KENYA NEWS

A 32-year-old Kenyan man who predicted he would die in August has succumbed to Covid-19. Juma Kaiburi Baitairi, a Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) inspection officer, died from the virus last Tuesday, according to Daily Nation. Through Facebook on August 1st, 2019, Kaiburi said the month of August…

A video of a Kenyan man being ‘interviewed’ by CNN’s Brianna Keilar has gone viral on social media, leaving online users in stitches. In the video, the man who claims to be from Kiambu County hilariously talks about his triumphant battle with Covid-19 using ‘broken English.’ I am done with Kenyans…

The withdrawal of the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar) by the US government last year has placed the lives of many Kenyan women, especially in the Nyanza region at risk. Following the withdrawal, pregnant women in Kisumu, Siaya, and Homa Bay counties are struggling to get access…

Two suspects have been apprehended in connection with the killing of 28-year-old Nairobi-based businessman Kevin Omwenga. Omwenga, a car dealer, was shot in his house at Galana Suites apartment in Kilimani, Nairobi on Friday in an alleged business deal gone sour. On Saturday, detectives from the…

The UK has pledged an additional funding of Sh717 million to support vulnerable families living in informal settlements in Kenya. The funds will be disbursed to 50,000 poor households in Nairobi and Mombasa slum areas through mobile money platforms to cushion them from the harsh economic effects of…

Deputy President William Ruto has urged police officers not to allow themselves to be used by politicians to run political errands. Ruto asked all police officers to work professionally and resist any attempts to use them to settle political scores and achieve personal agendas. “I want to tell…

Police in Kakamega are holding two men accused of being in a gay relationship. The two were arrested on Friday at a house in Shikambi area, in the outskirts of Kakamega town, after they were allegedly busted getting intimate, according to Citizen Digital.  Reuben Otiende, a Nyumba Kumi elder,…

Kirinyaga MCAs have threatened to impeach Governor Anne Waiguru again over failure to pay county workers. 25 out of the county’s 33 MCAs on Friday issued a seven-day ultimatum to Governor Waiguru to disburse the unpaid salaries failure to which they will table an ouster motion against her.…

Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga says he is ready to be publicly hanged at Uhuru Park if funds set aside for the Kazi Mtaani program are embezzled. Hinga said this on Friday while responding to a Twitter user named Joshua K Njenga, who claimed that the program will soon be hit by a multi-…

Kericho GK Prison has been placed under total lockdown after 48 Covid-19 cases were confirmed at the facility on Thursday. The infections were detected from 75 samples collected from the correctional facility during a mass testing exercise carried out by Kericho County Department of Health. The…