Police want Kenyan woman who fled to US brought back to face assault charges
Police have obtained a warrant of arrest for a woman who fled to the US after allegedly assaulting her employee. The warrant seeks to have American authorities arrest and send the woman back to Kenya...
View ArticleKenya to open embassy in Cuba
The Kenyan government has decided to open an embassy in Havana, Cuba in what appears to be the island’s continuing attraction to the world. A dispatch released on Thursday evening after a cabinet...
View ArticlePresident Uhuru Kenyatta to ‘personally’ supervise phase two of slum upgrade...
The second phase of a youth empowerment programme targeting slums was launched Tuesday, with a promise by President Uhuru Kenyatta that he will personally supervise the projects. The programmes are...
View ArticleSonko hits out at Waiguru for not inviting him to Uhuru’s slum upgrade launch
Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko has hit out at Devolution CS Anne Waiguru for not inviting him to the Tuesday launch of the slum upgrade programme. “Waiguru should know that Nairobi has many leaders who...
View ArticleMedia Council threatens to close The Star Newspaper
THE Media Council of Kenya is threatening to close down the Star newspaper. Today it issued a press release saying that it was contemplating “withdrawal of accreditation of its journalists and...
View ArticleHouse votes to block Obama’s immigration actions — but exposes new GOP divisions
House Republicans voted Wednesday to undo years of President Obama’s immigration policies, launching a fresh attack on his executive actions as part of a plan to renew funding for the Department of...
View Article[VIDEO] Redbull ad sparks social media outburst from Kenyans
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 15 – Global energy drinks giant Red Bull has sparked off a major spat with Kenyans on social media platforms after it posted a video which seemed to imply that Kenyans were...
View ArticleNew road carved to ease Garden City shopping mall access
City Hall has carved an access road off Thika Road to ease traffic flow into the upcoming Garden City Mall, sparing shoppers the nightmare of using the perennially jammed Kasarani underpass. Actis...
View ArticleKenyan Embassy in DC seeks honorary counsuls in Minneapolis, Atlanta and Chicago
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Trade of the Republic of Kenya through the Kenya Mission in Washington, D.C. is in the process of identifying candidates to represent Kenya as...
View Article[VIDEO] Kenyan Newspaper “The Star” Apologizes for Charlie Hebdo Cartoon
A Kenyan newspaper has apologized for reproducing a caricature of Prophet Muhammad featured in the Paris-based Charlie Hebdo magazine in its first issue since it was attacked by Islamic extremists. The...
View ArticleKenyan envoy in US Githae proposes voting by mail for Kenyans in diaspora
The Kenyan embassy in Washington DC has proposed postal voting for Kenyans in the diaspora during the forthcoming general elections. The embassy said it was ready to recommend vote-by-mail to the...
View Article[VIDEO] Kenyan man saves money from “mahindi choma”, shoe shining to buy a...
A Kenyan man has shown that where there is a will, there is a way. Sylvester Kibe a shoe shiner and a “mahindi choma vendor started small but that did not stop him from having big dreams. He started...
View ArticleKenyan Gospel Artiste Gloria Muliro Walks Out of Her Broken Marriage
There are very few media accounts of the glitzy ensemble that was singer Gloria Muliro and Eric Omba’s wedding on that sunny day at the PCEA Guest House in Nairobi West. Hardly a year had lapsed on...
View ArticleNew bill moving Kenya elections to December to be published in parliament
THE constitutional amendment Bill that seeks to change the general election date from August to December will be published today. If passed by Parliament, the general election will be held every second...
View ArticleParents in Marakwet kill daughter for going home late
A 17-year-old girl was allegedly beaten to death by her parents for getting home late at Kapchemurkeldet Village in Marakwet East subcounty on Tuesday. Sharon Chebet Kipchumba,17, and her sister...
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What US intelligence predicted about Africa today 15 years ago, and how...
Every five years, the CIA’s National Intelligence Council meets government officials, scholars, business people and civil society representatives from all around the world, to get a feel of the trends...
View ArticleWelcome to Nairobi’s sky restaurants, bars
Nairobi’s skyline is rapidly changing with architecturally classy high-rise buildings and hotels being put up every year by individuals and developers. As the number of high-rise buildings in the...
View ArticleFirst Lady Margaret Kenyatta’s Vehicle Impounded
A vehicle belonging to First Lady Margaret Kenyatta was on Thursday morning impounded by police for bearing unprescribed number plate. The personal vehicle belonging to Mrs Kenyatta was commandeered to...
View ArticleDP Ruto blocks activist Boniface Mwangi over grabbed land queries
Deputy President William Ruto has blocked activist Boniface Mwangi on Twitter following queries on the grabbed playground of Lang’ata road primary school. The activist took to twitter on Friday where...
View ArticleSan Fransisco based Taxi Service Uber headed to Kenya
After a whole year of speculation, San Fransico based, Taxi-hailing service, Uber is set to launch in Nairobi January 22. The app-based transportation network and taxi service has teamed up with local...
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