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- The widespread availability and illicit proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW) serve as key drivers and enablers of armed conflicts, violent extremism, and the expansion of terrorism, the United Nations (UN) Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) has revealed. As a result, the UNODA…
- Transport was paralysed along the Kivaa-Kiambere Road after angry residents blocked the road accusing the government and the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) of failing to compensate their land that was taken to construct the Gitaru dam. Hundreds thronged the road and barricaded it…
- Four suspects have been charged with using forged credentials to secure jobs at the Moi Teaching and Referal Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret. The four, Bethwel Kipkoech, Celestine Cherop Chepsoi, Eddah Cheptanui Boit and Jackson Kipkosgei were charged with the offences of forgery of academic…
- The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has announced closure of its application portal following the lapse of the set deadline on Monday, March 4, 2024. In a statement on Tuesday, KUCCPS said the portal had been closed to pave the way for processing of the applicants…
- As the weekend approaches, the excitement among sports betting enthusiasts reaches new heights as the SportPesa Mega Jackpot smashes records yet again, soaring to an unprecedented high of Ksh353,241,813! With each passing week, the progressive SportPesa Mega Jackpot continues to capture the…
- Kenya Power and Lighting Company has announced scheduled power interruptions in select parts of the country on March 5, 2024. In a statement on Monday evening, the power utility firm said the interruption is part of network maintenance and will affect seven counties, including parts of Nairobi,…
- The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has condemned the recent violence meted on officials and members of the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) as they were protesting on Thursday, February 29, 2024. Speaking during a presser on Monday, March 4, 2024, LSK President-elect Faith…
- A Nairobi court has ordered former Sports Cabinet Secretary (CS) Rashid Echesa to appear in court in person on March 20, 2024, over the Ksh39 billion fake arms scandal case. Milimani Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina on Monday, March 4, 2024, ordered Echesa to present himself in court after he failed…
- National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) on Monday launched a crackdown on drivers flaunting road safety rules. The latest crackdown which comes in the wake of several road accidents was launched by Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kipchumba Murkomen in efforts meant to intensify…
- The government of Haiti declared a 72-hour state of emergency on Sunday after armed gangs stormed a major Port-au-Prince prison. At least 12 people were killed and about 3,700 inmates escaped in the jailbreak. Gang leaders say they want to force the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who…
- The Government suffered a major blow after the Busia High Court declared that hiring 1,406 Revenue Service Assistants by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) was unconstitutional as it did not meet ethnic diversity. A judgement rendered by Justice William Musyoka found that the recruitment conducted…
- Attorney General Justin Muturi has moved to the Court of Appeal seeking to overturn the High Court decision that blocked the deployment of Kenyan police officers to help in the fight against criminal gangs in Haiti. Muturi’s move comes days after President William Ruto and Haitian Prime Minister…
- The Health Unions caucus is set to stage demonstrations on Monday, with their procession scheduled to visit various offices to address their grievances. The procession will kick off at the Kenya Medical Association offices, after which the group will gather at the Green Park terminus before…
- Persons with hearing impairment in Kajiado County are still facing discrimination owing to traditional misconceptions that the disability is a curse. This has emerged during the marking of World Hearing Day celebrations commemorated at Magadi on Sunday, March 3, 2024. Under the theme, Ear and…
- Armed gangs have stormed the main prison in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, releasing many inmates. The vast majority of about 4,000 men held there have now escaped, a local journalist told BBC News. Among those detained were gang members charged in connection with the 2021 killing of President…
- Businessman and Safina Party leader Jimi Wanjigi has challenged President William Ruto to pay a previsit to Haiti before the deployment of 1,000 Kenyan police officers to address gang violence in the Caribbean country. Speaking to the media on Sunday, March 3, Wanjigi urged President Ruto to…
- Mediators and Hamas have arrived in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, for talks on a new ceasefire, as Israel is reported to be demanding reassurances on the hostages’ fate before attending. An unnamed US official has said Israel has “more or less accepted” the deal. But Israeli media say Hamas is…
- France is preparing to become the first country in the world to put the right to abortion in its constitution. On Monday, parliamentarians from the upper and lower chambers will meet in special session in the Palace of Versailles, summoned by President Emmanuel Macron. If, as expected, they vote…
- President William Ruto, Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja at the Salvation Army Centenary Celebrations at Ulinzi Stadium in Nairobi on Sunday, March 3, 2024. PHOTO/Ruto(@WilliamsRuto)/X
- Nine suspects including a club manager were arrested during a shisha prohibition enforcement exercise at two popular entertainment joints in Nairobi on Saturday, March 3, 2024. In a statement on Sunday, the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) said the…
- President William Ruto has defended the Housing Levy amidst opposition from employed Kenyans, who are the main target of the taxation. Speaking during the Salvation Army’s 100th-anniversary celebration at Ulinzi Sports Complex in Nairobi, Ruto said the programme is aimed at providing jobs as well…
- Armed groups have stormed Haiti’s largest prison, defying police forces who have called for help after days of gunfire in parts of the capital as a major gang leader seeks to topple Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Two of the Caribbean country’s main police unions called for assistance on Saturday to…
- Nollywood actor John Okafor alias Mr Ibu has died aged 62. His death was confirmed by the National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria Emeka Rollas, who said Mr Ibu died of cardiac arrest. In a statement on Saturday, March 2, 2023, Rollas said that Mr Ibu had suffered cardiac arrest during the…
- Kenya Power on Saturday announced planned power interruptions that will affect four counties on Sunday. In a statement, the utility company said the power interruptions will affect counties such as Nairobi, Kiambu, Elgeyo Marakwet and Uasin Gishu from 8 am to 5 pm. Nairobi areas that will be…
- Principal Secretary (PS) Labour and Skills Development Sharack Mwadime on Saturday flagged off 46 National Youth Service (NYS) graduates to Saudi Arabia for employment. In a statement, NYS stated that the graduates will take up health care and admin assistant jobs, the agency also confirmed that…
- The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has lauded Samburu County OCS, Andrew Nyabicha for his efforts in taming corruption in his line of duty. According to EACC, the officer turned down a bribe of Ksh80,000 offered to him by relatives of Mohamed Musdaf Mahamad, a robbery and human…
- Ex-Defence Cabinet Secretary (CS) Eugene Wamalwa has criticized the government’s move to deploy 1,000 police officers to Haiti. In his statement, Wamalwa wondered why the government was quick to deploy officers to a country that is over 12,000 kilometres away across the Atlantic Ocean when the same…
- National Assembly speaker Moses Wetangula has drummed up support for Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga’s bid for the African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship. Addressing a crowd during the opening of an IT hub at Mathanga Seminary in Bungoma County on Saturday, March 2,…
- A middle-aged man in Silibwet, Bomet County murdered four members of his family in cold blood on Friday, March 1, 2024. Police confirmed the tragic incident saying the man identified as 45-year-old Robert Kilel hacked to death his two children, a niece and a househelp. Bomet Central sub-county…
- Law enforcement agencies may soon be forced to move in to switch off the loud music being played in Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) more so matatus as it has been attributed to the rising prevalence of deafness in the country. Various stakeholders yesterday highlighted sources of deafness in the…
- Several lives have been lost, and many others are nursing injuries following a collision between a Tahmeed bus travelling from Busia to Mombasa and an oil tanker at Mundika, Busia. The Kenya Red Cross confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday, March 1 noting that response teams had been sent…
- In a closely contested battle for the fourth male representative to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) seat, outgoing Law Society of Kenya (LSK) president Eric Theuri has conceded defeat to Nairobi-based lawyer Omwanza Ombati. Theuri has conceded defeat and unreservedly congratulated Ombati for…
- Busia police station OCS, his deputy and two others accused of defrauding a German national of Ksh2.6 million have been detained for 14 days pending investigations. Justice William Musyoka of Busia High Court allowed the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) request to continue holding the four,…
- The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has announced plans to close down county markets still allowing the use of banned single-use plastic bags. In a statement on Friday, March 1, 2024, NEMA said it has instructed county market managers, to ensure that no one uses the banned bags…
- Activist Joseph Enock Aura now wants three Court of Appeal judges to recuse themselves from the case challenging the implementation of the new public health insurance introduced by the Ministry of Health. The petitioner, represented by Lawyer Harrison Kinyanjui, is urging appellate court judges…
- The government has formed a team to investigate and bring to book perpetrators of violent incidents in Kisii County. In a statement after an early morning briefing with the County, Sub-County and Divisional security heads from the entire Kisii County, Interior CS Kithure Kindiki directed law…
- Kenya’s former ambassador to the Netherlands Lawrence Lenayapa has died aged 59 years. His death was confirmed by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua who termed him as a humble family man and a dedicated public servant. “I am saddened by the news of the passing on of Lawrence Lenayapa, my former…
- At least 112 Palestinians are said to have been killed and 760 injured trying to get desperately needed aid in Gaza. BBC reports that crowds descended on a convoy of lorries on the coastal road south-west of Gaza City, in the presence of Israeli tanks. Israel’s military say tanks fired warning…
- Over 500 aggrieved residents of Chokaa in Njiru have filed an urgent application seeking an order to stop them from being evicted from the estate of the late Gerishon Kirima. In the case filed by the settlers through 31 officials of Chokaa Upper Chamber Welfare Group, the residents want the court…
- Lawyer Faith Mony Odhiambo is the new President-elect of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK). Odhiambo clinched the seat after beating four other candidates to emerge as the winner in elections held on Thursday, February 29, 2024. According to the results released by the Independent Electoral and…
- The Kenya Medical Association and Kenyan Section of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) have condemned the brutality meted out to members of the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists, and Dentists’ Union (KMPDU) during protests held in Nairobi on Thursday, February 29, 2024. KMPDU had…
- The Kenya Medical Association has condemned the brutality meted out to members of the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists, and Dentists’ Union (KMPDU) during protests held in Nairobi on Thursday, February 29, 2024. KMPDU had earlier indicated its Secretary General Davji Atellah was shot during…
- Efforts to retrieve the bodies of two women who were swept away by the swollen Sagana River in Kieni constituency, Nyeri County, on Wednesday evening are ongoing, with one body having been retrieved. Hundreds of Mbiriri residents began the search for their village mates early in the morning, and it…
- Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists Dentists Union (KMPDU) has accused the police of shooting its Secretary General Davji Atellah in Nairobi. KMPDU, while condemning the incident, said Attelah was shot and injured while leading medical interns in a peaceful march in Nairobi on Thursday,…
- It is a big win for the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) after the High Court overturned a lower court decision to acquit former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa in the Ksh39 billion fake arms case. Echesa is accused of defrauding money from two foreigners through a multi-billion-…
- Ghana’s parliament has passed a tough new bill that imposes a prison sentence of up to three years for anyone convicted of identifying as LGBTQ+. It also imposes a maximum five-year jail term for forming or funding LGBTQ+ groups. Lawmakers heckled down attempts to replace prison sentences with…
- A family in Ikolomani sub county, Kakamega county is mourning the death of their three children who died after a fire incident. Confirming the unfortunate incident, Ikolomani Deputy County Commissioner Geoffrey Mayama stated that the fire broke out when the children and their mother, Jane Mutambi,…
- Dennis Kibet, who is accused of defiling a 10-year-old minor and causing her grievous harm, was arraigned at the Kabarnet court where he pleaded not guilty to the accusations. Kibet was charged with defiling the minor on February 3, 2024, at around 9 pm at Sessoi village in Baringo North sub-county…
- Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kithure Kindiki has directed the resumption of family visits in prisons ending the 4 year ban. Family visits in prison were banned by the previous regime in 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to help control the spread of the virus. The ban was meant to last…
- The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) has ordered the pulling down of unrated and inappropriate content circulating on diverse media platforms. In a statement, KFCB said that artistes Chris Embarambamba and William Getumbe’s latest songs have violated the Films and Stage Plays Act. “The song…
