KENYA NEWS

Kenya Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Amb. Macharia Kamau has contracted Covid-19, according to reports. PS Macharia revealed his positive Covid-19 status through a WhatsApp Group whose members are top government officials, The Star reported. He is said to have tested positive for the virus…

Travelers from 11 countries will be allowed to visit Kenya when it reopens its airspace for international flights on August 1st. Transport CS James Macharia said the cleared countries either have mild or limited community transmission or declining cases of Covid-19. They include China, Zimbabwe,…

Ngari Gituku, the private secretary of Mwai Kibaki has been angered by reports alleging that the former president is hospitalized. Gituku while rubbishing the claims on Thursday termed the people behind the fake news as “foolish and idle.”  “Some Kenyans are idle and foolish with nothing to do…

A 35-year-old Kenyan man who admitted to killing her girlfriend to appease 'Illuminati gods' has been imprisoned for 30 years. Simon Murimi was handed the sentence by the High Court in Kerugoya on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to murdering his girlfriend, Eunice Wambui, 26. He told the court…

The US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has issued a safety alert on some Kenya Airways Boeing planes that have remained grounded for months. The US aviation regulator asked KQ to inspect its Boeing 737 New Generation planes afresh before they return to skies next month. The airplanes were grounded…

Wealthy Kenyans defied the adverse economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic to buy more luxury cars.  In six months to June, the demand for luxurious vehicles such as Mercedes Benz and BMW increased by 14.5 percent. During the period under review, deep-pocketed Kenyans imported 79 units,…

Retired President Mwai Kibaki has reportedly been readmitted to the Nairobi Hospital barely two weeks after he was discharged from the same facility. The Star reports that Kibaki, 88, was driven back to the hospital on Monday evening and was admitted to the VIP wing, where he is being attended by a…

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has declared Friday, July 31st, a public holiday. Matiang’i through a Gazette Notice No. 5277 issued on Wednesday said this will allow Muslim faithful to celebrate Idd-Ul-Adha. “In recognition of the vital role of faith as a unifying force within our Nation…

Kenyan tycoon Jimi Wanjigi has been sued over alleged attempts to grab a prime parcel of land in Nairobi valued at over Sh400 million. In a case filed at the Environment and Lands court, the complainant, Cissy Kalunde Musembi, claims Wanjigi and his wife Irene are hell-bent to obtain and sell her…

Police have opened a probe into the death of a man who was hit by a car belonging to Taita Taveta Woman Representative Lydia Haika. The middle-aged man was crushed by the speeding vehicle at Sultan Hamud area along Nairobi-Mombasa highway at around 8 pm on Tuesday, according to Citizen Digital.…