Migori police launch hunt for man who was living with two minors as his wives

By George Juma,

Police officers in Migori County are presently pursuing a 20-year-old man said to have been living with two minors aged 17 and 12 in his house in Apid...

Migori County , minors

U.S. imposes wide array of sanctions on Russia for ‘malign’ actions

By Reuters,

The United States on Thursday imposed a broad array of sanctions on Russia, including curbs to its sovereign debt market, to punish it for interfering...

President Joe Biden , President Vladimir Putin , sanctions , U.S Election

Justice Marete Njagi put to task over locking up court staff for noise making

By Ian Omondi,

Justice Marete Njagi was on Thursday put to task over an incident in which he locked up a court staff for noise making during a session. Justice Nj...

chief justice , david maraga , Judicial Service Commission , Justice Marete Njagi

KCPE 2020 Results: List of top 15 candidates

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Results for the 2020 KCPE exam have been officially released with the top candidate scoring 433 marks out of 500. Announcing the results on Thursda...

KCPE 2020

All teachers to get COVID-19 vaccine irrespective of their age: TSC

By Ian Omondi,

All teachers in the country will now receive the COVID-19 vaccine irrespective of their age, this is according to Teachers Service Commission (TSC) CE...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , KCPE 2020 , Nancy Macharia , tsc , vaccine

CoG raises concerns over increasing COVID-19 cases in counties outside disease infected zones

By Raquel Muigai,

The Council of Governors (CoG) Health Committee has raised concern over the increase in community transmission in counties outside the mapped disease ...

coronavirus , Council of Governors , COVID-19 , Governor Anyang Nyong'o , Health committee

‘It was a loan,’ woman now tells court in Ksh.30M case against Nigerian man

By Citizen Reporter,

A Kenyan woman on Thursday told a Kibera court that she had been giving loans to a Nigerian national who is accused of defrauding her of Ksh.30 millio...

Zetech University banks on built capacity to boost digital learning

By Citizen Reporter,

The impact of COVID-19 on higher learning has disrupted the way students access university education globally, with the third wave in Kenya interrupti...

Lawrence Warunge charged with five counts of murder, pleads not guilty

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Lawrence Warunge, the main suspect in the murder of his four family members and a worker at Karura area in Kiambaa, Kiambu County, has been charged wi...

Lawrence Warunge

Siaya: Woman arrested for not wearing face mask claims she was raped by police officer

By George Juma,

A 33-year-old woman in Siaya County is crying for justice claiming she was raped by an officer attached to Sega Police Station. The woman alleges t...

rape , Sega Police Station , SIAYA COUNTY

Slain KBC journalist Betty Barasa laid to rest

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Slain Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) video editor Betty Barasa has been laid to rest at her Oloolua home in Ngong area, Kajiado County. A mem...

Betty Barasa , KBC

An overview of reliable crypto trading platforms of 2021

By Agencies,

The world of cryptocurrency trading is expanding as more investors are shifting their investments from forex and stocks to bitcoin or other cryptocurr...

Former U.S. President Barack Obama’s stepmother Kezia Obama dies

By Ian Omondi,

Kezia Aoko Obama, the stepmother of former U.S. President Barack Obama and the mother of his half-siblings Auma Obama and Malik Obama, has died. Ta...

Auma Obama , Kezia Aoko Obama , Malik Obama , Mama Sarah Obama , President Barack Obama

Africa CDC says no cause for alarm over reports of Johnson & Johnson vaccine causing blood clots

By Mashirima Kapombe,

Africa's leading health think tank, the Africa CDC, now says that there is no cause for alarm over the latest reports of blood clots in recipients of ...

Africa CDC , AstraZeneca , Sputnik V

Search for Chief Justice: Prof. Patricia Mbote put on the spot over her integrity

By Chemutai Goin,

As the search for the next Chief Justice entered its second day on Tuesday, academician Prof. Patricia Kameri-Mbote found herself in unfamiliar territ...

chief justice , Judiciary , Prof. Patricia Mbote

The world’s most powerful passports for 2021

By CNN,

The gap in travel freedom is its biggest in decades and disparities in vaccination access between countries could make the situation even worse, says ...

Henley & Partners , Henley Passport Index

The new ‘jollof wars’ and why Twitter chose Ghana over Nigeria for its first Africa base

By CNN,

Twitter's announcement Monday that it will set up its first Africa base in Ghana, West Africa, has generated fierce debate among Nigerian users of t...

Ghana , Jack Dorsey , Nigeria , Twitter

Facebook removes page for French town named Bitche

By CNN,

Sometimes, life can be a Bitche. The residents of a French town thought just that after social media giant Facebook removed Ville de Bitche's official...

facebook , Mayor Benoît Kieffer , Ville de Bitche

Biden set to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan

By Reuters,

President Joe Biden plans to withdraw the remaining 2,500 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021, 20 years to the day after the al Qaeda attac...

Afghanistan , AL QAEDA , President Joe Biden , U.S. troops

239 COVID-19 patients admitted to ICUs across Kenya, ministry says

By Tonny Ndungu,

239 COVID-19 patients are admitted to the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in health care facilities across the country, the Ministry of Health has said. ...

coronavirus