Kilifi County Assembly closes after a staff tested COVID-19 positive
Kilifi County assembly has been temporarily closed after a staff tested positive for COVID-19. County speaker Jimmy Kahindi announced that the assembly will remain closed for two weeks after one of the staff tested COVID-19 positive on Tuesday. Kahindi urged employees to remain home and work from there for the two weeks that the assembly […]
Man’s decomposing body found at a rented house in Likoni
Police in Likoni have launched investigations to establish the cause of death of a man whose rotting body was found in a rented house in Majengo Mapya area, Likoni sub-county. Police were forced to break into the house after neighbours reported a foul smell emanating from the house. The deceased’s neighbour, Clinton Onyango, said he […]
Family exhumes body of student buried in Mombasa for re-burial in Kakamega
The body of a 28 years old man suspected to have died of COVID-19 and buried at Mombasa Cemetery within Mombasa County seven months ago has been exhumed. The family of late Clinton Shilisia Winjira who was studying a masters degree in Mombasa exhumed his remains on Monday after a court issued orders to. Clinton’s […]
Transport paralyzed after bridge is swept away by floods in Kwale
Transport was on Friday paralyzed in parts of Kwale County following a heavy downpour which caused a section of Lunga Lunga – Ukunda highway at Marenje to be flooded after a bridge was swept away. Kenya National Highway Authority has cautioned motorists using the road and advised them to use an alternative road. “KeNHA would […]
Raila attacks IEBC on BBI referendum costs
ODM party leader Raila Odinga has faulted the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on a sh.14 billion BBI referendum proposal. Odinga who left the country on Wednesday for a two-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo has informed IEBC it would be able to conduct a one ballot referendum at no more than […]
Three teenagers killed in fatal accident in Kwale
Three teenagers have died on the spot after being involved in a grisly accident along Likoni-Ukunda road. Kwale County police boss Joseph Nthenge confirmed that the deceased were involved in a fatal accident on Tuesday morning. Nthenge said that the deceased’s motor cycle was involved in an accident with a canter at Ng’ombeni area within Kwale County. […]
Two nurses in Mombasa succumb to COVID-19, six others infected
Two nurses in Mombasa County have succumbed to the COVID-19 virus while six more have been infected with the virus in the last two weeks. Addressing the press in Mombasa, The Kenya National Union of Nurses Secretary General Mombasa branch Peter Maroko said that COVID-19 infection among nurses in Mombasa has risen compared to the […]
BBI launch: Baby Pendo’s parents urge leaders to accept election results
Mother to baby Pendo, a six month old girl killed by police in Kisumu in August 2017, has called upon politicians who have lost in elections to accept the results as a way to end post-election violence in the Country. Speaking during the launch of Building Bridges Initiative report in Bomas Nairobi, Lensa Achieng’ said […]
Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa released on a sh.4 million cash bail
Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa has been released on surety bond of sh.3 million or a cash bail of sh.4 million after she pleaded not guilty to murder charges in a Mombasa court. The court also ordered Jumwa’s bodyguard Geoffrey Okuto released on a surety bond of one million shillings or a cash bail of sh.1.5 […]
Malindi MP Jumwa denies murder charges
Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa and her bodyguard have pleaded not guilty to murder charges in a Mombasa court. Jumwa and her bodyguard Geoffrey Okuto were charged over the murder of Gumbo Jola on 15th October 2019. Court heard that the deceased was killed in chaos during campaigns of a by-election in Ganda ward in Malindi, […]