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Kenya's chief prosecutor to charge finance minister over graft
Kenyan Finance Minister Henry Rotich and other officials will face charges over corruption related to the construction of two dams, the chief prosecutor said on Monday.
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Former CEO of Kenyan stockbroker fined for insider trading
The CMA had started the investigation after it noticed irregular share trades around the announcement of a takeover offer for oil marketer KenolKobil.
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Kenyan court convicts three for aiding deadly Islamist attack on university
Al-Shabaab jihadists stormed Garissa University on 2 April 2015 and sought to kill Christian students in particular.
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Kenya reassures public after Ebola false alarm
Kenyan Health Minister Sicily Kariuki said a 36-year-old woman in the western county of Kericho had fallen ill with headache, fever and vomiting, which can also be symptoms of Ebola.
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Road trip hits a snag for soccer super fan Botha Msila & travelling partner
South African Bafana Bafana football supporter Botha Msila and his Zimbabwe travelling partner Alvin Zhakata had to cut short their trip on Sunday and returned to Nairobi to look for another mode of transport to Egypt or to go back home.
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Kenyan banned after positive test for rat poison substance
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said Kirwa would be banned until 14 November and was disqualified from his second-place finish at the Singapore marathon last December.
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Kenyans protest bid to build East Africa's first coal plant
The power station has faced fierce resistance from activists and local communities, and the National Environmental Tribunal is to rule on 24 June on the fate of the project.
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Kenya high court refuses to decriminalise homosexuality
In a remark prompting gasps and mutters from the packed courtroom, presiding judge Roselyne Aburili said there was 'no conclusive scientific proof that LGBTQ people are born that way'.
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Tributes pour in for Kenyan author and activist Binyavanga Wainaina
The 48-year-old passed away in a Nairobi hospital last night after a short illness.
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Kenyan court due to rule on decriminalising homosexuality
Gay rights organisations are asking the court to scrap two sections of the penal code that criminalise homosexuality.
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Kenyan ex-president Moi fined for land grabbing
Judge Antony Ombwayo said there was ‘no iota of evidence’ that former president Daniel Arap Moi, now 94, legally owned the property he sold to a timber firm in 2007.
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Kenyan runner Wambui fears testosterone rules will end career
The 24-year-old is one of several star female athletes affected by an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ruling this month that requires women with high levels of testosterone to take medication to suppress it.
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Why Kenya’s Peter Tabichi was named world’s best teacher
CapeTalk host John Maytham speaks to Vikas Pota, the Chairman of the Varkey Foundation (the organisation behind the Global Teacher Prize), about what is it that makes Peter Tabichi a successful teacher.
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Somali refugees at risk if Kenya shuts vast camp - rights groups
Kenya has submitted plans to shut the camp complex located in the east of the country near Somali border by August, according to internal UN documents.
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Teacher from remote Kenya village is world's best, wins $1m
Peter Tabichi, who organisers say gives away 80% of his monthly income to the poor, received the prize at a ceremony Saturday in Dubai hosted by Hollywood star Hugh Jackman.
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Uhuru Kenyatta’s social media platforms hacked
This is the second time in a year there’s been suspicious activity on the social media of the Kenyan leader who is the most followed head of government in Africa.
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At Kenyan orphanage, baby elephants find a new life, and love
When he was just five months old, Luggard was found struggling to keep up with his herd in Kenya's Tsavo East National Park.
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Kenya slams 'illegitimate' IAAF scrapping of 5,000m in Diamond League
Kenyan and Ethiopian athletes have dominated the middle and long-distance running events, including the 5,000m, since the 1968 Mexico Olympic games.
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Kenya, Somalia to 'work towards peace' in sea border spat
This came after Kenya accused Somalia of selling oil and gas blocks at a London auction, despite a pending delineation case before the International Court of Justice.
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Strike over labour dispute grounds flights at Kenya's main airport
Twenty-five foreign airlines operate out of JKIA, including Kenya Airways, Turkish Airlines, Emirates, South African Airways and Ethiopian Airlines.
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Helicopter crash in Kenya kills four Americans and their pilot
The aircraft came down in Central Island National Park at around 8 p.m. on Sunday, Kenya’s National Police Service said on its Twitter feed, killing all on board.
