KENYA NEWS

Mount Kenya University has launched a new program in which Kenyans will be trained as healthcare assistants for German hospitals starting January 2023. Dubbed the Certificate in Healthcare Assistant for German Hospitals, the 28-week program will be offered at the university’s main, Thika and…

President Ruto has pledged to transform Kibera from a slum into a ‘real estate’ by the end of his term in 2027 through the ongoing affordable housing program, which seeks to build 200,000 units annually. Speaking during the Association of Pension Trustees and Administrators of Kenya stakeholders'…

Kenya’s new Inspector-General of Police Japhet Koome has clarified that he is not related to Chief Justice Martha Koome. Speaking during his swearing-in ceremony at the Supreme Court on Friday, Koome dismissed claims of blood ties with the chief justice, saying it was only a coincidence that they…

A Kenyan woman has been arrested for allegedly poisoning her four-year-old daughter so as to be free to fly to Saudi Arabia to work as a housemaid. The woman from Kandara, Murang’a County, is suspected to have committed the crime between November 6th and 7th after she secured employment in the Gulf…

The High Court has given the family of the late former Cabinet minister Joseph Kamotho until the end of November to agree on how to distribute his multi-million-shilling estate. On Wednesday, the family told Justice Stephen Riechi that they failed to agree on the mode of distribution of the…

Members of the National Assembly have threatened to suspend Parliament business if the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) is not disbursed by next week. Led by Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi, the MPs asked the Speaker to direct the Majority Leader to engage National Treasury…

Kenya’s second post-independence Attorney-General James Karugu is dead, the family confirmed on Thursday. Karugu, described as the country’s most independent attorney-general, died on Wednesday night at the age of 86, his daughter Victoria Karugu said. The deceased served as the deputy public…

The Anti-Corruption Court has allowed the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to withdraw the Sh7.3 billion graft case against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and his co-accused. While granting the application on Thursday, presiding magistrate Victor Wakumile warned the accused persons that…

President Ruto has announced the government’s plan to have locally manufactured smartphones that will cost less than Sh5,000 in the next one year. Speaking at the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) Annual General Meeting in Nairobi on Thursday, Ruto said the move is part of his…

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has filed an application to withdraw a Sh7.3 billion graft case against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. In the application filed before the anti-corruption court on Wednesday, the prosecution said the evidence against Gachagua does not meet…