KENYA NEWS

The government has revealed plans to install piped cooking gas in Kenyan residential and commercial buildings. Speaking to KTN, Energy Principal Secretary Andrew Kamau says the plan is in line with the affordable housing program and also aims at doing away with cooking gas cylinders. PS Kamau also…

Kenyan billionaire Peter Nduati has sued a mobile lending app for erroneously listing him with credit reference bureau (CRB). The mobile lending app listed his name with CRB in December 2018 for allegedly defaulting on a loan of Sh1000. Nduati, who is the founder of Resolution Health Insurance firm…

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i says that more than five million Kenyans have so far registered for 'Huduma Namba.' The mass biometric registration of all Kenyans aged above six years was rolled out across the country 10 days ago after a successful pilot program in 15 counties. Speaking…

Kenyan media personality Soni Methu has passed away. Ms. Methu, 34, a former host of CNN's "Inside Africa," died on Thursday in Diani, Kwale County. Her sister Faith Methu says the journalist complained of pains in her stomach before collapsing at a hotel in Diani. She died en route to the hospital…

Flashy Nairobi businessman Paul Kobia has moved to court seeking to stop implementation of the new banking regulations by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). This comes after Barclays Bank closed his accounts on the basis of the new rules that require holders to fully disclose the source of any cash…

President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga have reportedly canceled a planned tour to the Mt. Kenya region. The Daily Nation reports that Kenyatta and Odinga were set to visit the region this month or early May to popularize the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), which was born…

A 30-year-old Kenyan woman has survived after she was stabbed severally by her husband in Nyeri County. Peninah Wangechi is currently receiving treatment at the Karatina Hospital after she was stabbed 17 times during a domestic quarrel with her spouse. Speaking from the hospital bed, the mother of…

Suspected Al-Shabaab insurgents on Friday morning adducted two Cuban doctors in Mandera town. The attackers are reported to have shot dead one of the police bodyguards attached to the medics before kidnapping the two. Witnesses say the gunmen crossed over to neighboring Somalia with their…

A new Bill that seeks to allow doctors to harvest kidneys from fresh dead persons has been tabled in Parliament. Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) renal unit head John Ngigi says the Kenya National Blood Transfusion and Organ Transplantation Bill will help many Kenyans who are seeking organ…

Eric Otieno Adede, the man at the center of the alleged Sh2.6 billion fake currency that was seized from a Barclays Bank branch in Nairobi last month has filed an application in court seeking to have the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) ordered to produce the money. Adede wants the DCI…