KENYA NEWS

Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei has initiated the process of amending a law that allegedly exempts the estates of former presidents Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel Moi from paying taxes. Cherargei is proposing the deletion of section 7(3) of the Estate Duty Act, which he claims exempts the two wealthy…

Nyandarua Senator John Methu has written to Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) seeking a tax audit on former president Uhuru Kenyatta’s family business deals. The first-time senator wrote the letter on behalf of the Peoples’ Representatives from Nyandarua, Nyeri, Kirinyanga and Kiambu counties. He…

A 25-year-old woman from Nakuru county has given birth to five babies, a boy and four girls. Margret Wairimu, a second-time mother, delivered the quintuplets at Nakuru Level V Hospital on Tuesday evening.   She was rushed to the facility’s theatre on Tuesday after doctors discovered that she…

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua will get back the Sh202 million he was ordered to forfeit to the government last year. This is after the Appeals Court set aside a High Court ruling that ordered Gachagua to forfeit the money after he failed to explain and prove how he obtained the funds from…

A notorious robbery with violence suspect who has been on the list of Nairobi’s most wanted has been arrested. George Ngugi, alias Choku, was apprehended by officers from Huruma police station led by the OCS after accosting a couple that was headed home from work. The knife-wielding suspect and his…

Former IEBC Chairperson Wafula Chebukati has threatened legal action against Azimio leader Raila Odinga over claims that he asked for a bribe. On Sunday, Odinga claimed Chebukati and former IEBC commissioners Boya Molu and Abdi Guliye visited his house seeking facilitation to rig the August 9th,…

President Ruto has formally recognized the Pemba as an ethnic community in Kenya. This paves the way for people of Pemba heritage to be issued with relevant identification and citizenship documents in line with the Constitution. In a Special Gazette Notice dated January 30th, Ruto said he took the…

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has banned morning and night preps in day primary and secondary schools. On Tuesday, Machogu ordered that the schools operate between 8 a.m and 3:45 p.m, arguing that the current curriculum causes mental torture on pupils by setting school days to start…

The High Court in Nairobi has declared that a degree certificate is not a requirement for presidential candidates. Justice Anthony Mrima made the ruling on Tuesday in a petition filed by former presidential aspirant Nazlin Umar Rajput, who was disqualified from the 2022 contest due to lack of a…

Police in Nairobi are investigating an incident where burglars broke into Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi’s Karen home and stole household items. The two burglars are said to have accessed the property, which is guarded by armed police officers, by jumping over the perimeter wall and made…