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Police have set free a Kenyan man who filmed himself having sexual intercourse with a girl who was initially thought to be a minor. Patrick Ayoyi Ajunga was arrested in his house in Kericho last weekend after the video recording went viral on social media, sparking outrage from online users. Ayoyi…

Officials from People Living with Disability (PWD) network on Wednesday rescued a 46-year-old Kenyan man who had been locked in a house for four years after he got paralyzed. Walter Ojowi was rescued from a house in Kotuga in Suna West Sub-County, Migori County, where his family had isolated him…

Officers from the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) arrested three hawkers in Nairobi after they were found in possession of banned plastic bags. The three traders were arrested on Monday in an operation that saw officers seized more than 500 pieces of banned polythene bags.  In…

Patrick Ayoyi Ajunga, the man who videotaped himself sexually assaulting a girl who appeared to be a minor may walk scot-free, according to police. The man was arrested over the weekend at his house in Nyagacho estate, Kericho County after the video emerged and went viral on social media. On…

Kenya is set to receive funding from the United States government to fight the current locust invasion that is ravaging the country, thereby threatening food security. The US said it will provide $8 million (Sh800 million) to help Kenya and its neighbors; Somalia and Ethiopia, control the…

A Chinese national who recently arrived in the country from China has been quarantined after he exhibited symptoms linked to the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19). The man is isolated in a camp belonging to a Chinese construction company in Mutomo, Kitui County, according to reports. He is an employee…

A 38-year-old foreign national accused of murder was on Tuesday morning arrested while trying to flee the country. The suspect, Ajak Dau Aketch was arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in collaboration with immigration officers at the Jomo Kenyatta…

Milimani Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi has recused himself from handling Embakasi East MP Babu Owino’s case, in which he is charged with attempted murder. Andayi said he withdrew from the case after the office of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) filed a complaint to the Judicial Service…

A security guard who was sacked for directing Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i to queue for a security check at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in 2017 has lost a case against her former employer. Daizy Cherogony, who was fired following the April 5th, 2017 incident, sued…

The Jubilee Party on Monday issued an update on secretary-general Raphael Tuju’s health after he was involved in a grisly accident last Wednesday. In a statement, Jubilee communications director Alex Memusi said Tuju’s condition had improved and that the injuries he sustained in the crash were…