KENYA NEWS

Members of Parliament wishing to travel abroad can now put a smile on their faces after National Assembly Clerk Michael Sialai asked the Immigration department to allow them travel outside the country without seeking the 'required' approvals. Sialai wrote a letter to the Director for Immigration…

Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed has landed a top advisory role at the United Nations. Amina will be one of the members of a team of external advisers mandated to offer expertise opinion to UN General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak. The CS joins the 15-member team and will advise…

The county government of Nairobi has sent 200 staffs on a compulsory leave to allow investigations to be conducted. In a letter, Governor Mike Sonko ordered the employees drawn from lands, rates, legal, debt collection and urban planning departments to leave office by October 2nd. Sonko further…

Siaya senator James Orengo says that National Super Alliance will not give in to blackmail by foreign envoys to halt their anti-IEBC demos. Speaking on Tuesday, the senator said that their protests will continue as planned. "We are not going to be blackmailed. We are not very enthusiastic about…

Former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has made a roundabout on Mike Sonko's August 8th Nairobi gubernatorial seat victory victory. Kidero now claims that over 60 percent of Forms 37A used to announce Mike Sonko as the winner of Nairobi gubernatorial seat in the August 8th election had irregularities…

Embakasi East MP Paul Ongili, alias Babu Owino has narrated his 'traumatizing' experience in the police cell following his double arrests last week. The youthful MP was arrested on Monday last week after allegedly insulting President Uhuru Kenyatta and was charged with subversion and making…

A fresh petition seeking for the removal of Supreme Court judges Njoki Ndung'u and Jacktone Ojwang' has been filed. Two voters, Francis M. Sakwa and Zacheus Okoth Oliech wants the two judges ejected from office on grounds of gross misconduct. Sakwa and Okoth allege that Justice Njoki contravened…

National Super Alliance (NASA) has forwarded the names of six managers of telecommunication giant Safaricom to the Director of Public Prosecutions to institute criminal charges. The coalition accused the six of being part of the team that committed electoral offences during the August 8th elections…

University of Nairobi has been closed indefinitely following recent riots that has rocked the Kenya's oldest institution of high learning. “UON senate has today closed the University with immediate effect due to the deteriorating security situation. Students have been asked to vacate the halls of…

Dubai-based printing firm, Al Ghurair will print ballot papers for the repeat presidential election despite demands by Opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) to have it blocked from being part of the poll. This comes after the Independent Electoral and Boundaries commission gave it a go ahead to…