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Suspected Al-Shabaab militants on Wednesday ambushed a Nairobi-bound bus and killed three people. The bus operating under Moyale Raha company was attacked in Sarmani area in Mandera County with five other passengers, including the driver, suffering injuries.  The public service vehicle was…
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Joyce Wanjiku Ngugi has been nominated for the position of Kiambu Deputy Governor. Wanjiku, who was eyeing the Gatundu South MP seat in 2017 but dropped out of the race citing intimidation from her rivals, was nominated to the post by Kiambu Governor James Nyoro on Wednesday. Wanjiku, a counseling…
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Police have set free a Kenyan man who filmed himself having sexual intercourse with a girl who was initially thought to be a minor. Patrick Ayoyi Ajunga was arrested in his house in Kericho last weekend after the video recording went viral on social media, sparking outrage from online users. Ayoyi…
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Officials from People Living with Disability (PWD) network on Wednesday rescued a 46-year-old Kenyan man who had been locked in a house for four years after he got paralyzed. Walter Ojowi was rescued from a house in Kotuga in Suna West Sub-County, Migori County, where his family had isolated him…
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Officers from the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) arrested three hawkers in Nairobi after they were found in possession of banned plastic bags. The three traders were arrested on Monday in an operation that saw officers seized more than 500 pieces of banned polythene bags.  In…
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Patrick Ayoyi Ajunga, the man who videotaped himself sexually assaulting a girl who appeared to be a minor may walk scot-free, according to police. The man was arrested over the weekend at his house in Nyagacho estate, Kericho County after the video emerged and went viral on social media. On…
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Kenya is set to receive funding from the United States government to fight the current locust invasion that is ravaging the country, thereby threatening food security. The US said it will provide $8 million (Sh800 million) to help Kenya and its neighbors; Somalia and Ethiopia, control the…
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A Chinese national who recently arrived in the country from China has been quarantined after he exhibited symptoms linked to the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19). The man is isolated in a camp belonging to a Chinese construction company in Mutomo, Kitui County, according to reports. He is an employee…
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A 38-year-old foreign national accused of murder was on Tuesday morning arrested while trying to flee the country. The suspect, Ajak Dau Aketch was arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in collaboration with immigration officers at the Jomo Kenyatta…
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Milimani Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi has recused himself from handling Embakasi East MP Babu Owino’s case, in which he is charged with attempted murder. Andayi said he withdrew from the case after the office of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) filed a complaint to the Judicial Service…