KENYA NEWS

A Kenyan policewoman who shot her husband twice over Sh50 has been charged with attempted murder. Constable Maureen Awuor aged 35 is said to have opened fired on her husband Victor Odhiambo, 28, at their house in Nyalenda, Kisumu county on July 5th, 2020. The shooting incident happened after Awuor…

A task force formed to establish the status of mental health among Kenyans has submitted its report to the Health Ministry. The report handed over to Health CS Mutahi Kagwe on Tuesday makes a raft of recommendations including the declaration of mental health as a national disaster. The task…

Former Kenya Rugby 7s stars, Frank Wanyama and Alex Olaba have been charged afresh with the offenses of gang-rape and committing an indecent act. Appearing before Milimani Law Court Magistrate Zainab Abdul on Tuesday, the two pleaded not guilty to the charges and were freed on a cash bail of Sh300,…

President Kenyatta has prohibited Cabinet Secretaries from launching new projects without his express authority.  Uhuru issued the order on Tuesday during a virtual meeting with Cabinet Secretaries, Chief Administrative Secretaries, and Principal Secretaries, where he outlined his…

The government through Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has recovered assets worth $1.3 million (Sh140 million) stashed abroad. The illicitly acquired funds were seized through international cooperation, according to the Tax Transparency in Africa 2020 Report. The recovery follows the signing of the…

The government has annulled the 2020 academic year for primary and secondary schools due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, there will be no KCPE and KCSE examinations in 2020 and this year’s candidates will sit for the assessments in 2021. Addressing the press at the Kenya Institute of…

A police officer is among five suspects arrested over the weekend in connection with a botched bank robbery in Busia town. Three of the suspects were nabbed inside Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) Busia town Branch while attempting to withdraw Sh28.5 million from a client’s account. The other two were…

The tally of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Kenya surpassed the 8,000-mark on Monday after 181 people tested positive for the virus. This pushed the total number of infections in the country to 8,067, according to data by the Ministry of Health.  The 181 new positive cases comprise 123 males and…

The rising cases of Gender-Based Violence and teenage pregnancies in the country has caught the attention of President Kenyatta. On Monday, Kenyatta ordered the National Crime Research Centre to immediately launch a probe into the matter, saying offenders will face the full force of the law. Uhuru…

Safaricom has announced there will be an outage of Mpesa services for five hours beginning at 11.59 pm on Monday. The telco company through a statement on Monday said the five-hour shutdown will pave the way for system maintenance aimed at improving MPesa services. “Our M-Pesa services shall be…