Prominent Kenyan media personality Lorna Irungu dies
Former TV host, popularly remembered as the OMO Pick a Box host, Lorna Irungu-Macharia, has died. She succumbed to Covid-19.. Lorna was the Managing Director of PR [...]
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Kenya to take over Chinese-operated rail line five years early
Kenya has announced that it is ending its contract with China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) to run the Mombasa to Nairobi standard gauge railway. The 480km line is run [...]
Veteran Kenyan politician Simeon Nyachae has died
Former powerful Cabinet minister Simeon Nyachae has died. Nyachae passed away on Monday at Nairobi Hospital. He was 88. “He has rested after a fairly long illness. We [...]
Kenyan court sentences two for Westgate attack that killed 67
A Kenyan court on Friday sentenced two men to 26 and 11 years in prison for supporting the days-long 2013 attack on Nairobi’s upscale Westgate Mall that left 67 people [...]
Pubs to reopen but schools stay shut in Kenya
Pubs in Kenya will reopen on Tuesday, six months after they were shut to curb the spread of coronavirus. Trading hours, however, have been restricted and bars will have to [...]
Kenya wins UN Security Council seat
Kenya on Thursday evening won the Africa seat at the UN Security Council after garnering 129 votes against Djibouti’s 62 votes in the second round of voting. Some 191 [...]
Kenya flooding death toll reaches 65
NAIROBI, Kenya — Heavy rains in Kenya unleashed a deluge that killed five people overnight in the Rift Valley, raising the death toll from weekend flooding to 65, [...]
Lamu residents celebrate cancellation of Lamu Coal Power Plant license
By deCOALonize On Wednesday 26th June, Kenya’s National Environment Tribunal (NET) made a landmark ruling that set aside the license granted to Amu Power Company Ltd by the [...]
Victims of the Riverside attack
At least 21 people are confirmed to have been killed when militants stormed the DusitD2 hotel and business complex in Nairobi on Tuesday. It has been reported that all [...]
Riverside attack over, 21 lives lost dozens injured
Fourteen people were killed in Tuesday’s terror attack at the dusitD2 complex on 14 Riverside Drive. The confirmation was made Wednesday morning by President Uhuru Kenyatta [...]