Outgoing Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) Director General Francis Wangusi will remain in office longer after the court on Tuesday extended orders barring the recruitment of a new boss pending determination of a case challenging his replacement. Wangusi, whose term expired last week leading to the appointment of Mercy Wanjau, had vowed not to hand […]

Top officers at Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) are having sleepless nights after the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) started grilling them over increased tax evasion. “Once investigations are complete, you will see KRA officials in court, not just small level, but high level, including commissioners,” said DPP Noordin Haji. The new KRA commissioner-general James Githii […]

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Nordin Haji has said that two Cabinet Ministers will be investigated over Ksh. 28.9billion tender award for Itare dam in Nakuru. The DPP however denied that he had been in Dubai to investigate the case in which over Ksh. 11billion has been paid for the stalled dam project. Addressing […]

Two people suspected to have gang-raped a census enumerator arrested in Kisumu. 2:56 PM: “The census official was attacked by three young men who were hiding in some thicket behind the gate. So far we have managed to arrest two suspects who have recorded their statements and are now in the cells,” Dr. Makhoha said. […]

A Kenyan man in Texas has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting an elderly patient, the Dallas News said. This comes just months after another Kenyan man in Texas was charged with killing 11 elderly women. On Thursday, Anthony Mamboleo Nyakeo was found guilty of raping a 74-year-old woman. Nyakeo, who worked […]

Flying squad have finally managed to arrest Keroche Breweries boss Tabitha Karanja and her husband Joseph Karanja. Tabitha and the husband were being sought by detectives for alleged tax evasion claims. DCI officers nabbed the couple at the gate of their factory in Naivasha. Information reaching our news desk indicates that the couple spent the […]

Naivasha court has issued a search & arrest warrant to detectives who are seeking Keroche Breweries owners Tabitha Karanja and her husband Joseph Karanja. In her defence, Tabitha said that she has complied with all tax requirements and she was being targeted by her competitors. “As a local company, we have gone through numerous challenges […]

Kirinyaga Governor, Anne Waiguru, on Wednesday, broke her silence after she was adversely mentioned in Meru Senator Mithika Linturi’s messy divorce case filed by his lover Marianne Kitany. Former Chief of Staff at the Deputy President William Ruto’s office testified that, in June 2014, the DP’s attempt to save the then embattled governor from impeachment […]

DPP Noordin Haji has ordered the arrest of Keroche Breweries owners Tabitha and Joseph Karanja over claims of tax evasion. The inquiry relates to the alleged failure to pay tax amounting to Ksh14.4 Billion on various products manufactured and sold by Keroche Breweries Limited during the period of January 2015 to June 2019. “The audit […]

Former chief of staff at the office of the deputy president Mary Kaitany has split more beans on wednesday morning. She narrated how after their romantic getaway in Naivasha, they began having regular visits in August 2014. The court heard that it was in that same year that the two decided to take all the […]

Kitany told the court that Linturi had informed her that he was single and available having divorced three wives; Susan Gacheri Kimani, Mercy Kaimenyi and Hellen Mumbi Kariuki: “I came in as the fourth wife” she said. The case pitting Minthika Linturi and his estranged wife Maryanne Kitany continued on Wednesday morning with the latter […]

LOVE GONE SOUR A prison warden attached to Bomet GK prison reportedly killed his girlfriend after a quarrel at Kamukunji Estate. According to Bomet Central Sub County Police Boss Musa Imamai Omar, the 28-years-old officer hit his girlfriend with a blunt object in the head. “Our officers rushed to the scene after a distress call […]

Details have emerged that city tycoon, Humphrey Kariuki, had been in the country before he presented himself in court on Monday and was subsequently arrested hours later. On August 12, Kariuki had been traced in London and detectives had feared that he could have been headed to Cyprus where he has citizenship. However, The Standard […]

By Dorcas S “We have been unable to find a lawyer who can represent her pro-bono. Everyone we are talking to is asking for file opening fees” – Wanjeri Nderu-Musembi Is this true – that one of the driving forces behind BB-Ke Mildred Atty Owiso CANNOT find pro-bono legal representation – against whatever charges she’s […]

Kenyan drug lord Baktash Akasha has been sentenced to 25 years in jail by a US court. Baktash and his younger brother Ibrahim Akasha were charged with exporting tonnes of heroin to the United States. They pleaded guilty to the charges and agreed to a plea bargain with the office of the Manhattan district attorney.

Two rugby players Alex Mahaga and Frank Wanyama have been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment after they were found guilty of gang rape by a court of law. The two were accused of gang raping by a celebrity (anonymous) on her birthday. The two were playing for the national rugby team. more to follow…