KENYA NEWS

A host of Jubilee MPs have named powerful individuals at the State House who are determined to block Deputy President William Ruto from succeeding President Uhuru in 2022. Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wa, a close ally of the Deputy President, recently said that some of the individuals opposed to Ruto…

Foreign Affairs and Interior ministries are on the spot over missing visa stickers and passports worth a whooping Sh1.4 billion. Appearing before Parliament, Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho shifted the blame to the Foreign ministry, noting that it should account for visa stickers worth…

Opposition leader Raila Odinga's dalliance with a section of Mt Kenya leaders has sent shockwaves in the Jubilee party and particularly on Deputy President William Ruto's camp. Last week, Odinga held a three-hour closed-door meeting with a group of former Mt Kenya MPs and businessmen, a move that…

Late powerful Cabinet Minister Nicholas Biwott's daughter, Rita Field-Marsham has turned down her share of the late billionaire’s estate. Rita, who is one of billionaire's seven children named in the inheritance list, swore deed of disclaimer releasing her one-fourteenth share of her father's…

President Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto on Friday held a five-hour crisis meeting following weeks of disquiet in the ruling party Jubilee. The mid-morning to early afternoon meeting held at State House, Nairobi sought to avert possible fallout in Jubilee party before the President…

Suba South Member of Parliament Millie Odhiambo has vowed to defend President Uhuru Kenyatta against anyone trying to sabotage his fight war on graft. Speaking on Saturday, the firebrand ODM MP said she is fully behind the President's onslaught on corruption and vowed to deal with those who attempt…

Plans to have a national census for gays, sex workers and drug injectors in Kenya by collecting their fingerprints, iris and toe scans has flopped after the United States declined to fund it. Since 2016, Kenya's Ministry of Health has been pushing for a national census for the three groups of…

Outspoken National Super Alliance (Nasa) strategist David Ndii says the 2022 elections will be a contest between a few Kenyatta dynasty sympathizers and a majority of Kenyans who are tired of the President's leadership. The economist says it is not only Kenyans who are tired of Kenyatta leadership…

The Luo Council of Elders is seeking to have former United States President Barack Obama installed as abcommunity elder once he lands in Kenya next month. The elders have asked opposition leader Raila Odinga to help them get audience from Obama so they can inform him of the plans to make him a Luo…

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua says he is ready to face his fierce rival Wavinya Ndeti in a by-election should the Supreme Court fail to uphold his victory. Mutua's election was quashed by the Appeals Court on June 8th after an appeal by Ndeti, but the Governor moved to the Supreme Court seeking to…