Obiri steeling herself for Tokyo Olympics

By Reuters,

Kenyan runner Hellen Obiri was exhausted and discouraged five months ago, after placing a disappointing fifth in the 10,000 metres race in Doha. She w...

Hellen Obiri , kenya , olympics , Tokyo

Court dismisses petition challenging election of new KTDA officials

By Dzuya Walter,

The High Court in Nairobi on Thursday dismissed a petition challenging the election of Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) officials. The peti...

high court , Justice Weldon Korir , KTDA , Lawyer Ben Milimo

Court overturns Matiang’i order to deport Chinese national who was recorded caning Kenyan worker

By Dzuya Walter,

A deportation order for four Chinese nationals whose counterpart was seen canning a Kenyan worker has been suspended. On Wednesday morning, the Hig...

chinese , deportation

Sonko charged afresh in Ksh.357M graft case, witnesses placed under protection

By Dzuya Walter,

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko was on Tuesday charged afresh in the Ksh.357 million graft case against him after the prosecution substituted an earlier c...

Governor Mike Sonko , graft , Magistrate Douglas Ogoti , Witness protection

Facebook alert on a terror attack lands Kenyan man in hot soup

By Paul Ruto,

Senior Magistrate Kipkurui kibelion has allowed detectives from Bomet police station to detain for four days a man who warned of an impending terror a...

Ex-CS Rashid Echesa freed on Ksh.1M cash bail in military arms deal

By Dzuya Walter,

Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa and three others have been freed on a Ksh.3 million bond with a surety of a similar amount or a Ksh.1 mi...

Military arms deal , Rashid Echesa

Victims thought they were paying millions to free hostages. But the ‘minister’ who asked them was a fraudster in a mask

By CNN,

There was a sense of urgency in the voice of the man claiming to be France's defense minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian. "We're talking about the lives...

France , Gilbert Chikli , hostages , Jean-Yves Le Drian

Guardiola’s rebuilding plans hit by Man City ban

By Reuters,

Manchester City’s two-year ban from European football could undermine manager Pep Guardiola’s attempt to rebuild the team after a disappointing fa...

FFP , manchester city , Pep Guardiola , UEFA

Joseph ‘Jowie’ Irungu released on KSh.2 million cash bail

By Dzuya Walter,

Joe Irungu alias Jowie, the primary suspect in the murder of businesswoman Monica Kimani has been released on a KSh.2 million cash bail. Jowie, as ...

Jackie Maribe , Joe irungu released on bail , Jowie , monica kimani

Woman jailed for trying to open plane door mid-flight while drunk

By CNN,

A British woman who tried to open plane door mid-flight was sentenced to two years in jail Wednesday. Chloe Haines, 26, was on a flight from Londo...

Sudan’s government agrees to hand over ex-President Bashir to ICC

By Reuters,

Sudan's government and rebel groups in Darfur agreed on Tuesday that all those wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) should appear before t...

Sarah Wairimu claims Tob Cohen’s will presented in court was forged

By Dzuya Walter,

Sarah Wairimu Cohen, who is charged with the murder of her late husband Tob Cohen, now claims that the Will presented in court by her in-laws is forge...

Sarah Wairimu Cohen

Speaker Elachi now seeks to be allowed to assume roles of Nairobi governor

By Dzuya Walter,

Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Beatrice Elachi has now moved to court seeking to be allowed to assume gubernatorial roles after Governor Mike Sonko w...

city hall , Governor Mike Sonko , Nairobi County Assembly , Speaker Beatrice Elachi

The day Martha Karua walked out on Moi and shocked the nation

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Narc-Kenya Party leader Martha Karua has described the late former President Daniel arap Moi, who died on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 as a man who had t...

martha karua , moidead

Kabogo to Waititu: Forget your Governor seat, concentrate on court cases

By Tonny Ndungu,

Former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo has told  Ferdinard Waititu in no uncertain terms, to move on following his ouster on Wednesday. He was spea...

kabogo , waititu

Fresh blow for Waititu as court declines to bar Governor Nyoro from appointing deputy

By Dzuya Walter,

Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu suffered a fresh blow on Monday after the High Court declined to issue orders barring Governor James Nyoro fr...

FERDINAND WAITITU , Governor James Nyoro

Waititu now wants new Kiambu Governor Nyoro barred from appointing deputy

By Dzuya Walter,

Embattled former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu now wants the court to bar the sitting county boss James Nyoro from appointing a deputy governor. ...

FERDINAND WAITITU , Governor James Nyoro , impeachment , Kiambu County

James Nyoro’s swearing in as Kiambu Governor postponed

By Citizen Reporter,

It has now emerged that James Nyoro will not be sworn in as the Kiambu Governor today. Also Read: Waititu impeachment: How Senators voted The Ju...

nyoro , waititu

‘Do to me what you would like done to you!’ Waititu pleads with Senators

By Ian Omondi,

Embattled Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu on Wednesday pleaded with Senators to deliver a ruling on his impeachment motion that they would consider ...

Governor Ferdinand Waititu , impeachment , Kiambu County , senate

Wetangula denies part in gold scam, declares interest in Uhuru succession

By George Amolo,

Ford Kenya's Moses Wetangula has again refuted allegations that he was smack in the middle of a multi-million gold heist in 2019. Wetangula was spe...

Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula