KENYA NEWS

A Kenyan police officer has been found guilty of raping a woman who had gone to report a case at Lamu Police Station. 28-year-old Rodgers Ouma was convicted of rape by Lamu Principal Magistrate Allan Temba on Thursday with the court finding that he abused his position as a police officer. The…

15 Kenyan university students who arrived in the country last week from Sudan have tested positive for Covid-19. The 15 are among 129 students who were stranded in Sudan for months following the outbreak of  Covid-19.  The group landed at Mombasa International Airport aboard a Kenya…

Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) Managing Director Benard Njiraini has been arrested in connection with alleged graft at the State agency. Njiraini was arrested by detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) on Thursday and was driven to the Integrity Centre to record a…

Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has threatened to sue Nation Media Group for interviewing Felix Orinda, also known as DJ Evolve. This comes after NTV aired a story about DJ Evolve’s health condition following a shooting incident involving MP Owino in January this year. Owino in a demand letter dated…

A Kenyan cleric has succumbed to Covid-19 barely three months after his son was killed by the same virus in the United States. Bishop Elisha Juma of the Kenya Assemblies of God (KAG), Tudor died of the illness on Monday at a Mombasa hospital, according to his family. He had underlying conditions of…

Homicide detectives have opened a probe after decomposing bodies of two children were found inside a car at Athi River Police Station. Athi River police station’s head Catherine Ringera said the boy and girl, both aged four years, had been reported missing on June 11th. They are said to have…

A Nairobi court has directed an investigating officer to record the statements of President Uhuru and ODM leader Raila Odinga within seven days. Uhuru and Raila are listed as complainants in a case where two suspects are accused of leaking CCTV footage of their tour to Nairobi CBD last month. The…

Kenya has recorded more than 300 Covid-19 cases in a single day for the first time since the disease broke out in the country in March. The Health Ministry on Wednesday announced that 307 people, including 289 Kenyans and 18 foreign nationals, tested positive for the contagious illness. The new…

ODM leader Raila Odinga says he is doing well after undergoing surgery in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week. Odinga addressed Kenyans through a video posted on his official social media pages on Wednesday, thanking everyone who wished him a quick recovery. “Dad, everyone was talking like you…

Drama ensued at the Senate chambers on Wednesday after two female Senators engaged in a fistfight following an argument. Senators Beatrice Kwamboka and Mary Seneta—both nominated—are said to have exchanged blows after they disagreed on the election of Narok Senator Ledama Ole Kina as vice-…