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Deputy President William Ruto's close allies have reportedly registered two political parties, a move that further escalates rumors of split of Jubilee Party split. The Registrar of Political parties Lucy Ndung’u on Tuesday confirmed that she recently issued United Green Party (UGP) and Grand Dream…
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President Kenyatta is set to make his maiden tour to Nyanza region since he assumed office for his second and last term in office. The visit comes months after the famous March 9th handshake between him and opposition leader Raila Odinga. The President will first land in Migori county on Friday…
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A section of Kikuyu Council Elders have announced that the community has no preferred presidential candidate for 2022 elections.  The elders say the community will listen and negotiate with all candidates offering themselves for the country's top seat and chose who to support based in the deal…
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There was a heated debate at a Parliamentary Committee sitting on Tuesday after a Member of Parliament linked Muhoho Kenyatta, President Uhuru's younger brother, to the contraband sugar scandal. The Committee had summoned Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i to shed more light on the illegal…
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The United States embassy in Nairobi is set to vet Kenya Airways staff ahead of its inaugural nonstop flight to New York in October. The US embassy has summoned over 820 employees of Kenya Airways for background checks as part of routine aviation safety measures, reports Business Daily. In a memo,…
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Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru is scheduled to deliver a talk at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, commonly known as Chatham House in London, United Kingdom early next month. Waiguru will give the talk on July 4th between noon and 1pm Kenyan time. Chatham House's mission is to analyse…
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Senate Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen has admitted that the relationship between President Uhuru and Deputy President William Ruto is getting rocky. Speaking during an interview with Citizen TV, the Elgeyo-Marakwet senator, a confidant of Deputy President Ruto, claimed that some people in…
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Kenyan MPs could soon get a pay increment if recommendations of a House Committee are adopted by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). Parliament's Services and Facilities Committee, which is chaired by Nyaribari Masaba MP Ezekiel Ombaki made the recommendations after benchmarking tours…
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A middle-aged man who was on Sunday busted by residents at an open field in Nakuru slaughtering a cat has been handed a three-year prison sentence. When he was caught, James Mukangu Kimani confessed to skinning more than 1,000 cats over the past seven years and selling the meat to samosa vendors in…
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Nakuru Town West MP Samuel Arama was arraigned in a Nairobi court on Monday over land fraud charges. Appearing before Chief Magistrate Douglas Ogoti, the Jubilee MP was charged with several offences including abuse of office, conspiracy to defraud and forgery. Arama, who spent the weekend at…