January 2023

Matiang’i bans Police from marrying among themselves

Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang’i has directed members the National Police Service against marrying among themselves. Mataing’i who was speaking during the official opening ceremony of direct entry cadet inspectors course at the National Police College Kiganjo Campus in Nyeri said the directive will be effected beginning July 2021.   The July 2021 directive by the CS comes at a...

Philomena Njeri was not pregnant, postmortem reveals

Autopsy has revealed that Philomena Njeri, who was allegedly killed by her husband Jonathan Mukundi in Kiambu, was not pregnant. The postmortem examination of her body uncovered crucial information quite different to what was reported by the media about her death. Njeri died of three gunshots that were hit on her head by the husband Jonathan Gachunga.   According to the report, Gachunga died...

Naivasha Gilgil demolitions, Kenya railways has flattened largest slum and hundreds of businesses

The largest informal settlement in Naivasha has been razed on Kenya Railways land, leaving 4,000 families homeless. The demolition of structures on railways land took place on Sunday night. Residents in the settlement off the Nairobi-Nakuru highway said they did not receive vacate notices. A day earlier, bulldozers had brought down hundreds of businesses in Naivasha and Gilgil towns. One Naivasha...

Uganda orders all social media to be blocked

Uganda ordered internet service providers to block all social media platforms and messaging apps on Tuesday until further notice, a letter from the country’s communications regulator. Users had complained earlier on Tuesday that they were unable to access Facebook and WhatsApp, social media platforms being widely used for campaigning ahead of Thursday’s presidential election in the East African...

Businesses on Kenya Railway land in Nakuru, Eldoret, Kitale and Bungoma were demolished to pave way for renovation of the railway

Traders in the North Rift region are counting losses after properties worth millions was demolished by the Kenya Railways Company for encroaching on public land. The businesses on Kenya Railway land in Nakuru, Eldoret, Kitale and Bungoma were destroyed to pave way for renovation of the old-meter gauge railway. Some of the traders said that they had leased a parcel of land for 25 years and asked the...

Kenya Power is on site raising the power lines that electrocuted and killed endangered Rothschild Giraffes in Soysambu Conservancy

KPLC engineers are currently working on the low lying Soysambu line. This after the unfortunate death of endangered Rothschild Giraffes in Soysambu Conservancy. Kenya Power is replacing the electricity poles within the area to prevent future electrocution of more giraffes. “At the same time Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala is engaging the Energy Cabinet Secretary Charles Keter on...

Covid-19 Omicron variant reported in Kenya – Health CS Mutahi Kagwe

Covid-19 Omicron variant reported in Kenya. @MOH_Kenya pic.twitter.com/lCmfFRkR2x — KBC Channel1 News (@KBCChannel1) December 15, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js   Ministry of Health has confirmed the presence of Coronavirus’ Omicron variant in the country.   The ministry revealed that it detected the country’s first cases of the variant among...

Mwingi bus that plunged into Enziu river has been pulled out

The wreckage of a catholic church bus that crashed into the Enziu River in Mwingi on Saturday, killing at least 33 people, has been recovered from the swollen river, while the search for the bodies of those believed to have died continues.   The mangled wreckage was pulled from the river on Sunday afternoon after hours of coordinated multi-agency efforts involving, among others, the county...

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru is on the verge of eviction from Kitisuru over rent

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru is battling eviction from her upmarket Kitisuru home in Nairobi and an auction threat over a disputed Sh44.5 million rent demand. Ms Waiguru has sought court protection from property developer Kihingo Village Ltd, which has asked the governor to pay the millions of shillings or vacate the Sh80 million house following a botched sale deal inked in September...

Please Forgive Me, I Did Not Intend To Insult Mama Ngina,’ Cosmo Choy Apologizes To Kenyatta Family

Ombori Monari, the leader of the Abagusii community in the U.S popularly known as Cosmo Choy, has issued a public apology to President Uhuru Kenyatta’s family following a recent verbal attack targeting their matriarch, Mama Ngina Kenyatta.   Taking to social media on Thursday, Choy who is an ardent supporter of Deputy President William Ruto, claimed that he got carried away when he made the...

Somali-American businessman Mohamed Bashir Mohamoud was not involved in terror or fake currency trade, says family

The family of Somali-American businessman Mohamed Bashir Mohamoud whose body found at a Kerugoya hospital has denied he was involved in fake currency trade. Bashir’s body was found on Saturday last week on the banks of River Nyamidi in Kirinyaga County. It had deep panga cut wounds in the head and two bullet wounds on the head. Blood was also oozing from the mouth and nose. An assistant chief in...

Njiru demolitions, 5,000 residents left homeless

LoveThe bulldozers descended on the houses leaving a trail of rubbles and debris in its wake as residents tried in vain to salvage the little they could. Some of the affected homeowners watched helplessly from afar as their houses went down as it was too late to rescue anything.     The structures comprised mostly multi-storey buildings with some of them not even moved into while...

Slain Somali-American Bashir Mohamed Mohamud was sending huge sums of money to Somalia

Kenyan government officials said he had first received millions of shillings from a top Somali government official before he channelled it back to various different banks. The money, according to officials, sometimes moved through foreign accounts before ending up in Mogadishu, which raised suspicions.   State sources said Bashir was related to top Somali government officials, hence, the...

Deaf Mombasa couple fights eviction from rental house in court

A deaf couple moved to court to block eviction by their landlord. The couple also want the court to order their neighbours to stop bullying and demeaning them.  Renson Wasonga and his wife Diana Mwasya told the Rent Restriction Tribunal that they have been living in the house at Frere Town Kisimani, Mombasa, since 2018.  Through signs, they told the tribunal of their frustrations in the hands of their...