KENYA NEWS

Public Service, Gender and Affirmative Action Cabinet Secretary Aisha Jumwa has lifted the ban on disco matanga in Kilifi County. Disco matanga is a funeral fundraiser popular in the Coast and Western Kenya where music is played all night at the home of the deceased and funds are raised by '…

Detectives in Nairobi have arrested a man for posing as an Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) investigator and demanding a bribe from a businessman. Ibrahim Ngamau Wangari was apprehended at Quiver's Lounge along Thika Road on Friday after detectives attached to EACC lay a trap for him as…

Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral, and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) funeral home has released the body of Kelvin Maina after holding it for eight months over unpaid bills. Maina was admitted to the hospital in early April after an accident on Eastern Bypass but he died from head injuries while…

Police in Nairobi have arrested 16 suspected muggers in the ongoing crackdown on criminal elements within the city. The suspects were smoked out of their hideout within the Transami area in Embakasi on Friday, according to the National Police Service (NPS). During the operation, detectives…

Detectives in Nakuru are in pursuit of a Kisii University student in connection with the robbery of Sh1.7 million from an MPesa shop in the city. The student is one of the two suspects caught on surveillance camera assaulting a mobile money agent before taking off with the cash. CCTV footage shows…

A police officer who was caught on camera executing two suspected criminals in broad daylight in Nairobi in March 2017 is set to face murder charges. Ahmed Rashid, who is said to be the leader of the dreaded ‘Pangani Six’ police killer squad that operated in Nairobi’s Eastleigh and Mathare areas,…

President Ruto and opposition leader Raila Odinga on Friday engaged in an online war of words over the ongoing quest to remove four IEBC commissioners from office. The four commissioners; Juliana Cherera, Irene Masit, Francis Wanderi and Justus Nyang’aya disowned the results of the August 9th…

Lawyer Miguna Miguna has castigated Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga for defending the four IEBC commissioners who disowned the results of the August 9th presidential election. Through Twitter on Friday, Miguna termed Odinga’s defense of the four officials as an act of…

China’s assistant foreign minister Hua Chunying has said the cabins used in fan villages during the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Qatar will be donated to the homeless in Kenya. Through Twitter on Friday, Chunying said the cabins were put up by Chinese companies to provide extra accommodation for the…

Narc-Kenya party leader Martha Karua has warned that President Ruto could become Kenya’s worst dictator if Kenyans let their guard down. Speaking at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Foundation on Thursday, Karua said Ruto has given all indications of becoming a ruthless president, citing his actions…