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Former IEBC commissioner Roselyn Akombe has revealed shocking details about the murder of Chris Msando.
In a tweet on Friday, Akombe claimed that Msando was led to the “slaughterhouse” by some of his colleagues at IEBC.
Msando, who was the manager of ICT at IEBC, was found dead in Muguga…
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Roselyn Akombe says she is ready to fly back to the country to testify in the murder case of former IEBC ICT manager Chris Msando.
Msando was found dead in Muguga Forest in Kikuyu, Kiambu County on July 31st, 2017, a day after he was allegedly abducted in Nairobi by unknown people.
His…
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Kenyans in the diaspora sent home a whopping Sh31.1 billion during the month of June, according to the latest data by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK).
This represents a 12 percent growth compared to Sh27.8 billion remitted in May this year.
The cumulative 12-month diaspora remittances to June…
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The government is set to probe claims of mistreatment of Kenyan women seeking assistance at Kenya’s consulate in Lebanon.
Kenyan Ambassador to Kuwait Halima Mohamud said officials from her mission will travel to Beirut next week to establish the authenticity of the claims.
The Kenyan embassy in…
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The boyfriend of a Kenyan woman missing from her Washington, DC home has been charged with her murder.
Darnell Sterling, 55, was late Thursday afternoon charged with the murder of 34-year-old Olga Ooro, who went missing on July 16, 2020 and whose body has not yet been found.
Metropolitan DC Chief…
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Police in Washington, DC continue to seek public help in locating Olga Ooro, a 34-year-old Kenyan woman who disappeared outside her Northwest DC apartment last week under mysterious circumstances.
Washington, DC Metropolitan police say Ooro was last seen walking away from her apartment building in…
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Kenyans living and working in North America defied the Covid-19 pandemic to send home a whopping $145.95 million (Sh15.7 billion) in May.
This is the highest ever amount of money received from the region that includes the US, Canada, and Mexico in a month, according to data by the Central Bank of…
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A 35-year-old Kenyan woman who reportedly committed suicide in Vienna, Austria early this month as a result of depression is set to be cremated.
Lucy Atieno Hareter was run over by a train after she allegedly threw herself on the railway line at the Bahnhof Atzgersdorf train station in the 12th…
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Canada-based Kenyan activist and journalist Samuel Okemwa who was arrested in Tanzania on Monday has been released.
Okemwa, a close friend of lawyer Miguna Miguna, was apprehended by police officers in Tanzania’s capital, Dodoma, and his passport confiscated. A video shared online shows Okemwa…
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Kenyan journalist, Yassin Juma who was arrested in Ethiopia early this month is set to be arraigned in court next week.
Juma was arrested on Friday, July 3rd while covering protests that broke out in Ethiopia's Oromia region following the killing of popular musician Hachalu Hundessa.
Hundessa, who…
