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  • - President William Ruto has called on Kenya Kwanza lawmakers to work together with the Executive towards the realisation of the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda. Speaking on Monday, February 19, 2024, in Naivasha, Nakuru County where the Kenya Kwanza MPs and Senators are holding a retreat…
  • - A man fatally stabbed his wife in public in the Mirimaini area of Juja, Kiambu County before he attempted to take his own life. Police confirmed the horrid incident saying that the suspect was arrested and rushed to the hospital after suffering self-inflicted wounds. According to witnesses, the man…
  • - Kenya Power has announced interruptions of electricity supply that are set to affect five counties on Monday, February 19, 2024. According to Kenya Power, the interruptions will be necessitated by the usual maintenance of their facilities. “The listed areas will be affected by planned power…
  • - Ground and air assaults by the Israeli forces have now rendered Gaza’s second-largest hospital nonoperational. The besieged enclave’s Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday said the Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis is no longer functioning after a weeks-…
  • - The government has kicked off its second annual National Executive retreat, which will take place from February 18 to 21, 2024 in Nakuru County. According to a statement from Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura, there will be a Kenya Kwanza Parliamentary Group meeting on Monday, February 19, which…
  • - President William Ruto now says Africa will be able to produce 60 per cent of vaccines it uses by 2040. In a statement on X moments after co-hosting a meeting on vaccine manufacturing in Africa with the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ruto said the continent was the…
  • - The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has arrested 129 individuals in its crackdown against illegal pharmaceuticals in the country. In a statement on Sunday, February 18, 2024, PPB- said it had also seized over 200 cartons of illicit medicines across Nairobi, South Rift, and Western regions. “…
  • - Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is now hoping for a possible reconciliation with retired President Uhuru Kenyatta. Addressing attendees at the funeral of ex-Deputy Inspector General of Police, King’ori Mwangi, in Ndugamano village, Tetu constituency, Nyeri county on Saturday, Gachagua expressed…
  • - Kenya Power on Saturday announced a planned power interruption for Sunday, February 18, 2024. In a statement, the utility company announced that the interruptions which are part of maintenance will affect seven counties. Counties that will be affected include Nairobi, Kiambu, Machakos, Trans Nzoia…
  • - Squatters living on a 419-acre parcel of land in Kiambu Town constituency, Kiambu County, have to bury their departed kin in unmarked makeshift graves, fearing that the bodies may be exhumed later. Although the land that was once part of Kamiti Forest was hived off in the mid-1990s for the…
  • - Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta has offered to sponsor former Deputy Inspector General of Police King’ori Mwangi’s son. Addressing mourners who attended King’ori’s funeral service held in Ndugamano village in Tetu constituency, Nyeri county on Saturday, February 17, 2024, Uhuru assured the…
  • - President William Ruto has been appointed as the new African Union Champion for Institutional Reform, succeeding President Paul Kagame of Rwanda. The announcement came during the ongoing Assembly of the African Union heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “President William Ruto…
  • - The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has arrested five suspects said to have conspired to embezzle the National Government Constituency Fund (NG-CDF) belonging to Laikipa East Sub-County. The suspects are said to have colluded in pocketing the national funds through a road project that…
  • - Kenya Power has issued a notice informing Kenyans of planned power interruptions today. In a statement, the utility company said the planned interruptions will only affect Nairobi from 9 am to 5 pm. Kenya Power said the interruption which will affect part of Dam ex Nairobi West is meant to allow…
  • - Principal Secretary (PS) for Public Health Mary Muthoni is grieving the loss of her beloved nephew, Dennis Mwangi, who tragically lost his life in a road accident. In a statement shared on her X media, Muthoni expressed her sorrow as she eulogised her nephew as not just family but a friend. “Today…
  • - Yale University on Friday issued an apology for its connection to slavery after several years of research and study that it said it undertook into its formative ties to the slave trade. “Today, on behalf of Yale University, we recognize our university’s historical role in and associations with…
  • - Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has ordered that all bars in the county be closed with immediate effect, Speaking during the mass funeral of 17 people who died after consuming illicit brew on Saturday, February 17, 2024, the county boss directed all operations in drinking joints be suspended to…
  • - Two female police officers were attacked on Friday night February 16, 2024, while on night round duties within the Kiwanjani area of Githurai 44. In a report filed at the Kasarani Police Station seen by K24 Digital, Constable Mercy Mamboleo and her colleague Emmaculate Ngungi were attacked by three…
  • - A section of religious, political and security leaders in Chesumei, Nandi County have raised concerns over increasing cases of old men being sodomized at night within different centres. Speaking during the launch of Chesumei Constituency education initiative, Chesumei Sub-county Deputy County…
  • - Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta is in Nyeri County to pay his final respects to the late police boss King’ori Mwangi. The retired Senior Assistant Inspector General who died on February 11 at a Nairobi hospital while undergoing treatment will be laid to rest at his home in Ndugamano, Tetu in Nyeri…
  • - Police in Nairobi on Friday, February 16, 2024, arrested four suspects for selling unregistered pesticides christened PEST MAX in the city’s Central Business District(CBD). In a statement by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations(DCI), the four suspects were nabbed at the Tom Mboya monument…
  • - Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and his wife Dorcas Rigathi have arrived in Kangai, Kirinyaga County for the mass burial of at least 17 people who died after consuming illicit brew. The farewell ceremony is taking place at Kandongu Primary School. Reports show that the killer brew had been stored…
  • - A woman has been jailed for taking a three-year-old British child to Kenya for female genital mutilation (FGM). Amina Noor, 40, from Harrow, north-east London, travelled to Kenya in 2006 where she took the child to a private house for the procedure, the court heard. At the Old Bailey, Noor was…
  • - The government has released Ksh3 billion for the Community Health Promoters (CHP) across the country, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua said. Speaking at the Official Residence in Karen, Nairobi the DP praised the 107,000 CHPs saying they were leading the implementation of a programme key in the…
  • - Three people are currently undergoing treatment after sustaining injuries in a road accident near Safari Centre in the Kayole area of Nakuru county. While confirming the unfortunate incident, the Kenya Red Cross stated that the accident occurred after a lorry lost control leading to multiple…
  • - The family of the late world marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum‘s coach Gervais Hakizimana has expressed dissatisfaction with the results of the autopsy released on Friday, February 16, 2024. The results released at the Eldoret Hospital confirmed that the Rwandese marathon trainer died as a…
  • - The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has extended the placement application deadline to February 26, 2024. In an announcement shared on Friday, February 16, 2024, KUCCPS Chief Executive, Mercy Wahome noted that the extension is meant to accord parents and students…
  • - President William Ruto on Friday conveyed a message of appreciation to his US counterpart Joe Biden for inviting him to the White House. The Head of State affirmed that the visit will grant the two governments the opportunity to celebrate 60 years of diplomatic relations which began at the dawn of…
  • - Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kithure Kindiki on Friday, February 16, 2024, directed a countrywide police crackdown on all village bars following the deaths of revellers who died after consuming illicit brew in Kirinyaga County. The CS further directed that licenses…
  • - Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Director of Communications Philip Etale has faulted Kenya Kwanza adherents for being too excited about opposition leader Raila Odinga’s interest in the African Union (AU) top job. Raila was endorsed by top Kenya Kwanza leaders to take up the position of the…
  • - Kenyan socialite and beauty entrepreneur Huddah Monroe has voiced her concerns regarding the recent fluctuation of the Kenyan shilling (Ksh) against the US Dollar (USD). In a series of Instagram stories, Huddah expressed her surprise even as the shilling rallied against the dollar in the last…
  • - Detectives in Lunga Lunga, Kwale County have launched a manhunt for a 29-year-old woman who is believed to have assaulted her 7-year-old minor to death. The suspect, Mary Kioko, managed to escape moments after police raided their home in Mrima, where she was preparing to bury the deceased.…
  • - The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has shortlisted seven candidates for the position of Chief Registrar of the Judiciary. In a statement on Friday, February 16, 2024, JSC revealed that it had received 43 applications from Kenyans seeking to replace Anne Amadi. Amadi left the role on November 24…
  • - Kenya Power issued a notice informing Kenyans of a scheduled blackout on Friday, February 16, 2024. The utility firm in a notice on its website said that the power interruption is necessary to facilitate maintenance and upgrade power lines to the network. “Notice is hereby given under Rule 27 of…
  • - One student succumbed while several others were injured after a motor vehicle rammed into a group of Form One students at Igunga Girls High School in Vihiga County. Confirming the incident, Sabatia Sub County OCPD Patrick Gogo noted that the students were crossing the road from their classes to…
  • - National carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) has today February 15, 2024, officially resumed flights to Mogadishu, Somalia after a four-year break. Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kipchumba Murkomen and his Defense counterpart Aden Duale officially flagged off the first direct KQ flight from the…
  • - National Assembly minority leader Opiyo Wandayi is arguably the biggest opposer of the Affordable Housing project but even then, he suggests the policy around it could be a good idea. Speaking during a heated parliament debate on Friday, February 15, 2024, Wandayi argued that the Kenya Kwanza…
  • - Nigeria is seeking Interpol’s help to arrest three suspects who allegedly stole $6.2 million/Ksh902 million from the central bank, using the forged signature of then President Muhammadu Buhari. Authorities believe that the suspects conspired with Nigeria’s former central bank chief Godwin Emefiele…
  • - UDA-nominated senator Karen Nyamu is stirring criticism after a video of her driving on the wrong side of the road resurfaced online. Netizens drew attention to the video first shared by Karen on her insta-stories flouting traffic rules at a busy roundabout. In the video, the legislator is also…
  • - Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, granted subscription perks to designated terrorist groups and others barred from operating in the US, according to campaigners. The Tech Transparency Project (TTP) found X had granted blue check marks to accounts tied to Hezbollah members, among others. For $8 (Ksh1…
  • - Embakasi East Member of Parliament, Babu Owino, has leveled blame at Energy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir for the tragic gas explosion in Embakasi that claimed the lives of 10 people and left several morning of Friday, February 2, 2024. Speaking in parliament, the MP accused Chirchir of…
  • - Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga has declared that he is ready to go for the chairmanship of the African Union (AU). Addressing the press in Karen, Nairobi on Thursday, February 15, 2024, Raila stated that he decided after consulting widely among friends. “The general…
  • - Police in Homa Bay county have launched a manhunt for a retired primary school teacher accused of sodomising an orphaned boy in Karachuonyo. While confirming the incident, Rachuonyo North sub-county police commander Lydia Parteiyie stated that the suspect currently on the run sodomised the seven-…
  • - One person has died and 21 people were wounded in a shooting in Missouri at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade. Officials said they treated eight victims who were in immediately life-threatening condition and seven others who had suffered injuries that could prove life-…
  • - Law enforcement officers have recovered a stolen police firearm and apprehended the suspects linked to the theft. In a statement, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) announced the successful retrieval of a G3 police rifle that had been reported missing since September 2023 from the…
  • - Kenya Power issued a notice informing Kenyans of power interruptions in select parts of the country on Thursday, February 15, 2024. The utility firm in a notice on its website said that the power interruption is necessary to facilitate maintenance and upgrade power lines to the network. The utility…
  • - Former Court of Appeal Judge, of Ghanaian origin, Akilano Molade Akiwumi who served in the bench for the last 14 years has died. Chief Justice Martha Koome confirmed the death of the Judge in a statement sent to the newsrooms this evening. “We are deeply saddened by the news of the untimely passing…
  • - The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has announced new fuel prices for the period between February 15 and March 14, 2024. In a statement on Wednesday, February 14, 224, EPRA announced the reduction of fuel prices by Ksh1 for petrol, diesel and kerosene. “In accordance with Section…
  • - The cabinet, in a sitting held on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, has sanctioned payment of fees through eCitizen. In a despatch after the meeting, the government said the policy would affect institutions spanning from basic education to tertiary and university levels. “In keeping up with the…
  • - As the rising cost of living continues to bite, many in northern Nigeria are turning to rice grains that millers normally reject after processing or sell to farmers to feed their fish. These are referred to in the Hausa language, widely spoken in the north, as afafata, which means “battling”…