KENYA NEWS

Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga has rubbished claims that he tried to reach out to Deputy President William Ruto prior to his handshake with President Kenyatta in March 2018. Speaking on Saturday during a Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) consultative forum in Mombasa, Odinga…

Uasin Gishu Woman Representative Gladys Shollei has spoken out after photos showing her getting ‘intimate’ with an unidentified white man went viral on social media on Friday. Speaking during a press briefing at Poa Place Resort in Eldoret on Friday night, Shollei alleged that someone was out to…

Former Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri has reportedly registered a new political party barely two weeks after he was fired from Cabinet. He was shown the door by President Kenyatta during a mini Cabinet reshuffle announced on January 14th and was replaced by former Meru County…

Nyakundi was arrested in Nairobi on Monday together with his coconspirator Emmanuel Nyamweya on allegations of extortion, blackmail, and false accusations.  Kenyan blogger Cyprian Nyakundi was on Friday arraigned at Milimani Law Courts where he was charged with attempted extortion. Nyakundi…

Nairobi-based lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi has pledged to give 1 million shillings to a man who works as a security guard for him to venture into self-employment. Ahmednasir announced the move through Twitter on Thursday after he met the security guard on the street and gave him a lift. In a…

Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria on Friday appeared before a Nairobi court where he was charged with assault and causing bodily harm. Appearing before Milimani Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku, Kuria pleaded not guilty to the offenses and was released a KSh20,000 cash bail with an alternative bond of…

A Kenyan geospatial engineer has disclosed how foreigners kicked him out of a startup they started together three years ago. Kennedy Ng’ang’a launched Safi Analytics, a smart metering start-up for the agro sector, alongside two foreign nationals, among them Ms. Lauren Dunford. During the first year…

Deputy President William Ruto appeared to evade a question about alleged differences between him and President Kenyatta. In an interview with NTV’s Ken Mijungu on Thursday night, Ruto was asked for comment about the end of their ‘bromance’ with Kenyatta. Ruto refused to answer the question,…

Deputy President William Ruto says he will run a corruption-free government should he succeed President Kenyatta in 2022. Speaking during an interview with NTV on Thursday night, Ruto indicated that his administration will be development-oriented and no single shilling will be left hanging for…

Kenya has received KSh40 billion from the United States to fight terrorism in the last 10 years, a new report shows. In the period under review, the US Department of Defense gave Kenya about $400 million (over Sh40.4 billion) in counterterrorism aid to help fight terrorist groups such as Al-Shabaab…