KENYA NEWS

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) plans to link its system to telecommunication companies in a bid to track MPesa and other mobile money transactions. The move is part of the taxman’s efforts to increase tax compliance and nab tax cheats as it aims to hit the Sh3 trillion tax collection target in…

Kenya Airways in partnership with the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) Group has donated an aircraft to Mang’u High School to boost its aviation training. KCB will spend Sh5 million to facilitate the transfer of the Boeing 737-700 from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to Mang’u in Thika.…

US First Lady Dr. Jill Biden is set to visit Kenya in February, Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua has said. Mutua, who spoke on Citizen TV's JKLive show on Wednesday, said Jill is among the high-profile leaders who will visit the country this year. He was responding to a…

Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition party insists its candidate Raila Odinga won the August 9th, 2022 presidential election. Citing the report released by an alleged IEBC whistleblower, the coalition on Wednesday said Odinga garnered 8,170,355 votes (57 percent) ahead of President Ruto, who secured…

Mandera Governor Mohamed Khalif has announced a free education program for all secondary school learners in the county. Under the initiative dubbed ‘Elimu Kwa Wote’, the governor launched the Sh350 million 2022/2023 Mandera County Bursary Fund, which will cover tuition fees for all students…

Police in Nairobi on Tuesday arrested a most wanted man suspected of fraud. In a statement on Wednesday, the National Police Service said Abdiqafar Abdirashid Abey was intercepted at Wilson Airport while waiting to board a plane to Elwak. Abdirashid is suspected to have defrauded unsuspecting…

The Bouncers Association of Kenya has called on the government to allow its members to undergo gun training and carry firearms. Addressing the press at City Hall, Nairobi on Tuesday, the association representatives said bouncers deal with armed people in the course of their duty, which poses a…

President Ruto says there was an attempt to assassinate IEBC Chairperson Wafula Chebukati during last year’s general election. Ruto claimed the failed plot by the ‘system’ involved abducting and killing Chebukati in a bid to subvert the will of the people.  "We know that there was a direct…

A Nairobi court has detained a man who used his deceased friend’s phone to extort his family in the United States for 21 days to allow police to complete investigations into his death. Stephen Karanja, who was arrested on January 13th by Kasarani police officers for impersonating Victor Wangai, has…

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairperson Wafula Chebukati, who is set to leave office on Tuesday, says he is a “contented man”. Speaking on Monday during the launch of the Post‒Election Evaluation Report for the August 2022 Election, Chebukati stated that he is satisfied…