KENYA NEWS

Kenya’s Director-General of Health Dr. Patrick Amoth has been elected as the new vice-president of the Executive Board of World Health Organization (WHO).  Amoth, a medical doctor who holds a Master of Medicine in Obstetrics/Gynecology from the University of Nairobi, will serve in the position…

The US has donated 40,000 facemasks to Kenya’s Border Police Unit (BPU) to help its members protect themselves from the coronavirus disease. The protective masks donated through funding by the Department of State’s Anti-Terrorism Assistance Programme were handed over to Deputy Inspector-General of…

Kenyan Sanda Ojiambo has been named as the new Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). Sanda, who presently serves as Head of Sustainable Business and Social Impact at Safaricom was appointed to the position by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Her appointment takes…

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has obtained orders to seize a Sh35 million house in Loresho, Nairobi linked to Migori Governor Okoth Obado. The property was allegedly acquired through proceeds of corruption by one Jared Kwaga, who is suspected to be a proxy of Governor Obado. The…

Tharaka-Nithi Senator Prof. Kithure Kindiki has formally been removed from the Senate Deputy Speaker seat. Kindiki was ousted during a special sitting on Friday, May 22nd, where 54 Senators voted in favor of his impeachment motion, seven voted against, and none abstained. Those who voted against…

The court has ordered former Standard Group journalist Vincent Mabatuk to pay his former boss Alex Kiprotich Sh8 million after he was found guilty of defamation. In a ruling on Thursday, May 21st, Nakuru Chief Magistrate JB Kalo directed Mabatuk to pay Kiprotich Sh6 million in general damages and a…

Two Kenyan students from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) have won an Sh1.7 million Microsoft award. The two—Michael Mwaisakenyi and Kenneth Gichira—were declared the regional winners of the 18th annual Imagine Cup Competition and will each bag $8000 (Sh854,800) in…

Jubilee Party vice-chairman David Murathe says the relationship between President Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto is totally broken. Murathe, who spoke during an interview with K24 TV, described the political differences between the two former allies as irreconcilable. He claimed DP Ruto…

A 30-year-old Kenyan man who went into hiding after sealing off his wife’s genitals using superglue has been arrested. James Kifo Muriuki was nabbed by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) from his hideout in Kinango, Kitui County on Thursday, May 21st. Kifo reportedly…

Former Starehe MP Bishop Margaret Wanjiru has reportedly been admitted to the hospital after contracting Covid-19, according to reports. Bishop Wanjiru was taken to a Nairobi hospital after falling ill at her home in Runda estate and was put on oxygen support, The Star reported on Thursday. …