12 students arrested after botched arson attempt in Kakamega

By Citizen Reporter,

Twelve students of Ingotse Boys High School in Kakamega County will spend 14 days in police custody over attempted arson. The 12 were found with ha...

arson , Ingotse Boys High School , Magistrate Erick Malesi

Chinese celebrity accused of abandoning two babies in the US

By Tonny Ndungu,

At first, it seemed like a classic celebrity romance. Zheng Shuang, 29, was one of China's most popular actresses after shooting to fame a decade a...

Pastor who pleaded guilty to defiling, impregnating his two teenage daughters to be sentenced next week

By Johnson Muriithi,

A pastor in Ndia Constituency, Kirinyaga County who pleaded guilty to defiling and impregnating his two teenage daughters has been convicted and is se...

defilement , Kirinyaga County. , Pastor

Kirinyaga: Pastor pleads guilty to defiling, impregnating his two daughters aged 14 and 16

By Boniface Thuku,

A pastor in Ndia Constituency, Kirinyaga County has pleaded guilty to defiling and impregnating his two teenage daughters aged 14 and 16 years. The...

Kirinyaga

Uhuru Kenyatta, First Lady Margaret receive first Huduma Namba cards

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta and First Lady Margaret Kenyatta on Tuesday received their Huduma Namba cards. Also Read: Huduma Namba to become compulsor...

Huduma Namba , NIIMS

Detectives arrest Joel Machoka over fake academic, birth certificates

By Tonny Ndungu,

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations have arrested Joel Machoka in connection with forgery and making of documents without autho...

joel machoka

Coronavirus: Huduma Centres will only be offering these two services

By Ian Omondi,

Huduma Centres across the country will now only be offering two services in an effort to ensure the safety of Kenyans in view of the coronavirus pande...

coronavirus , HUDUMA CENTRE , Huduma Kenya

Matiang’i: Passports, IDs, birth certificates to be issued within a day

By Citizen Reporter,

The government intends to start the issuance of identity cards, passports, birth and death certificates on the same day of application. Interior Ca...

Matiang’i , Passports

Uhuru signs Bill for protection of personal data, sets stage for Huduma Namba

By Duncan Mutwiri,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed the Data Protection Bill into law setting the stage for the controversial Huduma Namba. The new law creates the...

data protection bill , Huduma Namba

BWIRE: Why Kenya needs MIL policy yesterday

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Information including media content regulation in Kenya is as problematic as in the rest of the world, given the rapidly expanding ...

Media and information literacy (MIL)

Birth, death certificate services to be offered at Huduma Centre – CS Matiang’i

By Citizen Reporter,

Interior CS Fred Matiang'i has announced that the Huduma Centre will begin offering birth and death registration services. Speaking to the Press ou...

ACK Bishop House , Birth Certificates , death certificates , HUDUMA CENTRE

How to pay NHIF via MPesa

By Emmanuel Kisya,

The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) is a public medical cover that helps Kenyans pay for services from accredited facilities. Some of the ser...

NHIF

In a first for Africa, Kenya census to count intersex people

By Reuters,

Kenya will become the first African country to recognize its intersex population in a census on Saturday that counts people born with a sexual anatomy...

census , Intersex , Isaac Mwaura

Matiang’i orders crackdown over alleged bribes at birth, death registration centre

By Chrispine Otieno,

Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang’i on Tuesday ordered an immediate crackdown on individuals soliciting for bribes in exchange for service...

Fred Matiang'i , Passport

No Schengen visa for Kenyans without e-passports from Saturday

By Wangui Ngechu,

The Embassy of Hugary in Nairobi has announced that from this Saturday, only e-Passport holders will qualify for the Schengen visa. In a circular s...

E-passport , schengen visa

Lack of birth certificates hampers Huduma Namba sign up

By Citizen Team,

Lack of identify cards and birth certificates among high school students and children respectively in Buuri East has hindered Huduma Namba registratio...

Huduma Namba

No e-passport, no visa: Foreign Affairs ministry says

By Allan Irungu,

The Ministry of foreign affairs has said machine-readable passports will expire on August 31, 2019. A statement from the ministry said this will al...

E-passport

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta leads State House staff in registering for Huduma Namba

By PSCU,

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta on Monday led State House staff in registering for the Huduma Namba. Among the first to register for number after the ...

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta , Huduma Namba , Jomo Gecaga , NIIMS , President Uhuru Kenyatta , state house

Nairobi: Woman printing fake birth, death certificates arraigned

By Citizen Reporter,

A woman was on Wednesday arraigned in a Nairobi court for allegedly printing and selling fake birth and death certificates at her house in Kawangware ...

Huduma Namba case to be heard by three-judge bench

By Dzuya Walter,

The implementation of the National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) also dubbed 'Huduma Namba' case will now be heard by a three-judge be...

Huduma Namba , NIIMS