Nairobi — Eldoret North MP William Ruto was on Tuesday suspended from Cabinet as minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology pending the hearing and determination of a Sh272 million fraud case against him.
A senior minister in Kenya's Grand Coalition Government has been suspended from cabinet over criminal charges. Higher Education minister William Ruto faces a Sh96 million (about 9.6m Euros) fraud case involving alleged sale of more than 100 hectares of land, part of Nairobi's Ngong' Forest, to the Kenya Pipeline Corporation.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - More than three quarters of Kenyans expect their new constitution to help in the fight against corruption a study showed on Monday, but some said the effort would be derailed by failure to implement the law fully.
Nairobi — Now that MPs have agreed to work together to drive the rest of the implementation process of the new Constitution, it would be good if they also agreed to lower the noise level so that they can get something done.
Nairobi — Football Kenya has proved yet again that it has no business running football after it failed to secure the rights to broadcast a crucial home match involving Harambee Stars.
Justice Minister Mutula Kilonzo Sunday confirmed that the subcommittee chaired by Internal Security Minister Prof George Saitoti would meet on Tuesday to fast-track the process to enable ICC investigators to record statements.
Nairobi — Kimani Wanyama*, a homosexual man living in Nairobi, knows what human rights violations are all about. His attempts over three years to receive treatment for reoccurring rectal gonorrhoea had resulted in verbal abuse and intense stigmatisation from the very people who were meant to help him.
Nairobi — Investigations by International Criminal Court detectives have sent shock waves through political and security circles as the process moves steadily towards a conclusion.
Nairobi — Treatment drugs are becoming weaker by the day. Such is the case with two types of tuberculosis, multi-drug resistant TB and extremely resistant TB, which are on the rise not only in the East Africa, but also globally.
Kenyan Police have arrested 34 Somali migrants last weekend at the border town. The migrants were heading to Nairobi as a transit place to other countries, police said. Two taxi drivers were also detained for trying to negotiate with the security personnel to release the migrants.
MOMBASA (Reuters) - A Kenyan court convicted seven Somalis on Thursday and sentenced them to five years in prison for hijacking a Spanish ship in 2009.
A Kenyan court has sentenced seven Somali pirates to take five years in jail on Thursday. The East Africa nation jailed the pirates on charges for attempting to seize a Spanish ship last year.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Trade unions have called off a strike set for Monday by workers at Kenya's sole power supplier after reaching a deal over most of their grievances, a power sector union leader said on Sunday.
The police in Uganda have arrested two Kenyans - a lawyer and a human rights activist - as they arrived in Uganda to attend a hearing for suspects in July's Kampala bombing. Mureitha Mbugua and Al-Amin Kimathi had been due at a hearing for dozens of people charged with the attack which killed 76 people.
