KENYA NEWS

Kenya on Saturday reported its highest single-day increase in Covid-19 infections as 688 cases were registered. The country now has a total of 12,750 confirmed cases of Covid-19 from cumulative tests of 238,163 samples. Nairobi County is leading in the number of infections with 7,298 followed by…

Hirji Ramji Patel, a police impostor who has been on police radar for long, has finally been arrested. Patel, alias Harish Daria, was captured on Friday evening in Nairobi’s Parklands area by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). “Detectives based at Gigiri arrested the…

Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja was on Saturday morning freed from Kilimani Police Station, where he spent the night. Senator Sakaja was arrested at around 1 am on Saturday for allegedly violating Covid-19 rules including the 9 pm to 4 am curfew. He was found drinking at Ladies Lounge in Kilimani…

President Kenyatta’s Jubilee Party is ‘technically bankrupt’, the latest audit report has revealed. The Auditor-General’s report covering the financial year ending June 30th, 2018, indicates that the party has been operating on negative capital as its liabilities exceed its assets. “As of June 30…

The High Court has blocked the government’s plan to phase out 14-seater public service vehicles (PSVs). High Court Justice Weldon Korir on Thursday ruled that the decision is illegal and unconstitutional as there was no public participation. The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) had…

Jubilee secretary-general Raphael Tuju has deposited Sh50 million in court to prevent East African Development Bank (EADB) from auctioning his property in Karen, Nairobi. The bank is seeking to recover a debt of Sh1.6 billion which accumulated from Sh943 million Tuju, through his company Dari Ltd,…

Citizen TV senior reporter Stephen Letoo has been diagnosed with Covid-19. Letoo, who has been at the forefront in covering Covid-19-related news, told The Star that he tested positive for the virus after taking a test at a Nairobi hospital on Thursday. He noted that the results came as a surprise…

The High Court has awarded Sh1.3 billion to residents of Owino Uhuru slum in Mombasa as damages for poisoning from a lead-smelting factory. In her ruling on Thursday, Environment Court judge Ann Omolo ordered respondents in the case to pay the award within 90 days.  They include Cabinet…

Cuba has sent 20 more specialized doctors to Kenya to help in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. The team of medics drawn from the Henry Reeve Medical Brigade established by Fidel Castro in 2005 to handle emergencies and serious epidemics is expected to land in Nairobi on Friday, Daily Nation…

Nancy Gathungu has been sworn-in as Kenya’s New Auditor-General. She took oath of office in a ceremony presided over by Chief Justice David Maraga at Supreme Court buildings in Nairobi on Friday. Gathungu, who previously served as the Director of Audit in the Office of the Auditor-General, takes…