Security agencies are on high alert following intelligence reports that Al-Shabaab militants were planning a series of terrorist attacks during the festive season. This comes in the wake of the arrest of six suspected Al-Shabaab terrorists on Tuesday in Ruka area along the Kenya-Somalia border. S

Taita DC Njenga Miiri has directed chiefs and their assistants to mobilise residents to register as voters. The DC challenged provincial administrators and aspiring candidates to rally residents to register. In Kilifi, Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has sought support of v

ICC is to carry out an extensive public sensitisation campaign on its operations within areas hit by post election violence in Rift Valley. Field Outreach Coordinator Maria Kamara said they will hold public forums starting today in Burnt Forest, Eldoret and Moi Bridge before moving to other areas

A report on land injustices at the Coast is calling for political goodwill to tackle the emotive issue. The report says inheritance of colonial laws, lack of land policies at independence and poor leadership made land at the coast a sticky issue. The report titled Entitlement Without Titles: A Qu

Prime Minister Raila Odinga cancelled his countrywide ‘thank you’ rallies following advice from his lawyers and talks with spymaster Michael Gichangi and Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo. The lawyers told him the rallies were inappropriate given the warning on Wednesday by Ch

Kenya was discussed elaborately at the British Parliament with focus on the International Criminal Court (ICC) cases involving President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta. The strategic importance of the country to the United Kingdom formed the crux of the debate. In an audit of the relationship between Kenya

Cord has accused a team of top civil servants of running government affairs to the exclusion of Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka. The claim by Cabinet ministers James Orengo and Mutula Kilonzo, both senators-elect, came as the two sides in the political battle differ

The electoral commission has been stopped from gazetting the names of nominated members to the County Assemblies. The High Court order locks out the political party nominees from the scheduled swearing-in of elected county representatives until a petition filed by the National Gender and Equality

The road to devolution starts on Friday with the swearing in of members of county assemblies in the country’s 47 counties. Most of the county assemblies have taken over what used to be city, municipal or county council offices and debating chambers.  In Nairobi for instance, the 85 cou

President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta and his designated deputy William Ruto formally launched a legal battle to retain their declared victory by overcoming Mr Raila Odinga’s petition, which stands between them and formal assumption of power. Both Jubilee leaders filed their affidavits, challengin

Prime Minister Raila Odinga has dismissed Head of Public Service Francis Kimemia’s directive that all Cabinet ministers and their assistants who won seats in March 4 polls resign. The PM said the order lacked constitutional and legal foundation. Raila consequently urged ministers and their

A new dawn awaits minorities as a law to safeguard community land rights seeks to guarantee their property rights. The Community Land Bill will address historical injustices that saw minorities like the Endorois evicted from ancestral land around Lake Bogoria and Mochongoi Forest. The Government

Mobile telephone service providers block more than 300,000 text messages deemed to spread hatred daily, Information PS Bitange Ndemo said on Wednesday. This is part of government efforts to curb spread of information that could cause violence following the March 4 elections. “Most of mobile

A human rights activist has dared anyone with evidence implicating the civil society in the alleged coaching of the International Criminal Court witnesses scheduled to testify against President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy to present it in court.  The former Kenya National Commission

The electoral commission has finally gazetted the names of nominated members of parliament and the senate, paving way for the swearing-in ceremony to be held next week. The names were sent to the Government Printer last evening and were immediately published to avert a looming crisis that would h

The defence on Wednesday discredited a document examiner whose report showed that forged signatures were used to transfer a post-election victim’s land to deputy President-elect William Ruto. Mr Martin Papa’s expertise came under scrutiny from lawyers. He had been hired by Ms Dorothy

A meeting that was planned to iron out disputes surrounding a property set aside for resettlement of displaced families in Narok, now hangs in the balance after a local MP criticised its timing. The meeting was expected to take place at the Rift Valley provincial headquarters in Nakuru between go

Twenty two ministers are set to lose their Cabinet positions before they are sworn in as senators, governors or MPs. Also to quit their posts are 19 assistant ministers who will be sworn in for various seats in ceremonies scheduled for next week. On Tuesday, President Kibaki directed ministers an

President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee Coalition is likely to control the next Parliament because it has the majority in the National Assembly, a list published by the electoral commission shows. ODM is, however, the party with the most members in the National Assembly. The party headed b

The electoral commission has been ordered to release the serial numbers of hand-held devices used to transmit poll results to the Cord Coalition. The High Court on Tuesday ordered the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission to release the information to Cord presidential candidate Raila O