Outspan Hospital releases body detained over Ksh.1.6M bill after Citizen TV coverage

By Citizen Reporter,

The family of Beatrice Wanjiru, whose body had been detained by Outspan Hospital for close to 60 days over unpaid hospital bills amounting to Ksh.1.6 ...

hospital bill , Outspan Hospital

One dead, 6 injured after speeding beer truck rams matatu in Mwea

By Johnson Muriithi,

One passenger has died on the spot while six others sustained serious injuries after the Nissan matatu they were traveling in was involved in an accid...

accident

Prominent Ugandan news websites implicated in gov’t-aligned social media campaign

By Guest Writer,

By Tessa Knight and Alyssa Kann Seven Ugandan news websites were implicated in the January 8 Facebook takedown that involved government employees ...

bobi , Museveni , Uganda elections

Teargas, running battles as police officers block DP Ruto allies rally

By Tonny Ndungu,

Anti-riot police officers on Saturday lobbed teargas to disperse a rally organized by DP William Ruto allies in Nakuru. Several videos shared online...

ruto

Two friends linked to Egerton University student’s murder

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives have arrested three suspects in connection with the murder of Eunice Muthoni- an Egerton U...

murder

258 Makueni Boys students suspended after refusing to cut hair, beard and rioting

By Citizen Reporter,

Makueni Boys High School has suspended 258 students for two weeks following a night of rioting at the institution which has a population of more than ...

school riots

Riots break out after student in Kwale committed suicide over a school punishment

By Nicky Gitonga,

A family in Amuka village, Kwale county is demanding justice after their Form 3 son committed suicide. The Stephen Kanja Secondary School student ha...

Stephen Kanja

Kisumu family spends night in the cold after a barrel of monkeys raids home

By Laura Otieno,

A family from Akingi in Kisumu has appealed to the government to come to their aid in resolving a monkey menace that is giving residents sleepless nig...

Exiled in Kenya, Stella Nyanzi continues to speak out

By VOA,

As a child, Stella Nyanzi’s parents fled from then-Ugandan President Idi Amin Dada in the 1970s, forcing her to live in Kenya as a refugee for five ...

bobi , Museveni , Stella Nyanzi , uganda

Baringo becomes first county to reject BBI bill

By Bernadine Tiemoi,

Baringo County has become the first county in Kenya to reject the BBI bill in a day of debate that degenerated into chaos at the Thursday assembly sit...

BBI

Family seeks justice for son, 24, shot in the belly by cop for breaking curfew

By Victor Kinuthia,

A 24-year-old man from Ititu village in Maragua is lucky to be alive, having survived a gun attack from a police officers enforcing curfew in the regi...

curfew

Ugandan Gov’t restores social media sites except Facebook

By VOA,

Ugandan authorities restored access to the internet Wednesday, a month after blocking it ahead of the January 14 elections. Also Read: Facebook rem...

bobi , facebook , Museveni , Uganda elections

Facebook removes inauthentic assets linked to Ugandan government

By Guest Writer,

By Tessa Knight On January 8, 2020, Facebook removed 32 pages, 220 user accounts, 59 groups, and 139 Instagram profiles working to promote Ugandan ...

bobi , facebook , Museveni , Uganda elections

President Kenyatta unveils new state department to midwife CBC

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta unveiled a new state department to oversee the ongoing implementation of the Competence Based Curriculum (CBC). The new St...

CBC

Uhuru: Kenya hinging on digital technologies to transform economy

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has hailed the contribution of digital technologies to Kenya's transformation saying ICTs are helping the country to create e...

digital technologies , Uhuru

Two killed, one critically injured after car rammed a tractor ferrying poles

By Cyrus Sholim,

Two people perished while a third one is in critical condition at the Moi Teaching and Refferal Hospital in Eldoret following a dawn accident at the M...

Ol Kalou: Probe starts after security guard, 58, dies in a lodging

By Citizen Reporter,

A 58-year-old security guard has died in Ol Kalou under unclear circumstances in a lodging within the town, a police report seen by Citizen Digital sa...

Sonko transferred to Kamiti as DCI seeks 30-day detention period to probe terror links

By Ian Omondi,

Embattled former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko was on Wednesday evening, in an unprecedented move, transferred to Kamiti Maximum GK Prison from the Gigi...

Gigiri police station , Kamiti Maximum GK Prison , Mike Sonko , terrorism

Notorious gangster shot dead after charging at police with machete

By Ian Omondi,

Police officers in Likoni, Mombasa County, on Tuesday night shot and killed a notorious gangster who charged at them with a machete. According to a...

coast general hospital , Mombasa County.

Form Three student, 18, arrested after attacking three teachers at Rwambiti School

By Johnson Muriithi,

Police in Kirinyaga County have arrested a Form Three student who attacked several teachers at Rwambiti Secondary school on Tuesday. According to t...

School unrest