KENYA NEWS

The Assumption of Office Committee has kick-started preparations for the swearing-in of President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta. The preparations come days after Uhuru was declared the winner of October 26th repeat presidential elections by Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). Uhuru…

The Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) has dismissed renewed calls for secession of the coast region from Kenya by a section of leaders led by Mombasa governor Ali Joho Hassan and his Kilifi counterpart Amason Kingi. Speaking to the press on Friday, the former secessionist group's Spokesperson Rashid…

The High Court has issued orders blocking the arrest of Dagoretti North Member of Parliament Simba Arati. The MP obtained the orders after learning that the state was planning to arrest him in connection with violence and destruction of property in Nairobi's Kawangware estate a day after the…

A disabled man from Kiambu County will soon meet President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House, Nairobi. 21-year-old Gichuhi Macharia has earned an invite from the President after photos of him casting his ballot using his feet during October 26th repeat presidential election went viral on social media.…

Deputy President William Ruto says that calls for boycott of products and services from specific companies by opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) is a plot to exhort money from the firms through intimidation. Ruto's claims come after NASA-allied MPs on Friday urged supporters to boycott…

Pokot South Member of Parliament David Pkosing has filed a petition at the Supreme Court seeking to have the withdrawal of National Super Alliance (NASA) leaders Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka from the presidential contest declared unlawful and treasonous. In a case filed through lawyer Kibe…

Mombasa governor Ali Hassan Joho and leaders drawn from the coast region have vowed to push for secession of the coast from Kenya. Speaking during a media briefing on Friday, the leaders claimed that the region has been sidelined by the current and past governments, and hence the need to split from…

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s family are making arrangements to visit a Maasai family in Narok and settle the bride price for former President Jomo Kenyatta’s grandmother, identified as Mosana, after more than 200 years. President Uhuru's great grandfather married Mosana, a girl from a maasai family…

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Parliamentary wing on Friday told supporters to boycott products from three companies. Speaking after a meeting at the Okoa Kenya offices in Nairobi, the NASA-allied MPs called on supporters to boycott products and services from Safaricom, Bidco and Brookside…

Governors allied to National Super Alliance (NASA) have endorsed the idea by its leader Raila Odinga to form People's Assemblies. In a meeting chaired by the former Prime Minister in Nairobi on Thursday, the opposition county bosses agreed to mobilize for the formation of the assemblies in their…