At around 1:00 a.m. Thursday, flames tore through a dormitory at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, Nakuru County. More than two hours after the inferno erupted, emergency responders had yet to arrive, and when they did at 3:30 a.m., the damage was already catastrophic. 16 students were confirmed dead, 73 others hospitalised with varying degrees…
Sixteen students have been confirmed dead following a dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, Nakuru County, as police said dozens of other learners were admitted to hospital with injuries. Citizen Digital reports Police said 74 students were hospitalised after the incident, which was reported in the early hours of Thursday. In an incident…
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has confirmed that the government of Kenya is engaged in ongoing discussions with the United States government and other global partners on strengthening preparedness and response mechanisms for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), This comes amid reports that the President Donald Trump administration plans to send Americans exposed to Ebola to Kenya for…
Rwanda has demanded the UK pay more than £100m over the failed migrant deportation deal which Sir Keir Starmer scrapped in 2024 when Labour came to power. Sky News reports During a hearing at The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration, the East African country claimed Britain owed the money under the agreement which was struck…
Statistics lecturer Dr Stéfan Janse van Rensburg has developed an innovative open-source application designed to help people with low vision read PDF documents more easily.www.mandela.ac.za reports “The main reason was personal frustration,” Dr Janse van Rensburg, who has been diagnosed with Ocular Albinism, said. While his vision remains functional, sustained reading at normal magnification can…
A video circulating online showing alleged bullying of younger students by older learners at Merishaw School has sparked public outrage and concern among parents. The boy has since been discharged from hospital and transferred from the school. The video was reportedly captured on February 17, 2026, and the matter is still pending with police. The…
Edna Mmbali Ombakho came to the UK from Kenya to study and reach her goals, only to end up being found dead in a body of water. Thesource.substack.com reports No wall-to-wall mainstream media coverage of police searching for her. No daily running count of the weeks she had been missing. No televised press conference. Just…
Victims of past protests, or their families, who did not formally file complaints now have a window until early April to submit their grievances to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) as the commission works on a compensation framework for human rights violations. Citizen Digital reports In a press statement issued Friday, KNCHR…
An Afghan migrant grabbed a teenager off the street a week after sexually assaulting another woman who was in her late 20s. The Daily Mail reports Najeebullah Arab, 39, pleaded guilty to kidnap, rape and two counts of sexual assault at Oxford Crown Court yesterday. Arab approached a woman in her late 20s on Cane Lane,…
President William Ruto has appointed Supreme Court Judge Njoki Ndung’u as Kenya’s candidate for the upcoming election of International Criminal Court (ICC) judges in December. Ndung’u, who has served as a Supreme Court Judge since 2011, is set to go head-on with other candidates from across the world, who are also set to contest for…