In an event held at State House on Friday, President William Ruto officially swore in three new Cabinet Secretaries (CSs): Mutahi Kagwe for Agriculture, William Kabogo for ICT, and Lee Kinyanjui for Trade. This ceremony marked a fresh chapter in the governance of Kenya, focusing on integrity, efficiency, and public service. Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe […]
Three lawyers who once represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were jailed Friday in Russia as part of the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent that has reached levels unseen since Soviet times. Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and Alexei Liptser were jailed from 3 1/2 to five years by a court in the town of […]
Nairobi, Kenya – In a significant stride towards enhancing national food security, the Kenya Kwanza administration has announced a substantial investment in the long-troubled Galana-Kulalu project. Selu Limited, a special-purpose vehicle, has been awarded 20,000 acres under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) deal, with plans to invest Sh12.5 billion to revitalize the initiative. The National Treasury’s […]
A man trailed his wife from Nairobi to Nandi where he brutally stabbed and killed her in her parents’ kitchen before dying by suicide. The deceased man identified as Hanise Juma died by suicide within the same compound in the Wednesday January 15 incident. The man had laid his plans for the murder-suicide incident in […]
Nairobi, Kenya – An alarming report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) sheds light on the shadowy operations behind Kenya’s surge in abductions, implicating special units within the country’s security apparatus. HRW has revealed the existence of the Operation Support Unit (OSU), a covert group within Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), which purportedly took over […]
The Al-Shabaab group in Somalia released a video of a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) serviceman, who was allegedly captured during the El-Adde raid which left dozens of soldiers dead and hundreds of others critically injured. In their propaganda video, Abdullahi Isse Ibrahim whose kin believed to have been killed is seen in military fatigue, similar […]
Nairobi, Kenya – January 12, 2025 – Khalif Kairo, the flamboyant Nairobi-based car dealer known for his social media presence and controversial business dealings, has been arrested again on allegations of fraud. This latest arrest comes on the heels of multiple complaints from clients who claim Kairo failed to deliver vehicles after receiving payment. Kairo, […]
Nairobi, January 11, 2025– In a strategic shift aimed at enhancing transparency, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has opened a prequalification process for a multimillion-shilling tender to mint new coins. This move follows criticism over past procurement practices, particularly the secretive awarding of a $109.42 million (Sh15 billion) contract for banknotes to the German […]
Nairobi, Kenya – December 27, 2024 SonySugar, the state-run sugar company that had been on a remarkable recovery trajectory, is now facing a significant downturn, with allegations of mismanagement leveled against its new Managing Director (MD), Martine Dima. The company, which saw its gross revenue jump from Sh400 million in 2019 to Sh5.132 billion in […]
Nairobi, December 26, 2024 – Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei has publicly questioned Safaricom’s possible involvement in the ongoing series of abductions in Kenya. On his X page, Cherargei pointed to a pattern where those abducted were predominantly Safaricom subscribers, suggesting a potential privacy and data breach. “Now that the police have confirmed that they are […]
Telecommunications giant Safaricom is under fire following allegations of using intimidation tactics against Nation Media Group (NMG) in the wake of an investigative story published on October 29. The story accused the company of collaborating with State security agencies to conduct widespread surveillance on Kenyans, granting them virtually unlimited access to customer data. This alleged […]
The US has announced an increased $25m (£20.4m) reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on the day he was sworn in for a third six-year term in office. The inauguration ceremony was overshadowed by recrimination from the international community and Venezuelan opposition leaders. Rewards have also been offered for […]
