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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…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a 14-year-old boy over the murder of Kenyan radio journalist Mohammed Hassan Marjan. Marjan, who worked at Pamoja FM, was brutally killed on Monday, May 4th, in Nairobi’s Kibra estate while walking home from work at…

Retired president Mwai Kibaki is set to earn an average of Sh2.86 million per month in the next financial year, which begins on July 1st, 2020, according to reports.  Budget documents tabled in parliament by the National Treasury show that Sh34.43 million has been allocated to payment of…

Kenyans seeking treatment in various health facilities around the country will henceforth be required to undergo mandatory Covid-19 testing before they are admitted, the Health Ministry has said. The move is aimed at protecting frontline healthcare workers and patients admitted in hospitals from…

President Kenyatta has witnessed the swearing-in of the new Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General Robert Kibochi. Kibochi, who takes over the leadership of Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) from Gen. Samson Mwathethe, was sworn-in during a ceremony held at State House, Nairobi on Monday, May 11th. Having…

The government has listed 250,000 Kenyan families under its weekly stipend program meant to cushion the poor from the tough financial challenges occasioned by the Covid-19 crisis. On Monday, May 11th, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i said each of the 250,000 households are receiving Sh1,…

Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka says his party is considering entering into a post-election agreement with President Kenyatta’s Jubilee Party ahead of the 2022 election. Kalonzo, in an interview with Citizen TV on Monday, May 11th, said Wiper party recently resolved to explore legal means of exiting…

Elgeyo-Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen has been stripped of his Senate Majority Leader seat. Murkomen, who was elected to the prestigious position in 2017, has now been replaced with his West Pokot counterpart Samuel Poghisio, a Kanu Senator. Murkomen was ejected from the seat during a Jubilee…

Ugandan authorities have launched a search for a Kenyan national who went into hiding after testing positive for Covid-19. The man, a truck driver, took a Covid-19 test at Malaba border point after arriving from Kenya on Friday, May 8th, with results showing he was infected with the virus. Speaking…

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i on Sunday, May 10th, ordered a probe into an incident where a police officer allegedly smashed the windscreen of a motorist’s vehicle. CS Matiang’i, through Twitter, directed Inspector-General of Police Hillary Mutyambai and Nairobi Regional Police…