Suspect killed, another injured after attacking police officers in Lamu

By Rahma Rashid,

One suspect has been killed and another left nursing serious injuries after they attacked two police officers at Pate Island in Lamu County. Confir...

Commissioner Irungu Macharia , Lamu County , Pate Island , Police

12 doctors among 19 who have tested positive for COVID-19 in Nyeri

By Citizen Reporter,

12 doctors are among 19 people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in Nyeri County. Governor Mutahi Kahiga said this now brings the number of peo...

coronavirus , lugaliki

7-month-old baby among 603 new coronavirus cases in Kenya

By Tonny Ndungu,

603 Kenyans tested positive for the novel coronavirus between Saturday and Sunday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Sunday. Kenya now ...

coronavirus

COVID-19 in Machakos: 68 out of 97 new cases recorded from one factory

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Out of the 97 new COVID-19 cases that were recorded in Machakos County on Wednesday, 68 of them were confirmed from a single factory in Mavoko Sub-cou...

coronavirus , machakos

Oscar Sudi has never spoken in the National Assembly since 2017 – report

By Ian Omondi,

Kapseret Member of Parliament Oscar Sudi and his Nakuru Town West counterpart Samuel Arama have made zero contributions in the National Assembly since...

Mzalendo Trust , National Assembly , Oscar Sudi , parliament

Waiguru impeachment: Kangata denies pushing for 11-member team

By Vincent Afande,

Senate Majority Whip Irungu Kangata has rubbished claims that he has been mobilizing support for an 11-member team for the Governor Anne Waiguru impea...

impeachment , Kirinyaga , waiguru

Miraa worth Ksh.25 million torched in Lamu as coronavirus fight intensifies

By Rahma Rashid,

Authorities in Lamu County on Sunday torched at least 70 sacks of miraa worth an approximate value of Ksh.25 million as part of efforts to combat the ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Irungu Macharia , Lamu County , Miraa

Hamisi Kassim elected new Kwale County football boss

By Luqman Mahmoud,

Former Football Kenya Federation (FKF) South Coast branch youth representative Hamisi Kassim Mwakoja is the new Kwale County chairman. Mwakoja trou...

FKF elections , Hamisi Kassim Mwakoja , Kwale County chairman

Msambweni MP Suleiman Dori buried in Kwale

By Citizen Reporter,

Msambweni Member of Parliament Suleiman Dori was buried on Monday at his rural home in Gazi, Kwale County. The ODM Party legislator died on Monday ...

Suleiman Dori

Fly540 plane forced to make emergency landing in Turkana

By Citizen Reporter,

A Fly540 aircraft was forced to make emergency landing in Lokichar, Turkana County after it developed mechanical problems. The plane that had 49 pa...

fly540

3 killed after al Shabaab attack bus in Mandera

By Citizen Reporter,

Three people were killed after al Shabaab attacked a bus in Sarmani, Mandera County on Wednesday. Five other passengers sustained injuries as score...

shabaab

Three Counties fail to beat FKF nomination deadline

By John Kyanda,

Samburu, Tana River and Lamu Counties are the only regions that failed to beat today’s deadline of submitting nominations for the County Representat...

Counties , FKF elections , lamu , Nomination deadline , Samburu , Tana River

Mudavadi faults Raila remarks on March deadline for BBI rallies

By Sam Ogina,

On Tuesday, Amani National Coalition (ANC) presented its raft of recommendations to the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Task force Committee. For...

Amani National Coalition (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi. , BBI mudavadi

Treasury freezes addional funding to counties as revenue shortfalls bite

By Kepha Muiruri,

The National Treasury is set to retain funding to counties from the national government’s equitable share at Ksh.316.5 billion for the 2020/21 finan...

Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) , Counties , National Treasury

Coast, North Eastern FKF CR aspirants hand in nomination papers

By Agencies,

Aspirants from Mombasa, Kilifi, Kwale, Taita Taveta, Wajir and Garissa counties have today submitted their nomination forms to the FKF Electoral Board...

coast , FKF , north eastern

BWIRE: Counties should develop land use policies to minimize conflicts

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire The absence of proper land use plans across the country is to blame for the increased conflicts over use of natural resources, that...

Waititu impeachment: How Senators voted

By Tonny Ndungu,

Ferdinard Waititu ceased being the Governor of Kiambu County after the senate voted to uphold his impeachment on Wednesday. The senate which was ho...

Governor Waititu impeachment , Waititu impeached

BBI Mombasa rally kicks off with calls for powerful PM

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Coast region has tabled its list of recommendations in the ongoing Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) in Mombasa. The raft of recommendations we...

BBI Mombasa Rally

Stand-off looms as BBI Mombasa rally changes venue

By Tonny Ndungu,

Stand-off looms ahead of the BBI popularization rally at the Mama Ngina Waterfront in Mombasa on Saturday. The rally was meant to be at the Tononok...

BBI , BBI coast

Senators reject Murkomen motion for 11-member team to hear Waititu impeachment

By Ian Omondi,

The Senate on Tuesday shot down a motion seeking to establish an 11-member committee to investigate the impeachment of embattled Kiambu Governor Ferdi...

Governor Ferdinand Waititu , impeachment , Kiambu County Assembly , Kipchumba Murkomen , senate