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Detectives from Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Monday arrested Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei over alleged hate speech. Senator Cherargei is accused of making hateful utterances at Kilibwoni Primary School in Nandi on August 17th, 2019, according to DCI. He was charged with ethnic…

Over 3,000 Kenyans have perished in road accidents this year while more than 10,000 sustained injuries, a new report shows.  Data by the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) indicates that a total of 3,225 people were killed while 10,825 were injured on Kenyan roads in the period…

National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi was on Tuesday morning embroiled in a bitter exchange of words with city lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi on Twitter. The spat began after Ahmednasir criticized Speaker Muturi’s comments on the process of implementing the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report.…

Sleuths from Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have launched a hunt for three Kenyan men accused of kidnapping, assaulting and robbing an American national in Nairobi. The three suspects are said to have deceived the American man identified as Philipe Chiliade, who lives in South Africa…

At least 132 Kenyans have lost their lives as a result of floods witnessed in different parts of the country, government spokesperson Cyrus Oguna says. Oguna said a number of people are still missing while more than 10,000 others have been displaced from their homes. An unknown number of people are…

Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria sensationally claims that President Kenyatta lost his mind after he was bewitched by ODM leader Raila Odinga. In a video recorded on Sunday and shared by The Star, MP Kuria is heard telling a crowd that they are not praying enough for President Uhuru…

Motorists parking their cars in Nairobi central business district will be forced to dig deeper into their pockets after the County Government announced an increase in fees on Monday. Car owners will pay Sh400 daily to park in the CBD beginning Wednesday, December 4th, representing a 100 percent…

National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has dared a section of MPs allied to Deputy President William Ruto to make good their threat of impeaching him. A group of leaders led by Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria threatened to remove Muturi from office over his remarks on Sunday that the Building Bridges…

An investigation by The Star has established the names of three main drugs used by criminals in Kenya to spike the drinks of unsuspecting revelers before robbing them. Cases of customers being drugged and robbed in nightclubs and other entertainment joints in Nairobi, as well as other major towns…

Retired President Daniel Arap Moi is still receiving medical care at Nairobi Hospital and will be discharged once doctors give him a clean bill of health. On Monday, his press secretary Lee Njiru told The Star that Moi, who was readmitted at the hospital 20 days ago, had recovered but doctors want…