KENYA NEWS

The office of the Attorney-General has drafted a new Bill that proposes a reward of 10 percent of recovered money or assets acquired through looting to whistleblowers. The Bill proposes creation of a Whistleblower Reward Fund financed by the exchequer and donors, from which whistleblowers will be…

Opposition leader Raila Odinga says he will push for the construction of a Trans-African highway that includes a 6,000-kilometre Mombasa-Lagos highway. The Trans-African Highway project, which proposes construction of nine highways to cover a combined 60,000 kilometres across the continent,…

Deputy President William Ruto on Wednesday defended his PhD thesis at the University of Nairobi (UON). Ruto's thesis focuses on the impact of human activities on riparian reserves at Saiwa Swamp, Trans-Nzoia County. "This morning, at the University of Nairobi, School of Biological Sciences, I…

Citizen TV journalist Jacque Maribe and her fiancée Joseph "Jowie" Irungu have been charged afresh with the murder of business lady Monica Kimani. This comes after High Court Justice James Wakiaga allowed the prosecution to amend the charge sheet to include other suspects not present in court.…

President Kenyatta has stepped in to ensure that the much-awaited inaugural direct flight to the United States is not jeopardized by the stand-off between Kenya Airways and its workers. State House Spokesperson Kanze Dena says the President has sought assurance from Kenya Airways' management that…

Migori Governor Okoth Obado has been released on a bail of Sh5 million and two sureties of similar amount after staying behind bars for almost a month. High Court Justice Jessie Lessit also issued tough conditions to Obado including staying away from the scene where Rongo University student Sharon…

Nairobi residents could soon be forced to dig deeper into their pockets if a new Bill by Governor Mike Sonko’s administration is approved by the County Assembly. In the new Bill, Sonko seeks to raise fees charged on various County government services such as parking and garbage collection. The move…

Suna East Member of Parliament Junet Mohamed says Opposition leader Raila Odinga will have offices in at least five countries following his appointment as African Union (AU) special envoy. The MP claims that Odinga will have offices in Nairobi (Kenya), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Johannesburg (South…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a man who has been swindling Kenyans with false promises of finding them lucrative jobs abroad. Detectives say 37-year-old Joseph Kipkoech Keino from Nairobi's South B estate has been asking money from jobless Kenyans,…

A Member of Parliament has drafted a new Bill seeking to have foreigners restricted to government contracts worth more than Sh1 billion. In his Bill, Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua says the proposal aims at blocking Chinese nationals and other foreigners from doing jobs that can be done by Kenyan…