KENYA NEWS

A 60-year-old Kenyan national wanted by US authorities over ivory-related offenses has been arrested. Mansur Mohamed Surur, alias Mansour, was apprehended by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) moments after landing at Moi International Airport in Mombasa from Yemen on…

Authorities are searching for the body of a Kenyan woman who drowned while taking photos at Thompson’s Falls in Nyahururu on Sunday. The deceased, Jemimah Oresha, is said to have slipped from a rock and fell into the ravaging waters of the Ewaso Nyiro River. She had visited the world-famous…

The Health Ministry has accepted hospitals in Nairobi have been overwhelmed by Covid-19 patients. Health CS Mutahi Kagwe on Tuesday said most of the stretched facilities are those that offer intensive care. “There are facilities that are overstretched especially those that relate to intensive care…

Pictures of police officers clobbering Nairobi MCA Mutheu Musyimi have gone viral on social media, leaving Kenyans in uproar. The images show Mutheu, an MCA representing Mlango Kubwa Ward, on the floor at City Hall premises begging police officers for mercy as they beat her with a pipe and club.…

Pilots and crew members will not be allowed to leave their hotel rooms after landing in Kenya from abroad. This is contained in the new health safety protocols published by the Tourism Ministry in consultation with the Ministry of Health ahead of the resumption of international flights on August…

Police in Mtwapa, Kilifi County are investigating an incident where a British woman escaped from prison last week. Joanne Goodman had been held at Mtwapa Remand Prison for four months and sneaked out of the facility on July 24th. She was arrested for being in the country illegally and was detained…

A plane carrying Kenyan delegation to attend the funeral of former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa was on Tuesday forced to turn back mid-air. Among those aboard the aircraft was Senate Majority Leader Samuel Poghisio, who was set to represent President Kenyatta at the function. Reports indicate…

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has championed the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat and prevent Covid-19 in Kenya. Sonko through a Facebook post on Tuesday said the drug has been proven to be effective in treating and preventing Covid-19 and his administration is ready to distribute it to Kenyans…

A Kenyan nurse battling Covid-19 in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has given birth to a bouncing baby girl.  The 32-year-old nurse from Rachuonyo, Homabay County successfully delivered the child at Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital (KTRH) last Friday, according to The Standard. Doctors said…

President Kenyatta has ruled out a lockdown even as the country continues to record increased cases of Covid-19. Uhuru said it would be pointless to lock down the country, adding that such a move would not help contain the pandemic at this point in time.   "Locking down the country will not…