Biden sworn in as U.S. president, takes helm of deeply divided nation

By Reuters,

Joe Biden arrived at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday morning for his presidential inauguration, ready to take over a country battered by the coronavirus...

U.S. Capitol secured, 4 dead after rioters stormed the halls of Congress to block Biden’s win

By CNN,

The US Capitol is once again secured but four people are dead -- including one woman who was shot -- after supporters of President Donald Trump brea...

Mike Pence , President Donald Trump , President-elect Joe Biden , Speaker Nancy Pelosi , U.S. Capitol , U.S. Congress

Kirinyaga prison warder accused of setting up men using his wife cornered

By Johnson Muriithi,

A prison warder escaped death narrowly from  angry members of public at Ngurubani market in Kirinyaga on Sunday. He had been caught in his house terr...

‘Nobody is perfect,’ CS Magoha expresses regret over slur on education official

By Shadrack Ilava,

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha has expressed regret over a recent incident in which he was caught on camera dressing down a senior ed...

education , Gitonga Mbaka , Prof. George Magoha , PSC , Uasin Gishu

Education CS Magoha stripped off human resource powers over ‘idiot’ slur

By Ian Omondi,

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha on Friday suffered a blow after he was stripped off his human resource powers over a slur against an o...

Dr. Belio Kipsang , Ministry of Education , Prof. George Magoha , PSC

A record Ksh.41 billion raised in September for Joe Biden White House bid

By Reuters,

Democrat Joe Biden and his party raised a record-shattering $383 million (approx. Ksh.41.5 billion) in September for his presidential bid, likely bols...

Donald Trump , Joe Biden , White House

Johnson Muthama: Uhuru’s recent body language points at plans to interfere with Kenyan leadership in 2022

By Enock Muswii,

Former senators, Johnstone Muthama (Machakos) and Bony Khalwale (Kakamega) now claim President Uhuru Kenyatta has stripped his deputy, William Ruto of...

Johnson Muthama

KEMSA procurement fault to cost taxpayers over Ksh.2 billion loss

By Elphas Lagat,

The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) is staring at dead stock of COVID-19 commodities worth more than Ksh.6.2 billion. KEMSA is now seeking...

COVID-19 , KEMSA

Homa Bay County MCA stripped in dramatic fight

By Aly Abich,

Embattled Homa Bay County Assembly MCA Godfrey Anyango alias Gudy Gudy was on Tuesday afternoon stripped in an escalating fight row at the assembly. ...

Homa Bay Speaker

A new generation of locusts has hatched in Turkana and are eating everything in sight

By Reuters,

The branches on trees around Lodwar have been stripped bare of leaves, bending downwards under the weight of voracious young locusts. Numbers of lo...

locusts

Australia reports first COVID-19 death in more than a month, second wave worry stirs

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Australia’s second most populous state on Wednesday said a man in his 80s died overnight from the coronavirus, the country’s first death from the ...

Australia , coronavirus

DP Ruto allies Cherargei, Linturi removed from key Senate committee positions

By Ian Omondi,

Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei and his Meru counterpart Mithika Linturi are among Jubilee Party rebels allied to Deputy President William Ruto who wer...

DP William Ruto , Irungu Kang'ata , senate , Senator Mithika Linturi , Senator Samson Cherargei

TikTok is winning over millennials and Instagram stars as its popularity explodes

By CNN,

Alana Tsui hadn't really thought about joining TikTok before the coronavirus pandemic. The artist and influencer already had a healthy following...

coronavirus , Tiktok

Apple unveils new Ksh.40K budget iPhone

By CNN,

After years of releasing smartphones with four-figure dollar price tags, Apple is reintroducing a lower-cost, stripped down iPhone model in an apparen...

apple , iPhone SE , Tim Cook

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 ...

Americans rush to stock up on essentials as coronavirus stokes fears of shortages

By Reuters,

From Jersey City on the East Coast to Los Angeles on the West Coast, American shoppers picked grocery store shelves clean on products. They range f...

coronavirus

Running out of time: Kenya, other EA countries face new locust threat

By Reuters,

Countries in East Africa are racing against time to prevent new swarms of locusts wreaking havoc with crops and livelihoods after the worst infestatio...

locust

Cameroonian man claims he was stripped naked, bound like luggage on Turkish Airlines

By Rene Oswere,

What should have been a nice trip for Emmanuel Chedjou turned into a nightmare after he was bound in plastic film and forced onto a Turkish Airlines p...

Cameroonian , Someon Chedjou , Turkish Airlines

Embu MCAs ask speaker to ‘touch’ female MCA to check if her tight pants are appropriate

By Anthony Ndwiga,

There was drama at the County Assembly of Embu when the Speaker was challenged to touch a Ward Representative to ascertain whether she was properly dr...

Embu MCAs , mbuya

Gov’t to withdraw security detail for VIPs involved in crime

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The National Police Service says it will not provide security detail to VIPs who are involved or suspected to be involved in crime. In a statement ...

guns , Hilary Mutyambai , VIP