35 arraigned in court over fake COVID-19 certificates

By Citizen Reporter,

Thirty five people have so far been arraigned in court in connection with fake COVID-19 certificates with 11 getting convicted. Citizen Digital unde...

coronavirus

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko faces fresh impeachment

By Tonny Ndungu,

A motion of impeachment has been tabled against Governor Mike Sonko by Kileleshwa Ward MCA Michael Ogada. Mr. Ogada who is also the Nairobi County A...

sonko impeachment

Kenya’s LGBTQ community faces increased abuse during pandemic

By VOA,

Kenya has acknowledged that COVID-19 restrictions are fueling cases of gender-based-violence but has been less open on abuses against the LGBTQ commun...

coronavirus , LGBTQ

Police woman charged with murder of lawyer Onesmus Masaku detained until December 15

By Citizen Reporter,

A former police woman accused of killing an advocate in Makueni will remain in custody at the Machakos Police Station until the 15th of December when ...

‘It’s an evil attempt,’ says DP Ruto as he condemns DCI probe on post-election violence cases

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Deputy President William Ruto has dismissed the move by Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti to conduct a probe on matters related ...

George Kinoti , william ruto

Russian investigators open new criminal case into Jehovah’s Witnesses, searches under way

By Reuters,

Russia on Tuesday opened a new criminal case into Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Russian Investigative Committee said on Tuesday, adding that the religion...

Jehovah' Witnesses , russia

Federal judge dismisses Trump campaign Pennsylvania lawsuit

By CNN,

A federal judge dealt a death blow to the Trump campaign's effort to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's win of the presidency on Saturday, by dismis...

Donald Trump

A woman was killed by her husband and in-laws. They were sentenced to three years in prison

By CNN,

A Chinese court made a rare move to calm public outrage this week over a controversial murder case involving a young woman killed by her husband and i...

chinese

Two weeks after Biden named President-elect, Trump faces stinging setbacks

By Reuters,

Joe Biden on Saturday reached the two-week mark since becoming president-elect, with President Donald Trump stinging from back-to-back setbacks in his...

Joe Biden

Matungu MP Murunga’s burial stopped after ‘mistress’ files court case

By Tonny Ndungu,

A Nairobi Court has temporarily halted the burial of the late Matungu MP Justus Murunga pending the hearing of an application by Agnes Wangui who clai...

coronavirus , murunga

41 people arrested for flouting COVID-19 protocols in Homa Bay

By Aly Abich,

Police in Homa Bay county have heightened enforcement of COVID-19 protocols with 41 people arrested on Wednesday for flouting the rules. They were ...

coronavirus

Semenya to take fight to European Court of Human Rights

By Reuters,

South African double Olympic 800-metre champion Caster Semenya is to take her fight with World Athletics to the European Court of Human Rights, her la...

Caster Semenya , European Court of Human Rights. , South African , World Athletics

OPINION: The seismic economic effects of coronavirus

By Rachel Ombaka,

Every day, the Ministry of Health provides us with COVID-19 statistics detailing new cases and deaths. For many of us this exercise has even become...

coronavirus , Oxfam , social protection

Olympic champion Conseslus Kipruto freed on bond after denying rape charges

By Philip Kipsongok,

Olympic champion Conseslus Kipruto was on Monday freed on Sh200,000 bond by a Kapsabet court after pleading not guilty to rape charges. Kipruto, 25...

Conseslus Kipruto , Kapsabet court , rape charges

Trump ignores deepening COVID-19 crisis while Biden demands action

By CNN,

Joe Biden has spent these early days as President-elect pleading with Americans to pay attention to the relentless surge of Covid-19 -- with deaths ...

Donald Trump

Biden cements victory by flipping Arizona, as Trump keeps transition in limbo

By Reuters,

President-elect Joe Biden cemented his electoral victory by capturing the battleground state of Arizona late on Thursday, but the transition to his ad...

A defiant Trump golfs as media declare his defeat

By VOA,

U.S. President Donald Trump was on a golf outing at his private country club in northern Virginia when U.S. media organizations projected his reelecti...

Trump

President-elect Joe Biden seeks to unite nation with victory speech

By CNN,

President-elect Joe Biden addressed a deeply divided nation Saturday night, turning to the challenges ahead by grounding his victory speech in the spi...

Biden , kamala harris , Trump

Fight against COVID-19 and commerce top the agenda as Uhuru meets Italian counterpart

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta today paid a courtesy call on his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella at his Quirinal Palace in Rome. President Kenyatta...

President Uhuru Kenyatta

25 people arrested in Embu for not wearing masks

By Anthony Ndwiga,

25 people were arrested in Embu town on Friday in an ongoing crackdown against those not complying with Covid-19 containment measures. The operatio...

coronavirus , masks