EACC freezes Governor Obado’s bank accounts

By Wangui Ngechu,

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has frozen Migori governor Okoth Obado's bank accounts over what they are terming as an intricate web...

Migori Governor Okoth Obado

WADA bowed to money over principle – ex-director general

By Reuters,

The former director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency said on Friday that WADA’s decision to reinstate Russia’s anti-doping authority was dr...

David Howman , DIRECTOR GENERAL , money , russia , WADA , World Anti-Doping Agency

MPs blame Kenyans for the increased tax

By George Juma,

Nyatike member of parliament Hon.Tom Odege and Suna West counterpart, Hon. Peter Masara have lashed out at Kenyans saying they should stop blaming Me...

8% vat , Nyatike MP , Suna West MP

Lonyangapuo: I sent deputy to U.S. for medical equipment

By Collins Shitiyabayi,

West Pokot Governor John Lonyangapuo has dismissed claims of corruption after he was grilled over his deputy receiving a county salary yet he has a jo...

Lonyangapuo

Mudavadi now wants MPs to impeach ‘errant’ Cabinet Secretaries

By Citizen Reporter,

Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi wants Members of Parliament to impeach Cabinet Secretaries claiming that they are misleading the...

Amani National Congress , ANC , Cabinet Secretaries , mp , Musalia Mudavadi

Uhuru signs Finance Bill 2018 into law

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed the Finance Bill 2018 into law a day after it was endorsed by MPs in a chaotic sitting. Speaking at State Hous...

finance bill

What Bobi Wine told supporters outside his home in Kampala

By Reuters,

Bobi Wine has vowed to continue what he calls a fight for freedom for millions of oppressed fellow citizens, after returning to his country from the U...

kyagulanyi , Museveni , uganda

Uganda police deny Bobi Wine arrest, say he was just ‘taken home’

By Reuters,

Police whisked away Uganda opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine on Thursday as he got off a plane at the country’s main airport. ...

kyagulanyi , uganda

Police officer fined Ksh.700K over bribery at Nairobi Railways bus terminus

By Citizen Reporter,

A court has slapped police constable Charles Mbiti with a Ksh.700,000 fine or two-year imprisonment for soliciting for bribes. In a tweet by the Et...

DCI , EACC

Ex-Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero accuses EACC of harassment

By Citizen Reporter,

Former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero is now accusing the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission of harassment. His statement comes barely hours afte...

kidero

EACC detectives raid Kidero home, whisk him away

By Citizen Reporter,

Former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has been whisked away from his Muthaiga home after an early morning raid by detectives. They are said to have ...

kidero

Sierra Leone face FIFA ban after anti-graft raid

By Reuters,

Sierra Leone face the prospect of a ban from international competition by FIFA after the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) followed through...

Chris Kamara , corruption , FIFA , Isha Johansen , Sierra Leone

MPs to debate Uhuru’s proposed tax hike on money transfer services

By Reuters,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has proposed hiking taxes on mobile money transfer services, amid a tussle in government over how to boost revenues without h...

Airtel , budget , fuel tax , Mobile Money transfers , mpesa , Rotich , Safaricom , Uhuru kenyatta

Haji wants court to set aside orders suspending Mwilu case

By Dzuya Walter,

The Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji has now moved to court seeking to set aside orders that temporarily stopped Deputy CJ Philomena Mwilu'...

Noordin Haji , Philomena Mwilu

Nairobi police officer arrested over claims of stealing Ksh.800,000

By Rachel Ombaka,

A Nairobi police officer has been arrested after Flying Squad detectives linked him to theft of Ksh.800,000 from a Mali national. According to the ...

bribe , police officers arrested

West Pokot Governor Lonyangapuo grilled at EACC over deputy’s salary

By Cyrus Sholim,

West Pokot Governor John Lonyangapuo was on Tuesday grilled at the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) offices in Eldoret. A statement fro...

NASA leaders now support 8pc fuel tax proposal but for one year

By Citizen Reporter,

National Super Alliance (NASA) lawmakers have backtracked on an earlier decision to shoot down President Uhuru Kenyatta's proposal to have the 16pc fu...

fuel tax

ICC sentences Bemba for bribing witness but says no jail time

By VOA,

The International Criminal Court has sentenced Congolese politician Jean-Pierre Bemba to one year in prison for bribing witnesses, but says he will no...

Bemba , International Criminal Court (ICC).

Raila, Kalonzo back Uhuru on reduction of fuel V.A.T

By Ian Omondi,

Opposition leaders Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka have lauded the move by President Uhuru Kenyatta to slash the Value Added Tax (V.A.T) by half sayi...

Fuel V.A.T , kalonzo musyoka , President Uhuru Kenyatta , raila odinga

Bwire: Attacks against journalists must stop

By Victor Bwire,

That the lives and working environment for journalists in Kenya is becoming dangerous and life threatening is becoming a reality. A few years ago, ...

Attack on journalists , human rights , JOURNALISTS ATTACKED , Media freedom