Detectives are investigating an incident in which a businessman was trailed and robbed of Sh1.7 million moments after he had withdrawn the money from a bank along Mombasa Road, Nairobi. The businessman told police he had on August 1 withdrawn the cash from the bank and drove to his Syokimau home where the robbery took…
UDA founders chairperson Joe Khalende has laughed off embattled former Secretary General Cleophas Malala after he claimed that he was illegally ousted from office. Khalende termed the claims as preposterous and vowed to continue pushing for Malala’s expulsion from the party. Khalende said the founding members Association will immediately file a disciplinary action against Malala…
World Health Organisation has encouraged countries affected by Mpox to fight the virus together. In a Twitter post on Friday, Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said countries should enhance surveillance. “Identification of the first Mpox clade 1b infection in Sweden underscores the need for affected countries to tackle the virus together,” he said. Tedros asked countries to…
Two Kenyans, one Ethiopian, one Jamaican and one Qatari make up the top five flops from Paris 2024 Olympics. The Olympic Games saw the rise of new talent but some athletes, who went there as favourite, failed to live up to the billing on the global stage. The likes of Ferdinand Omanyala and Eliud Kipchoge…
The Kenya Aviation Workers Union (KAWU) has announced an intended strike to protest the planned leasing of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to a private operator. KAWU Secretary General Moses Ndiema said the union will present a seven-day strike notice on Monday to oppose the planned public-private deal between JKIA and Indian firm Adani Airport…
The death toll from a landslide at a vast garbage dump in Uganda’s capital Kampala has risen to 21, police said on Sunday, as rescue workers continued to dig for survivors. After torrential rain in recent weeks, a huge mound of garbage at the city’s only landfill site collapsed late on Friday, crushing and burying…
President William Ruto on Sunday held a meeting with his Somalia counterpart Hassan Mohamud in Kigali, Rwanda. The two leaders met on the sidelines of President Paul Kagame of Rwanda’s inauguration ceremony. Kagame was taking over for his fourth term as President. A communication by the Somalia President’s office said their talks revolved around pressing…
Uganda are hogging the limelight after winning an Olympics gold ahead of East African rivals Kenya and Tanzania who are still waiting for their first piece of silverware in Paris. With Kenya still waiting for their first Olympics medal at the Paris Games, Uganda became the first country from East Africa to bag gold following…
US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are at odds over their first head-to-head debate, with each in favour of a different broadcaster and date. The Harris campaign is pushing for a debate to take place on ABC News on 10 September, in a slot previously scheduled for a debate between President Joe Biden…
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja was on Saturday pelted with stones by angry traders as he visited Toi Market in Kibra where four people died in a dawn blaze that razed structures there. Sakaja had visited the scene when he was unceremoniously welcomed by the residents who pelted stones at him prompting him to flee. He…
