KENYA NEWS

Police in Nakuru arrested one suspect after he was found manufacturing fake tomato sauce at a secret in a two-roomed house. Officers raided the residential house in Nakuru’s Langalanga estate on Saturday following a tip-off from members of the public. 3,000 liters of chemically-made tomato sauce…

At least 1,000 Kenyans were on Friday night arrested in a nationwide operation targeting those breaking Covid-19 protocols. The swoop was carried out by officers from the recently formed Special Enforcement Unit whose task is to enforce measures at the county and national level. The special squad…

A 104-year-old Kenyan is among the 1,065 new cases of coronavirus reported in the country on Saturday. The new cases were detected from 7,386 samples tested in the past 24 hours and pushed the total number of infections in the country to 61,769, according to the Ministry of Health. The 1,065 new…

President Kenyatta has congratulated Joseph Robinette Biden following his election as the 46th President of the United States. Kenyatta termed Biden’s emphatic victory against incumbent Donald Trump as an indication of the faith the American people have in his leadership credentials. “Americans…

A Kenyan assistant chief from Busia County was this week sentenced to 115 years in prison after he was found guilty of incitement. Ong’aroi assistant chief Andrew Odata was accused of inciting villagers to burn down the homestead of one of the residents named Francis Ong’amo in 2016. This left the…

Kenyan attorney Paul Gicheru made his first appearance before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday days after he surrendered himself. He was brought before Judge Reine Adélaïde Sophie Alapini-Gansou of Pre-Trial Chamber A where he denied all the six charges leveled against him. “I do…

Kenya Airways (KQ) is considering suspending flights to London (England) and France in the wake of the second lockdown in the two countries. Authorities in the two nations were forced to impose fresh lockdown following the emergence of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The restrictions has…

President Kenyatta is set to deliver this year’s State of the Nation Address in Parliament on November 12th. In a gazette notice dated Friday, November 6th, National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi and his Senate counterpart Ken Lusaka asked MPs to attend the address to be delivered at the National…

President Kenyatta held a meeting with Pope Francis during his official visit to the State of Vatican. He landed in Italy on Thursday evening aboard a Kenya Airways aircraft and was welcomed to the Vatican Palace by the pontiff—his host. Kenyatta, who is in Rome at the invitation of Pope Francis,…

Police in Nairobi have opened a probe into the death of a 34-year-old woman who was reported a few weeks ago. The decomposing body of Sheila Kawira Mwirichia was found inside her apartment in Nairobi’s Lavington estate on Tuesday. Her body was discovered after the caretaker of Lavington Valley…