Sarah Wairimu appears before the Kibera High Court on January 24, 2025. Sarah Wairimu, the widow of the late billionaire Dutch Tob Cohen, has filed a case seeking to block fresh murder charges against her. Wairimu accuses the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of attempting to conceal the real perpetrators behind her husband’s brutal killing….
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) announced that it had collected Ksh1.243 trillion in taxes during the 2024/2025 fiscal year by December 31, 2024. This amount represents 95.7% of its Ksh1.298 trillion target and marks a 4.5% growth compared to the Ksh1.189 trillion collected during the same period in the 2023/2024 fiscal year. In a statement…
Samuel Wanjiru’s wife Triza Njeri, during an interview on March 6, 2021. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard] In a dramatic twist surrounding the tragic death of marathon legend Samuel Wanjiru, a woman was found inside the late athlete’s bedroom, sparking fresh intrigues into the circumstances of his death. The stunning revelation, which came during a public inquest…
Pime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi. [Standard, File] Kenya will hold the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) accountable for the damages meted on its embassy in Kinshasa, Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has said. In a statement on Tuesday, January 28, Mudavadi condemned the violence, looting and destruction of property, describing it as a grave…
Kenyan rapper Kennedy Ombima, famously known as King Kaka, has showered artiste Stevo Simple Boy with heartfelt praise as the singer marked his 37th birthday. In a video shared on King Kaka’s Instagram page on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, the Wajinga Nyinyi hitmaker is seen spending time with Stevo at a lavish residence, engaging him…
US President Donald Trump has taken steps to reform the immigration system by emphasizing how immigrants are dealt with and deported The Department of Immigration and Customs Implementation (ICE) said Kenya is among the East African countries with the highest number of unauthorized immigrants in the United States ICE said non -civilians could seek out…
Fred Kerley and his wife are involved in a court battle after Olympic 100m bronze medallist allegedly assault his wife and Angelina explains why they are at loggerheads. Fred Kerley‘s estranged wife Angelica, has insisted that she wants charges leveled against her husband to proceed. Kerley was arrested on January 2 and released two…
A full video capturing the Monday, January 27, 2025, dramatic torching of a Miraa vehicle, which was destined for Nairobi before getting involved in a grisly accident in Kirinyaga, has surfaced online. The video, shared by TikTok user @seeker, shows the vehicle abandoned on the roadside, still fully loaded with sacks of the stimulant crop,…
ICT Cabinet Secretary (CS) William Kabogo has said the government will consider switching off social media if the country’s national security is threatened. Addressing the press on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, Kabogo who had initially insisted that there are no plans to shut down social media, highlighted the importance of creating a safe environment devoid…
National Assembly Clerk Samuel Njoroge has urged departmental committees to expedite the processing of more than 200 pending legislative proposals. House performance and pending businessCommittee reconstitution and constitutional proposal Speaking at the start of the 2025 Mid-Term retreat by the National Assembly in Naivasha, Nakuru County, Mr Njoroge expressed concern over the backlog, calling it…
In his judgment against The Labib Hospital, Justice Lawrence Mugambi said that holding onto a person who has been treated and fully recovered is unreasonable, unfair, and a punishment. [Courtesy, Labib Hospital, Meta] The High Court has ruled that hospitals cannot detain patients to force them to pay medical bills. In his judgment against The…
A Hola court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for defiling a three-year old girl. Appearing before the Hola Senior Principal Magistrate Edward Too, the accused person was charged that, on April 21, 2024 at about 2 pm in Hola mission village in Tana River County, the…
Sarah Wairimu, the widow of Tob Cohen at a Kibera court on Friday, January 24,2025 when the High Court Judge Diana Kavedza remanded her at Lang’ata Women’s Prison, pending her ruling on January 29, 2025, on whether she will undergo a fresh mental assessment before pleading to the murder charge. [Collins Kweyu, Standard] Tob Cohen’s widow,…
The mother of Tanzanian songstress Zuhura Othman, popularly known as Zuchu, musician Khadija Kopa, has revealed that she has not seen any efforts by her daughter’s boyfriend, Diamond Platnumz, to fulfill his vow to marry her before Ramadan arrives. Khadija, who was speaking to the press during the birthday of Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu on…