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Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris has for the first time opened up about her relationship with the late former president Daniel Arap Moi. Speaking after she viewed the body of Moi at Parliament buildings on Saturday morning, Passaris disclosed that she had a close and personal…

Thousands of Kenyans on Saturday queued at Parliament buildings to view the body of former president Daniel Arap Moi. Moi’s remains were on Saturday morning moved from Lee Funeral Home to Parliament, where they will lie in state for three days ahead of the scheduled state burial on next Wednesday.…

A South African Member of Parliament who visited Kenya this week on Thursday says he was shocked by the lavish perks accorded to Kenyan MPs. The MP, Nqabayomzi Lawrence Saziso Kwankwa, arrived in the country on Wednesday for a two-day consultative meeting with parliamentarians from East Africa…

Embattled Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko will not be able to travel abroad after the court declined to release his passport. In an application filed at the Milimani Law Courts on Wednesday, Sonko indicated that he wanted to travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for official duty. Sonko claimed he…

Officers from Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) on Friday seized five luxury cars and two motorbikes that were allegedly stolen from the United Kingdom and illegally shipped to Kenya. The high-end vehicles, which were on transit to neighboring Uganda, were intercepted at the port of Mombasa in a joint…

Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Beatrice Elachi has moved to the Supreme Court seeking to be allowed to assume the roles of Nairobi Governor after Mike Sonko was barred from accessing his office. Elachi, through lawyer Tom Ojienda, wants the Supreme Court to give a constitutional interpretation on…

The High Court on Thursday issued orders for freezing of 10 bank accounts belonging to embattled Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko. This comes two days after Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku ordered the Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) to unfreeze five bank accounts owned by Sonko after she established that an…

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has suspended Nairobi Women’s Hospital from its list of approved medical care providers for its staff. In a memo dated Wednesday, February 5th, KRA indicated that the embargo would remain until the authority resolves a number of contentious issues with the hospital.…

The body of the late former President Daniel Arap Moi will be transported from Lee Funeral Home to Parliament buildings on a gun carriage, the government said. This was disclosed by the Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua on Thursday while announcing the official program of Moi’s funeral…

The body of the late retired President Daniel Arap Moi will lie in state in Parliament for three days ahead of his burial on Wednesday, February 12th, the Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua has announced. Addressing the media at Harambee House in Nairobi on Thursday, Kinyua said Moi’s remains…