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The opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) supremo Raila Odinga and his running mate Kalonzo Musyoka has called on Supreme Court judges to annul the August 8th elections and order for a fresh one. The two, who are the first and second petitioners respectively filed a 25,000-page petition at the…

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a Presidential petition filled by one petitioner, after it failed to meet the threshold for admission by the Court. Juma Kenyatta-Awori Marie arrived at the highest court in the land seeking to file a petition to challenge the August 8th presidential contest, in…

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday met Nairobi Jubilee elected leaders at the State House in Nairobi, with one message to them- deliver improved services to residents. The Head of State told the leaders that they must avoid squabbles when they assume office and deliver real change to the capital…

Outgoing Bomet Governor Isaac Rutto says that “external forces” are to blame for his loss to Dr Joyce Laboso in the race to defend his seat. Speaking at his Bomet home on Friday, the Chama Cha Mashinani party leader said that police officers were used by the electoral agency to mess up the voting…

Even as events leading to the August 8th general elections overshadowed the commemoration of the August 7th, 1998 bomb attack on the US ambassador to Kenya and Tanzania that killed over 200 Kenyans, 12 Americans and 10 Tanzanians, Prudence Bushnell, the then US ambassador to Kenya remembers the…

Police arrested controversial blogger Robert Alai on Friday morning and detained him at Kamkunji police station. The blogger divulged that police officers ordered him out of his car at gunpoint and forced him into another vehicle before being taken to Kamkunji Police Station. "They blocked the road…

Police have arrested a man holding a United States passport on suspicion of terrorism. 47-year-old Abdi Korad Aden was arrested in Meru on Thursday together with a 62-year-old Kenyan, Mohamed Ismael Adan, after being suspected of having links to terrorism. Initial investigations by police indicate…

The opposition National Super Alliance (Nasa) led by Raila Odinga and co-principals on Friday night filed a petition at the Supreme Court challenging the declaration of President Uhuru Kenyatta as winner of the 2017 presidential contest by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. After…

Outgoing Kiambu governor William Kabogo on Saturday shocked many when he attended the swearing in of Ferdinand Waititu as the new Kiambu County boss. The immediate former Kabete MP was sworn by Lady Justice Stella Mutuku at Ndumberi Stadium. Kabogo, who had already congratulated Waititu made a…

A Nyeri businessman feels he made a remarkable achievement in contributing to President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election after sacrificing about Sh13 million to boost support for Uhuru's second term in office. Ephantus Thuku, popularly known as ‘’Adonai’,’ said he does not regret sacrificing his fleet…