A sales employee in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, has been charged with the theft of two coffins and 26 coffin handles, local media reported. Maureen Khikani, who was an employee of St Augustine Funeral Services, is accused of stealing the items over a week-long period in May last year. She …
Read More »Kenyan sets himself on fire over cost of living
A Kenyan man who said he was protesting against the high cost of living set himself on fire in the coastal city of Mombasa on Thursday afternoon, local media reported. He had climbed on top of a statue in the middle of a busy roundabout before setting himself alight.. In …
Read More »Kenyan government begins talks with opposition
The Kenyan government has started talks with the opposition to try to resolve a political row following a series of violent protests over the high cost of living and calls for electoral reforms. Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga has organised a series of demonstrations in recent months. Officials say at …
Read More »Political talks in Kenya to officially resume
Talks between the governing Kenya Kwanza and the opposition Azimio la Umoja coalitions to end political tensions over the rising cost of living and electoral reforms are due to resume, local media reported. Azimio led deadly protests in March and July against President William Ruto’s government to demand the reconstitution …
Read More »Kenya suspends crypto project Worldcoin over safety concerns
Kenya’s interior ministry said on Wednesday that it had suspended the local activities of cryptocurrency project Worldcoin while government agencies assess potential risks to public safety, Reuters reported. The project founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman launched last week. It requires users to give their iris scans in exchange for …
Read More »Kenya: President Ruto ready to meet opponent Raila Odinga
Kenyan President William Ruto says he is ready to meet opposition leader Raila Odinga amid the recent cost-of-living protests, local media reported. Dozens of people have died in the demonstrations. Mr Odinga has been leading them to push the government to lower taxes and ease other price hikes. “My friend …
Read More »Kenya: 27 officials suspended over expired sugar trade
The head of Kenya’s standards regulator and 26 other government officials have been suspended over the release of 1,000 tonnes of expired sugar into the market. A statement by the head of public service, Felix Koskei, said 20,000 bags of sugar imported into the country in 2018 and condemned by …
Read More »Kenyan leader William Ruto explains his weight loss
Kenyan President William Ruto says his visible weight loss is his deliberate effort to keep fit amid concerns by some Kenyans on social media over his health, local media reported. Speaking during a televised media interview on Sunday, President Ruto explained he had added some weight during the campaign period …
Read More »Autopsies rule out organ harvesting in Kenya cult deaths
Autopsies on at least 112 bodies of cult victims exhumed from shallow graves in Kenya’s coastal Kilifi county have ruled out organ harvesting. Government pathologists said some of the victims died of starvation, strangulation and suffocation. Kenyan police are expected dig up more graves in search of victims of the …
Read More »Kenyan pastor Ezekiel Odero arrested after 98 bodies exhumed
Ezekiel Odero, one of Kenya’s most influential pastors, was arrested on Thursday after being accused of the ‘mass murder of his followers’ The pastor, all dressed in white, Bible in hand, was transferred to the regional police headquarters in Mombasa, local media report. The arrest comes as authorities announced measures …
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