KENYA NEWS

American singer Selena Gomez has challenged President Kenyatta to fulfill a key pledge on education he made in 2018. In a post on her Twitter page on Thursday, Gomez indicated she recently concluded a tour to Kenya and in the process learned that the promise made by Kenyatta to increase the…

Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma is set to table a new bill seeking to have unmarried magistrates barred from handling family cases involving children. Kaluma, who wants the Children Act amended, argues that magistrates who are not married lack experience in family matters hence unfit to hear such…

Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has opened a probe into an incident in which over Sh3 million was deposited into a Kenyan woman’s bank account by the National Youth Service (NYS) despite not doing any business with the agency. Emily Nyambura, a businesswoman, is said to have received…

Deputy President William Ruto on Friday accused the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) of dramatizing the murder of Sergeant Kipyegon Kenei. Kenei, a police officer attached to DP Ruto’s Harambee Annex office, was found dead at his house in Imara Daima, Nairobi on February 20th with a…

A Kenya Airways employee who was suspended from work last week for filming the arrival of a Chinese flight at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) has been reinstated. Kenya Airways on Thursday told High Court Justice Weldon Korir that it had lifted Gire Ali’s suspension while police said…

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) says that Polycarp Igathe is still the Nairobi deputy governor. The commission said it is not aware that Igathe resigned from the position since it did not receive any formal communication regarding his exit. IEBC said this while responding…

Sergeant Kipyegon Kenei, an officer attached to Deputy President William Ruto’s office, was killed in cold blood, the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti has said. Speaking during a media briefing on Thursday, Kinoti said the murder was well planned to appear like Kenei…

Kenyans with assets stashed abroad laundered over Sh800 billion during a tax amnesty offered by the government, the United States has said.  In a report released on Wednesday, the US Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs said the tax pardon facilitated money laundering…

Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has promised to fully settle the medical bills of Felix Orinda alias DJ Evolve. DJ Evolve has been receiving treatment at Nairobi Hospital since January 17th, when he was allegedly shot on the neck by Babu at B-Club in Nairobi. In an interview with Capital FM on…

President Kenyatta has warned Somalia to stop provoking Kenya following its recent actions. This follows Monday’s incident where troops from the Federal Government of Somalia and Jubbaland forces engaged in a fierce shootout in Mandera town, Kenya, leaving behind a trail of destruction. In a…