Nairobi girl who rose from hawker to regional manager
Sitah Lang’o’s warm and affable personality is infectious. In just five minutes, you turn from acquaintance to old friend, a gift that has seen her graduate from struggling to make a living in Maringo...
View ArticleI have no apologies for linking Kidero to murder – Sonko
Nairobi senator Mike Sonko has said that he will not apologise for remarks that linked Governor Evans Kidero to murder and theft of property. The standoff between the two politicians started on...
View ArticleSingle mum wins first hurdle against Cord over her burnt matatu
Cord principals have lost a bid to stop a case in which a woman had sued them over her matatu that was burnt during anti-IEBC protests. Opposition supporters in Mathare had on June 6, 2016 burnt down...
View ArticleTransgenders now seek legal recognition in Health Bill
Transgender people in Kenya have submitted a memorandum on the 2016 Health Bill, currently with the Senate, seeking to be legally recognised and stop the stigma associated with the gender identity....
View ArticleCounterfeit agency boss caught in fake number plates scandal
The head of the anti-counterfeit authority has been caught up in a storm after it emerged that the private number plates for his official car were forged in Kirinyaga Road, Nairobi. The senior State...
View ArticleWhy Nacada wants all bar attendants to be licenced
The anti-drugs agency wants bar attendants licensed. The National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Nacada) has made the proposal to curb the drugging of revellers and theft of...
View ArticleI’m being targeted for being Kidero’s wife, says First Lady
The wife of Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero wants the anti-graft team to urgently respond to her petition challenging her investigation alongside her husband for alleged corruption. Dr Susan Akello Mboya...
View ArticleBaby bitten by snake to undergo dialysis at KNH
A baby airlifted to Nairobi from Samburu County on Sunday following a snake bite will undergo dialysis to rid his body of toxins after his kidneys failed. According to the baby’s father, Mr Leadilia...
View ArticleTwo year-old baby dies in Mathare fire
A two year-old toddler died in a morning fire on Tuesday in Mathare slums. The cause of the 7:30 am fire remains unknown, but it gutted over 50 tin-sheet houses located opposite the Moi Air Base...
View ArticleGovernor casts aside status to teach a Chemistry class – PHOTOS
Kericho county governor Paul Chekwony reconnected with his teaching profession on Monday at a Form Four Chemistry lesson in his county. Governor Chepkwony, a Professor in Organic Chemistry, on Monday...
View ArticleRaila hosts Kuria and ‘hate speech’ MPs to a lunch date – VIDEO
Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria on Tuesday kept Opposition leader Raila Odinga waiting on a lunch date at Ranalo restaurant in the city centre. Also invited for the lunch date were legislators recently...
View ArticleNairobi woman admits to killing drunk husband over infidelity claims
A woman who stabbed her husband to death two years ago in Starehe, Nairobi, after he accused her of infidelity has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter. Charity Wambui Chege confessed to...
View ArticleFour month-old baby bitten by snake dies at KNH
The four-month old baby flown on Sunday to Nairobi from Samburu County following a snake bite has died. Baby Mperesi succumbed on Tuesday morning at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), two days after he...
View ArticlePregnant ‘teargas’ policewoman gets a surprise baby shower – PHOTOS
The heavily pregnant police officer pictured last week wearing a teargas necklace at Pangani Police Station where politicians had been detained has received surprise baby shower at the station....
View ArticleCity family still recovering after drunk driver killed all their kids
“Just take a right turn on the track ahead,” the man we ask for directions to the Kibugi home tells us. “You will see smoke on your way down the trail. That’s their gate, right where the smoke is....
View ArticleKiambu serial killer who targeted women sentenced to hang
A man who stalked and killed women in Kiambu has been handed the death penalty on his own plea of guilty. Justice Wycliff Wakiaga at the Milimani law courts on Tuesday sentenced Martin Mwangi Njoroge,...
View ArticleSafaricom sues ad agency over ‘corruption letters’ to Vodafone
Telecoms operator Safaricom has sued advertising agency Transcend Media Group for writing a damning letter to its majority shareholder — British multinational Vodafone —regarding a Sh208 million tender...
View ArticleLarry: Why I stand by my Moses Kuria interview
I stand by my interview with Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria on Saturday night. All of it. If I were to do it again, I wouldn’t change a thing. For every action, there is a social media overreaction and...
View ArticleYoga lessons come to Nairobi’s biggest slum
In a sprawling slum such as Kibera in Nairobi, the last thing one would expect to encounter is the practice of Yoga. In Kibera, one of the biggest slums in the world which is infamous for crime and...
View ArticleCity mum in need of Sh3 million for son’s spinal surgery – VIDEO
A mother of adult twins is appealing to Kenyans to help her raise Sh3 million required for her son’s second spinal surgery in India. Lucia Mulewa has been nursing her 31 year-old son, Killian Mutua,...
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