KENYA NEWS

Kenya’s Health Ministry has released over 200 Covid-19 patients to receive care from home. The roll-out of the home-based care program saw the first batch of 288 people infected with Covid-19 discharged from various treatment centers around the country on Friday. The 288 patients sent home on…

The High Court has quashed the conviction of Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika’s sister who had been sentenced to two years in prison. Peris Njoki was sentenced after she was found guilty of assaulting her sister Caroline Kihika following a disagreement over the property left behind by their late father…

Six police officers sustained injuries after a helicopter they were traveling in crashed in Meru on Saturday morning. The aircraft was ferrying the team to Marsabit county for a security meeting when it went down at the Kaithe-Kithoka area in Meru, according to the National Police Service (NPS).…

Nyali MP Mohamed Ali is set to table a motion for the impeachment of Transport and Infrastructure CS James Macharia. Ali accuses CS Macharia of gross misconduct and violation of the constitution by failing to undertake public participation in the decision to have all cargo received at the port of…

A section of Talai Elders has come out to dismiss the installation of Deputy President William Ruto as the Kalenjin kingpin. Led by Stephen Sugut, the elders said the traditional ceremony in which DP Ruto was crowned as the sole custodian of the Kalenjin kingship mantle was illegal as it was…

Attorney-General Paul Kihara and Solicitor-General Kennedy Ogeto are staring at possible expulsion from the Law Society of Kenya (LSK). LSK indicated it will move a motion on June 23rd seeking to have the two removed as members of the society. Kihara and Ogeto are accused of failing to gazette…

Malik Obama has thrown his weight behind Deputy President William Ruto. Malik, a half-brother to former United States President Barack Obama, declared his support for Ruto through Twitter on Saturday, going on to pour praises on the Deputy President. He described Ruto as a tough, resilient, and…

The Kenyan flag will be flown at half-mast from Saturday in honor of the late Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza who died earlier this week. A directive issued by President Kenyatta on Friday said the national flag as well as that of the East African Community (EAC) will be flown at half-mast…

Treasury CS Ukur Yatani on Thursday presented Kenya’s Sh2.7 trillion national budget for the 2020/2021 financial year. The executive will receive a total of Sh1.83 trillion to enhance service delivery and servicing of government projects. A total of Sh369.9 billion has been allocated to the 47…

Deputy President William Ruto’s office has suffered a massive budget cut in the 2020-2021 financial year. Budget estimates tabled in the National Assembly on Thursday by Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani show that Ruto’s office has had its budget slashed by nearly 50 percent. In total, the DP’…