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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…

A special unit whose task would be to investigate fraud in Saccos will be in place next month, Co-operatives Principal Secretary Ali Noor Ismail has said. Dubbed Sacco Societies Fraud Investigation Unit (SSFIU), its mandate will be to probe Sacco officials accused of looting members’ savings.…

The State on Tuesday asked the court to dismiss a case in which deported lawyer Miguna Miguna sued two international airlines over his failed trip to Kenya last month. In an application filed at the Milimani Law Courts, Miguna is seeking an order compelling Lufthansa Airlines and Air France to fly…

Embattled Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has until 10 am Monday, March 2nd to file responses to allegations leveled against him in the motion for his impeachment. This is according to a circular released by Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Beatrice Elachi on Tuesday.  Elachi said copies of Sonko’s…

A photo of President Kenyatta and former German-born NBA basketball star Dirk Nowitzki has excited Kenyans on social media. The photo was posted on State House Facebook page on Monday following a meeting between Kenyatta and visiting Germany President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at State House, Nairobi…

The US Supreme Court will before June this year issue a ruling on whether Sudan should compensate Kenyans and Tanzanians affected by the 1998 American embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. On Monday, the court heard the case filed by some 567 Kenyans and Tanzanians who were either injured…

The management of Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) has refuted reports that 10 cancer patients were forcibly discharged from the facility over blood shortage. On Sunday, Daily Nation reported that the patients had been admitted at the hospital for two weeks waiting to undergo life-changing…

A whopping Sh1 billion was spent on planting grass along the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), according to contract documents obtained by Daily Nation. The contracts signed between the Chinese and Kenya Railways have exposed the outrageous amount of money spent during the construction…

The National Government has assumed the functions of the Nairobi County Government after the court barred Governor Mike Sonko from accessing his office last December. In a statement on Tuesday evening, State House Spokesperson Kanze Dena said the national government takes over the functions in…

Narok Senator Ledama Ole Kina was on Tuesday morning arrested in Nairobi for allegedly making inflammatory remarks. Ledama was apprehended by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) shortly after exiting Royal Media Services studios on Dennis Pritt Road, Nairobi, where he…