Tag: Kenya News Updates

Ex-officers acquitted of attempted murder after court ‘failed to identify them’ due to teargas

Two Narok county rangers who shot at and fatally injured four demonstrators in 2015 have been acquitted of attempted murder charges after a Nairobi magistrate court said their identification could not have been perfect due to tear gas. “Considering the prevailing atmosphere at the time of demonstrators( tear gas and pandemonium having broken out) the […]

Ex-TV anchor resorts to working as matatu tout after being fired

A former news anchor at Switch TV, Robert Ouma, has revealed that he now works as a matatu tout after losing his lucrative job in December 2021. This follows the shutdown of the Kenya Red Cross Society-owned station which saw most of the employees lose their jobs. Taking to Instagram, Ouma, who described himself as […]

Bundi family: Court orders the two children who survived grisly accident be allowed back in their parents home

Tononoka Children’s court in Mombasa has issued orders for two minors who survived a grisly road accident, that claimed the lives of their parents and three siblings, to be allowed to return to their parents’ house in Kisimani. Ronald Bundi, his wife Veronica Bundi and three of their children died in a road accident on […]

List of top five richest Kenyans

Oxfam International, a global organisation that deals with charity and inequality has ranked the richest Kenyans. In the list, it has emerged that two Kenyans have a net worth that’s more than 16.5 million citizens combined. Sameer Naushad Merali and Bhimji Depar Shah have been ranked the country’s richest individuals boasting a net worth of […]

Kenyan atheists threaten legal action against Nairobi church over ‘morning glory’, ‘kesha’ noise pollution claims

Atheists in Kenya Society has threatened to take legal action against Nairobi-based Pentecostal Evangelistic Fellowship of Africa (PEFA) church over what it termed as noise pollution. In a letter dated Saturday, January 15, the society’s President Harrison Mumia says they are issuing an ultimatum of 14 days to allow the church to reduce the noise, […]

Mumias lease saga: High court stops ongoing works by Sarrai group

The High court has issued fresh orders in the Mumias lease saga now stopping any operations at the sugar milling plant for 10 days. Justice Wilfrida Onkwany of the Commercial Division issued the interim orders after a suit was filed by five farmers who challenged the lease on the basis that it was undertaken in […]

Police car loses control, lands in a ditch along Embu-Kiritiri road

A police vehicle has lost control at the notorious Matakari area along Embu Kiritiri road and landed in a ditch. According to an eyewitness, the vehicle developed a mechanical problem before losing control. There were no injuries reported. The area has experienced a series of accidents over years with locals blaming it on the lack […]