Mt Kenya University’s global technology award winners warn AI misuse compromises intellectual development

Mount Kenya University (MKU) teams of students and their instructors who won global awards in America and China recently have warned young people on rising misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. A team of four MKU students has put the institution on the spotlight after securing a finalist award at...

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Kenya’s Director of Public Prosecution tells High Court magistrate’s court is competent to hear $10.4 million land fraud case

Kenya’s Director of Public Prosecution tells High Court magistrate’s court is competent to hear $10.4 million land fraud case

DPP through lawyers Idris Ali, Lorna Miima and Allan Mogere in their submissions urged Justice Alexander Muteti to dismiss the application filed by the former PC Davis Nathan Chelogoi through his lawyer Harrison Kinyanjui requesting the court to give directions on the matter pending in the lower court be transferred to another magistrate.

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Veteran politicians and young Kenyans march to mark anniversary of bloody 2024 anti-government protests

Veteran politicians and young Kenyans march to mark anniversary of bloody 2024 anti-government protests

Organisers had planned remembrance marches in the coastal city of Mombasa and the capital Nairobi to mark the second anniversary of the June 25, 2024 unrest, when protests escalated dramatically and protesters breached parliament grounds before a security crackdown left dozens dead.

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Kenyan capital, Nairobi, no-go zone as police block roads around country’s seat of power to head off anti-state protests

Kenyan capital, Nairobi, no-go zone as police block roads around country’s seat of power to head off anti-state protests

Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said on Wednesday police would escort the protesters but warned that criminals disguised as protesters would not be allowed to infiltrate and raid businesses.

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Court in Nairobi issues warrant of arrest for party official Daniel Onsomu in $15,400 fraud case

Court in Nairobi issues warrant of arrest for party official Daniel Onsomu in $15,400 fraud case

Daniel Mokua Onsomu is facing charges before the Kibera Chief Magistrate’s Court over allegations that he fraudulently obtained Ksh2.05 million from Daniel Nyakundi Osiemo between September 8 and October 6, 2022.

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Kiambu County government under the spotlight as bootleg brew kills youths in Juja’s Witeithie estate

Kiambu County government under the spotlight as bootleg brew kills youths in Juja’s Witeithie estate

At least three people are reported to have died this month after consuming the poisonous stuff that is said to be transported from as far as Kenol in Murang’a County – more than 40 kilometres, among other supply areas.

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