Pangolins in the dock: Is the mammal really guilty as charged?

By Dorcas Wangira,

The pangolin is the world’s most trafficked mammal. No one truly knows its conservation status in Kenya. When COVID-19 broke out in early 2020, some...

coronavirus , pangolin

Trade Ministry optimistic of Kenya-UK trade deal adoption

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Ministry of Trade has expressed optimism on the adoption of the Kenya-UK trade pact by the National Assembly representing the deal’s ratificatio...

CS Betty Maina , Kenya-UK trade deal

Bluebird Aviation reports rise in emergency medical evacuation

By Citizen Reporter,

Regional airline, Bluebird Aviation has announced the number of travellers seeking emergency medical attention rose significantly in the last quarter ...

Bluebird Aviation , Captain Hussein Mohammed

Autopsy: Charity Kemboi and her son were suffocated, 3rd casualty died from carbon monoxide poisoning

By Erick Owenga,

A woman and her son who were found murdered at the government quarters apartments along Jogoo road in Nairobi died due to lack of oxygen in their bodi...

Charity Kemboi , Jogoo Road apartments

Nyeri: Court detains man accused of paying attackers Ksh.160K to kill his son

By Samuel Mbogo,

Stephen Wangondu Kinini, a man accused of hiring attackers to murder his 32-year-old son in Nyeri, will remain in police custody for five more days pe...

Stephen Wangondu Kinini

U.S. conducts air strikes against Iranian-backed militia facilities in Syria

By Reuters,

President Joe Biden on Thursday directed U.S. military air strikes in eastern Syria against facilities belonging to what the Pentagon said were Iran-b...

Iran

ODM extends deadline for presidential candidate applications

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has extended the deadline for submission of applications by individuals who wish to be the party's presidential c...

ODM party

Facebook bans Myanmar military from its platforms with immediate effect

By Reuters,

Facebook on Thursday said it had banned the Myanmar military from using its Facebook and Instagram platforms with immediate effect, as weeks of mass d...

facebook , Myanmar military

Police probe after woman, 8-year-old son, male adult found dead at gov’t quarters

By Ian Omondi,

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are probing the deaths of a middle-aged woman, her 8-year-old son and a 35-year-old m...

DCI detectives , Government quarters , Jogoo Road

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.

Raila, Kalonzo trade accusations as quarrel over endorsement intensifies

By Sam Ogina,

Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga and his Wiper counterpart Kalonzo Musyoka on Monday continued to trade stinging accusations...

2022 politics , kalonzo musyoka , NASA , raila odinga

Juja MP Francis Munyua Waititu is dead

By Citizen Reporter,

Juja MP Francis Munyua Waititu is dead. The family confirmed that he died on Monday evening while receiving treatment at MP Shah Hospital in Nairob...

francis waititu , Juja MP

Kenya Power expresses regret over Soysambu giraffe deaths

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya Power has expressed regret following the death of three Rothschild giraffes after they were electrocuted by low hanging power lines. One of t...

giraffe , KENYA POWER , kws , Soysambu

Probe begins after woman was found dead inside her locked house in Kibra

By Erick Owenga,

Police in Kibra are investigating an incident in which a 25-year-old woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her house. The mother o...

Kibra

Nigerian air force passenger plane crash kills seven people

By Reuters,

A small Nigerian air force passenger plane crashed just outside Abuja airport after reporting engine failure on Sunday, killing all seven people on bo...

Nigerian air force

One dead, 6 injured after speeding beer truck rams matatu in Mwea

By Johnson Muriithi,

One passenger has died on the spot while six others sustained serious injuries after the Nissan matatu they were traveling in was involved in an accid...

accident

WHO Director-General’s statement on Tanzanian deaths and COVID-19

By Citizen Reporter,

"We extend our condolences to our Tanzanian sisters and brothers on the recent passing of a senior Tanzanian leader as well as the government’s Chie...

coronavirus , magufuli , Tanzania

Caroline Wanjiku Maina was kidnapped, eyes gouged out – DCI

By Citizen Reporter,

Caroline Wanjiku Maina, a 38-year-old woman who was kidnapped by unknown persons one week ago, has been found dead. Detectives from the Directorate...

Caroline Wanjiku Maina , murder

Super sub Wanga bags a brace as Homeboyz sink Stima

By Citizen Reporter,

Super sub Allan Wanga broke the hearts of Western Stima with two late goals to help Kakamega Homeboyz charge from behind to beat Western Stima 3-2 in ...

Allan Wanga , Kakamega Homeboyz , kisumu , Moi Stadium , Western Stima

Kisumu family spends night in the cold after a barrel of monkeys raids home

By Laura Otieno,

A family from Akingi in Kisumu has appealed to the government to come to their aid in resolving a monkey menace that is giving residents sleepless nig...