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Deputy President William Ruto sues Boniface Mwangi for defamation over a tweet

Deputy President William Ruto has filed a defamation case against activist Boniface Mwangi over a tweet terming it false and malicious. I hope Deputy Preside...

Deputy President William Ruto threatens to sue Boniface Mwangi for defamation

Deputy President William Ruto has threatened to sue Boniface Mwangi over his tweet which he says was false and malicious. The words in their ordinary and plain...

El Nino expected from Thursday

Floods. Floods. Photo courtesy of citizentv.co.ke By Cyrus Kioko Kenya is expecting El Nino rains as from Thursday October, 7 as reported by Met...

Children during the North Eastern Province demonstrations in Garissa town protesting the education crisis due to lack of teachers

North Eastern residents take to the streets over education crisis

Hundreds of residents in the three counties of the North Eastern Province today took to the streets protesting against the worsening situation in the education sector in the region. Led by civil society groups in the region, the placard waving students, parents and angry residents presented their grievances to the local education offices. Education in the region came down to its knees after non-local teachers fled the region following increased terror threats climaxed by the Garissa University attack on April 2 in which 147 people most of the students lost their lives....

What local, international media reported on Obama’s arrival in Kenya

When a dog bites a man it is not news but when a man bites a do it is news” is a common phrase that best summarizes what journalism is all about. An item be...

Refund our NHIF money before negotiations, Egerton staff tell government

A photo of the NHIF building in Nairobi. Most workers are opposing new NHIF rates that were announced in April this year (Photo: diasporadical/Google). Egerto...

Why 2007 PEV is Kenya’s most unique electoral violence

Internally displaced persons at the Pipeline camp in Nakuru celebrate after the withdrawal of Uhuru Kenyatta's case at the ICC in December last year. According...

Kenyan High Court arguments reveal gains of gay rights movement in Kenya

Celebrated Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina who recently came out and has been a vocal spokes person for the Gay rights movement in Kenya Report written by...

Rongai IDP’s leader happy with termination of Uhuru ICC case

A victim of the 2007 PEV at the Pipeline IDP camp, Nakuru, celebrates when ICC Prosecutor withdrew the charges against Kenyatta in December last year. The case...

Mixed responses to Kenyatta, Kindiki stand on corruption vs ICC cases

Deputy President William Ruto. Photo courtesy of Reuters. Is corruption a criminal offense and can it be compared to the ongoing case against Deputy President...

Bribery claims among MP’s disheartening…

Deputy President William Ruto at a function in Nakuru last Saturday. He said Parliament and EACC were letting Kenyans down in the fight against corruption (Pho...