KENYA NEWS

Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o has revealed how he was able to monitor daily operations of the county from the United States for several weeks. Nyong'o was away to the US for eight weeks where he had been admitted at a hospital after undergoing a successful surgery. The Governor says he used Skype…

Kenyan journalist Walter Baraza, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged witness tampering now says he will surrender himself to the Hague-based court. Baraza was put on the wanted list after ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda claimed that he was among individuals who…

Ford-Kenya party leader Moses Wetang'ula has declared that he must be on presidential ballot come 2022. Speaking during the closing ceremony of a meeting for secondary school heads drawn from Bungoma County, Wetang'ula said he was sure of an endorsement by National Super Alliance (Nasa) principals…

Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lily Koros has been sent on a compulsory leave following a horror mix up in which brain surgery was performed on the wrong patient. Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki said the move to suspend Koros and the head of clinical services…

United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is set to visit Kenya in his upcoming one week tour to the African continent. In a statement released by spokesperson Heather Nauert on Thursday, the State Department announced that Tillerson will tour "N'Djamena, Chad; Djibouti, Djibouti; Addis Ababa…

People spreading fake news in Kenya could soon find themselves in jail, slapped with hefty fines or both, should Members of Parliament pass the Computer and Cyber Crimes Bill, 2017. Leader of Majority in the National Assembly, Aden Duale is scheduled to table the Bill in the the house next week…

A fresh scandal has grappled Kenya's biggest referral hospital, Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) after a neurosurgeon reportedly performed a brain surgery on a wrong patient. The procedure was supposed to be carried out on a patient who had a blood clot in his brain, but was instead done on one who…

Voters of Embakasi East constituency could be headed back to the polls after the High Court on Friday nullified the election of MP Paul Ongili, alias Babu Owino. While nullifying the election, Justice Joseph Sergon ruled that Babu Owino of Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) was not validly elected…

High Court judge Joseph Onguto has passed away. Confirming his death, Kenya Magistrates and Judges Association (KMJA) chairman, Derrick Kuto said Justice Onguto collapsed at Parklands Sports Club on Thursday evening and was rushed to the hospital. Medics at MP Shah hospital pronounced him dead upon…

At least five police officers have been confirmed dead following a suspected Al Shabaab Friday dawn attack on two camps in the Fino area in Mandera County. Speaking to the press, Lafey Deputy County Commissioner Eric Oronyi said the militants targeted Administration Police (AP) and reservists'…