KENYA NEWS

The government has ordered all public service vehicles (PSVs) operators to regularly clean their vehicles and provide commuters with hand sanitizers.  This comes after the first case of coronavirus (Covid-19) in the country was confirmed on Thursday night. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe…

Kenya has confirmed its first case of coronavirus, the Ministry of Health announced on Friday. In a press briefing, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the female patient arrived in Nairobi from the United States via London. “The case was confirmed yesterday (Thursday). She was confirmed…

The High Court has barred police and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) from arresting and charging Embakasi East MP Babu Owino over a complaint filed against him in the past. The complaint had been lodged by Bernard Ogijo at Kileleshwa and Central police stations on February 2nd, 2015. The…

Jubilee party secretary-general Raphael Tuju has made his first public appearance following the February 12th road accident that almost claimed his life. Tuju's car collided head-on with a public service vehicle along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway as he traveled to Kabarak for the burial of the late…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Thursday raided the offices of Goldenscape Agribusiness Investment in Nairobi’s Karen area. Five employees found in the offices during the raid were arrested and taken to DCI headquarters for questioning over alleged fraud. During…

Kenya’s Health Ministry has announced it will conduct a coronavirus drill this weekend. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Thursday said the exercise will be done at Mbagathi Hospital in Nairobi on Sunday and urged members of the public not to panic when they see unusual activities around the…

Police have launched investigations into the circumstances leading to the death of a 37-year-old Kenyan man who allegedly died aboard a Nairobi-bound Qatar Airways flight. The man was traveling to Nairobi from Doha on a 133-seater Qatar Airways flight of registration number QR 1345 that landed at…

Deputy President William Ruto has hit back at a section of MPs who have asked him to resign and focus on his 2022 presidential ambitions. In a press briefing on Wednesday, the over 70 MPs allied to President Uhuru and ODM leader Raila Odinga accused DP Ruto of what they termed as “reprehensible…

Embattled Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko could be investigated over allegations that he used county funds to pay for his wife and daughter’s trip to the United States. Governor Sonko’s wife Primrose Mbuvi and daughter Saumu Mbuvi are said to have spent Sh2.4 million during the trip to New York in 2018…

A Kenyan family was on Wednesday forced to hold a burial ceremony for their 13-year-old son in absence of his body. The family from Gatuikira, Kiambu County made the move after Getrudes’ Children Hospital reportedly withheld the body of Brian Kimani over a pending medical bill of Sh17.8 million.…