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4 weeks ago | 
tv47.digital | Nicole Anyango |Sophie Opondo |Alex Kimani |Michael Majanga
Brigid Kosgei’s return to marathon racing at the Hamburg Marathon is generating considerable excitement, especially after her absence from the Olympic marathon team last year due to injury. The 31-year-old Kenyan has consistently proven herself as one of the sport’s elite marathoners, and her comeback in Hamburg is highly anticipated.
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4 weeks ago | 
tv47.digital | Alex Kimani |Sophie Opondo |Nicole Anyango |Michael Majanga
A 29-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of defiling a fourteen-year-old girl in Loitip Village, Kiserian Location, Baringo County. In a ruling made at the Kabarnet Law Courts, prosecution, led by Counsel Collins Ogutu and Rebecca Bartilol, successfully proved the case against the accused beyond a reasonable doubt.
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4 weeks ago | 
tv47.digital | Michael Majanga |Sophie Opondo
Officers from the National Police Service (NPS) on Wednesday, April 16 condoled with families affected by the collapse of a building in Kisii County. Five people died after the four-storey building under construction collapsed in Itierio area on 6th April 2025. Kisii County Police Commander Ronald Kirui led officers to Bogiakumu Location, Bonyando Sub-Location, to condole with the bereaved families.
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4 weeks ago | 
tv47.digital | Valentine Njoroge |Sophie Opondo |Michael Majanga
One week after the shocking teargassing of Butere Girls High School students at the National Drama Festivals in Nakuru, the government has officially broken its silence with a heartfelt apology from Dennis Itumbi, Head of Creative Economy and Presidential Special Projects. Appearing on Citizen TV on Wednesday night, Itumbi publicly took responsibility for the incident, offering a sincere apology on behalf of the government to the students and their school community.
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4 weeks ago | 
tv47.digital | Linah Towett |Sophie Opondo |Michael Majanga
President William Ruto’s two Cabinet Secretary nominees, Geoffrey Ruku and Hannah Cheptumo, received unanimous approval from Members of the National Assembly on Wednesday, following vetting by the Committee on Appointments. Ruku will now helm the Ministry of Public Service, Human Capital Development and Special Projects, replacing Justin Muturi, who was fired during Ruto’s bold cabinet shake-up.
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4 weeks ago | 
tv47.digital | Michael Majanga |Sophie Opondo |Samson Jura
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) on Tuesday, April 15 came to the rescue of a helpless giraffe with magot-infested wound at the Meru National Park. The authority’s Meru Mobile Veterinary Unit, in conjunction with a team from Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (SWT), responded to a report of the injured adult male reticulated giraffe within the park. The wound, KWS says, was located on the right lateral aspect at the base of the giraffe’s neck, and is suspected to have been constantly reopened by ox-peckers.
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1 month ago | 
tv47.digital | Samson Jura |Sophie Opondo |Michael Majanga
George Oduor, a longtime aide and bodyguard to Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party leader Raila Odinga, has passed away. According to reports, Oduor died on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, while undergoing treatment at a Nairobi hospital, where he had been admitted for over a week. A trusted member of Raila Odinga’s security team, Oduor had served the Odinga family for over 30 years, dating back to the 1990s.
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1 month ago | 
tv47.digital | Sophie Opondo |Michael Majanga |Samson Jura
Kisii County, April 2, 2025 – In a significant blow to narcotics trafficking in the region, a multi-agency team led by the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) conducted a high-profile operation in Mwamogeza Village, Kisii County, recovering a massive consignment of suspected cannabis sativa.
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1 month ago | 
tv47.digital | Sophie Opondo |Michael Majanga
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula has urged administrators in Bungoma County to exempt residents from the rigorous vetting process during application for National Identity Cards (IDs). Mr. Wetang’ula’s utterances came on the backdrop of President William Ruto’s order issued in North Eastern Kenya earlier in the month where he gave the directives.
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1 month ago | 
tv47.digital | Sophie Opondo |Michael Majanga
Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi has petitioned the National Assembly to consider lifting the moratorium it imposed on the government about the Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) as a way of restoring investor confidence in the sub sector. Accompanied by the Principal Secretary for Energy Alex Wachira, Wandayi said the moratorium impossed in 2023 has negativity impacted efforts to negotiate better and affordable Power Purchase Agreements with the Independent Power Producers.
