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Nairobi Police Commander Philip Ndolo has ordered the arrest of Kenyans videotaped harassing two Chinese nationals and accusing them of being infected with the coronavirus. This comes a day after a 30-second video clip showing a group of Kenyans subjecting the foreigners to racial abuse in Kibra,…

Four Kenyan senators are presently stuck in Germany due to difficulties in traveling back to Nairobi following the outbreak of coronavirus. The four, who are members of the Senate Trade Committee, traveled to Berlin to attend a trade summit but the forum was canceled soon after they arrived over…

Following the outbreak of coronavirus in the cities of Verona and Milan, the government has suspended direct flights from the North of Italy to Kenya. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, who chairs the National Emergency Response Committee on Coronavirus, said the move was made after…

The scheduled trip to the United States for Kenyan Members of Parliament (MPs) has been canceled due to the outbreak of coronavirus. A group of MPs was set to attend the annual two-week United Nations meeting on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women in New York from March…

A Nairobi court on Tuesday slashed Embakasi East MP Babu Owino’s cash bail from Sh10 million to Sh5 million in a case in which he is charged over the alleged shooting of Felix Orinda, alias DJ Evolve. High Court Justice Luka Kimaru further faulted a decision by the lower court ordering MP Babu to…

A Nairobi court on Monday temporarily quashed the decision by Kenya Airways to suspend an employee who filmed the arrival of a Chinese flight at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) last week. This came after the employee; Gire Ali filled an application challenging KQ’s move to suspend…

A fourth-year student at Mount Kenya University (MKU) committed suicide by jumping from the 7th floor of a multi-storey building at the institution on Monday. The male Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Rural Development student sustained serious head and leg injuries after jumping from…

Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa has been arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). Echesa was arrested on Monday afternoon, hours after the detectives drawn from the Economic Crimes Unit raided his home in Nairobi’s Karen estate.  The officers…

Deported Kenyan lawyer Miguna Miguna attacked Baringo Senator Gideon Moi for wearing a red-colored pair of trousers. A photo by Daily Nation showed Senator Moi wearing red pants while being prayed for by a group of religious leaders at his family’s home in Kabarak, Nakuru County on Sunday. Daily…

The government has dismissed as fake a viral recording purporting to be a media briefing confirming cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Kenya. In a statement on Monday, government spokesperson Col. Cyrus Oguna maintained that no one has been diagnosed with the deadly virus in the country terming the…