Big Chinese cash nets Cameroonian star Mbia
BY DAVID KWALIMWA Cameroon skipper Stephane Mbia has become the latest name to join the lucrative Chinese football, following in the footsteps of high profile footballers who have recently been lured...
View ArticleHow De Jongh managed to “fleece” AFC Leopards
By DAVID KWALIMWA Former AFC Leopards coach Pieter de Jongh has finally left the country for his native Netherlands after pocketing a huge payment from the club. In what is considered a landmark ruling...
View ArticleReplace Uhuru portraits with Raila, Cord governors told
Siaya Governor Cornel Rasanga has asked his counterparts in 24 counties controlled by Cord to see to it that President Uhuru Kenyatta’s portraits are replaced with those of opposition chief Raila...
View ArticleFake ‘Nation’ editor arrested for attempt to extort CID boss
Police have arrested a man posing as Nation journalist in Langata. Langata Directorate of Criminal Investions (DCI) chief Ms Fatuma Hadi said that the suspect went to the police station on Monday and...
View ArticleClub owner on murder charge had blood on trousers, prosecutor
The owner of a popular nightclub in Nairobi charged with killing a patron had blood stains on his trousers and shoes, a prosecutor said on Monday. Ms Catherine Mwaniki said a report on the samples has...
View ArticleWoman charged with sending ‘tiny genitals’ message to a man
A woman has appeared before a court in Meru charged with sending an abusive text message to a man. Emily Karimi, who appeared before Meru resident magistrate Eva Wambugu, was on Monday released on...
View ArticleChaos in Mathare as residents protest crackdown on illegal connections
Transport on Juja Road was on Monday disrupted near the Moi Airbase Eastleigh after youth from Mathare slums engaged police in running battles. The youth were protesting the confiscation of their car...
View ArticleWhy Westgate movie will be shot in South Africa
The verdict is out; Kenya is winning the war against malaria but losing the battle in making the country an attractive filming location. The country has lost two movies to South Africa. Africa, a movie...
View ArticleUber, regular taxis rivalry turns ugly as drivers fight
Business rivalry between regular Nairobi street cabs and the online taxi-hailing service Uber took an ugly turn Monday as more reports emerged of physical confrontation between drivers of the two...
View ArticleKibera woman dies after being burnt by lover
Police are looking for a suspect who allegedly beat his girlfriend, doused her with kerosene and set her on fire in Laini Saba, Kibera. The 39 year old Nicholas Amolo committed the heinous act on...
View ArticleChaos on Outer Ring Road as rival matatu groups clash
Traffic on Outer Ring Road has been disrupted after groups of matatu operators engaged in street battles amid claims of murder. Initial reports indicate that a group of touts from Cabanas area were...
View ArticleKidero meets panel probing Judge Tunoi Sh202m bribe claim
Nairobi governor Evans Kidero on Tuesday morning met with the special committee that is investigating claims that he bribed a Supreme Court Judge with Sh202 million. Dr Kidero was accompanied by his...
View ArticleTanzanian woman goes missing after being rescued from ‘hell’ pit
A Tanzanian woman has gone missing days after being rescued from a hell pit where she was hidden by her lover. The woman, said to be in her twenties, was last week pulled out of the cemented pit where...
View Article‘Drunk’ Nairobi tycoon arrested after killing guard with his SUV – PHOTOS
Police have arrested a former CMC motors director who allegedly knocked down two security guards, killing one on the spot early Tuesday morning. Joel Kibe is alleged to have knocked the guards at a...
View ArticleSonko’s secret video evidence in Sh7m bribery case
Nairobi Senator Gideon Mike Sonko Mbuvi has told a court that he has a secret video recording capturing the moment a senior City Hall official attempted to bribe him with Sh7 million. The flambouyant...
View ArticleSonko opens up his multi-million mansion to city’s poor
Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko has opened another frontier in his philanthropic activities in efforts to reach out to the poor in Nairobi. The Senator has decided to open the doors to his multi-million...
View ArticleKiwi calls home after 30 years and says he’s in jail in Kenya
A New Zealander thought to be dead for nearly 30 years contacted his family two weeks to tell them he was in a Kenyan jail. Francis Edward Strange, 56, was detained February 2015, after failing to...
View ArticleWhy police officers are subletting posh houses to civilians
By EDWIN MUTAI Police officers allocated houses in newly-built residential quarters have rented them out to civilians, making nonsense of government efforts to improve living conditions in the service....
View ArticleResidents upset as free Wi-Fi services collapse
By SILAS APOLLO The much-hyped free Internet launched in Kisumu and Nakuru counties is now down, almost a year after it was launched. The two projects, according to county government officials, were...
View ArticleVillagers feast on free meat of stray buffalo
By ALEX NJERU Residents of Karwamba village in Tharaka Nithi County on Tuesday evening feasted on meat of a stray buffalo that was killed by Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers. The animal had fallen...
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