Kenya Airways has expressed its willingness to collaborate with Nigerian carriers to provide enhanced travel options for passengers both within Nigeria and internationally. The airline’s Regional Manager for America and West Africa, Ngamau Stephen, highlighted the growing demand for services between Kenya and Nigeria, leading to a 21% increase in capacity following a boost in […]
The Chairman of the Nigeria/Kenya Parliamentary Group, Abdullah El-Rasheed, has called for closer collaboration between Nigeria and Kenya to maximize the agricultural potential of the African continent. In a meeting with Kenya’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Isaac Parashina, El-Rasheed stressed the importance of enhancing bilateral relations, noting that both countries share a commitment to […]
A Kenyan court on Thursday sentenced a former county governor to 12 years in prison for corruption, alongside his wife and three others. Ferdinand Waititu, former governor of the major county of Kiambu, is one of the most high-profile officials to be convicted under the government’s anti-corruption drive. The court in Nairobi found him guilty […]
Kenya Airways has apologised to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority over the mistreatment of Nigerian passenger, Gloria Omisore, and for issuing a misleading statement on the incident. The apology followed a meeting between the airline’s management and NCAA officials in Abuja on Tuesday. The NCAA’s Director of Consumer Protection and Public Affairs, Michael Achimugu, disclosed […]
A dozen people were trapped after a gold mine in western Kenya partially collapsed, police said Tuesday. Kenya has a small mining sector compared to its neighbours. However despite rapid growth in recent years, much of it is unregulated with miners having to deal with poor safety measures and organised crime groups. “The information we have […]
Kenya will now permit citizens of nearly all African countries to visit without requiring prior authorisation. According to a BBC report, Kenya will now permit citizens of nearly all African countries to visit without requiring prior authorization, as per a new directive from the cabinet. A cabinet statement clarified that the Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) […]
A 49-year-old Air Zimbabwe employee, Jacob Mutemeri, has been arrested for allegedly stealing Jet A1 fuel from a company aircraft at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare, Zimbabwe. The theft, which unfolded over several nights, came to light after maintenance work on the plane, a Boeing 737, nicknamed “Mbuya Nehanda.” According to The Herald, […]
The Nigerian High Commission in Nairobi has been accused of imposing excessive and unauthorized fees on Nigerians living in Kenya seeking passport renewal services. Revd. Br. Moses Fegher, a Nigerian missionary working in Kenya, spoke with reporters on Thursday, revealing what he described as a new method of exploitation targeting Nigerians in the East African […]
Afrobeats singer, Ayra Starr, has lamented about the effects of her busy schedule as an artist on her looks. The songstress said despite being born in 2002, she already feels “old.” She revealed that she had met people born in the 90s who were younger and more vibrant than her. Starr spoke to Rode in […]
The Kenyan Senate has impeached Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. The legislators voted Thursday evening regardless of a plea from Gachagua’s lawyer, Paul Muite, to postpone the proceedings. Muite said Gachagua was hospitalised after falling very sick hours before the vote was set to hold. The senate speaker, Amason Kingi, stated that Gachagua had until 5pm […]
There is an outrage in Kenya as citizens gave President William Ruto a 48-hour ultimatum to step down, demanding a new government committed to “transparency, accountability, and good governance.” The call for resignation has gained significant traction, with a viral Twitter statement stating, “We no longer recognise William Ruto as the President of Kenya. We […]
An official from the main doctors’ association in Kenya has said that the country’s protest death toll has risen to 13. It was gathered that anti-tax hike rallies on Tuesday turned violent and police opened fire at demonstrators who ransacked the country’s parliament. The protest, which was said to have left parts of parliament gutted […]
Davido says that he is pursuing legal action against Kenyan media outlet K24 TV (Kenya’s No1 social TV station) for defamation of character. K24 TV, in a now-deleted article and social media post on Monday, reported that Davido and seven of his crew members were arrested. In the report, K24 TV said they were arrested […]
The death toll from floods that have devastated many parts of Kenya has almost doubled to 120, a government official said on Tuesday. More than 89,000 households have also been displaced and are being sheltered in over 112 camps, top interior ministry official Raymond Omollo said in a statement. Kenya and its Horn of Africa […]
King Charles said on Tuesday he felt the “greatest sorrow and deepest regret” for atrocities suffered by Kenyans during their struggle for independence from British colonial rule. But in a speech at the start of a four-day state visit to Kenya, he stopped short of making a full apology called for by survivors of that […]
A Kenyan Member of Parliament (MP) found himself at the center of controversy as he was instructed to remove a traditional Palestinian scarf he was wearing during a sitting. Farah Maalim, the MP in question, stated that he was wearing the scarf as a symbol of solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, who were enduring […]
The Kenyan shilling sank to a new all-time low of 150 to the dollar on Monday, adding to the woes of people already battered by high inflation and a raft of new taxes. The shilling has been in decline for several years and plunged by almost 24 percent over the past year, under pressure from […]
One of 30 suspects being held in police custody for his alleged role in Kenya’s doomsday starvation cult has died. Joseph Juma Buyuka – along with some of the other suspects – had gone on hunger strike at the beginning of the month in protest at his detention. He was then moved to a hospital […]
The death toll from the “Shakahola massacre” in a forest in southeastern Kenya, where a sect whose leader advocated fasting to “meet Jesus” was meeting, has now risen to 201 after the discovery of 22 new bodies on Saturday, the region’s prefect announced. Police believe that most of the bodies discovered near the coastal town […]
The death toll in an investigation linked to a Kenyan cult that practised starvation has climbed to 201, as search teams on Saturday unearthed 22 more bodies from a coastal forest, a government official said. Police believe most of the bodies found in a forest near the Indian Ocean town of Malindi belong to followers […]
