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Three more suspects linked to the killing of 50-year-old Kenyan cement billionaire Chetan Vyas have been arrested. Vyas, who was the manager of Rai Cement Company, was found murdered inside his bedroom at his home located within the factory premises in Kericho County on September 24th, 2019. The…

A Kenyan man who was marooned in a swollen river for three nights following heavy rainfall was on Sunday finally rescued. Vincent Musila was airlifted by a police helicopter on Sunday evening from the flooded Athi River in Kiambu County as relieved residents cheered on. Musila, who is a fisherman,…

Kenya was named World’s Best Safari Destination in 2019 during the 26th Annual World Travel Awards in Muscat, Oman. Chief Administrative Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism Rtd. Major General Joseph Boinnet and Kenya’s Ambassador to Oman Sheikh Mohammed Dor received the award on behalf of Kenya at…

A senior detective attached to Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) died after she collapsed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). Chief Inspector Monica Wambui Githaiga collapsed shortly after landing at JKIA together with her colleagues from Japan, where they had been on a short course. A…

Kenyans on social media have called out the government after a video taken on Sunday exposed how passengers suffer at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) when it rains. The video shared on Twitter by activist Boniface Mwangi showed passengers being rained on while boarding their flights at…

A middle-aged Kenyan woman suspected to be behind a series of theft of newborn babies at Pumwani Maternity Hospital in Nairobi was arrested on Saturday. The suspect named Irene Syombua was nabbed at around 9 pm on Saturday night while trying to steal an infant at the hospital. A body of a dead baby…

Sleuths from Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Saturday night arrested two police officers after they tried to rob a driver of cab-hailing app, Uber in Nairobi. The two police constables; Ali Shukri Galgalo and Abdikadir Daiwo are said to have boarded the taxi while posing as…

Former Taita-Taveta Woman Representative Joyce Lay is under fire from Kenyans online after she declared she will push for the extension of President Kenyatta’s term. In a tweet, Ms. Lay indicated that she would push for the amendment of the law to allow Kenyatta to lead the nation as president for…

Police are holding a 17-year-old boy from Naivasha, Nakuru County for allegedly killing a 16-year-old girl after she rejected his sexual advances. The suspect is said to have stabbed the Form Two girl ten times, killing her on the spot at his parents’ home in Mirera area on Thursday and hid her…

Kenya’s diplomatic offices and residences in New York are set to remain in a dilapidated state after MPs cut funds meant for their renovation.  In a mini-budget tabled in the House this week, MPs revised the recurrent budget for the Foreign Affairs ministry, cutting Sh104 million meant for the…