KENYA NEWS

A Kenya Airways employee who was suspended from work last week for filming the arrival of a Chinese flight at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) has been reinstated. Kenya Airways on Thursday told High Court Justice Weldon Korir that it had lifted Gire Ali’s suspension while police said…

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) says that Polycarp Igathe is still the Nairobi deputy governor. The commission said it is not aware that Igathe resigned from the position since it did not receive any formal communication regarding his exit. IEBC said this while responding…

Sergeant Kipyegon Kenei, an officer attached to Deputy President William Ruto’s office, was killed in cold blood, the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti has said. Speaking during a media briefing on Thursday, Kinoti said the murder was well planned to appear like Kenei…

Kenyans with assets stashed abroad laundered over Sh800 billion during a tax amnesty offered by the government, the United States has said.  In a report released on Wednesday, the US Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs said the tax pardon facilitated money laundering…

Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has promised to fully settle the medical bills of Felix Orinda alias DJ Evolve. DJ Evolve has been receiving treatment at Nairobi Hospital since January 17th, when he was allegedly shot on the neck by Babu at B-Club in Nairobi. In an interview with Capital FM on…

President Kenyatta has warned Somalia to stop provoking Kenya following its recent actions. This follows Monday’s incident where troops from the Federal Government of Somalia and Jubbaland forces engaged in a fierce shootout in Mandera town, Kenya, leaving behind a trail of destruction. In a…

Nairobi Police Commander Philip Ndolo has ordered the arrest of Kenyans videotaped harassing two Chinese nationals and accusing them of being infected with the coronavirus. This comes a day after a 30-second video clip showing a group of Kenyans subjecting the foreigners to racial abuse in Kibra,…

Four Kenyan senators are presently stuck in Germany due to difficulties in traveling back to Nairobi following the outbreak of coronavirus. The four, who are members of the Senate Trade Committee, traveled to Berlin to attend a trade summit but the forum was canceled soon after they arrived over…

Following the outbreak of coronavirus in the cities of Verona and Milan, the government has suspended direct flights from the North of Italy to Kenya. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, who chairs the National Emergency Response Committee on Coronavirus, said the move was made after…

The scheduled trip to the United States for Kenyan Members of Parliament (MPs) has been canceled due to the outbreak of coronavirus. A group of MPs was set to attend the annual two-week United Nations meeting on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women in New York from March…