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A video of residents of Limuru in Kiambu County harassing an Assistant County Commissioner and demanding he explains why he is drunk in the morning hours has gone viral on social media. In the undated video recording, one of the residents is heard asking the heavily drunk administrator to explain…

Health officers were left puzzled after a Kenyan truck driver who tested positive for Covid-19 in Uganda emerged negative during a subsequent test in Kenya. The long-distance truck driver was tested for the disease at the Malaba border point by Ugandan officials on May 3rd while on his way to…

The family of the late Keroche Breweries Innovations and Strategy Director Tecra Muigai wants her boyfriend Omar Lali charged with murder, according to reports. Preliminary autopsy report prepared by Chief Government Pathologist Dr. Johansen Oduor shows Tecra succumbed to injuries she suffered on…

Isaac Rutto-led Chama Cha Mashinani (CCM) is set to enter into a post-election agreement with President Kenyatta’s Jubilee Party. CCM Chairman Mohammed Guleid, through Twitter on Thursday, May 14th, said the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC)—the top decision-making organ—had resolved to…

Kenya is staring at a possible health crisis amid the Covid-19 pandemic after healthcare workers maintained they will down their tools on Monday, May 18th. The health workers early this month issued a two-week strike notice demanding proper protection from the Covid-19 disease and harmonization of…

A Kenyan woman whose 19-year-old son was stoned to death for stealing a phone in Nairobi’s Komarok area has shocked the nation after admitting the teen was a serial mugger and deserved to die. Derrick Ndung’u was lynched by an irate mob at T-Mall Gate in Komarock on Tuesday, May 12th after grabbing…

The government is set to provide a monthly stipend to over 350,000 Kenyans who lost their jobs as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Labor Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui said a total of 352,943 people who were rendered jobless following the outbreak of the disease will benefit from the program.…

Keroche Breweries Innovations and Strategy Director Tecra Muigai died from injuries sustained on her left side of the brain, autopsy shows. In an autopsy report, Chief Government Pathologist Dr. Johansen Oduor said the injuries on the deceased’s head were consistent with her reported fall down the…

Ernest Kosgei, a 55-year-old Kenyan man whose body tested positive for Covid-19 after he died at Longisa County Referral Hospital in Bomet last week has been buried under tight security. Kosgei was admitted to the facility on May 4th after returning from Nairobi, where he had gone to seek treatment…

The nomination of Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka and Narc-Kenya leader Martha Karua for conferment of the rank of Senior Counsel has been revoked. The two were among 24 long-serving attorneys selected by the Committee on Senior Counsel in August 2019 to join the exclusive club of senior lawyers in…