Machakos County Commissioner Matilda Sakwa has been appointed the new National Youth Service (NYS) Director General. She replaces Richard Ndubai who stepped aside along with Youth Affairs Permanent Secretary Lillian Omollo to pave way for investigations into the Sh9 billion scandal at the service. Mr Ndubai is among 47 suspects facing charges of looting millions […]

One of Nicholas Biwott’s children, Ms Rita Field-Marsham, has rejected her share late father’s multi-million dollar estate. Rita, one of the two daughters of Biwott and his wife Johanna Catherina Kiprono Biwott fondly known as Hannie, wrote a disclaimer letter to the court requesting to release all her rights, title and interest of the one […]

Interior CS Fred Matiang’i has revealed that apart from contraband sugar that may contain toxic mercury, fertilizer, cooking oil, fruit juices and tomato ketchup in the market could be containing heavy metals that are harmful to human beings. Matiang’i spoke when he appeared before the National Assembly’s joint committee on Trade and Agriculture probing the […]

At least nine people are feared to have lost their lives after a fire breakout at Nairobi’s Gikomba Market in the early morning hours of Thursday, June 27. Around 60 casualties were admitted at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) after suffering burns following the incident which occurred at around 2am. At least 9 people feared […]

Nairobi Women Rep Esther Passaris has narrated how she escaped unhurt after rowdy youth from Dagoretti North chased her Tuesday evening demanding money from her. Taking the shocking revelation to Twitter, the ODM lawmaker said that she was on her way back to the city when a group of “youth hoped on bodaboda, three to […]

A police officer has shot and seriously injured three people before killing himself at a bar in Kericho county on Tuesday. The officer based at Litein DCC headquarters is said to have gotten angry after a bar attendant refused to serve him alcohol because he was on duty. He first shot her on the stomach […]

The contractor who was to undertake the ambitious Greenfield terminal at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) was paid Sh4.31 billion without undertaking any work, before the project contract was terminated. The loss of taxpayers’ billions was revealed by the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) when its management appeared before the National Assembly’s Public Investment Committee […]