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The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on Thursday received 4.4 million signatures from the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Secretariat. The signatures were submitted to IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati together with the BBI Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2020. BBI Secretariat…

A Nairobi court has ordered the more than Sh100 million seized from a Nigerian national on Friday be deposited at the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). The High Court on Wednesday ordered CBK to take custody of the money pending investigations into an alleged money-laundering scheme. This came after the…

A woman who was in the company of Machakos Senator Boniface Mutinda Kabaka when he collapsed at an apartment in Nairobi’s Kilimani estate has spoken out. Esther Nthenya Muli, a 45-year-old high school teacher from Wote, Makueni county, says she is a long-time friend of Senator Kabaka. A Nairobi…

Embattled Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko will appear before all 67 Senators to defend himself following last week’s impeachment.  This comes after Senate Majority Leader Samuel Poghisio on Wednesday declined to move a motion to appoint an 11-member select committee to hear Sonko’s impeachment…

A policeman attached to Ruiru Police Station has been arrested in connection with a robbery with violence incident. The police officer is accused of violently robbing a female accountant of $50,000 (Sh5.6 million) together with three Mitsumi Business Park employees identified as Albert Ochola,…

A nanny who was caught on CCTV pinching her employer’s 15-month-old baby in 2018 has been slapped with a three-year jail sentence. 38-year-old Cecily Murugi was handed the sentence after she was found guilty of assaulting and causing bodily harm to the minor at Ngara civil servant quarters in…

The Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) has moved to court seeking to have Sh100 million seized from a Nigerian national last week frozen. Mauzu Bala was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi on Friday en route to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from Nigeria. He had…

Former Gatundu North MP Patrick Kariuki Muiruri was on Monday arraigned in court for allegedly defrauding a Kenyan man based in the US. People Daily reported that Muiruri was charged with defrauding Benson Nthambiri Kathiga, who works as a military officer in the US.  Court documents show that…

Government Spokesperson Col. Cyrus Oguna has refuted reports that President Kenyatta is set to take a one-month leave until January 15th. Oguna through Twitter on Tuesday said a circular alleging that Uhuru would proceed on a 30-day holiday after this year’s Jamhuri Day celebrations on December…

A woman who was in the company of Machakos Senator Boniface Mutinda Kabaka when he collapsed at an apartment in Nairobi’s Kilimani estate has been arraigned in court. 45-year-old Esther Nthenya Muli, a high school teacher, appeared before Milimani Principal Magistrate Daniel Ndingu on Monday where…