Police probe after woman, 8-year-old son, male adult found dead at gov’t quarters

By Ian Omondi,

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are probing the deaths of a middle-aged woman, her 8-year-old son and a 35-year-old m...

DCI detectives , Government quarters , Jogoo Road

Mukhisa Kituyi declares his 2022 presidential bid in Nairobi

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Immediate Former United Nations Conference on Trade and Development secretary general Mukhisa Kituyi has announced his presidential ambitions in the n...

2022 elections , Mukhisa Kituyi

Mukhisa Kituyi resigns as UNCTAD Secretary General, sets eyes on presidency in 2022

By Ian Omondi,

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has announced that Secretary General Mukhisa Kituyi will formally step down from his r...

Antonio Guterres , Mukhisa Kituyi , UNCTAD

The Ksh.700,000 Air Jordans that had Inauguration Twitter abuzz

By CNN,

Whether it was the significance of the transition of power, Amanda Gorman's poem, the famous faces in the crowd or the barrage of Bernie Sanders memes...

22-year-old varsity student Mercy Wangari confesses to killing her grandmother

By Citizen Reporter,

Mercy Wangari aged 22 years old is now being treated as the main suspect in the murder of her 72-year-old granny. Details are now emerging that the ...

Man climbs onto wing of airplane preparing to takeoff

By Benjamin Muriuki,

A man was taken into custody after he climbed onto the wing of an Alaska Airlines plane at the Las Vegas airport Saturday, an airport spokesman said. ...

Alaska Airlines

President Uhuru Kenyatta calls on the church to work more closely with gov’t

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on the church to work more closely with the Government in the delivery of services to Kenyans. The President no...

church , Uhuru

Saving and loan groups give lifeline to Kenyans during pandemic

By VOA,

The coronavirus pandemic has wiped out an estimated 2 million jobs in Kenya, forcing many into the informal economy. Kenyans, however, also have a ...

coronavirus , Mukuru kwa Njenga , savings

Nyandarua residents deny scrambling for food at DP Ruto’s Karen home

By James Matheri,

A section of Nyandarua residents who were accused of scrambling for food at Deputy President William Ruto's Karen home and bringing untold shame to Ny...

NYANDARUA

Uganda refugee camp locked down after coronavirus surge

By VOA,

Uganda and the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) have placed one of the largest refugee camps in Africa, Kyangwali, under lockdown after a jump in...

coronavirus , uganda refugee camp

Parliament approves Bill to pay former MPs Ksh.100K monthly pension

By Edwin Obuya,

Former Members of Parliament (MPs) who served between 1984 and 2001 will now get at least Ksh.100,000 every month if President Uhuru Kenyatta will asc...

Natioanl Assembly , pension

Bata shoes worth over Ksh.9.8 million stolen in Nairobi recovered at hotel in Nyamira

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have made another recovery of shoes worth over Ksh.9.8 million that had been stolen f...

Two suspects arrested over theft of Bata shoes worth Ksh.20 million

By Ian Omondi,

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Sunday arrested two suspected fraudsters following the loss of goods worth over Ks...

Bata Shoe Company , DCI detectives , Nyamira County

Coronavirus: Kenya to begin mass testing as gov’t receives kits from China

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The government now says it is ready to begin mass testing for the coronavirus in Kenya following the arrival of sampling tubes from China. Health C...

coronavirus , Fred Matiang'i , James Macharia , mass testing , mutahi kagwe

‘How to make toilet paper’: Top Google searches amid coronavirus pandemic

By Ian Omondi,

Global technology giant Google has now released a list of searches made by people across the globe this past week from the comfort of their homes amid...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Google

KEBS bans importation of ‘mitumba’ indefinitely

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has banned the importation of second-hand clothes and shoes-otherwise know as "mitumba"- until further notice. ...

KEBS bans importation of mitumba

Seven years after bus rape and murder shocked the world, attackers hanged in India

By CNN,

Four men have been executed for the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a New Delhi bus in 2012, a case that shone a global spotlight on ...

Nairobi lovebirds find they are brother and sister right before they got married

By Tonny Ndungu,

A Kenyan couple who were set to be married were forced to call off their engagement, and plans for a wedding after they realized they were brother and...

nairobi love birds , sister brother marriage

Wendy’s boss in Lebanon found her preparing dinner. Moments later, she was told to never touch food with her bare, black hands again

By CNN,

Wendy’s boss glared at her as she chopped coriander. Stone-faced and angry, he charged out of the kitchen to speak with his wife. Moments later, ...

domestic workers , Lebanon , migrant workers

KFC to unveil crocs covered in fried chicken and smelling like it too

By CNN,

The Kentucky Fried Chicken and Crocs collaboration will arrive this spring. It was only a matter of time. Crocs, the footwear company and freque...

KFC crocs