KENYA NEWS

Drama ensued at Nairobi’s Umash Funeral Home on Saturday after a Nigerian man tried to take the remains of a Kenyan woman he claims to be his wife. Charles Emedo attempted to get the body of 35-year-old Andear Mwangi without her family’s consent but was stopped. A dispute between the deceased’s…

A 30-year-old Kenyan man who developed abnormal swelling in his arms and chest after getting what is suspected to be a Synthol injection has passed away.  Ronny Rono, a former bodybuilding enthusiast, died on Tuesday after he was rushed to Siloam Hospital in Kericho, according to The Standard…

The children’s court has ordered Jubilee digital strategist, Dennis Itumbi to begin paying interim monthly maintenance of Sh20,000 for a child he sired. This comes after a DNA test demanded by Itumbi confirmed that he is indeed the father of the five-month-old girl. He was directed to pay the…

A disabled Kenyan man has sued German airline Lufthansa after he was allegedly mistreated aboard one of the company’s flights. Daniel Ochieng Orwenjo says he suffered after he was stopped from using his walking stick during the flight, hence inconveniencing his movement. He was traveling from Halle…

Kenya is one of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa that had the highest number of students from the United States in the 2017/2018 academic year, a new report shows. There were 341,751 Americans studying abroad in the period, according to the 2019 Open Doors Report on international education.…

US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter has hailed the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report that was launched on Wednesday. Ambassador McCarter said the report has the potential to unite Kenyans if implemented and urged people to read the document before giving their views. "The BBI is a good…

The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) taskforce has refuted reports that the team spent a whooping Sh10 billion since it was constituted in May last year to collect views of Kenyans on nine key issues. On Tuesday, the 14-member taskforce handed over a 152-page report to President Kenyatta and ODM…

The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) taskforce has proposed the establishment of a happiness department within the Ministry of Health. In its 156-page report unveiled by President Kenyatta at the Bomas of Kenya on Wednesday, the team proposes the creation of the aforesaid department to address the…

President Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga have for the first time shared details of the nerve-racking meeting that brought about the March 9th, 2018 handshake. Kenyatta and Odinga revealed the details during the unveiling of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report at Bomas of Kenya on…

A video of President Kenyatta’s bodyguard bundling Jubilee digital strategist Dennis Itumbi out of the main dais during the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report at Bomas of Kenya has gone viral. In the video shared by Daily Nation, Itumbi is seen shaking hands with another person…