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  • - The Private Security Regulatory Authority (PSRA) has launched a new crackdown against bouncers in clubs and entertainment joints. In a statement on Wednesday, PSRA announced that it will conduct an inspection against the personnel on February 8, 2024. “The Authority in accordance with Section 9 (b…
  • - The High Court has issued orders suspending President William Ruto’s administration initiative requiring all parents to pay for schools or any services through the eCitizen platform. Justice Chacha Mwita of the Milimani High Court on Wednesday issued an order suspending a circular by Education…
  • - A Nairobi court has allowed Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives to continue detaining the owner of the Embakasi gas refill plant and two National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) suspended officials for 21 days pending investigations. A ruling rendered by Milimani Senior…
  • - Two blasts near electoral candidates’ offices in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan killed 26 people and injured dozens, local officials said on Wednesday, raising concerns over security on the eve of a general election. Pakistan goes to the polls on Thursday amid rising militant…
  • - Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and 16 others can now breathe a sigh of relief after they were acquitted in the Ksh357 million corruption case for lack of evidence. Milimani Magistrate Eunice Nyutu set free Sonko and his co-accused person including KRA board chair Antony Mwaura and wife Rose…
  • - Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kithure Kindiki and Labour and Social Protection Cabinet Secretary (CS) Florence Bore are the top two CSs with the most activities around their ministries, a new survey has revealed. According to the data released on Wednesday, February 7…
  • - Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki and his Education counterpart Ezekiel Machogu did not travel abroad in the whole of 2023, a new report by research firm TIFA shows. According to the survey released on Wednesday, February 7, other least travelled CSs include…
  • - Police in Nairobi on the evening of Tuesday, February 6, 2024, captured two suspects caught with bhang worth over Ksh300,000 from a residential house in Joska along Kangundo Road. According to a report by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations(DCI), the Nairobi Anti-Narcotics Unit detectives…
  • - The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has invited applications for the positions of Court of Appeal and High Court judges. In a gazette, Chief Justice Martha Koome, who doubles up as chair of JSC, declared 11 vacancies in the Court of Appeal and five in the High Court. Eligible candidates are…
  • - A General Service Unit(GSU) officer deployed in Kisii was on Sunday, February 3, 2024, rescued from mob action after a robbery with violence incident. In a statement by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations(DCI), the armed cop identified as Edgar Opollo was saved from a furious mob by “…Kisii…
  • - As the year gathers pace, there are annual events that enthusiasts are always looking forward to. Whether aimed at promoting heritage and culture, music or crafts, it has never been a dull moment, writesJasmine Wambui Josiah Lamu Cultural Festival The purpose of this festival is to promote the…
  • - Students at Moi University will now have to adhere to a new dress code following the latest changes. In an internal memo dated Tuesday, February 6, 2024, the university’s Dean of Students, Alice Mutai expressed concern over indecency witnessed around the school. She subsequently announced that the…
  • - One more person has succumbed to injuries sustained during the gas explosion that rocked Mradi area in Embakasi, bringing the death toll to seven people. In a statement on Tuesday, February 6, the Government Spokesperson extended his condolences to the families affected. “The number of people who…
  • - Kenya Power issued a notice informing Kenyans of power interruptions in select parts of the country on Wednesday, February 7, 2024. The utility firm noted that Wednesday’s power interruptions will affect Nairobi, Machakos, Siaya, Vihiga, Kisumu, Nyeri, Kirinyaga, Kiambu, Nakuru and Kajiado counties…
  • - Six people have lost their lives, and five others have been struck by blindness after consuming illicit brew in Kangai village, Kirinyaga County. Videos circulating show residents surrounding the five affected individuals. Addressing people who had gathered around the victims, Kirinyaga Health CEC…
  • - The Firearms Licensing Board (FLB) has moved its services to the eCitizen platform in compliance with a government directive. In an official statement released on Tuesday, February 6, the FLB announced the integration with eCitizen noting that all payments will be done through the platform. “The…
  • - A Mama Mboga based in Nairobi stunned congregants of the New Life Church after she gave Ksh 6 million handed to her by Nairobi CIDs to Pastor Ezekiel Odero. Speaking during a live service on February 3, 2024, the businesswoman narrated what transpired as she asked the pastor to bless the money.…
  • - Days after K24 Digital highlighted the plight of Sarah Khanari, a 16-year-old bright but poor girl from Mariani village in Gatundu North who has been working in tea farms due to lack of school fees, she can now heave a sigh of relief after a well-wisher came to her rescue. The girl who scored 299…
  • - Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition party leader Raila Odinga has called out the Kenya Kwanza government for neglecting victims of the Embakasi gas explosion at the condemned gas filling plant in the Mradi area. In a statement on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, Raila who visited the site to console…
  • - Derrick Kimathi, the businessman who claimed to own a garage at the site of Thursday’s gas explosion in Embakasi and three officials of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) have been arraigned before Milimani Law Courts. Kimathi, Joseph Kamau, David Walunya Ong’are and Marrian…
  • - As the recruitment of 15,000 volunteer servicemen and women to join the National Youth Service (NYS) continues across the country, most youths in Thika, Kiambu County were on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, disqualified because they had tattoos on various parts of their bodies. Although most of them met…
  • - Students at the University of Nairobi will now be required to pay for meals through the e-Citizen platform.  This follows a directive by the Kenya Kwanza government that all payments to the institution be consolidated to the government’s online portal.  “The Kenyan Government has mandated that all…
  • - Traffic along Magadi Road in Ongata Rongai was paralysed for the better part of Tuesday morning after Multimedia University students took to the streets to protest against marauding hyenas. A hyena is reported to have attacked one of the students on Monday evening, sparking an angry reaction from…
  • - Law enforcement officials have asked Kenyans to provide any information that could lead to the arrest of five more suspects linked to the Embakasi gas explosion that left at least six people dead and hundreds injured on Thursday, February 2, 2024. The incident at an illegal LPG gas refilling point…
  • - Senegal’s reputation as a bastion of democracy in an unstable region is on the line as protesters clash with police outside the National Assembly. Inside, lawmakers have passed a contentious bill to extend President Macky Sall’s tenure and delay elections after he called off a planned election with…
  • - King Charles III, 75, has been diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace announced Monday. “During The King’s recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement, a separate issue of concern was noted,” the palace said in an emailed statement. “Subsequent diagnostic tests have identified a…
  • - Kizito Moi Amukune, the farmhand of Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale, has finally been laid to rest after delays occasioned by a standoff over his cause of death. The 47-year-old was interred at his home in Mungusi village, Kakamega East, on Monday, February 5. Police allowed Moi’s family to continue…
  • - One of the owners of the Embakasi gas plant where a deadly explosion occurred leaving six people dead and at least 300 injured has surrendered to the police. Derrick Kimathi presented himself at the Embakasi police station accompanied by his lawyer, Wandugi Kirathe and was grilled by detectives. “…
  • - Three more suspects have been charged with the murder of Daniel Muthiani Bernard alias Sniper. The three, Christus Manyara Kiambi alias Chris, Brian Mwenda alias Brayo, and Bonface Kithinji Njiiyia aias Dj Kaboom were charged with murder at the Kiambu High Court. The trio were charged after the…
  • - Mediamax Network Limited has acquired exclusive free-to-air rights for the fourth edition of the Magical Kenya Ladies Open (MKLO), scheduled to take place at the PGA-accredited Baobab Course at Vipingo Ridge in Kilifi County between February 8 and 11, 2024. The leading Kenyan media house, whose…
  • - Government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura has said that the Kenya Red Cross will pay two months’ rent for families affected by the Embakasi gas explosion tragedy. In a statement on Monday, February 5, 2024, Mwaura asked landlords to accommodate the affected families without the usual requirements.…
  • - All national schools will have to submit their banking details to the Ministry of Education to facilitate the payment of fees through the eCitizen platform, the government has announced. In a press release sent to newsrooms on Monday, February 5, 2024, the Ministry of Interior stated that the…
  • - All National schools will have to submit their banking details to the Ministry of Education to facilitate the payment of fees through the eCitizen platform, the government has announced. In a press release sent to newsrooms on Monday, February 5, 2024, the government stated that the objective of…
  • - Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga on Monday, February 5, 2024, officially commissioned the Kisumu Water and Sanitation Company (KIWASCO) headquarters in Kisumu. The opposition leader, dressed in an all-white outfit, was accompanied by Kisumu governor Anyang Nyong’o and other…
  • - Boda boda operators and residents of Kimbo area in Juja, Kiambu County, are up in arms over the deplorable state of a six-kilometer road, claiming that it has affected their sexual life due to bumpy rides. The protestors who included Tuk Tuk operators blocked the Kimbo-Matangini road with burning…
  • - Shock and grief engulfed the Tumaini estate on the outskirts of Kitale town in Trans Nzoia County after a female prison Constable attached to Kitale Women’s Prison committed suicide inside her rented house where it is believed she committed the act some four days ago. Linda Machuma Wafula’s…
  • - More families in the Mradi area of Embakasi have been evacuated amid reports of another gas leakage at the site of the catastrophic explosion. Kenya Red Cross in a statement on Monday, February 5, 2024, said its team swiftly sprang into action amid reports of another gas leak at the doomed filling…
  • - A 19-year-old male student died on the spot and four other people were critically injured in a fatal road accident along the Nairobi-Namanga highway near Kajiado town. The student had hiked a lift with his two other colleagues on a lorry ferrying river sand when the accident occurred on Sunday…
  • - Police in Gichugu, Kirinyaga County have arrested a 70-year-old man suspected of stabbing to death his son following a land dispute. According to a police report seen by K24 Digital, the incident took place in the Guama location of Karumandi ward where one Francis Njagi is suspected of stabbing his…
  • - Australian writer Yang Hengjun, who was arrested in China on espionage charges in 2019, has been handed a suspended death sentence by a court in Beijing. The terms of the sentence mean Yang’s sentence could be commuted to life imprisonment for good behaviour. “The Australian government is appalled…
  • - Kenya Power issued a notice informing Kenyans of power interruptions in select parts of the country on Monday, February 5, 2024. The utility firm noted that Monday’s power interruptions will affect Kiambu, Kajiado, Turkana, West Pokot and Embu Counties. Kenya Power said parts of Kiambu County will…
  • - The 2024 edition of the Magical Kenya Ladies Open tees off this week from Wednesday to Sunday at the PGA Baobab Course in Vipingo Ridge, Kilifi County where at least 108 lady golfers will take to the par-73 course for a chance to battle for the top spot in a contest whose total prize purse […]
  • - Locals of the Athiriver area in Mavoko are concerned over heavy murram excavation and dumping at the expansive piece of land owned by East Africa Portland Cement Company which the government carried out massive evictions in October last year. Over 3,000 families were rendered homeless, with…
  • - President of the Republic of Namibia Dr Hage G. Geingob has died. Geingob died on Sunday, February 4, 2024, at around 12:04 am at Lady Pohamba Hospital where he was receiving medical treatment from his medical team. According to Vice President Nangolo Mbumba, the President died surrounded by his…
  • - There was drama and commotion at the Naivasha General Hospital following the death of an 8-month-old baby who died during treatment. Speaking to a local publication, the baby’s parents, faulted the hospital’s staff over their loved one’s demise accusing them of negligence. According to the…
  • - Safaricom has announced that unregistered M-Pesa users won’t be able to receive money effective Monday, February 5, 2024. In a press statement released on Saturday, the mobile service company said registered M-Pesa users will be able to send and receive money effortlessly, even when engaging with…
  • - A generous outpouring of support has come from the United Nations, various international partners and local agencies in the wake of a devastating fire that rocked Embakasi leaving hundreds homeless. In a statement on Saturday, February 3, Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura expressed gratitude for…
  • - Chief government pathologist Johansen Oduor has strongly refuted rumours alleging that Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale was behind the death of his farmhand. Addressing the press on Saturday, February 3, 2024, Khalwale revealed the autopsy results saying Kizito Moi Amukune was indeed gored to death…
  • - Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga and Embakasi East Member of Parliament, Babu Owino, have jointly contributed Ksh2 million to assist victims of the Embakasi gas explosion. In a statement on Saturday, February 3, Babu announced the benevolent gesture revealing that Raila had…
  • - The National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) has asked at least four officials to step aside as investigations into the issuance of a license to the Embakasi gas-filling plant that exploded on Thursday, February 2, 2024, continue. In a statement on Saturday, February 3, 2024, NEMA noted…