KENYA NEWS

Governor Mike Sonko has claimed that he was not sober when he surrendered four key Nairobi county government functions to the national government. Sonko alleged that he was served alcohol at State House before signing the Deed of Transfer of Functions from the Nairobi City County Government to the…

A National Treasury employee has had his four bank accounts frozen over unexplained fortune amassed over the last five years. Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) opened an investigation against Charles Muia Mutiso after his assets failed to match his known legitimate income. Mutiso is the…

The Ministry of Interior has rebutted reports that Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Mating’i is hospitalized with Covid-19. Reports circulated on social media on Thursday and Friday claimed that CS Matiang’i was battling the bug in ICU at a private hospital in Nairobi. But the Interior Ministry urged…

Kenyan gospel singer Ruth Matete has finally buried her Nigerian husband, Pastor John Apewajoye nearly four months after his death. Apewajoye was laid to rest at Lang’ata Cemetery in Nairobi on Thursday in a funeral ceremony attended by a few family members and friends. The Nigerian High Commission…

Kenya on Thursday confirmed 796 new Covid-19 cases, the highest one-day increase since the disease broke out in the country in mid-March. This brings the total number of Covid-19 infections to 15,601 from cumulative tests of 261,027 samples.  The number comprises 501 males and 203 females with…

Celebrated Citizen TV journalist Jeff Koinange is self-isolating at home after he tested positive for Covid-19 this week. Koinange, who is asymptomatic, talked about his life in isolation during a video interview with his co-host Victoria Rubadiri on Citizen TV on Wednesday night. He said he does…

Homicide detectives are investigating the circumstances under which a Kenyan woman died after attending a house party at an apartment in Nairobi’s Kilimani area. The lifeless body of Sheila Njeri Murage was discovered on a flowerbed at Santonia Court by workers on Saturday, according to Daily…

The government has signed a partnership deal with Sagak AutoTech to kick-start mass production of Kenyan-made car christened “Laikipia BJ 50.” The locally assembled 7-seater vehicle was first unveiled during the 2019 Devolution Conference in Kirinyaga County. Samuel Gatonye Kimani, a Nyahururu-…

The decision by Kenya Airways (KQ) to drop direct flights to the US when it resumes international flights on August 1st has displeased Kenyans in the diaspora. Speaking to Daily Nation North America correspondent Chris Wamalwa, some Kenyans living in the US and Canada said the move will…

Suspected Al-Shabaab militants on Wednesday evening staged an attack on Yumbis Police Camp in Fafi, Garissa County. The attackers are said to have gained entry into the camp that hosts Border Patrol Unit officers after hurling several explosives at around 6 pm. Some loud explosions were followed by…