KENYA NEWS

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua has launched campaigns for President Uhuru Kenyatta's reelection ahead of October 17th repeat election. Speaking while drumming up support for the President in Machakos County, the county boss exuded confidence that Kenyatta would recapture the country's seat…

The National Assembly Deputy Speaker Moses Cheboi was on Thursday forced to intervene to allow Starehe MP Charles Njagua Kanyi alias Jaguar to make his maiden speech on the floor of National Assembly as fellow Members of Parliament, in more than one instance, interrupted Jaguar's address. A section…

The State House has cautioned all government officials against making foreign trips. In a letter by State House Chief of Staff Joseph Kinyua, who is also the head of Civil Service, the State House told all Cabinet Secretaries, the Attorney General and Principal Secretaries that they will not be…

Hundreds of Kenyans in the legal profession are living in fear following a decision by Uganda's Makerere University to recall degrees issued in the last decade. Makrere has announced that results leading to the award of the degrees were either altered or forged. This leaves many Makerere graduates…

A Kenyan woman has surprised many after buying Sh400,000 space on a local daily to praise and thank National Super Alliance presidential candidate Raila Odinga. The woman, who identified herself only as Lilian paid for a half page space in Thursday's Daily Nation to express her pride on what the…

A 17-year-old Form Four student st Orero Secondary School in Homabay is being held by police after he was found with a gun in school. The student shocked the school fraternity after he was nabbed with a pistol he says was gifted to him by a relative living in the US. Police, acting on a tip-off…

The European Union Observer Mission has called for investigation and prosecution of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) officials responsible for the bungled August 8th General Election. In its interim statement issued on Thursday, the Observer group demanded that top IEBC…

Nyeri Town Member Parliament Ngunjiri Wambugu has filed a petition with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) in a bid to oust Chief Justice David Maraga. Speaking outside the Supreme Court on Thursday moments after filing the petition, Wambugu noted that he seeks to challenge Maraga's tenability…

The US State Department has issued a fresh travel advisory on Kenya, warning its citizens of possible violence linked to October 17th repeat presidential election. This is the second travel advisory in a span of less than a week after a similar one where US urged citizens traveling to Kenya to take…

President Uhuru Kenyatta has mourned former Nairobi Mayor Samuel Mbugua as a great and visionary leader. Mbugua, who is the father of former Nairobi woman representative Rachel Shebesh passed on at Nairobi Hospital on Wednesday. The head of state in a statement said Mbugua had a clear vision for…