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Between weeks 11 and 13, a woman should undergo comprehensive screening, including an ultrasound to monitor foetal development and determine gestation...
Initially grieving in silence, Omondi eventually turned to the internet to share his raw, honest story—and was met with an outpouring of unexpected me...
Public health teams are also engaging communities to encourage behaviour change and promote long-term vector control. Despite these efforts, misinform...
UK-based activist Eliud Matindi is pushing for Lagat's suspension pending completion of ongoing investigations by the Independent Policing Oversight A...
The ruling, delivered on Thursday, follows legal reforms in Vietnam that removed automatic death penalties for certain crimes, including drug traffick...
The state has assembled 15 witnesses to testify against the accused, including the injured colleague who has yet to record his statement.
Kenya’s high maternal death rate stems from systemic failures that are avoidable but consistently overlooked, endangering women’s lives and destabilis...
A Malindi court has now granted the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) permission to exhume more suspected mass graves in Binzaro village.
The letter states that Talaam’s suspension from duty will remain in place as investigations continue. Ojwang, a 31-year-old teacher and blogger, was a...
The family said they no longer trust the results, which stated that Wangui died after a blood vessel in her brain burst.
His execution, initially handed down last year, was halted after the family of the deceased accepted diyya, blood money, amounting to approximately Sh...
The research was carried out in partnership with the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) and the Manhiça Health Research Center (CISM), w...
The AG’s office argued that the case filed against Lagat is legally flawed and falls outside the court’s Constitutional and Human Rights jurisdiction,...
The SIM card was subsequently inserted into another device, which was then used to make calls and transact on mobile money platforms, including online...
He said the leave application was made voluntarily and in good faith, in line with the principles of public accountability, institutional integrity an...
In a statement released on, Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’oei confirmed that Munyakho was released at 10 am and is no longer on death...
Many children witnessed killings and dead bodies in the streets, with some reporting seeing young people arrested or killed. Over half of the girls in...
The Ministry of Health has now called for calm as public concerns rise over the unexplained deaths, which have so far claimed four lives in Migadini’s...
The prosecution made a strong case against the granting of bail, while defence lawyers pushed back against the request.
The deaths were received between July 9 and July 14, 2025, triggering immediate deployment of an investigative team to the area to assess the situatio...
Justice Chacha Mwita, while issuing directions on Monday, ruled that Lagat be given a fair hearing before any interim orders can be issued.
The High Court has given the DIG until July 18 to respond to the application seeking his removal from office and subsequent prosecution for the murder...
The High Court had previously upheld the trial court's decision, but the appellate court found that both lower courts failed to properly assess the fl...
Justices John Mativo, Mwaniki Gachoka, and George Odunga observed that while some convicted murderers are given lighter sentences, those found guilty...
To help stabilise the situation, Kenya is leading a multinational support mission to assist the Haitian National Police. The team includes officers fr...
According to the National Cancer Institute of Kenya, more than 45,000 people are diagnosed with cancer each year, and at least 24,000 die from the dis...
Among women, cancer was the top killer, claiming 4,498 lives in 2024, up from 3,940 in 2023.
Defence lawyers allege that the phone belonging to Talaam, currently in IPOA custody, has been used inappropriately to solicit money from members of t...
Eight African countries participated in clinical trials of the drug and are expected to be among the first to access it.
The blaze destroyed the buildings, and some individuals made away with the national and police flags, flag posts, and the station's signage before fle...
