KENYA NEWS

Strathmore University has made history by becoming the first Kenyan institution of higher learning to win the Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition. Strathmore was represented in the global competition by two law students, Eugene Kanyugo and Mariam Hiba Malik. The two were…

The Senate has upheld the impeachment of Mike Sonko as the Governor for Nairobi County. This comes after 27 Senators on Thursday night voted in support of Sonko’s ouster, 16 voted against, while two abstained. Sonko was impeached on four charges including gross violation of the Constitution and…

Under fire Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has been accused of using taxpayers’ money to fund his daughter’s expensive trip to the US. The allegation was made during Sonko’s impeachment trial before the Senate, which commenced on Wednesday and continued on Thursday. Nairobi Assembly Minority Leader…

President Kenyatta has inaugurated the National Air Support Department (NASD) at Wilson Airport in Nairobi. NASD is a multi-agency unit within the Defense Ministry tasked with coordinating the country’s national air response services.  The new entity brings together all government air assets…

Somalia-based terror group Al-Shabaab has released a video showing the faces of five militants who staged an attack at DusitD2 Complex in Nairobi last year. The seven-minute clip also revealed the identities of the five gunmen who carried out the deadly attack on the hotel and office complex…

The Aga Khan University Hospital has prohibited the wearing of masks with valves within its facilities. The hospital warned that those using such kind of masks put those around them at risk of contracting Covid-19, arguing that they only protect the wearer. “The design of these masks allows inhaled…

Kenya Airways (KQ) has been ordered to pay Sh415,264 to a passenger who missed a flight. The national carrier was compelled to compensate the customer identified only as Christopher following the completion of a probe by the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK). The amount is the total cost…

A Kenyan father who was serving a life sentence after his daughter allegedly framed him for rape has been released. Julius Wambua was freed on Wednesday after Machakos High Court Justice George Odunga quashed his conviction and ordered a retrial if the Director of Public Prosecutions finds it…

Kenyan scholar, Socrates Majune has been named the winner of a World Trade Organization (WTO) award. The 30-year-old emerged the winner of the inaugural Trade Economist Thematic Award, a new research-based competition by WTO. Majune beat 26 other nominees from different countries around the world.…

Somalia has reportedly deployed its soldiers to the Mandera border hours after cutting diplomatic ties with Kenya. Somalia National Army (SNA) troops were on Tuesday spotted taking strategic positions along the border with Kenya, raising tension among Mandera residents.  Daily Nation reports…