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A meeting of Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka was on Saturday briefly interrupted after a snake appeared from the nearby bushes. The snake caused a moment of commotion during the meeting held at Musyoka’s Yatta farm in Machakos County. A video shared on social media shows some attendees scampering for…

Deputy President William Ruto’s first-born son Nick Ruto has wedded his long-time girlfriend Evelyn Chemtai Some. The two lovebirds got married in a Kalenjin ‘Koito’ traditional wedding held at Windy Ridge in the upmarket Karen area of Nairobi on Saturday. The invite-only wedding ceremony was…

A Canadian doctor has earned praise for successfully helping to deliver a baby mid-flight. University of Toronto Professor Aisha Khatib was on board a Qatar Airways flight from Doha (Qatar) to Entebbe (Uganda) when she was called into action after a female passenger, about 35 weeks pregnant with…

Twitter has been restored in Nigeria after the government on Thursday lifted a six-month ban on the social media giant. The Nigerian government deactivated the social media platform in June last year after a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists was…

A Kenyan woman has moved to court seeking orders to be allowed to give conjugal visits to her husband, who is serving a jail sentence. The woman identified as Ogembo argues that her husband Erastus Odhiambo should not be deprived of his right to intimacy and procreation just because he is behind…

A US journalist was forced to issue a statement after many Kenyans started following him on Twitter on Tuesday. This followed the countrywide power blackout occasioned by collapsed towers on the high voltage transmission line connecting Nairobi to the Kiambere hydroelectric dam.   Ben Terry, a…

Atheists in Kenya (AIK) Society has launched a campaign aimed at recruiting new members. AIK announced the recruitment drive through a notice on Monday and listed some of the benefits people can enjoy for being members of the organization. The society will offer Sh20,000 in medical expenses and…

The Atheists in Kenya Society (AIK) is accusing its former secretary Seth Mahiga of fraud. Mahiga is alleged to have withdrawn an undisclosed amount of money from the society’s bank account without the knowledge of the Executive Committee. AIK President Nyende Mumia says members of the committee…

Deputy President William Ruto led Kenyans and leaders in sending birthday messages to ODM leader Raila Odinga as he turned 77 on Friday. Through his social media pages, Ruto wrote: “Happy birthday Jakom. May you be blessed with many more.” Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria said: “Hate him or love him,…

Nairobi residents have been urged to consider cremation over burying their loved ones. Nairobi County Executive Committee member for Health Hitan Majevdia says public cemeteries within the city have run out of burial space and cremation would solve the problem. "All those burials you see in the…