KENYA NEWS

Machakos Governor Dr. Alfred Mutua has launched an exquisite five-star hotel that has been under construction for the past five years. Mutua through his social media pages said the facility named A$L Hotel will open its doors to the public on Friday, July 24th. A stands for Alfred (Mutua) while L…

Government Spokesperson Col. Cyrus Oguna has been diagnosed with Covid-19. Oguna indicated that he developed mild Covid-19 symptoms after returning from an assignment outside Nairobi and after taking a test, he received a positive result. Oguna said he is presently undergoing medical care at an…

Donkeys have been blamed for last week’s plane crash in Somalia involving a Kenyan-registered plane. The Sh500 million De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 PF aircraft owned by Blue Bird Aviation company crashed while landing at Beledweyne Airport on July 14th. It had been hired by the UN to ferry food…

President Uhuru has declared three days of national mourning in honor of former Tanzania President Benjamin Mkapa, who died on Friday. Uhuru ordered the Kenyan flag and that of the East African Community (EAC) flown at half-mast during the period. This will happen from sunrise Monday, July 27th to…

Governor Mike Sonko has claimed that he was not sober when he surrendered four key Nairobi county government functions to the national government. Sonko alleged that he was served alcohol at State House before signing the Deed of Transfer of Functions from the Nairobi City County Government to the…

A National Treasury employee has had his four bank accounts frozen over unexplained fortune amassed over the last five years. Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) opened an investigation against Charles Muia Mutiso after his assets failed to match his known legitimate income. Mutiso is the…

The Ministry of Interior has rebutted reports that Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Mating’i is hospitalized with Covid-19. Reports circulated on social media on Thursday and Friday claimed that CS Matiang’i was battling the bug in ICU at a private hospital in Nairobi. But the Interior Ministry urged…

Kenyan gospel singer Ruth Matete has finally buried her Nigerian husband, Pastor John Apewajoye nearly four months after his death. Apewajoye was laid to rest at Lang’ata Cemetery in Nairobi on Thursday in a funeral ceremony attended by a few family members and friends. The Nigerian High Commission…

Kenya on Thursday confirmed 796 new Covid-19 cases, the highest one-day increase since the disease broke out in the country in mid-March. This brings the total number of Covid-19 infections to 15,601 from cumulative tests of 261,027 samples.  The number comprises 501 males and 203 females with…

Celebrated Citizen TV journalist Jeff Koinange is self-isolating at home after he tested positive for Covid-19 this week. Koinange, who is asymptomatic, talked about his life in isolation during a video interview with his co-host Victoria Rubadiri on Citizen TV on Wednesday night. He said he does…