KENYA NEWS

China has displaced World Bank to become Kenya's single largest foreign creditor. Figures now show that China accounts for 72 per cent of the total debt owed to foreign lenders by Kenya. In a period of about one decade, the Kenyan government has borrowed Sh534 billion from China compared to Sh508…

Deputy President William Ruto says he has all it takes to be Kenya's fifth President and has urged Kenyans to back his 2022 bid for the presidency. Addressing a rally at Tenges Boys’ High School in Baringo Central after commissioning the construction of 45-km Ainobmoi-Barwessa road and water…

Members of Parliament have vowed to give President Kenyatta's nominee for Kenya's envoy to China Sarah Serem a rough ride when she appears before Parliament for vetting. Led by National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale, the MPs have threatened to “teach her a lesson” for slashing their salaries…

The High Court in Nairobi has declined to set aside the ban of Shisha declared by former Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu. On Thursday, Justice Roselyn Aburili ruled that the court cannot afford to gamble with Kenyans' lives and upheld the ban on the tobacco-made product. “The ban on shisha…

Deputy President William Ruto has constituted a team of 'Kitchen Cabinet' whose main task is to advise, strategize and execute his political moves ahead of the 2022 presidential contest. The team is made of some of his close political allies, mainly from the Rift Valley Region and who possess…

President Uhuru Kenyatta is reportedly set to fire at least four Cabinet Secretaries in a looming reshuffle of Cabinet as part of the ongoing crackdown on corruption. The changes also aim at aligning the Cabinet to his Big Four priority areas namely; universal healthcare, food security,…

Former Kibwezi MP Kalembe Ndile has asked President Kenyatta to fulfill his promise of giving him a state job. Ndile says the President and Deputy President William Ruto promised to incorporate him in government after rallying behind them during last year's elections. The former Tip Tip party…

Former Nyandarua Governor Waithaka Mwangi has been arrested. Waithaka was arrested alongside former County Water CEC Grace Wanjiru and former director in the Department of Water, Environment and Natural Resources Kahiu Gaiko. The three were apprehended at the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (…

Police in Nairobi have arrested a middle-aged man posing as a National Intelligence Service (NIS) officer. The impostor was apprehended in Nairobi on Wednesday in possession of several fake identification cards from different government agencies. The suspect identified Moses Muigai Ngugi had met…

British oil company Tullow Oil says it has stopped its oil exploration and trucking operations in Kenya due security issues.  Speaking to Reuters on Wednesday, Tullow CEO Paul McDade said the company withdrew all its staff in the Turkana oilfield after chaotic protests by local residents. “…