KENYA NEWS

ODM leader Raila Odinga has undergone voluntary Covid-19 testing in Nairobi. Odinga took the test at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) Centre in Mbagathi, Nairobi on Sunday. He said the move is aimed at encouraging more Kenyans to be tested for the disease to know their health status. “I…

ODM leader Raila Odinga has refuted reports that he held a night meeting with impeached Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru. Odinga in a statement termed the report published on Sunday Nation as false, noting that he never met Waiguru as alleged and neither has he instructed ODM Senators to save her…

The number of people who have died of Covid-19 in Kenya hit 100 on Saturday after four more patients succumbed to the virus.  The country also recorded 57 new recoveries, raising the total number of Covid-19 patients who have defeated the disease to 1,221. At the same time, the Health Ministry…

Kenya’s Health Ministry has released over 200 Covid-19 patients to receive care from home. The roll-out of the home-based care program saw the first batch of 288 people infected with Covid-19 discharged from various treatment centers around the country on Friday. The 288 patients sent home on…

The High Court has quashed the conviction of Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika’s sister who had been sentenced to two years in prison. Peris Njoki was sentenced after she was found guilty of assaulting her sister Caroline Kihika following a disagreement over the property left behind by their late father…

Six police officers sustained injuries after a helicopter they were traveling in crashed in Meru on Saturday morning. The aircraft was ferrying the team to Marsabit county for a security meeting when it went down at the Kaithe-Kithoka area in Meru, according to the National Police Service (NPS).…

Nyali MP Mohamed Ali is set to table a motion for the impeachment of Transport and Infrastructure CS James Macharia. Ali accuses CS Macharia of gross misconduct and violation of the constitution by failing to undertake public participation in the decision to have all cargo received at the port of…

A section of Talai Elders has come out to dismiss the installation of Deputy President William Ruto as the Kalenjin kingpin. Led by Stephen Sugut, the elders said the traditional ceremony in which DP Ruto was crowned as the sole custodian of the Kalenjin kingship mantle was illegal as it was…

Attorney-General Paul Kihara and Solicitor-General Kennedy Ogeto are staring at possible expulsion from the Law Society of Kenya (LSK). LSK indicated it will move a motion on June 23rd seeking to have the two removed as members of the society. Kihara and Ogeto are accused of failing to gazette…

Malik Obama has thrown his weight behind Deputy President William Ruto. Malik, a half-brother to former United States President Barack Obama, declared his support for Ruto through Twitter on Saturday, going on to pour praises on the Deputy President. He described Ruto as a tough, resilient, and…