KENYA NEWS

In April this year, Kenyans were left puzzled after photos of a fuselage of a Boeing aircraft being ferried on a truck to an undisclosed location went viral on social media. It has now emerged that the fuselage, which had been abandoned at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) for long,…

A shocking video showing a car sliding down a slope at Ngong’ Hills in Kenya has emerged on social media. The footage recorded by other people hiking on the location shows the driver of the car, a white Mazda Demio, packing it on the slopes.  A man who is in the company of the person taking…

Four Kenyans have been named in the list of top 50 African disruptors. The four include Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji, marathoner Eliud Kipchoge, Twiga Foods CEO Peter Njonjo, and consultant Edwin Macharia. The Top 50 Africa Disruptors report was published by Africa Report with…

The United States has donated 10 vehicles to Kenya’s investigating agencies to help boost their efforts in combating corruption and drug trafficking. The 10 Toyota Hilux pickups were handed over to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC…

A Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) soldier and a police officer involved in a shooting incident in Garissa this week have succumbed to their injuries. The two, alongside another KDF soldier, were admitted to hospital with gunshot wounds after they shot each other in a case of mistaken identity. The…

The government has facilitated the evacuation of 120 Kenyan teachers who were stranded in Somalia amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The teachers landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) aboard a Daallo Airlines flight on Thursday evening from Garowe area in Somalia. Most of the evacuated…

In 1931, two uneducated young men from Rwathia village, in Kangema, Murang’a County traveled to Nairobi on a mission to change their lives and pull themselves and their families out of abject poverty. The two; Gerald Gikonyo and Gerishon Kirima arrived in the city with nothing but their tattered…

The Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) has obtained orders to freeze three bank accounts belonging to Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua for one week. The accounts were frozen to give room for investigations against MP Gachagua over graft and money laundering allegations, The Standard reported on Friday.…

Burundi First Lady Denise Bucumi Nkurunziza has been airlifted to Kenya for treatment after she was diagnosed with Covid-19, according to reports. Mrs. Nkurunziza landed in Nairobi from Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura aboard an AMREF aircraft on Thursday morning, and was driven to The Aga Khan…

A video of police officers grabbing and squeezing a man’s genitals during an arrest has sparked uproar among Kenyans on social media. The eight-second clip that has since gone viral online shows three policemen trying to bundle the man, reported to be a hawker, into a police van after arresting him…