KENYA NEWS

A man and his son have been forced to live in a thicket after they were evicted from their house over rent arrears. Benjamin Kilonzo and his son, a Form Two student, were kicked out of their house three months ago after he defaulted in rent payment. With no place to go, the two decided to build a…

A Kenyan man identified as Robert Kariuki has narrated how he nearly died of Covid-19 after various hospitals in Nairobi declined to admit him. Kariuki, 36, said the hospitals he visited sent him away after his body temperature was found to have exceeded 39 degrees.  In an interview with The…

A new opinion poll has ranked Deputy President William Ruto as the most popular presidential aspirant ahead of the 2022 election. The study published on Wednesday by Intel Research Solutions shows that DP Ruto enjoys 30 percent support ahead of ODM leader Raila Odinga (17 percent) and Machakos…

A Nairobi court has dismissed a child support case filed against Chief Justice David Maraga.  The case was struck out on Wednesday after the applicant, Mary Kwamboka Onyancha failed to appear in court or send an attorney to represent her. Children’s Court Magistrate GM Gitonga further ruled…

The United Nations (UN) is building a Sh1 billion Covid-19 treatment facility in Nairobi for its employees who contract the virus. The 150-bed treatment center is being put up at the Nairobi Hospital to cater to the global organization’s workers and family members in Africa, according to Bloomberg…

Roche Kenya Ltd has enlisted Kenyan patients to take part in its clinical trial for a potential Covid-19 drug. The study is being done at the Clinical Research Unit of the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi to determine the efficacy and safety of Roche’s medicine Actemra (tocilizumab) in the…

A Chinese company has won a Sh5.6 billion government contract to set up a bus rapid transit (BRT) system along Thika Superhighway. The Ministry of Transport and Public Works settled on Stecol Corporation to undertake the project that is expected to be completed in eight months. Stecol will from…

Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja has pleaded guilty to flouting Covid-19 rules. Sakaja, who appeared before Chief Magistrate Roselyne Onganya at Kasarani makeshift court on Tuesday, was ordered to pay a fine of Sh15,000 or serve a three-month jail term in default. He faced charges of breaching curfew…

Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka and his Nark-Kenya counterpart Martha Karua have finally joined the Senior Counsel club. The two are among 24 senior lawyers conferred with the title by President Kenyatta on Monday. Others are Rarieda MP Otiende Amollo, Fred Ngatia, former Director of Public…

President Kenyatta has convened an extraordinary meeting will all the 47 county governors amid rising cases of Covid-19 in the country. The high-level meeting whose main agenda will be to discuss the country’s preparedness for the Covid-19 pandemic will be held next Friday, according to State House…