KENYA NEWS

The Education sector received the lion’s share of the Sh3.3 trillion 2022/2023 financial year budget tabled in Parliament on Thursday. Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani, in his budget statement for the next financial year, indicated that the government allocated Sh513.8 billion to the…

Nairobi-based attorney Harrison Musyoka has offered to give free legal services to the family of Caleb Otieno, who was boiled to death at a steel factory in Thika on March 25th. The lawyer says he will offer pro bono representation to the family to ensure they get justice, arguing that the Sh420,…

Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja says he is still in the race for the county’s gubernatorial seat in the August 9th elections. Sakaja on Thursday confirmed he will be seeking the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party ticket to contest for the Nairobi governor’s seat. He denied ever joining Musalia…

Nandi Hills parliamentary aspirant Wesley Kibet Kogo is dead. Kogo, popularly known as Tingeet, passed away in a grisly road accident in Nairobi’s Kangemi area on Thursday morning. The politician lost his life after the Classic Shuttle matatu he was traveling in reportedly rammed a bus at Kangemi…

The United States government has frozen the assets of 19 Kenyans linked to terrorism and drug trafficking. Their names are contained in the Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs) and Blocked Persons List published by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday. The US blocks the assets…

President Kenyatta on Wednesday held talks with US billionaire businessman Dr. Fisk Johnson. Fisk, Chairman and CEO of American multinational SC Johnson and Sons Company, paid President Kenyatta a courtesy call at State House, Nairobi. During the meeting, Fisk expressed his company’s interest in…

Starehe MP Charles Njagua, alias Jaguar, has dismissed reports that he has dropped his re-election bid ahead of the August 9th elections. Jaguar, who was elected on a Jubilee Party ticket in 2017, is seeking to defend the seat under the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party. Reports emerged on…

Keroche Breweries heiress Anerlisa Muigai has been ordered to pay businessman Benson Kangangi Sh2 million for tarnishing his name.  Kangangi sued Anerlisa for defamation over a post she made on her social media pages in 2018, referring to him as an unscrupulous and untrustworthy businessman…

The High Court has ordered the freezing of Sh5.6 billion in six accounts at Equity and UBA banks over alleged money laundering. Business Daily reports that the money is linked to two Kenyans and two Nigerian nationals suspected to enjoy the backing of a powerful Kenyan politician. High Court judge…

A magistrate who was allegedly caught defiling a minor at a hotel in Bomet last week has filed a petition seeking to stop his prosecution. Senior Principal Magistrate James Ongondo of Kehancha law courts says the woman is 22 years old and not 17 as alleged. In documents filed in court through his…