KENYA NEWS

Kisumu Chief Magistrate Godfrey Hillary Oduor is dead. Oduor was found dead in his girlfriend’s house at River Bank estate in South B, Nairobi on Thursday, according to a report filed at Industrial Area police station. His girlfriend, Njoki Muhia allegedly found him unresponsive after returning to…

Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Benson Mutura has been sworn-in as the acting Governor following the impeachment of Mike Sonko. Mutura was sworn-in by High Court Justice Jairus Ngaah in a ceremony held at City Hall at 10.30 am on Monday. In his speech, the acting governor promised to unite leaders…

Garissa Woman Representative Anab Subow Gure is under fire from Kenyans over her apparent allegiance to Somalia. This comes after she posted on social media pictures of herself posing next to the flag of Somalia and a portrait of Somali president Mohammed Farmaajo. Subow claims that her security…

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has directed county governments to fire all healthcare workers who are on strike. Kagwe told Governors to advertise vacancies and urged the more than 8,000 nurses who are currently jobless to apply for the positions. “The counties should start recruiting new…

President Kenyatta on Sunday met his Somalia counterpart Mohammed Farmaajo amid diplomatic tensions between the two countries.  The two came face to face in Djibouti during the 38th Extra-Ordinary Summit of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Intergovernmental Authority on…

Former Cabinet Minister Joseph Nyagah who died on December 11th was on Saturday laid to rest in Mbeere South, Embu County. Nyagah succumbed to COVID-19 complications while undergoing treatment at the Nairobi Hospital aged 72. Speaking during his funeral, his brother Norman Nyagah revealed how COVID…

The National Treasury has approved a Sh93.7 million budget to facilitate the verification of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) signatures. The approval paves the way for the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to commence the process of verifying the 4.4 million signatures…

Mike Mbuvi Sonko has spoken out following his impeachment as the Nairobi Governor. Sonko was axed from the position after the Senate on Thursday found him guilty of all the four charges leveled against him by the Nairobi County Assembly. In a lengthy Facebook post on Saturday, Sonko said he was…

The Somali government has accused Kenya of hatching a plot destabilize the country. In a statement on Saturday, Somalia’s Information Ministry claimed that Kenya was hosting a militia in Mandera and was arming it with an aim of staging an attack on its soil. The ministry said the Somali government…

A Nairobi court has okayed the extradition of a 60-year-old Kenyan man wanted in the US for drug-related charges. Milimani law courts Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku on Friday ruled that an application by the Director of Public Prosecution for the extradition of Mansur Mohamed Surur, alias Mansour,…