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TV journalist Rita Tinina is dead
NTV Journalist Rita Tinina has died. The vibrant journalist was found dead at her home in Kileleshwa, Nairobi on Sunday, March 17, 2024. At the time o...
Iceland violent volcanic flare-up triggers state of emergency
By Agencies
A state of emergency has been declared in southern Iceland because of a volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula – the fourth since December...
Ruto heaps praise on 29-year-old earning Ksh68K per week via online jobs
By Francis Muli
President William Ruto has praised a 29-year-old university graduate earning at least Ksh68,000 per week through online jobs. In a post on X, Ruto sai...
DP Rigathi Gachagua visits Kapsabet Boys High School after accident claimed 2 lives
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has visited Kapsabet Boys High School after an accident that claimed the lives of a teacher and a student. In a stat...
2 more suspects arrested in connection with murder in Dandora, 95 phones recovered
By Francis Muli
Sleuths from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations have arrested two suspects connected to the murder in Dandora on March 7, 2024. The two, Malco...
5 counties scheduled for power interruptions on Sunday
By Francis Muli
Five counties are scheduled to experience power interruptions on Sunday, March 17, 2024, the Kenya Power and Lighting Company has announced. The count...
Nandi Governor Sang mourns Kapsabet Boys’ teacher, student who perished in road accident
Kapsabet Boys High School in Nandi County is mourning the deaths of a student and a teacher who perished in a road accident in the Patkawanin area of ...
India to hold seven-phase general election from April 19
By Agencies
India will hold a seven-phase general election starting April 19, with the results to be declared on June 4. The Election Commission of India made the...
Chief Justice Martha Koome feted in Ethiopia
Chief Justice Martha Koome was on Friday night March 15, 2024, feted as the African Female Leader of the Year Award 2023 at a ceremony held in Addis A...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX loses biggest, most powerful spacecraft ever made in Indian Ocean
By Agencies
SpaceX has lost its Starship, after it fell to Earth and presumably into the Indian Ocean. The loss of the spacecraft brought an end to an otherwise s...
5 Al Shabaab gunmen killed after 12-hour siege of Mogadishu hotel
By Agencies
Somali security forces say they have ended the 12-hour siege of a hotel in the capital Mogadishu by killing all five of the gunmen involved. Three sol...
List of areas scheduled for power blackout on Saturday
By Martin Oduor
Kenya Power issued a notice informing Kenyans of a scheduled blackout on Saturday, March 16, 2024. The utility firm in the notice on its website said ...
2 police officers found guilty of murdering camel herder 6 years ago
By Francis Muli
Two police officers have been found guilty of murdering a camel herder in Tana River County six years ago. The two, police constable Emmanuel Wanje Mw...
‘It is the turn of Eastern Africa region’ – AU executive decides on AUC chairmanship
By Francis Muli
The next chairman of the African Union Commission (AUC) will come from the Eastern Africa region, the African Union Executive Council has decided. In ...
School bus with 48 aboard involved in accident at Nithi Bridge
38 students and 10 teachers cheated death on Friday, March 15 after a bus they were travelling in was involved in an accident at Nithi Bridge, in Thar...
PPB warns against unverified list of pharmacies
By Francis Muli
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has warned Kenyans against an unverified list circulating on social media, claiming to represent registered pharm...
Squid Game actor O Yeong-su found guilty of sexual assault, sentenced to 8 months imprisonment
By Agencies
Squid Game actor O Yeong-Su has been given an eight-month suspended prison sentence for sexual misconduct by a court in South Korea. The 79-year-old w...
US Embassy issues security alert for its citizens in Nairobi
The United States’ embassy in Nairobi has issued a security alert over rising crime rates within the city’s estates. While announcing the ...
‘Medical interns get paid up to KSh.206K, I don’t know what exactly they’re complaining about’ – Nandi Woman Rep Cynthia Muge
By Ascah Mwango
Nandi Women Representative Cynthia Muge has expressed confusion over the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists, and Dentists Union (KMPDU) strike, ...
‘I stand with Jacque Maribe’ – Moses Kuria
By Ascah Mwango
Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has thrown his support behind former TV journalist Jacque Maribe amid confusion surrounding her alleged top job at his P...