KENYA NEWS

Opposition leader Raila Odinga has assured Kenyans that President Uhuru Kenyatta will stop the 16 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) imposed on fuel, which went in effect on September 1st. Speaking in Kisumu on Sunday, Odinga said he was confident that the President would halt the move once he signs the…

Kenyans have taken to social media to send birthday messages to retired President Daniel arap Moi as he turns 94. His 94th birthday comes 16 years after he handed over power to former President Mwai Kibaki after ruling Kenya for 24 years. Moi remains Kenya's longest serving president. Moi assumed…

A section of Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Members of Parliament have issued a 72-hour ultimatum to Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich to scrap the new fuel levy announced on Saturday. Speaking at a media briefing on Sunday, the leaders led by Mathare MP Anthony Oluoch threatened to impeach…

The US Carter Center has urged the Kenyan Parliament to make amendments to election laws and specify the circumstances that can lead to the nullification of a presidential election. The NGO which observed Kenya's last year general elections also wants Members of Parliament to extend the deadline…

Eight people have been confirmed dead following a Saturday morning inferno that razed down Silanga slums in Nairobi's Kibera area. Kilimani OCPD Michael Muchiri said the 2am fire incident left several people homeless and nothing was salvaged from about 50 houses that were gutted. The police boss…

Embattled Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu has now linked President Uhuru Kenyatta to her woes. In an affidavit filed at the High Court in a case where she is seeking to block her trial for abuse of office and other charges, the DCJ sensationally claims that President Kenyatta engineered her…

Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) secretary general Francis Atwoli says he has began raising cash to fund 2022 presidential elections. In an interview with the Nairobian, the outspoken trade unionist said he has already set aside half-a-billion shillings to run the presidential campaign…

Opposition leader Raila Odinga has reacted to the arrest and prosecution of Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu. Mwilu was arrested at the Supreme Court on Tuesday by detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) over graft-related accusations, abuse of office among others. She…

Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) has defended itself against claims that a 68-year-old woman died at the facility after she was neglected by doctors.  In a video that went viral online, the woman's daughter claimed that the hospital refused to admit the patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU…

Agriculture Principal Secretarye Richard Lesiyampe has become the latest senior government official to be arrested in the ongoing purge on corruption. Lesiyampe was arrested on Thursday morning by officers from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) over Sh11.3 billion maize scandal at…