The National Assembly has been forced to delay its scheduled short recess at the end of March in order to vet Mr Hilary Mutyambai for the position of Inspector-General of Police. This follows President Uhuru Kenyatta’s submission of his name to parliament on yesterday. The vetting is scheduled for next week and if approved for […]

The office of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti is probing an incident in which Sh 2 billion fake currency was discovered at Barclays Bank Kenya, Queensway branch, Nairobi on Tuesday. The currency, which was in the form of US dollars, was found after detectives stormed the bank. City Lawyer Donald Korir in […]

Details of how armed policemen raided the home of the short serving Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echasa have emerged. During the raid, the police took away Echesa’s Beretta pistol and recovered 15 bullets. Records of his firearms certificate show he is allowed to have 50 bullets. Sources familiar with the investigations on Tuesday told a local […]

The discovery of billions of fake currency in US dollars at Barclays Bank, Queensway branch, Nairobi on Tuesday has continued to elicit mixed reactions from different quarters. Assuming its all 1k notes, this 17b equals 8% of all 1k notes in circulation (Sh.210b as per CBK data). Another haul in Ruiru haul was Sh. 32b […]

Kenyans on twitter have blamed their leaders on drought leading to hunger that is currently being experience in the country. Devolution cs Eugine Wamalwa said that nobody had died of hunger a statement that wasn’t taken easy by Kenyans. Here are some reactions: FACTS ; Governor Nanok receives over 14B from National. TURKANA also receives […]

The 1.7B suspects are:- Dr. Erick Adede-Owner of the Box Mr. Ahmed Shah- Fake Investor Ms. Elizabeth Muthoni Ms. Irene Wairimu Kimani Mr. Boaz Ochich – Barclays Bank official Mr. Charles Manzi-Barclays Bank official Also held for statement recording is a witness who would have been conned.

Good morning KENYA. This morning I just want to ask questions. I hope I will find answers to my questions 😔😔 Have you ever been to the North Rift region? To counties like Turkana, Baringo, Mandera, West Pokot and their neighborhood? Do you know they call themselves Kenya B? As in, they don’t belong to […]

The House Committee on Appointments chaired by Speaker Justin Muturi has approved Prof George Magoha as the next Education Cabinet Secretary. This comes after Magoha’s vetting by the committee on Thursday last week. Parliament is expected to debate the report tomorrow. A surgeon, professor, manager and entrepreneur, Magoha told the committee he has never failed […]

Officers from the Flying Squad have intercepted $20 million (Ksh.2 billion) in a safe inside a Barclays Bank branch in Nairobi. Three people; one foreigner and two Kenyans, were arrested at the Barclays Bank, Queensway Branch in Nairobi’s Mama Ngina street. They are currently in police custody as police pursue more leads. No official confirmation […]

The Kenya Medical practitioners and Dentist Union (KMPDU) is now demanding for the immediate termination of the training programme in Cuba claiming that it has not been beneficial to Kenyan doctors. This follows the death of Dr. Hamisi Ali Juma who allegedly committed suicide in Cuba where he was training under a partnership programme between […]

A French court on has handed Congolese singer Koffi Olomide a two-year suspended prison sentence for the statutory rape of one of his former dancers when she was 15. The ruling means the Congolese star only faces arrest if he commits further offences. former dancer. The court in Nanterre, outside Paris, also ordered him to […]

Ali Salim Gichunge’s mother has been released. Sakina Mariam Abdalla, the mother of the mastermind of Dusit terror attack Ali Salim Gichunge, was on Monday freed on a Ksh1 million bail with an alternative bond of Ksh2 million. The prosecution told the court that the information which was within her knowledge would have been used […]

It was an emotional moment yesterday at the senate building when Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho on Monday revealed how a timely intervention by Kisii County Senator Prof Samson Kegengo Ongeri saved his mother. The Devolution and Inter-Governmental Committee chairman John Kinyua (Laikipia) had just introduced Ongeri as his senior despite being a junior at […]

By Boniface Mwangi The Catholic Church in Machakos runs a children’s home named ‘Martyrs of Uganda’ near Kinatwa, on the Machakos-Wote road. The home also houses a primary school which is open to the local community. Last month, on Friday 15th February, one boy at the primary school reported being sodomized by the school’s cook, […]

Detectives attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have recovered 48 vehicles purchased with proceeds meant for the Arror and Kimwarer dam projects. A local Daily reported that the 48 double-cabin vehicles were bought for transport services in the construction of the dams but were diverted to private use. Sleuths privy to the matter […]