Health Ministry reports 829 new COVID-19 cases, caseload hits 111,185

By Citizen Reporter,

829 people have tested positive for coronavirus out of a sample size of 6,239 tested in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry has said. In a state...

coronavirus , kagwe , vaccine

Kenya coronavirus caseload hits 90K as 16 more succumb to virus

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kenya coronavirus caseload hit 90,000 after 644 mote people tested positive for the virus. In the last 24 hours, 16 more patients also succumbe...

coronavirus

COVID-19: Four doctors among 21 dead in 24 hours as 1,080 new cases confirmed

By Ian Omondi,

Four medical doctors are among 21 people who have succumbed to COVID-19 within the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health confirmed on Saturday. This t...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , CS Mutahi Kagwe

Kimani Ichung’wa moved from Budget to ‘Catering’ committee after Jubilee purge

By Francis Gachuri,

Kikuyu Member of Parliament (MP) Kimani Ichung’wa who was recently de-whipped from the lucrative Budget and Appropriations Committee has been slotte...

Kimani Ichung'wa , Member Services and Facilities Committee

Atheists blast DP Ruto, accuse him of ‘religious arrogance’

By Citizen Reporter,

Atheists have lashed out over a recent statement by Deputy President William Ruto that they claim discriminates a section of Kenyans. In a hard-hit...

Atheists , ruto

Class 6 pupil takes poison, dies after uncle beat him over Ksh.100

By Violet Auma,

A Class Six pupil from Eshiruli Primary School in Khwisero is suspected to have drank poison after he was beaten for losing Ksh.100. Ehiruli town w...

Khwisero , suicide

Three suspects linked to Kakamega killings arrested

By Citizen Reporter,

Three suspects connected to the brutal murder of six security guards in Kakamega are in police custody. According to the Directorate of Criminal In...

kakamega killings

Shebesh: Ida Odinga responsible for Uhuru-Raila handshake

By Ian Omondi,

Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs Chief Administrative Secretary Rachel Shebesh has now credited Ida Odinga for being the defining factor in th...

handshake , Ida Odinga , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Rachel Shebesh , raila odinga

Grief, calls for justice as slain rugby ace Okombe laid to rest

By Citizen Team,

Josephat Okombe delivered a moving eulogy of his star son Mike as the slain Kenyan international rugby player was laid to rest in his rural home in Em...

funeral , Kabras Sugar RFC , Mike Okombe , Rugby , TopFry Nakuru RFC , vihiga county

Two prime suspects in Okombe murder charged

By Evans Asiba,

Two prime suspects in the murder of rugby star Michael Shitindo Okombe were on Tuesday charged before a Nakuru High court. Maryanne Mumbi together ...

Calvin Okoth , charged in court , Maryanne Mumbi , Michael Shitindo Okombe , murder , Nkauru , Olive Inn , Prosecution , rugby star , two prime suspects

Man beaten to death after killing headteacher in Kakamega

By Juma Kefa,

In a series of unfortunate events, two people are dead and another nursing a broken leg all stemming from a child's suspension and an angry father. ...

Kakamega County , Man beaten to death after killing headteacher in Kakamega , School headteacher

ODM nulifies Morintat nomination, pledges smooth process in second phase

By Moses Ngugi,

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) national elections board has nullified the controversial victory of Peter Oiboo Morintat for the MP ticket in Ki...

Judy Pareno , Khwisero , Kilgoris constitueny , odm primaries , Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) , party primaries , Peter Oiboo morintat , raila odinga , Sospeter Ojaamang

Three Kakamega MPs lose ODM mandate to contest August polls

By Moses Ngugi,

Three ODM Members of Parliament have suffered the wrath of the electorate in the just concluded party primaries in Kakamega County after they lost the...

Butere , Justus Kizito , Kakamega County , Lurambi , odm primaries , Shinyalu constituency

ODM chief wants CORD to field joint candidates

By Citizen Reporter,

Kakamega Governor, Wycliffe Oparanya, has urged the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) affiliate parties to hold joint nominations to select a...

Wabunge wa Magharibi wasisitiza umoja wa jamii yao

By Sam Gituku,

Viongozi kadhaa kutoka eneo la magharibi mwa kenya hii leo wameeleza nia yao ya kumuunga mkono kiongozi wa chama cha ANC Musalia Mudavadi kuwania urai...

Cracks in ODM as Oparanya, Namwamba differ over party affairs

By Benjamin Wafula,

Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) deputy party leader Wycliffe Oparanya has publicly differed with the party’s Secretary General Ababu Namwamba on th...

Ababu Namwamba , CORD , IEBC , odm , paul otuoma

Motorcyclists protest killing of their own by security van

By Reuben Wanyama,

Activities were paralyzed in Bungoma town after hundreds of Boda boda operators took to the streets to protesting the killing of their colleague by a ...

boda boda killings , bungoma county , Kakamega County

MCA killed in tragic road accident

By Benjamin Wafula,

Nyongores Member of County Assembly Cecilia Towett has perished and three others seriously injured in a grisly road accident at Ntulele area along N...

MCA , Narok Mai-Mahiu road , Nyongores MCA

Five dead in road accidents

By Gathoni Jemimah,

Five people, including three children from the same family, died while two other people sustained serious injuries after the vehicle they were travel...

bungoma county , Kakamega County , road accident , vihiga county

Kakamega Body Exhumed

By Citizen,