Court Allows Police To Detain Nine Utumishi Girls Students For 21 Days Over Deadly Dormitory Fire
The High Court in Naivasha has granted police permission to detain nine students from Utumishi Girls Academy for 21 days as investigations continue into the dev...
Seven Utumishi Girls Academy Students Arraigned Over Deadly Dormitory Fire
Seven students linked to the deadly fire at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil were arraigned at the Naivasha Law Courts on Tuesday as investigations into the tra...
Ebola Death Toll Rises To 42 As DRC Confirms 282 Cases Across Three Provinces
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has confirmed 282 Ebola cases and 42 deaths as authorities intensify efforts to contain a rapidly expanding outbreak...
DCI Reviews CCTV Footage as Eight Students Face Questioning Over School Inferno
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has arrested eight students from Utumishi Girls Senior Secondary School as investigations gather pace into the...
Government Dissolves Utumishi Girls Academy Board After Deadly Dormitory Fire
The government has dissolved the Board of Management of Utumishi Girls Academy and launched disciplinary action against senior school officials following the de...
Nation In Shock As Gilgil School Blaze Claims at least 16 Lives And Injures Over 80 Students
A devastating fire broke out at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, Nakuru County, in the early hours of Thursday morning, triggering a large-scale emergency resp...
Drone Strike in Sudan’s Al-Tina Kills 14 Civilians, RSF Blamed in AFP-Reported Attack
At least 14 civilians have been killed in a drone strike on Al-Tina, a town in North Darfur, Sudan, in an incident reported by AFP-linked correspondents and loc...
Hanington Were Killed In Night Attack By Motorcycle-Riding Assailants In Kisumu
Hannington Were, 39, the son of former Matungu MP David Were, was killed in a suspected robbery attack in Kisumu during the early hours of Sunday morning. The i...
Three Feared Dead After Mining Shaft Collapses In Bondo
Three artisanal miners are feared dead after a mining shaft collapsed on Friday in Ogago village in Bondo Sub-County, Siaya County, in a tragic incident that ha...
Five Killed, Four Missing After Gunmen Ambush Vehicle In Mandera
Five people have been killed while four others remain missing after suspected militants attacked a civilian vehicle in Mandera County near the Kenya–Somalia bor...
Former Botswana President Festus Mogae Dies At 86
Former Botswana President Festus Mogae has died at the age of 86 after a period of illness, Botswana President Duma Boko announced on Friday. Mogae reportedly d...
West Pokot Gold Mine Death Toll Rises To 15
The death toll following the collapse of the Romos gold mine in West Pokot County has risen to 15, according to rescue teams involved in the operation. Reports...
CNN founder Ted Turner dies aged 87 after battle with dementia
Ted Turner, the pioneering media entrepreneur who founded CNN media company and transformed global television news, has died at the age of 87, the network confi...
PCEA Pastor Julius Ndumia Died from Oxygen Deprivation After Brutal Head Injuries
A postmortem examination has confirmed that Julius Ndumia, a pastor with the Presbyterian Church of East Africa, died from lack of oxygen following severe head...
Cleric Found Murdered in Nakuru Church House as Probe Intensifies
Rev Julius Ndumia, a minister with the Presbyterian Church of East Africa, has been found murdered inside his residence at PCEA Tabuga Parish in Lanet. The inci...
Deadly Blast at Liuyang Fireworks Plant Kills 21, Injures 61
A deadly explosion at a fireworks factory in Liuyang, central China, has killed at least 21 people and left 61 others injured, according to state media. The bla...
“Government Has Failed”: Kalonzo Musyoka Slams Security Lapses After Tseikuru Massacre
Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka on April 30, 2026 led a united opposition front in launching a scathing attack on the government over what they termed a grave fail...
Senator Onyonka Mourns Passing Of His Mother After Hospital Treatment In Nairobi
Kisii Senator Richard Onyonka is mourning the death of his mother, Mama Teresia Nyaboke Omoke, who passed away on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at the age of 81. T...
Additional Security Deployed In Tseikuru After Deadly Attack
Tension remains high in Tseikuru, Kitui County, following a deadly attack that left seven people dead, prompting the government to deploy additional security pe...
Former Moi University Vc Prof Raphael Munavu Dies
Former Moi University Vice-Chancellor Prof Raphael Munavu has died while receiving treatment at a Nairobi hospital, his family has confirmed. Details surroundin...
Grief As Narok–Mai Mahiu Blackspot Claims Eight Lives In Brutal Crash
Eight people have been confirmed dead following a tragic road crash along the Narok–Mai Mahiu highway at the Nairegia area in Narok East Sub-county.Police say t...