngugi. Justice Mumbi…

National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has dismissed Chief Justice David Maraga's calls for the dissolution of Parliament over failure to pass the two-thirds gender rule. Muturi termed Maraga's advice to President Kenyatta to dissolve both the Senate and National Assembly as unrealistic and an…

The Registrar of Political Parties Ann Nderitu has gazetted Jubilee and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) as the only beneficiaries of political parties’ funds. The two major political outfits in the country will share a total of Sh236.3 million for the three months to September. President Kenyatta’…

President Kenyatta has extended the existing Covid-19 containment measures by a week. The measures imposed on August 26th include the daily 9 pm to 4 am nationwide curfew and the closure of bars, night clubs, and other entertainment joints. The restrictions aimed at containing the spread of the…

Rich Kenyans are rushing to clear their aircraft abandoned in various airports across the country after Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) threatened to auction them. KAA last month issued a 30-day notice to the owners of 101 abandoned planes to claim them failure to which they would be sold to recoup…

Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has ordered all teachers to report to their work stations by September 28th. This is in preparation for the eventual reopening of schools following a disruption occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to TSC CEO Nancy Macharia Speaking after attending an…

Chief Justice David Maraga has called for the dissolution of Parliament for failing to pass the two-thirds gender rule for over nine years. Maraga wrote to President Kenyatta on Monday advising him to disband the August House over refusal to comply with a court order requiring MPs to enact a law…