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A Grade Two textbook that appeared to encourage pupils to commit suicide has been recalled from the market after an uproar from parents.  The book, Smart Score Encyclopedia Volume 1 by Longhorn Publishers, also seemed to mock people with mental health problems in addition to having numerous…

Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa will spend the weekend in police custody pending the completion of investigations against him. Echesa, who was arrested in Nairobi on Thursday, was on Friday arraigned at the JKIA law court over alleged involvement in a fake firearms tender deal worth…

No Kenyan national living in China has been infected with coronavirus (COVID-19), the Chinese Ambassador to Kenya Wu Peng has said. Speaking during a press briefing in Nairobi on Thursday, Wu Peng urged Kenyans living, working and studying in China to remain calm, saying it was safer for those in…

A Nairobi court on Thursday gave the East African Development Bank (EADB) the go-ahead to auction Jubilee Party Secretary-General Raphael Tuju’s assets over a Sh1.53 billion defaulted loan. This came after High Court Justice Wilfrida Okwany dismissed an application by Tuju and his company Dari…

Petronilla Gainchi, a Member of the Meru County Assembly (MCA) has passed away. Gainchi, a nominated MCA, died on Friday while undergoing treatment at the MP Shah Hospital in Nairobi, Meru County Assembly Speaker Kaberia Arimba confirmed. “It is with a heavy heart that I have learned of the passing…

Kandara MP Alice Wahome has sued Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i over the withdrawal of her bodyguards. In documents filed in a Nairobi court on Thursday, MP Wahome says police officers assigned to protect her were recalled and no communication was made to her regarding the decision. She…

Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa will spend Thursday night in police cell pending arraignment in court on Friday. Echesa was arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Nairobi on Thursday morning and was taken to DCI headquarters, where he was…

 Kiambu Governor James Nyoro has denied reports claiming that he has nominated Caroline Ndung'u for the position of deputy governor. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Governor Nyoro said he was yet to settle on a candidate for the position and was still making consultations on who to pick. “…

A 22-year-old Kenyan woman successfully gave birth to quadruplets at the Tenwek Mission Hospital in Bomet County on Thursday. Faith Chepngetich Tonui naturally delivered two boys and two girls, with health officials at the hospital saying she was doing well after the delivery. “The mother is doing…

Four Chinese nationals who were arrested last Sunday after a video showing one of them caning a Kenyan man at a Nairobi restaurant went viral on social media have been detained for 15 days. The prosecution had on Monday sought to have the four detained for 21 days to allow completion of…