KENYA NEWS

Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Beatrice Elachi has stepped down. Elachi announced her resignation from the position on Tuesday morning citing threats to her life and frustrations from Governor Mike Sonko. Ruai MCA John Kamangu, who has been serving as the deputy speaker, will take over the role in…

Police are in pursuit of arsonists behind a fire that destroyed acres of land cover at Tsavo West National Park. The fire at the country’s largest national park and home to hundreds of animals such as lions, elephants, and buffaloes broke out on Saturday afternoon along the Maktau-Taveta Road and…

Kenya Airways (KQ) paid more than Sh400 million to five expatriates in 13 months, documents show. Documents seen by The Star indicate that the five foreign consultants hired to help revive the loss-making airline in 2017 earned between Sh3.6 million and Sh5.4 million a month. Cumulatively, the five…

President Kenyatta on Monday launched the construction of three new hospitals in Nairobi’s informal settlements. The Level III hospitals will be put at Muthua in Uthiru, Kianda in Kibra, and Maendeleo Village in Mukuru kwa Reuben. The three health facilities will have a capacity of 16, 16, and 24…

Narc-Kenya Party leader Martha Karua claims President Kenyatta is presiding over a collapsed government. Karua accused Uhuru’s administration of killing the economy, overtaxing Kenyans, and leaving them to suffer on their own during the Covid-19 crisis. She called for an audit of all the billions…

The government has moved to bail out private schools that have been adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Education CS George Magoha on Monday announced the government will provide Sh7 billion in concessional loans to privately-owned schools to keep them afloat in the wake of the Covid-19…

Interior CS Fred Matiang’i has dispelled claims that the government abandoned the much-hyped Huduma Namba program.  Kenyans are yet to be issued with Huduma Nambas more than a year after their data was collected during a 45-day mass registration exercise that cost the taxpayer about Sh6…

A newly-released poll by Infotrak has named Makueni the happiest county in Kenya. The Governor Kivutha Kibwana-led county topped the country’s happiness index at 64.4 percent ahead of West Pokot (62.4 percent), Machakos (62.1 percent), Bomet (61.8 percent), and Kwale (61.3 percent). Elgeyo-Marakwet…

Jubilee Party vice-chairman David Murathe says 2022 will be ODM leader Raila Odinga’s turn to become Kenya’s President. He described 2022 as a “Mandela Moment”, where all Kenyans will unite to reward Raila for all the sacrifices he has made for the country. Murathe, who spoke during an interview…

President Kenyatta on Saturday night made another surprise visit to Nairobi CBD to inspect some ongoing development projects. Kenyatta who was in the company of Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS) director-general Maj. Gen Mohamed Badi was driving himself in a salon police car, according to The…