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The United States Embassy in Nairobi has warned of a possible attack by terrorist groups on a major Nairobi hotel. In an alert posted on the embassy’s official website on Thursday, the US said the targeted hotel has not been identified but noted that it is frequented by foreign tourists and…

Kenyans on social media have been angered by the government’s decision to allow Chinese flights to land in Kenya in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. This was after it emerged that a China Southern Airlines flight carrying 239 passengers landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA)…

A Kenyan woman was on Thursday arraigned in court in connection with the mysterious disappearance and possible murder of a Kenyan-Belgian national. Lucy Waithera Njuguna appeared before Justice Daniel Ogembo but the court directed she undergoes mental assessment before pleading to murder charges on…

Governor Mike Sonko has dispelled claims that he was coerced to surrender critical functions of Nairobi county to the national government. Sonko, in a statement posted on his Facebook page on Thursday, said he was the one who initiated talks to transfer the functions to the national government. He…

Activist Okiya Omtatah has filed a petition in court to block the handover of the main Nairobi County Government functions to the National Government. In court documents filed on Wednesday, Omtatah argues that key stakeholders were not involved in the transfer process that was done on Tuesday at…

All 239 passengers who landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Wednesday aboard a Chinese flight have been cleared of coronavirus (COVID-19), the government has said. The Ministry of Health said all the passengers who arrived in a flight belonging to China Southern Airlines were…

The University of Nairobi has issued an apology after a memo addressing the rape of a female student at the institution sparked public uproar. The memo released on Tuesday claimed the student, who was allegedly raped by three men, was to blame for the incident, a claim that angered Kenyans on…

The government has ordered the shutdown of donkey slaughterhouses in Kenya within a month. The directive was issued by Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya following the growing cases of donkey theft in the country fueled by the high demand for their skin in China. Gangs have been stealing…

Supreme Court Justice Smokin Wanjala is presently admitted at a hospital in India after he was taken ill on Tuesday. This was after he was infected with Swine Flu (H1N1) while attending an international judicial conference in India, Chief Justice David Maraga confirmed through Twitter on Wednesday…

An al-Shabaab leader believed to have organized the January 5th, 2019 attack on a military base in Manda Bay, Lamu County has been killed in a US airstrike. The US military Africa Command (Africom) said the leader, who had a role in planning and directing terrorist operations, was killed alongside…