KENYA NEWS

Police in Murang’a are searching for a 22-year-old man who murdered his 60-year-old father in cold blood before setting his body on fire. Michael Muchiri is said to have waylaid his dad, John Mwangi as he returned home from work on Thursday evening and struck him on the head with a blunt object…

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko says joining politics was one of the worst decision he has ever made. Sonko admitted to ignoring his “people in the wilderness” even as he asked God to pardon him. “I swear! Haki yaki ya Mungu tena! I regret joining politics. It was one of the worst decisions I have ever…

President Uhuru has hit out at MPs Oscar Sudi (Kapseret) and Johanna Ng’eno (Emurua Dikirr) for throwing insults at his mother, Mama Ngina Kenyatta.  Speaking on Thursday, Uhuru warned Sudi and Ng’eno, who are close allies of Deputy President William Ruto, against further attacks on his mother…

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has ordered the arrest and prosecution of Garissa Governor Ali Korane over graft allegations. Governor Korane will be indicted over the alleged embezzlement of Sh233 million World Bank grant released under the Kenya Urban Support Program. He will…

President Kenyatta has declined to sign into law a bill that would have seen former MPs receive a monthly pension of at least Sh100,000 each for life. The Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which was sponsored by National Assembly Minority Leader John Mbadi, was approved by MPs last…

Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) director-general Mohamed Badi has been inducted to the Cabinet. This comes after he took an Oath of Secrecy in a ceremony witnessed by President Kenyatta at State House, Nairobi on Thursday. To be allowed to attend Cabinet Meetings or participate in the conduct…

Kenya has donated Sh300 million to the African Union (AU) Covid-19 Response Fund and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). The donation is part of the pledge by President Kenyatta to help in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic on the continent, Chief Administrative…

Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) in the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Rachel Shebesh was on Wednesday forced to cut short her tour to Kericho following a disagreement with the county's Woman Representative Florence Bore. Shebesh was scheduled to issue cheques to youth and women…

Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi says he will not apologize over the alleged insulting remarks directed at President Uhuru and his mother, Mama Ngina Kenyatta. Sudi has come under heavy criticism over the remarks with some leaders and women demanding he publicly apologizes to the President and the first…

The World Bank Board has approved an Sh81 billion loan to Kenya for the upgrade of key infrastructure projects in the North-Eastern region. The funds will be used to upgrade half of the 740-kilometer Isiolo-Mandera road, a further 30km of spur roads, and laying of a fiber-optic cable along the…