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Police in Nairobi have arrested a man who was caught on camera carrying a firearm while collecting garbage in Pipeline estate. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) says the ‘garbage collector’ has been arrested after the photo went viral on social media on Friday. “A man who was…

Deputy President William Ruto says he will become a preacher once he bows out of the political arena.  Speaking in Kitale on Friday during a function to celebrate Pentecostal Evangelistic Fellowship of Africa (PEFA) Bishop Samuel Thiong'o's 50 years of God's ministry, Ruto said he will…

Detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) have raided the homes of Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala in connection with an alleged Sh100 million scandal. The Standard reports that crucial documents have been recovered during the raid carried out at Balala's homes in…

Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) has been ranked as one of the busiest airports in Africa. The latest report by Airports Council International has ranked the Nairobi facility as the fourth busiest airport in the continent. Johannesburg International Airport (South Africa) has been…

The government has maintained that striking nurses who fail to return to work on Friday will be sacked. Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki says that disciplinary action will also be taken against health workers who will defy President Kenyatta's return to work order. The government says a…

Former Ruaraka OCS Nahashon Mutua has been handed a death sentence for killing an inmate six years ago. In a ruling on Thursday, High Court's Lady Justice Stella Mutuku said that the prosecution proved its case against Mutua. “The Prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt that the police…

Deputy President William Ruto’s son, Nick Ruto, has been admitted to the bar as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya. Nick is among 223 law graduands who have been admitted to the bar by Chief Justice David Maraga in a ceremony held at the Supreme Court in Nairobi. The graduands were gazetted as…

Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Ambassador Monica Juma has revealed the top diplomatic job Deputy President William Ruto's daughter, June holds. In a post on social media, Ambassador Juma announced that she arrived in Warsaw, Poland and was received by June Ruto. Ms. Juma says that June is Kenya'…

Two Kenyan women accused of spiking a man's drink before stealing Sh1.9 million from his bank account have been arraigned in court. The two, Joyce Britney and Florence Wangare, are accused of spiking Fredrick Omondi Okati's drink in Lang’ata, Nairobi on January 17th, 2019. Appearing before Chief…

A new report dubbed Gross County Product (GCP) 2019 has ranked Nairobi County as highest contributor to Kenya’s national wealth. The study conducted by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that Nairobi has the highest GCP of 21.7 percent among the 47 Kenyan counties. Nakuru is…