KENYA NEWS

The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) is set to auction 101 aircraft abandoned in various airports around the country. KAA declared the planes a safety risk and gave their owners a notice to claim them failure to which they will be sold off to recoup unpaid parking fees accumulated over time. The…

Police in Migori county have arrested a pastor accused of defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old girl. The man of the cloth is said to have sexually abused the minor, who is a Class Eight pupil at Muslim Primary School in Migori, two months ago. The girl remained silent about the incident until a…

The United Nations (UN) has appointed Kenyan activist Alice Wairimu Nderitu as Special Adviser on the prevention of genocide. Her appointment was announced on Tuesday by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. “Ms. Nderitu has been a recognized voice in the field of peacebuilding and violence…

President Kenyatta on Tuesday launched the rehabilitated Nairobi Central Railway Station and commuter rail service across 10 stations within the Nairobi metropolis. The 11 refurbished stations will be served by modern commuter trains referred to as Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs), which were imported…

Sarah Wairimu, the widow of slain Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen, has filed an application seeking to have the murder case against her thrown out. Wairimu, who is charged with the murder of Cohen, argues that the case is founded on hearsay and built on a malicious investigative process. Through her lawyer…

Peter Tabichi, the Kenyan teacher who won the world’s best teacher prize in 2019, has bagged another international award. Tabichi, 37, was recently named the winner of the 2020 Ahimsa Award by the Trustees of the London-based Institute of Jainology. He was awarded the prestigious global award for…

An Italian national who was videotaped assaulting a woman was on Monday arraigned in court following his arrest on Sunday. The foreigner, Maurisio Montcalli appeared before a Kiambu court where the magistrate ordered he be taken to the hospital for treatment. The court heard that Montcalli…

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has alleged that there was a plot to assassinate ODM leader Raila Odinga in 2017. Sonko made the claims through Facebook, where he alleged police officers were under instructions from the ‘system’ to shoot Odinga while in his car at close range. The shooting, he said,…

A patient was on Sunday morning killed after an ambulance carrying him was involved in an accident on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway. The patient was being transferred to the Coast General Hospital in Mombasa from the Moi Referral Hospital in Voi, where he had been admitted. The driver is said to have…

Deputy President William Ruto has sent a congratulations message to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris following their election as US President and Vice President respectively. DP Ruto through a brief message posted on his Twitter page on Sunday said Biden and Harris’ victory in the 2020 US presidential…