October 12, 2023
Kenya: Court Extends Mackenzie's Detention By a Week Amid Radicalization Reports
A Mombasa court has issued an order for the continued detention of controversial televangelist Paul Mackenzie of the Shakahola starvation cult amid claims of radicalization in… Read more »
Kenya: Govt Win as Environment Court Allows Importation, Cultivation of GMOs
The Environment Court has dismissed a petition challenging the importation and cultivation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Read more »
Kenya: Azimio Lawmakers Call for Ban On Friday Arrests of Legislators
Youthful Azimio La Umoja lawmakers now want Friday arrests to be outlawed unless under exceptional circumstances where police bail will be available in such scenarios. Read more »
October 11, 2023
Kenya: Why You Risk Going to Jail for Using President Ruto's 'Mambo Ni Matatu' Catchphrase Without Permission
Anyone seeking to use the now popular "Mambo Ni Matatu" catchphrase will be required to first seek permission from President William Ruto. Read more »
Kenya: CS Tuya in Court for Sh425,000 Child Upkeep From Abusive Husband
Environment Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya has dragged her husband, Stephen Saibulu, to court claiming that he is physically and emotionally abusive. Read more »
Kenya: CS Kindiki Says Police Officers Who Serve in a Station for More Than 3 Years to Be Transferred
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has avvered that police officers who have served for more than three years in a station will be transferred . Read more »
Kenya: 4 Police Officers Arrested for Extortion on Thika-Garissa Highway
Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) detectives have apprehended four police officers for alleged involvement in extorting money from motorists on the Thika-Garissa… Read more »
October 10, 2023
Kenya: Cabinet Endorses Extradition Treaty With UAE, Mozambique
Kenya's Cabinet has approved the signing of Extradition Agreements between Kenya and the governments of the United Arab Emirates and Mozambique. Read more »
Kenya: Indonesian Arrested At JKIA With 38.4kg Ivory Stock Valued At Sh10mn
Authorities have apprehended an Indonesian in an ivory smuggling operation after uncovering 38.4kg ivory consignment valued at approximately Sh10 million. Read more »
Kenya: Cabinet Approves Power of Mercy Policy to Promote Rehabilitation
The Cabinet has approved a national policy on the Power of Mercy as part of reforms geared at promoting rehabilitation of offenders. Read more »
Kenya: Cabinet Names New Agency to Probe Road, Rail and Maritime Accidents
The Cabinet has approved the establishment of a special unit dedicated to the investigations of accidents in the roads, rail, pipeline and maritime sectors. Read more »
October 09, 2023
Kenya: Govt to Publish Names of Masterminds Behind Lamu Atrocities - CS Kindiki
The Government has identified the ringleaders and planners of the atrocities in Lamu County, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has said. Read more »
Kenya: President Ruto Assents to the Privatization Bill 2023
President William Ruto has signed into law a legislation which seeks to speed up the process of privatising State owned corporations by allowing the National Treasury the authority… Read more »
Kenya: CJ Koome Inaugurates 69 'People's Courts' Magistrates
Chief Justice Martha Koome has presided over the swearing-in of sixty-nine newly recruited Resident Magistrates, who will also serve as Small Claims Court Adjudicators. Read more »
Kenya: Court Declines Bid to Block Deputy Minority Whip Replacement in the House
The High Court has dismissed a petition challenging Azimio coalition's decision to replace Sabina Chege as the National Assembly Deputy Minority Whip. Read more »
Kenya: Court Restrains Kindiki, House From Authorizing Police Mission to Haiti
The High Court has restrained Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki from deploying Kenya's police units as part of the multinational security mission in Haiti. Read more »
October 06, 2023
Kenya: President Ruto Directs Interior Cabinet Secretary Kindiki to Deal With Perpetrators of Sondu Border Violence
President William Ruto has directed Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki to deal with perpetrators of the Sondu border conflict. Read more »
October 05, 2023
Kenya: Nyanza Governors Petition Kindiki to Deploy General Service Unit in Disturbed Sondu Area
Four Governors from the Luo Nyanza region have issued a joint appeal petitioning Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki to intervene in Sondu amid reports of inter-ethnic… Read more »
October 06, 2023
Kenya: 5 Immigration Officials, an Intern Among 15 Arrested Over Passport Fraud
The Directorate of Criminal Investigation's Transnational Organized Crime unit is holding fifteen suspects in connection with corruption allegations at the Immigration Department… Read more »
October 05, 2023
Kenya: Supreme Court Concludes Hearing on Chitembwe's Appeal Against Graft Conviction
The Supreme Court has concluded the hearing of Justice Said Chitembwe's appeal against a graft conviction by the Justice Mumbi Ngugi-led tribunal that recommended his removal from… Read more »
Kenya: Govt Deploys Specialized Units to Sondu to Quell Border Clashes
The government has deployed a contingent of specialized police units to contain the escalating violence in Sondu town along Kericho-Kisumu border that has led to loss of lives and… Read more »
October 04, 2023
Kenya: MP Sponsors Bill Seeking to Gag Rich Investors From Hoarding Foreign Currencies
Individuals hoarding foreign currency might find themselves on the wrong side of the law, if a proposed bill sail through. Read more »
Kenya: Detectives Confiscate Drugs Valued at Sh9 Million Bound for Indonesia at JKIA
Authorities at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport have impounded over 1kg of methamphetamine drug concealed inside bicycle saddles as government intensifies war on drug… Read more »
Kenya: Nyanza Lawmakers Protest Over Sondu Clashes, Push for Urgent Action
Luo Nyanza lawmakers are up in arms over the clashes in Sondu area along the Kisumu Kericho border that have so far claimed four lives. Read more »
Kenya: 2 Al-Shabaab Suspects Killed in Garissa IED Explosion
Two Suspected members of the Al-Qaeda linked terrorist outfit Al-Shabaab have died after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED)they were planting along a road in Garissa County… Read more »