Kangata on BBI letter: The truth had to be said, I’m ready for consequences

By Edwin Obuya,

Senate Majority Whip Irungu Kangata insisted that the Building Bridges Initiative remains unpopular in the Mount Kenya region. Speaking for the firs...

Murang’a Council of Eminent Persons holds meeting with Kang’ata over BBI letter to Uhuru

By Sam Gituku,

The Council of Eminent Persons of Murang’a on Thursday held a sitting with the county Senator Irungu Kang’ata over his conversion letter to Presid...

BBI , Council of Eminent Persons , murang'a county , Senator Irungu Kang’ata

Amos Kimunya blames Kang’ata’s letter on inexperience, attention seeking

By Benjamin Muriuki,

National Assembly Majority Leader Amos Kimunya has attributed Murang'a Senator Irungu Kang'ata's controversial letter to inexperience, further saying ...

Amos Kimunya , BBI , Irungu Kang'ata

‘We will oppose attempt to remove Kang’ata from Majority Whip seat,’ says Murkomen

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen has come out to defend Senate Majority Whip Irungu Kang'ata who has been under fire over a controversial le...

BBI , Kipchumba Murkomen , Senator Kang'ata

Mutua says Senator Kang’ata should be rewarded over letter to President Kenyatta on BBI

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua says Murang'a Senator Irungu Kang'ata deserves honour and praise for the bold letter he authored to President Uhuru Ken...

Governor Alfred Mutua , Murang'a Senator Irungu Kang'ata

Senator Kang’ata apologises, says letter to President Kenyatta was leaked to the media

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Senate Majority Whip Irungu Kang’ata now claims that his letter to President Uhuru Kenyatta declaring that the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) is ...

Irungu Kang'ata , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Boris Johnson locks down England as UK COVID-19 cases pass 1 million

By Reuters,

Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered England back into a national lockdown after the United Kingdom passed the milestone of one million COVID-19 cases...

Boris Johnson , coronavirus , COVID-19 , lockdown , United Kingdom

Court asks for President Kenyatta, Raila statements in leaked CCTV footage case

By Dzuya Walter,

A Nairobi court has directed the prosecution to supply the defense with statements of President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga, if there are any, in ...

CCTV , President Uhuru Kenyatta

FinCEN files: 53 Kenyan banks, individuals made illicit transactions worth Ksh.6 trillion

By Faizal Ahmed,

About 53 Kenyan companies and individuals have been named as being part of a global team that involves terrorist networks and drug cartels that moved ...

FinCEN files , ICIJ , US Department of Treasury

Kembi Gitura in heated exchange with Senators over KEMSA saga

By Dorcas Wangira,

A Senate committee has directed for another special audit on how the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) appropriated funds for COVID-19 supplies...

coronavirus , kembi Gitura , KEMSA , manjari

State Department releases cable that helped spread claims coronavirus emerged from Chinese lab

By CNN,

The State Department has released a 2018 diplomatic cable noting that the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) had "a serious shortage of appropriately t...

coronavirus

Sickle cell patients ask for protection against COVID-19 as confirmed cases increase to over 11K

By VOA,

Sickle cell patients in Cameroon on this year's World Sickle Cell Day on June 19, asked to be given additional care and support. They say the genet...

coronavirus , Sickle cell

Two women killed by family members after leaked video of them kissing man emerges

By CNN,

Two women in Pakistan have been murdered in a so-called "honor killing" after a video showing them kissing a man circulated online. The cousins, ...

honor killing , Human Rights Commission , pakistan , Qandeel Baloch , World Economic Forum

Two Pakistani women murdered in so-called honor killing

By CNN,

Two women in Pakistan have been murdered in a so-called "honor killing" after a video showing them kissing a man circulated online. The cousins, ag...

pakistan

China refutes 24 ‘lies’ by U.S. politicians over coronavirus

By Reuters,

China has issued a lengthy rebuttal of what it said were 24 “preposterous allegations” by some leading U.S. politicians over its handling of the n...

China is installing surveillance cameras outside people’s front doors…and sometimes inside their homes

By CNN,

The morning after Ian Lahiffe returned to Beijing, he found a surveillance camera being mounted on the wall outside his apartment door. Its lens was p...

china , surveillance camera , Weibo

Uproar as newspapers run photos of woman who was brutally murdered and skinned

By CNN,

The brutal killing and mutilation of a 25-year-old woman in Mexico has sparked outrage and prompted calls for a change in the country's law, after sev...

newspaper publishes photos of woman brutally murdered

Wetangula denies part in gold scam, declares interest in Uhuru succession

By George Amolo,

Ford Kenya's Moses Wetangula has again refuted allegations that he was smack in the middle of a multi-million gold heist in 2019. Wetangula was spe...

Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula

KOT bash doctors at private hospitals after WhatsApp conversations leak

By Tonny Ndungu,

A viral conversation on Twitter paints a grim picture of the Kenyan healthcare system especially in private hospitals. There are claims from severa...

Healthcare , private hospitals

Scandal hits Catholic church again as bishop resigns

By Duncan Mutwiri,

A Bishop in New York has resigned from his job over claims of abuse cover up in the Catholic Church. Bishop Richard Malone of the Buffalo Diocese o...

catholic church sexual abuse