A British national has died after being hit by a vehicle in the president of Kenya’s motorcade. Kenya’s National Police Service (NPS) has launched an investigation into the incident, with local reports suggesting a man was knocked down while attempting to cross a busy road in Nairobi as President William Ruto’s motorcade passed. Video footage […]
Kenyan photographer Jacktone Odhiambo has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for murdering his housemate, LGBTQ+ activist Edwin Kiprotich Kipruto, popularly known as Edwin Chiloba, nearly two years ago. Judge Reuben Nyakundi said the decades-long sentence was based on the “diabolical manner” of the killing. Chiloba, a 25-year-old fashion designer, was smothered to death […]
A wreck off the coast of Kenya may have been a ship from one of Vasco da Gama’s pioneering voyages into the Indian Ocean 500 years ago, archaeologists say. The remains of the vessel, which were discovered near the Kenyan town of Malindi in 2013, are among eight known Portuguese shipwrecks from this period in […]
Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has failed to appear in Senate to testify at his impeachment trial, with his lawyer saying that he has been taken ill. The deputy president, who was present in the house in the morning, had been due to appear from 14:30 local time (11:30 GMT) to defend himself before a […]
