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Joyce Wanjiru Chege, 48 years old, was found dead at her home in the UK by her boss. Efforts by the police and others to locate her next of kin have been fruitless.
Unless someone claims her body by Tuesday, September 12th, the UK government will bury her.
Joyce was born in October 15th, 1969. She…
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A Kenyan man who appealed his one year sentence for drug related charges has instead been handed seven years jail term by an appeal court in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
The 28-year-old Kenyan man had been sentence for one year and a fine of Dhs20,000 by a junior court, but decided to appeal…
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A US-based Kenyan lawyer has filed a defamation suit in against a Kenyan blogger for failing to pull down an offending article published on his blog last year.
In a suit filed at the Montgomery County Circuit Court in Maryland, lawyer Regina Njogu claims that the owner of the blog by the name…
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A Kenyan woman has revealed how she, together with a colleague got stranded in Miami, Florida in the US after learning that Hurricane Irma had been upgraded from category four to five.
Catherine Karanja aand Maryanne Michuki arrived in Miami Beach on the afternoon of Sunday, September 3, on the eve…
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The US has granted Kenya's national carrier, Kenya Airways clearance to fly direct flights from Nairobi to Washington DC.
US Office of International Aviation director Brian Hedberg on Friday said that the order was effected on September 5.
Hedberg said that the US had no objections following a…
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Remittances by Kenyans living abroad have risen by 4.1 per cent in the first half of the year to $887.6 million (Sh91.6 billion) in comparison to a similar period last year, helping strengthen the shilling against major global currencies.
Latest data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows that…
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A Kenyan man in the US is trending on Twitter after he posted a photo of him accompanying his daughter to class after being stranded in New York in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey that wrecked havoc in the area.
Enock Anassi had escorted her daughter Kerubo Anassi, who was joining college in New…
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Churches and civic organizations have launched a fundraising drive for a dozen of Kenyans living in Houston, Texas area in the US who were affected by hurricane Harvey and forced from their homes or their property damaged.
A GoFundMe account has been created to raise funds for the Kenyan community…
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Former US-based lawyer Susan Kihika has been appointed as the Majority Chief Whip in the Kenyan Senate. Kihika, the newly elected Nakuru County Senator on a Jubilee Party ticket, will take the crucial role following a nod by the President Uhuru's party.
Jubilee Party won the majority seats in both…
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Josphat Loukot had lived in the streets for several years, before Full Gospel Churches of Kenya in Noiwet, Baringo County intervened and convinced him to abandon the streets life. Soon after, the church helped enroll him to Noiwet Primary School in 2004 under guidance of one community elder.
Even…
