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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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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. @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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Deputy President William Ruto’s digital strategist Dennis Itumbi has come out to narrate details surrounding his alleged abduction last month.   In a post titled ‘I salute you Boniface Makokha,’ the controversial blogger took to Facebook on Thursday to give his followers his account of the December 23 ordeal.   According to Itumbi, he was whisked by six men in a Toyota Premio outside a...

KFC Kenyan chapter, has apologised to Kenyans for running out of potatoes to fry chips.   In a statement, KFC said that increased orders during the December festival saw the potatoes stock run out.   “Oh Chips, you loved our chips an extra room much and we run out. Sorry!” KFC said in a poster that was shared on its official Social media accounts.   In a statement that...

General Defao died Monday evening in Douala, Cameroon, where he had gone to perform over the festive season.    His family, while confirming his demise, said his health was in decline although the exact cause of his death is not yet known. A successful star in the 1990s, General Defao had left his country in the early 2000s to settle in Kenya where some...

There was a light moment in Parliament on Wednesday afternoon after crutches belonging to nominated MP David Sankok, miraculously went missing within the House.   The turn of the events forced Deputy Speaker Moses Cheboi to halt the session for some minutes after Sankok raised an alarm over his missing crutches.   “The matter raised by Hon. Sankok is very serious… What is...

ODM leader Raila Odinga has taken a short vacation following weeks of intense campaigns across the country.   Odinga’s nationwide meetings culminated in him declaring his bid for the presidency in 2022 at the Azimio La Umoja convention at Kasarani Stadium on December 10th.   Speaking to The Standard on Thursday, Odinga said he is taking some time off politics following advice from...

The Mama Margaret Kenyatta Hospital is the new name for the Mathare-Korogocho Level 5 Hospital, which will open its doors to patients later this month following its commissioning.   General Mohamed Badi, the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) boss, said the hospital will finally start treating patients after months of waiting, ahead of its official...