Rescuers have retrieved the body of a police officer who was swept away by floodwaters on Sunday, March 24. Nairobi flooding Heavy rains that pounded Nairobi and its environs from the night of Sunday, March 24, to the morning of Monday, March 25, killed at least four people and displaced many others. The officer, David…
The disquiet in President William Ruto’s UDA party over the procurement of fake fertiliser spells doom for embattled Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi. The development comes after some lawmakers intensified calls for the removal of the CS, following the revelations of fake fertiliser scam. “Either way, he must go!” Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba told the…
Renowned musician Akothee has issued a statement shedding light on the loneliness experienced by celebrities, amidst the widespread tributes following the untimely demise of TikToker Brian Chira. Though her TikTok, the mother of five expressed her dissatisfaction with the current trend of creating content and memorialising Chira. Akothee emphasised the importance of reaching out to…
Raila Odinga will on Tuesday chair a meeting of an influential organ of his ODM party over the planned grassroots elections and internal succession. The Central Management Committee meeting comes at a time when the party is gearing up for elections this month after postponing the exercise from December last year. The 12-member organ has…
Scores of selfless volunteers have won the hearts of many Kenyans with their bravery during the ongoing exercise to retrieve bodies from an abandoned quarry in the Kware area, Mukuru kwa Njenga slum. Charles Wambua is one of the volunteers and was at the forefront of retrieving bodies from the dump site. He is a…
Although Abdi Ali* was released from prison in June this year, he remains a prisoner of the disease he contracted there. He served one year for assault and contracted tuberculosis (TB) in the prison’s overcrowded cells. His lungs are scarred and he developed resistance to the common antibiotics used to treat TB. He is lucky…
Simpson’s life story is marked by significant achievements in sports but his later years were overshadowed by his involvement in criminal cases. Orenthal James Simpson, commonly known as O.J. Simpson, was an American former professional football player and actor. His life story is marked by significant achievements in sports and entertainment, but his later years…
Brian Anyango who represents South Gem encountered the unfortunate incident while he was attending a funeral service in his Ward. During the funeral, the MCA faced tough opposition and was heckled throughout his speech by his constituents. The attendees continuously booed him as he tried to condole with the bereaved family. The politician had been…
Typically twins account for around 3% of live births in the US – no wonder headteacher Tamatha Bibbo described the event as “quite unusual”. Twenty-three sets of twins have graduated from a US middle school, making up about 10% of the eighth-grade year group. The identical and fraternal twins graduated from Pollard Middle School in…
A politician from Bungoma county has been formally charged with cyber-bullying Kakamega governor Fernandes Barasa. Cyberbullying in Kenya Joseph Lendrix Waswa is accused of threatening Barasa by telling him that he would circulate his naked photos in numerous WhatsApp groups. Waswa, alias SSP Kiprop, appeared before Kibera Senior Principal Magistrate Margate Maroro on Thursday, April…
