KENYA NEWS

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The New York Times has picked a Kenyan-born journalist, Abdi Latiff Dahir as its East Africa correspondent. Before his appointment by the US media giant, Dahir was working for Quartz Africa as a reporter covering the East Africa region. While announcing the hiring of Dahir, The New York Times…
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West Pokot Governor Prof. John Lonyangapuo was on Tuesday put to task by Senators to explain the absence of the county’s Deputy Governor in the country for several months. Appearing before Senate Devolution Committee, Governor Lonyangapuo had a difficult time explaining the whereabouts of West…
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Kenyans online reacted to a tweet of a foreign tourist visiting the Giraffe Manor in Nairobi after she stated that the Kenyan capital is in Africa. Gia A, whose Twitter profile shows she is from San José, Costa Rica posted a 35-second clip, where she is seen feeding one of the giraffes as the song…
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Detectives from Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Sunday evening arrested five suspected fraudsters in Kiambu County. DCI indicated the five were found with more than 40,000 SIM cards, several mobile phones, three laptops as well as a list of names and national ID numbers of different…
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has sacked a foreign national accused of racially abusing Kenyan security guards in Nairobi. The white man allegedly racially profiled and insulted security guards stationed at Lavington Mall in Nairobi on Sunday.  As if that was not enough,…
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Peter Ngugi, one of the suspects in the murder of Kenyan lawyer Willy Kimani, his client Josephat Mwenda and taxi driver Joseph Muiruri has spilled the beans on how the three were mercilessly killed. In his written statement Ngugi, a police informer, detailed how the killing of the three was…
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The government has turned to South Africa to help in the operation to retrieve the bodies a Kenyan woman and her four-year-old daughter who sunk in the Indian Ocean last Sunday. Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said South African divers will join the search for bodies of 35-year-old…
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Mwingi West MP Charles Nguna vowed to relinquish his seat if it is proven that he is a dual citizenship holder. Nguna, who is in the list of 10 MPs accused of being dual nationals, termed the allegations as baseless propaganda fueled by his political rivals. Speaking on Saturday, Nguna indicated…
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Three more suspects were on Sunday morning arrested in connection with the murder of Rai Cement proprietor Chetan Vyas. The three were apprehended by detectives from Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) at Soin area, Kipsitet, Kericho County. DCI George Kinoti said officers recovered a…
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President Kenyatta has extended former head of civil service Francis Muthaura’s term as the Chairman of Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) board for a period of three years. Kenyatta reappointed the 72-year-old to the position in a gazette notice dated October 2nd, 2019. The appointment will take effect…