SWILA: The EU erred by locking Kenyan athletes out of DL races

By Isaac Swila,

@ISAACSWILA Kenyan athletes, hit hard by the effects of Covid-19 pandemic that led to a near shutdown of global sports are staring at yet another cha...

athletics , Diamond League

Jamila’s Memo: Law or common sense, DJ Evolve deserves justice

By Jamila Mohamed,

On my memo, I am giving a voice to DJ Evolve, the once vibrant young man known as Felix Orinda, who is now literally almost voiceless. Also Read: �...

Babu Owino , Dj Evolve , Felix Orinda

DNA evidence solves 8-year-old girl’s murder after 38 years

By CNN,

After nearly 38 agonizing years, the family of Kelly Ann Prosser finally has some closure. Police in Columbus, Ohio, said Friday they cracked the c...

DNA , Kelly Ann Prosser , murder

Sirisia MP John Waluke sentenced to 10 years in jail or pay Ksh.727M fine

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Sirisia Member of Parliament (MP) John Koyi Waluke has been sentenced to 10 years in prison or pay a fine of Ksh.727 million for defrauding the Nation...

Grace Sarapay Wakhungu , John Waluke , National Cereals and Produce Board

DPP Noordin Haji orders arrests of 12 Kenya School of Law officials in Ksh.198m fraud

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has approved charges against 12 employees of the Kenya School of Law over the fraudulent and il...

Kenya School of Law

Huawei CFO raises new argument to fight U.S. extradition in Canada court

By Reuters,

Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou is raising a new argument in a Canadian court in a bid to fight extradition to the United States on bank f...

Huawei

Former Kericho County officer Peter Kipyegon Kosgey, six others arrested over Ksh.5.6M tender award

By Citizen Reporter,

Peter Kipyegon Kosgey, a former officer at the Kericho County Government, and six other suspects have been arrested over alleged corruption in the awa...

Bae - Kapsimotwet Kibaraa Road , kericho county government , Peter Kipyegon Kosgey , tender

Former Kenya Maritime Authority boss Cosmas Cherop, 7 others arrested

By Citizen Reporter,

Former Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA) boss Cosmas Cherop has been arrested over alleged corruption in the award of a tender. A statement from the E...

cosmas cherop , Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA)

Diego Costa appears in court to settle tax fraud case

By Reuters,

Atletico Madrid forward Diego Costa appeared in court wearing a white mask in the Spanish capital on Thursday to ratify a pact he made with prosecutor...

Diego Costa , tax fraud

One Kenyan man’s experience on why you should never buy second-hand laptops, phones

By Tonny Ndungu,

A Tweep by the name Derrick Dre who runs a computer's shop in Busia is lucky to be alive and free following his arrest for handling a second-hand lapt...

second hand

Court set to rule whether Busia governor Ojaamong will face Ksh.8m graft case

By Dzuya Walter,

Busia Governor Sospeter Ojaamong will on 29 of May know whether he has a case to answer or not as he faces corruption charges. This is after the pa...

Busia County Governor Sospeter Ojaamong’s

We’re headed for a faceless future as masks become the norm

By CNN,

Of all the Covid-prevention measures, the mass covering of faces is, at least visibly, among the most dramatic. Masks are not mandatory in most Wes...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , masks

Sudan makes FGM a crime in ‘new era’ for women’s rights

By Reuters,

Sudan has criminalised female genital mutilation (FGM), making it punishable by three years in jail, a move campaigners said ushered in a “new era�...

FGM

How football legend Drogba, helped to halt civil war in his home nation

By Agencies,

Al-Merrikh Stadium, in Sudan's second largest city of Omdurman, is not one of the world's great gladiatorial arenas. Yet this small ground - known as ...

african cup of nations , Bouake , chelsea , Didier Drogba , Ivory Coast , Laurent Gbagbo , World cup

Robert Alai charged over false claims about coronavirus deaths in Mombasa

By Dzuya Walter,

Controversial blogger Robert Alai has been arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts for posting a tweet claiming that the government was hiding informatio...

coronavirus , robert alai

Seven years after bus rape and murder shocked the world, attackers hanged in India

By CNN,

Four men have been executed for the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a New Delhi bus in 2012, a case that shone a global spotlight on ...

Man arrested over tweet claiming gov’t lying about coronavirus in Kenya

By Benjamin Muriuki,

A 23-year-old man was arrested on Sunday in Mwingi, Kitui County for publishing misleading and alarming information on the coronavirus disease. The...

coronavirus , COVID-19

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison for sexual assault

By CNN,

Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison Wednesday in a New York courtroom. Weinstein, 67, arrived to his sentencing hearing in a wheel...

Harvey Weinstein

Ronaldinho under investigation for more crimes: prosecutor

By Reuters,

Ronaldinho Gaucho, the former Brazil and Barcelona soccer star being held in a Paraguayan jail for using a falsified passport, is being investigated f...

Paraguayan jail , Prosecutor , Ronaldinho Gaucho

Former Barcelona forward Ronaldinho arrested in Paraguay – police

By Reuters,

Former Brazil and Barcelona forward Ronaldinho Gaucho was arrested in Paraguay on Friday for attempting to enter the country with an adulterated passp...

arrested , Brazil , Gilberto Fleitas , Paraguay , Ronaldinho Gaucho