KENYA NEWS

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTD) secretary-general Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi is set to resign from his position before the expiry of his term. Kituyi announced he will step down from the top position in two weeks and return to Kenya to popularize his 2022 presidential bid. “I…

Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are in pursuit of a Nigerian man suspected to have killed a prominent Kenyan lawyer whom he was living with. The suspect identified as Christian Kadima Mwambay is said to have murdered the female attorney at her house in Syokimau,…

US technology giant, Apple turned down a request by the Kenyan authorities to unlock two iPhones that are linked to a criminal investigation. This was revealed in a US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) filing dated December 23rd, 2020. The Kenyan government’s request to Apple to unlock the two…

The Kenyan medical fraternity is mourning the death of yet another doctor who died on Friday.  Paul Guchu Ngigi Kioy, a Nairobi-based neurologist, succumbed to COVID-19 related complications while undergoing treatment at a Nairobi hospital. His death was announced by the Kenya Medical…

Former Othaya MP Mary Wambui has landed another government appointment after the previous one was quashed by the court. Labor Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui has appointed Wambui as the chairperson of trustees of the Street Families Rehabilitation Trust Fund. The fund is mandated with coordinating…

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe says doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be available in the country from next month. Kagwe divulged that the first batch of 24 million doses the government has procured will arrive in Nairobi by the second week of February. He indicated that frontline healthcare…

A 51-year-old Kirinyaga pastor who defiled and impregnated his two daughters aged 14 and 16 is set to be sentenced next week. John Gichuki will be sentenced on January 14th by Principal Magistrate Antony Mwicigi of Baricho Law Courts. Gichuki, a pastor at a local Akorino church in Ndia Constituency…

The Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) terminals 1B and 1C are set to be rehabilitated at a cost of Sh963 million. The Kenya Aviation Authority (KAA) on Wednesday said the one-year-long project involves refurbishing departure halls in a bid to improve the check-in, security screening,…

The High Court has barred IEBC and EACC from commenting on former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu’s bid for Nairobi governorship. Justice Antony Mrima on Thursday gagged the two agencies from publicly commenting on Waititu’s eligibility to vie for the seat until his case is heard and determined…

Jersey is set to repatriate Sh444 million seized from offshore accounts belonging to two former Kenyan government officials. Jersey authorities and their Kenyan counterparts recently struck an agreement to have the money recovered from former Kenya Power CEO Samuel Gichuru and former Energy…