KENYA NEWS

The Jubilee Party has emerged as the biggest winner of the over 32 special seats on offer in the two chambers of Parliament. The electoral commission on Friday published the long-awaited party lists in the Kenya Gazette, which gives Jubilee Party half of all nominations in the Senate and the…

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday night filed a detailed response to Opposition leader Raila Odinga’s Presidential petition at the Supreme Court and dismissed claims that there were electoral irregularities as alleged by the opposition chief. In his 10-page affidavit sworn by Uhuru, he took…

The Chinese government has offered academic scholarships to more than 150 Kenyan students in an exchange program that will equip them with skill in different fields. Speaking during a farewell reception of the students departing to China, Commission for University Education Chairman Chacha…

Opposition alliance NASA has asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to stop acting like he won legitimately in the August 8th general election. In a statement by NASA campaign manager Musalia Mudavadi, the coalition told Uhuru to desist from making utterances that suggest he won the election legitimately…

Police have arrested a 17-year-old girl and will hold her for seven days to allow detectives finalize the probe into the murder of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) ICT Director, Chris Msando, who was killed three weeks ago under unclear circumstances. Kiambu Juvenile Court on…

Opposition coalition National Super Alliance (NASA) has distanced itself from remarks made by some of its affliated Members of Parliament opposing pay cuts gazzetted by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission. In a statement by the head of NASA National presidential Campaign Committee and Amani…

Kenyan activist Okiya Omtatah has come with a a Bill to have the Constitution amended for Kenya adopt the electoral college system of voting to elect a president, similar to that used in the United States. Dubbed the Constitution of Kenya Draft Amendment Bill 2017, it seeks to amend Article 138 of…

A new cancer treatment center has been opened at Kenya's largest health facility, Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi. The new center, launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday will increase the number of cancer patients attended at the facility on a daily basis from 120 to 190. The center…

Mombasa Governor, Ali Hassan Joho has had his security detail reinstated, 8 months after government withdrew it. Bodyguards providing security to the County boss were withdrawn by the state in what it said was as a routine security reshuffle, even as Joho alleged the move was all political.…

Starehe MP-elect Charles Njagua, popularly known as "Jaguar" has declared support for slashing of MPs income saying he is "in total support of the SRC pay cut". "Count me in...Tomayto Tomahto My stand remains the same," he further wrote on Twitter on Thursday. Salaries and Remuneration Commission…