KENYA NEWS

Pokot South Member of Parliament David Pkosing has filed a petition at the Supreme Court seeking to have the withdrawal of National Super Alliance (NASA) leaders Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka from the presidential contest declared unlawful and treasonous. In a case filed through lawyer Kibe…

Mombasa governor Ali Hassan Joho and leaders drawn from the coast region have vowed to push for secession of the coast from Kenya. Speaking during a media briefing on Friday, the leaders claimed that the region has been sidelined by the current and past governments, and hence the need to split from…

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s family are making arrangements to visit a Maasai family in Narok and settle the bride price for former President Jomo Kenyatta’s grandmother, identified as Mosana, after more than 200 years. President Uhuru's great grandfather married Mosana, a girl from a maasai family…

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Parliamentary wing on Friday told supporters to boycott products from three companies. Speaking after a meeting at the Okoa Kenya offices in Nairobi, the NASA-allied MPs called on supporters to boycott products and services from Safaricom, Bidco and Brookside…

Governors allied to National Super Alliance (NASA) have endorsed the idea by its leader Raila Odinga to form People's Assemblies. In a meeting chaired by the former Prime Minister in Nairobi on Thursday, the opposition county bosses agreed to mobilize for the formation of the assemblies in their…

Deputy President William Ruto has hit out at those calling for the amendment of the 2010 constitution. In a statement on his Twitter handle, the DP wondered how people who campaigned for the new constitution are the very ones on the forefront pushing for it to be amended. “Those who campaigned…

The controversial Bill on electoral laws passed by Parliament two weeks ago has now become law after it was published in the Kenya Gazette on Thursday. "This Act may be cited as the Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2017 and shall come into force upon publication in the Gazette.” the Gazette notice…

Police on Thursday arrested two Kenya Airways cabin crew staff and a driver at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) with substances suspected to be narcotics. The two KQ employees were nabbed with the substances in a Kenya Airways flight headed to Cotonou, Benin with a transit in Lagos…

Kenyan nurses have called off their strike that lasted for five months after signing a return to work deal with the Council of Governors. In the return-to-work formulae inked on Thursday, the County and National governments agreed to increase among others uniform and nursing allowance. Council of…

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko on Thursday footed a Sh270,000 bill for five National Super Alliance (NASA) supporters injured during anti-election protests in Migori town last week. The five had been detained at St Joseph Ombo Mission Hospital in Migori after failing to clear the huge medical bill.…