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Senators Kipchumba Murkomen (Elgeyo-Marakwet) and Susan Kihika (Nakuru) have moved to court to challenge their removal as Senate Majority Leader and Majority Whip respectively. Murkomen and Kihika were stripped of their positions following a Parliamentary Group meeting held at State House, Nairobi…

Elgeyo-Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen has disclosed Deputy President William Ruto’s reaction to his removal as Senate Majority Leader. Murkomen, in an interview with Citizen TV, said DP Ruto told him that his ouster should not bother him, saying it is a small challenge compared to what he (…

Jubilee Party has revealed plans to expel five nominated Senators who snubbed a Parliamentary Group meeting chaired by President Kenyatta at State House on Monday, May 11th. On Wednesday, Jubilee secretary-general Raphael Tuju confirmed the five Senators will face disciplinary action for refusing…

16 family members from Bomet County have been placed under quarantine after their kin who died on Tuesday last week tested positive for Covid-19. 55-year-old Ernest Kosgei was admitted to Longisa County Referral Hospital in Bomet on May 4th after returning from Nairobi, where he had gone to seek…

Narc-Kenya party leader Martha Karua has declared she does not want to be part of the Jubilee Party’s messy divorce. Karua on Wednesday asked Jubilee’s ‘Tanga Tanga’ faction to leave her name out of the chaos in the  party. 'Tanga Tanga' is a movement within Jubilee Party comprising leaders…

237 Kenyans have lost their lives to floods in the past one month, the government has said. The floods caused by heavy rains that continue to pound different parts of the country have also displaced 807,000 other Kenyans from 161,000 households, according to Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene…

A Kenyan couple that lost their two children two years ago has welcomed four bundles of joy. Teresia Wanjira Mwangi and her husband Ezekiel Karuri Ndegwa were thrown into misery after their young son and daughter succumbed to heart-related complications in 2018. Ezekiel said the passing of the two…

Elgeyo-Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen has lost several privileges and benefits after he was stripped of his Senate Majority Leader seat, it has emerged. Murkomen, who held the prestigious position since late 2017, was ousted during a Jubilee Parliamentary Group meeting for senators held at…

The post-election agreement signed between Jubilee Party and Kenya African National Union (Kanu) last week has been suspended. The deal was temporarily put on hold by the Political Parties Disputes Resolution Tribunal on Tuesday, May 12th following an appeal filed by Jubilee deputy secretary-…

Police in Nairobi have arrested a 29-year-old woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death. Vigilance Shighi is said to have attacked her boyfriend Edward Okello, 33, using a kitchen knife at his house in Umoja Estate, Nairobi following an argument.  Okello, an aeronautical engineer based…