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US technology conglomerate, Cisco has appointed Kenyan Sally Kimeu as Country Leader and Regional Manager for its East Africa operations.
Cisco’s East Africa operations cover 10 countries including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi, Djibouti, South Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea.
Ms.…
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A University of Nairobi (UoN) lecturer has been arrested after the lifeless body of her son was found at her house in Nairobi’s South B area.
The decomposing body of the 13-year-old boy was found wrapped in a blanket inside their house in Kifaru Estate, South B.
Police were called to the scene…
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The United States says it has not withdrawn its support for the proposed Sh300 billion Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway.
Responding to media reports claiming that the US had stopped the project, the US Embassy in Nairobi said Ambassador Kyle McCarter was misquoted about his country’s position on the…
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A Kenyan teacher has won the inaugural African Union’s (AU) Continental Teacher Prize for his outstanding performance.
Erick Ademba, a teacher at Asumbi Girls Secondary School in Homa Bay County, won the prize on Wednesday alongside two other tutors.
He was feted alongside Ghanaian Augusta Lartey-…
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At least 29 Kenyans have been killed by floods caused by heavy rains witnessed across the country in the last three weeks, government spokesperson Col. Cyrus Oguna says.
Another 11,700 persons have been displaced and more than 10,000 livestock washed away during the same period.
Speaking during a…
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Three female suspects were on Wednesday arrested with fake foreign currency amounting to Sh102 million.
The three; Rose Wambui, Mary Muthoni, and Tabitha Muhuha were found with the counterfeit money in a house in Githurai Kimbo, Ruiru following an intelligence-led operation.
The money, which was in…
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Four suspects among them two security guards were on Tuesday night arrested following a botched ATM robbery attempt in Ruiru town.
The four are KK security guard Hillary Ng’eno, 37, G4S security guard Jared Nyang’au, 31, boda-boda rider Douglas Momanyi, 34, and Jacob Barasa, 43.
The four…
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The United States has backed President Kenyatta’s push for an out of court settlement in Kenya’s maritime border dispute with Somalia.
On Tuesday, US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter said Washington has urged Somalia to drop its case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to give room for…
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Ndaragwa MP Jeremiah Kioni has drafted a new bill that seeks to bar Members of Parliament from participating in fundraisers, popularly known as harambees.
Under the bill whose aim is to curb corruption, Kioni proposes a fine of Sh800,000 to MPs found participating in fundraising events while still…
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Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti has accused Sarah Wairimu, the widow of slain Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen, of trying to interfere with her husband’s murder case.
Kinoti made the claims in his response to the contempt of court case filed against him by Wairimu, who was charged…
