KENYA NEWS

A Kirinyaga pastor has pleaded guilty to defiling and impregnating his two teenage daughters, aged 14 and 16. Pastor John Gichuki admitted to committing the offenses when he appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Antony Mwicigi at Baricho law courts on Tuesday. The court heard that the accused…

Kenya Railways has temporarily introduced the third pair of commuter trains on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) between Nairobi and Mombasa. The additional trains will operate at night this week to complement the demand for travel as schools reopen across the country, according to Kenya Railways…

The High Court has temporarily suspended the Nairobi gubernatorial by-election following a case filed by Governor Mike Sonko challenging the process leading to his impeachment. Justice Antony Mrima on Monday issued an order suspending the mini-election pending the hearing and determination of the…

A police officer in Kirinyaga County on Sunday shot and killed his colleague before turning the gun on himself in a suspected case of a love triangle gone sour. Constable Kering Kipkosgei was allegedly taking supper at the house of his girlfriend Sergeant Esther Muthoni Mwangi at Mwea GK Prison…

His Eminence Cardinal John Njue has formally resigned as the Archbishop of Nairobi Diocese. In a communiqué on Monday, the Holy See Press Office announced that Pope Francis had accepted Njue’s resignation from the position. 77-year-old Njue, who was appointed as the Archbishop for Nairobi in 2007…

Senate Serjeant-at-Arms Joel Nkubitu is nursing a gunshot wound at a Nairobi hospital after he accidentally shot himself. Nkubitu allegedly shot himself in the thigh while confronting robbers in Thika town on Sunday night. Two men on a motorcycle are said to have attacked him and stole his mobile…

President Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga are set to unveil a joint candidate for the upcoming Nairobi gubernatorial by-election. Nairobi County ODM chairman George Aladwa told Nation that the two will give final direction on the Jubilee-ODM cooperation in the February 18th mini-election. "I…

Three Nigerian nationals residing in Kenya were on Sunday arrested in connection with the disappearance of a 15-year-old school girl. The three were nabbed by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) at Courtyard Apartments within Rwaka, Kiambu County. The foreigners were…

A 45-year-old man who brutally murdered his mother and sister in Kibwezi, Makueni County on Saturday has been lynched by mob. The suspect allegedly attacked and stabbed his 35-year-old sister before slitting his 80-year-old mother’s throat after she tried to intervene.  It was not immediately…

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTD) secretary-general Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi has declared his bid for the presidency.  Addressing the press in Bungoma on Saturday, Kituyi said he will be on the presidential ballot come 2022 and his main agenda if elected will be implementing…