KENYA NEWS

A Kenyan matatu driver who was recently videotaped using his mobile phone while driving has been stripped of his driving license.  The suspension of the driver identified as Johanna Ndungu was announced on Tuesday by the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA). A passenger inside the…

Senate Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen claims that Deputy President William Ruto has been reduced to a figurehead. Murkomen, a close confidante of Ruto, told reporters on Tuesday that the Deputy President had been stripped off his government duties and was being asked to stay home. “The…

Jubilee Party secretary-general Raphael Tuju has for the first time spoken about the February 12th road accident that nearly ended his life. Tuju returned to the country last Saturday after undergoing specialized treatment in the United Kingdom for two weeks. He was flown to London on February 19th…

The only female white giraffe in Kenya, and the world, has been found dead at Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy in Garissa County. The giraffe was killed by suspected poachers together with its calf, according to the conservancy manager Mohammed Ahmednoor. Ahmednoor told the media on Tuesday…

Staff in Deputy President William Ruto’s office are among nine people identified as persons of interest in the murder of Sergeant Kipyegon Kenei. The nine, including four who work at DP Ruto’s Harambee Annex office, three from the Department of Defense and two from a telecommunications company are…

The head of Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti is set to undergo a special training in the United States. Kinoti traveled to the US last week ahead of a Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) executive training. He is the only top detective from Africa who will…

Msambweni Member of Parliament Suleiman Dori, who died on Monday morning, has been laid to rest. Dori was buried in an elaborate Muslim burial ceremony at his village home in Gazi, Kwale County on Monday afternoon. The deceased's remains were taken from his home to a local mosque for final prayers…

Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria has said that God has chosen Deputy President William Ruto to be Kenya's 5th president. Kuria said this is one of the reasons why no amount of intimidation will stop Ruto from succeeding President Kenyatta in 2022. Kuria, who spoke in Meru County on Sunday, likened…

Msambweni Member of Parliament Suleiman Dori has passed away. Dori, 43, died while receiving medication at the Aga Khan Hospital in Mombasa on Monday morning, his family said. Confirming his death, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party said the second-time MP succumbed to cancer. “We are…

Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) secretary-general Francis Atwoli caused a drama during a press briefing in Nairobi on Monday after he angrily smashed his mobile phone on the floor. Atwoli was speaking about the access of Deputy President William Ruto's Harambee Annex office by suspects…