KENYA NEWS

Kenyan hotels are now free to sell alcohol to their guests following the latest announcement by the government. Last month, President Kenyatta banned the sale of alcohol in bars, restaurants, and hotels as part of the measures to curb the spread of Covid-19. But Tourism CS Najib Balala on Tuesday…

A man suspected to have broken into a house belonging to a foreign High Commissioner in Nairobi has been arrested. The suspect, Brian Mbache Libasi, was nabbed from his hideout at Mwembeni area in Kibra by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Wednesday. Several…

Roseline Nakhanu, the wife of jailed Sirisia MP John Waluke says she regrets launching a fund drive to raise money to bail out her husband. Speaking to People Daily, Nakhanu said she has been subjected to ridicule and abuse after she set up an MPesa pay bill to raise funds to secure her corrupt…

Former Kenyan MPs who served between 1984 and 2001 are set to receive a monthly pension of at least Sh100,000 for life. This comes after the National Assembly on Wednesday approved the Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which was sponsored by Minority Leader John Mbadi. If President…

A Nakuru-based attorney has warned Kenyans to take the Covid-19 disease seriously and act responsibly after over 40 members of his family got infected. Gordon Ogola told The Star that 48 family members back in Gondoche village, Migori County tested positive for the virus in a span of one week. “The…

A Kenyan house help who was fired by her employer three years ago has been awarded a compensation of Sh270,000. Moreen Muhani sued her employer Namuben Manji Bhinji after she was dismissed in December 2016 for asking for a salary increment. Employment and Labor Relations Court Justice Nduma Nderi…

Police have arrested a 34-year-old terror suspect accused of sending threatening letters to a High Commission in Nairobi. Tracy Wairimu Ndegwa was nabbed by officers from the Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU) in Nairobi’s Utawala estate on Monday. One of the two letters she sent to the Nairobi-based…

Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa was on Tuesday arrested and arraigned in court over alleged fraudulent sale of a car worth Sh450,000.  Barasa appeared at Kajiado Law Courts, where he was charged with obtaining Sh450,000 from one John Irungu Mwangi pretending he was in a position to sell him a…

  Operations at the Devolution Ministry have been suspended until further notice after 18 employees tested positive for Covid-19. As a result, all members of staff were directed to go on self-isolation for 14 days having interacted with their infected colleagues. Devolution Principal…

The construction of Sh1.7 billion floating bridge across the Likoni Channel in Mombasa has started. The bridge is expected to be complete in November this year and will link Mombasa Island to the mainland south. The construction is being done by Chinese engineering company, China Road and Bridge…