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A National Intelligence Service (NIS) officer has died after he was stabbed while trying to rescue a woman from her estranged husband’s beating. The man used a knife to attack Benjamin Sugut, a 58-year-old NIS officer based in Kisumu, and her estranged wife’s landlord Edwin Cheruiyot Kogo after…

President Kenyatta is reportedly set to make a mini Cabinet reshuffle that will see four Cabinet Secretaries shown the door. Two of the Cabinet Secretaries facing the axe are allied to Deputy President William Ruto and two from Uhuru’s side, according to Daily Nation. In addition, a powerful…

Kenyan nurses and other healthcare workers have issued a 14-day strike notice demanding Covid-19 protection equipment and harmonization of risk allowances. Addressing reporters on Monday, May 4th, Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) secretary-general Seth Panyako said nurses will down their tools…

Homicide detectives have arrested one person in connection with the death of Keroche Breweries CEO Tabitha Karanja’s daughter, Tecra Muigai. Keroche Breweries Board of Directors and Management in a statement said Tecra passed away on Saturday, May 2nd, following a tragic accident. Officers arrested…

Police officers have been captured on camera arresting a Kenyan man from his house for allegedly not wearing a facemask. In an amateur video recording shared on social media, the officers are heard ordering the man to get out of his house and accompany them to the police station. Now what is this?…

Kenyans arrested for flouting curfew will no longer be taken to Covid-19 quarantine facilities, the government has said. Instead, police officers have been ordered to lock them in what Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Dr. Rashid Aman termed as “curfew breakers holding space.” Addressing…

Kenya has confirmed 30 additional cases of Covid-19, the highest number of infections recorded in a single day since the country registered its first case on March 13th. The 30 new cases were detected from 883 samples examined in the last 24 hours and raise the total number of Covid-19 infections…

Tecra Muigai, the third-born daughter of Keroche Breweries CEO Tabitha Karanja and her husband Joseph Karanja, has passed away. Tecra died following a tragic accident on Saturday, May 2nd, Keroche Breweries Board of Directors and Management said in a statement. The statement did not clarify…

Kenya plans to use Remdesivir drug to treat critically ill Covid-19 patients, the Health Ministry has said. Health Director-General Dr. Patrick Amoth in a media briefing on Saturday, May 2nd, said this follows a successful trial of the drug in the United States. He explained that 330 out of 1,063…

A boat ferrying an unknown number of passengers has sunk in Lake Victoria, according to reports. The vessel dubbed Water Bus was headed to Usenge beach in Siaya County from Mageta Island on Saturday, May 2nd, when the incident happened, Citizen Digital reported. It is suspected that the boat…