Matatu owners, crews count losses as Covid-19 restrictions persist
Johnte, a matatu driver with Umoinner Sacco feels the pinch in the harshest of ways of the changes in the transport sector due to the curfew imposed by the government to control the spread of Covid-19....
View ArticleLate Ken Walibora’s phone reveals crucial leads to investigators
Detectives from DCI’s Homicide Division are following a new crucial lead in the investigation into the death of prolific author Ken Walibora. Sources familiar with the progress of the investigations...
View ArticleCurfew: Prophet Owuor’s pastor probed for night attacks on civilians
Police are investigating a security firm in Homa Bay County for attacks on residents while claiming to enforce law and order and implementing the curfew directive. Guards from Catchspy Links, which is...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Kenya confirms 7 new cases – VIDEO
Seven Kenyans have tested positive in the last 24 hours in the country after analysing 707 samples, bringing the total number to 303 people who have been infected. Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said that the...
View ArticleFormer Sofapaka goalkeeper eyeing move to Mamelodi Sundowns
Former Sofapaka goalkeeper Ismail Wetanga is in talks with South African giants Mamelodi Sundowns with a view to sealing a transfer. The Ugandan shot stopper, who has also turned out for Ethiopian side...
View ArticleSonko now threatens to end deal with Uhuru on county management
Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has threatened to withdraw from the agreement between City Hall and the national government citing frustrations in the implementation of the deal. The Governor said he is...
View ArticleCovid-19: Govt bans movement into and out of Mandera County – VIDEO
Mandera County will from 7pm tonight join the list of regions to be put under partial lockdown after the government restricted movement into and out of the county. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe...
View ArticleNairobi Hospital to charge Sh10K for coronavirus tests
The Nairobi Hospital has started conducting coronavirus tests. Those willing to have tests conducted will have to part with Sh10,000. The hospital has asked members of the public to consult their...
View ArticleKen Walibora buried in absence of widow, children – PHOTOS
Fallen author and veteran journalist Professor Ken Waliaula Walibora was on Wednesday laid to rest at his Makutano homestead in Cherang’any constituency in a ceremony attended by few mourners. Prof...
View ArticleTanzania’s virus cases rise to 284 with 30 new cases
Tanzania on Wednesday confirmed 30 new cases of coronavirus bringing the national tally to 284, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has said. Mr Kassin, in a public address on Wednesday, said 256 out of the...
View ArticleWhy Govenor Joho risks 6 months in jail
Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho risks going to jail for six months after his application seeking to set aside a court’s ruling, which cited him and an MCA for contempt, was dismissed. The ruling, which...
View ArticleMan in court for attempted murder after stabbing brother 3 times
Police are holding a middle-aged man who stabbed his brother three times on the neck, chest and on the wrist. Wilson Temba is held at the Shauri Moyo police station. Temba is accused of injuring his...
View ArticleMagufuli: Fumigation only kills roaches and mosquitoes, not coronavirus
Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli has made sensational claims that fumigation does not kill coronavirus. Magufuli has gone as far as banning fumigation in Dar es Salaam and other parts of the...
View ArticleKenyan man caught in medical storm abroad for masquerading as a doctor
The founder of the Lancet Group of Labs, Dr Ahmed Kalebi, appears to have blown the cover of a Kenyan man he claims is a quack doctor. Through his Facebook and Twitter accounts, Dr Ahmed said he...
View ArticleFour health facilities in Kibra to operate on a 24-hour basis to combat Covid-19
Four health facilities in Kibra constituency will now operate on a 24 hour basis as the country battles with coronavirus pandemic. The facilities include Kibra Health Centre, Kibera South Health Center...
View ArticleActivist Okiya Omtatah needs Sh1 million for daughter’s burial
Activist Okiya Omtatah’s family is appealing to well-wishers to help them raise money for accrued medical bills and the burial of his daughter who died last week after suffering from acute malaria....
View ArticleWhy Sonko wants PS Karanja Kibicho to ‘burn in hell’
The simmering differences between Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho appear to have boiled to feverish point, if Sonko’s latest post is anything to go by....
View ArticleUgandan journalist released after a day in police custody
Ugandan journalist Samson Kasumba has been released on police bond after 24 hours in custody. Kasumba, who anchors prime time news on NBS, was arrested by a battalion of both plainclothes and uniformed...
View ArticleArnold Origi’s special gift to street families in Pangani and Dandora
Finland-based Kenyan goalkeeper Arnold Origi has been feeding street families in Pangani and Dandora for the past one week. Origi has been funding the preparation and distribution of free lunch to the...
View ArticleGor Mahia striker Juma Balinya eyeing Polokwane move
Gor Mahia forward Juma Balinya is being linked with a move away from the club, barely four months after he joined. The Ugandan player is said to have attracted interest from South African club...
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