Nairobi MCA sentenced to 3 years in jail for receiving Ksh.1.7 million bribe

By Dzuya Walter,

A Nairobi Member of County Assembly (MCA), David Mberia, has been sentenced to three years in jail or pay a fine of Ksh.700,000 after he was found gui...

David Mberia , nairobi county

Semenya takes testosterone case to human rights court

By Agencies,

Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya will appeal to the European Court of Human Rights against the restriction of testosterone levels in female runner...

Caster Semenya

How father hired four suspects for Ksh.160K to kill son

By Ian Omondi,

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) now say they have unraveled the mystery behind the New Year gruesome murder of 32-yea...

Daniel Mwangi Wang'ondu , DCI detectives , Nyeri Law courts.

Clinical officers suspend strike after 70 days following court order

By Ian Omondi,

Clinical officers on Tuesday suspended their strike after 70 days following a court order. Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO) Chairman Peterso...

Clinical officers , KUCO , Peterson Wachira , strike

President Kenyatta mourns Juja MP Francis Waititu

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has sent a message of condolence to the family, relatives and residents of Juja constituency following the death of their Mem...

Juja MP Francis Munyua Waititu , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Kenya’s digital taxi drivers seek worker benefits after landmark U.K. ruling

By Kepha Muiruri,

Digital taxi drivers in Kenya are seeking worker benefits following a landmark ruling relating to the treatment of the drivers by companies in the U.K...

Bolt , digital taxis , uber

Prominent Ugandan news websites implicated in gov’t-aligned social media campaign

By Guest Writer,

By Tessa Knight and Alyssa Kann Seven Ugandan news websites were implicated in the January 8 Facebook takedown that involved government employees ...

bobi , Museveni , Uganda elections

Parliament, Executive lock horns over Mwende Mwinzi

By Edwin Obuya,

Parliament is at loggerheads with the Executive over the posting of Mwende Mwinzi to South Korea as an Ambassador despite the fact that they rejected ...

Mwende Mwinzi

Student handed 18-month non-custodial sentence for assaulting a teacher

By Peter Mwangi,

A 20-year-old student has been handed an 18-month non-custodial sentence by a Nyahururu court after he was found guilty of assaulting his teacher. ...

Murichu Secondary School , Non-custodial sentence , Nyandarua County

PSG’s Neymar to miss Barca tie with groin injury

By Reuters,

Paris St Germain forward Neymar will be sidelined for four weeks due to a groin injury, the French Ligue 1 club said on Thursday, ruling him out of ne...

FC Barcelona , neymar , PSG

Tokyo 2020’s Mori to quit as he vows to end controversy

By Reuters,

The president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee, Yoshiro Mori, will resign over a sexist remark that sparked an outcry, two sources said...

olympics , sexism , Tokyo 2020 , Yoshiro Mori

Be ready for competition, Ouma tells established Starlets players

By Jacob Icia,

Harambee Starlets head coach David Ouma has cautioned established players in the national women football team stiff competition awaits them from their...

David Ouma , FKF , Harambee Starlets , World cup

Facebook removes inauthentic assets linked to Ugandan government

By Guest Writer,

By Tessa Knight On January 8, 2020, Facebook removed 32 pages, 220 user accounts, 59 groups, and 139 Instagram profiles working to promote Ugandan ...

bobi , facebook , Museveni , Uganda elections

Machakos man who hacked wife’s hands off in 2016 handed 30-year jail term

By Citizen Reporter,

Stephen Ngila, the man who rose to infamy in 2016 after chopping off his wife-Jackline Mwende's-hands in a family row has been handed a 30-year jail t...

Jackline Mwende

Sonko rushed to Nairobi Hospital over stomach complications

By Citizen Reporter,

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has been admitted to the Nairobi Hospital with stomach pains, reports say. Sonko was reportedly rushed to the hos...

Sonko

Uhuru: Kenya hinging on digital technologies to transform economy

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has hailed the contribution of digital technologies to Kenya's transformation saying ICTs are helping the country to create e...

digital technologies , Uhuru

Lawyer Assa Nyakundi to be charged with son’s murder, court rules

By Citizen Reporter,

City lawyer Assa Nyakundi has suffered a major blow after the High Court declined to stop the public prosecutor from charging him with murder. In a r...

China aims fire at BBC as dispute with Britain intensifies

By Reuters,

The BBC came under fire from Chinese official and social media on Friday in an escalating diplomatic dispute, a day after Britain’s media regulator ...

CGTN , china

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko to spend five more nights in custody

By Ian Omondi,

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko will now spend five more nights in police custody after his bail ruling was pushed to Tuesday next week, a Kiambu c...

Gigiri police station , Kamiti Maximum GK Prison , Mike Sonko

Sonko transferred to Kamiti as DCI seeks 30-day detention period to probe terror links

By Ian Omondi,

Embattled former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko was on Wednesday evening, in an unprecedented move, transferred to Kamiti Maximum GK Prison from the Gigi...

Gigiri police station , Kamiti Maximum GK Prison , Mike Sonko , terrorism