Eight dead, about 100 admitted in Kibera cholera outbreak
Four more people have died and nearly 100 hospitalised following the cholera outbreak in Kibera slum, Nairobi. One person found dead at Muthurwa market on Friday had symptoms of acute diarrhoea and...
View Article73 year old Kenyan man passes away in Indianapolis, hospital searching for...
A hospital in Indianapolis is seeking a next of kin to a Kenyan man who passed away in Indianapolis, Indiana late last month. Calleb Odongo passed away on April 29th at the Caleb Hospital East and...
View Article[VIDEO] President Uhuru’s dance with 8 year old boy goes viral
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday wowed guests at the Kenya Red Cross Society’s 50th anniversary at KICC, Nairobi when he rose to dance with an eight-year-old’ boy. The head of state rose to dance to...
View ArticleKenyan mountain climber narrowly missed death in Nepal earthquake
Steve Obbayi is a daring man. Very daring. Twice, he has tested the gods of Mt Everest. Twice, the gods have turned him away. When last week’s earthquake shook Nepal to the core claiming over 5,000...
View ArticleIvory Coast bans skin-whitening cream
Ivory Coast has banned skin-whitening creams because of health concerns, the health ministry says. It says “cosmetic lightening and hygiene creams… that de-pigment the skin… are now forbidden”....
View ArticleKenyans spend Sh11 billion on cancer treatment abroad
Over 10,000 cancer patients in Kenya spend Sh11.28billion for treatment in hospitals overseas. Health Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said as a result, the number of patients visiting local facilities...
View ArticleNo biting at Nakumatt Mega Sale, bargain hunters warned
Shoppers taking advantage of the Nakumatt mega sale where items are selling at half price have warned against fighting and biting. Nakumatt managing director Atul Shah, in an advert appearing in the...
View ArticleKenya moves to lure Hollywood producers
The Kenya government has announced a raft of incentives and guarantees to lure big budget Hollywood moviemakers to shoot on location in Kenya. The incentives, announced on last Tuesday at the...
View ArticleAn open letter to William Ruto, our anti-gay Deputy President
Dear Deputy President, My best friend is gay. She is also Kenyan. She lives in a country where the majority of people are homophobic, and the other day you proved that the leadership is as well. You...
View ArticleMeet the American who sells mandazi in Siaya Town
Mr Terry Dean Baucom used to sell newspapers on the streets of Michigan in the United States of America nine years ago. Now, thousands of miles away, this passionate 49-year-old sells mandazi on the...
View ArticleYou can pack your bags and leave, Governor Mutua tells striking doctors
Machakos governor Alfred Mutua on Friday told off doctors at the level 5 hospital for staging a go-slow over a five day delay of their salaries. “You can pack your bags and leave this hospital, it is...
View ArticleWhy Kenyans would rather die in Saudi Arabia than stay unemployed back at home
Kenyans working in the Middle East say they are tempted to move abroad by the lucrative job offers available, despite the well publicized risks that come with their stay in the Gulf nations. These...
View Article[VIDEO] Mighty Mom: A Mother’s Day Tribute To Moms
It Was Mom: A Mother’s Day Tribute To Moms Mother’s Day celebrates moms who gave us life and taught us how to live. This Mother’s Day visit motherhood.mormon.org to see why motherhood has been deemed...
View ArticleLawyer Seeks to Compel Gov’t to Issue Obama with Kenyan Citizenship
A Nairobi lawyer is planning to move to the High Court on Monday to compel the government to issue US President Barrack Obama with Kenyan citizenship as soon as he arrives in July A Nairobi lawyer is...
View ArticleIt’s Ethiopia! State now breaks silence over aborted Uhuru trip
Kenya has sent a protest note to Ethiopia after the aborted presidential trip to the United States lastmonth. It was revealed Sunday that the President’s jet turned back after Ethiopian authorities...
View ArticleKenyan tabloid “names gays and lesbians” in homophobic front page
A local tabloid has kicked off a debate on social media after sensationally publishing several Kenyans in its purported list of gays and lesbians. Among them are a top political columnist, a renowned...
View ArticleObama’s One Day Visit To Kenya Will Cost Sh5.7 Billion
PRESIDENT Barack Obama’s July trip to Kenya will cost US taxpayers a staggering Sh5.7 billion, almost equivalent to the Kenya government’s annual allocation to Nakuru county. The cost of the trip has...
View ArticleSenate staff linked to Nairobi terror attacks
A Senate staff accused of plotting to bomb Parliament has been linked to two attacks in Nairobi in which four police officers were killed. The Anti Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) on Monday told a Nairobi...
View ArticleDPP Tobiko orders prosecution of Murang’a governor, two MPs
Murang’a Governor Mwangi wa Iria will be prosecuted for allegedly swearing a false declaration in 2012 and submitting it to anti-corruption authorities. Director of Public Prosecution Keriako Tobiko...
View Article[VIDEO] Watch Bishop TD Jakes’ response on what women can do to help men open...
Oprah poses a question to Bishop TD Jakes “How do we begin to open the door to get man to feel vulnerable enough to share?” And he answers like this....
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