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Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has ordered the closure of all bars and nightclubs countrywide to pave way for the national population census.
CS Matiang'i said the joints will shut down at 5 pm on Saturday and Sunday to ensure everyone is at home when enumerators arrive for the exercise…
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Kenya’s bid for United Nations Security Council (UNSC) non-permanent seat for the 2021-2022 term has received the backing of 54 African Union countries.
The African Union (AU) endorsed Kenya's candidature after it garnered 37 votes against Djibouti’s 13 during a session by the 54-member regional…
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The government has announced it will roll out mass vaccination against cervical cancer in two weeks.
The Ministry of Health is targeting to give two free doses of the vaccine against the cancer-causing Human Papillomavirus (HPV) to 10-year-old girls countrywide, according to Daily Nation.
The two…
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President Kenyatta is set to grace the burial of Kikuyu benga singer John Ng’ang’a, popularly known as John DeMathew.
DeMathew, who died in a grisly road crash on Sunday evening, will be laid to arrest at his home in Mukurwe village, Muranga County on Saturday.
Addressing journalists on Tuesday,…
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Former Makadara Member of Parliament Reuben Ndolo was on Tuesday arraigned in court where he was charged with creating disturbance and threatening to kill.
Appearing before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Martha Mutuku, Ndolo pleaded not guilty to the charges and was freed on a cash bail of…
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A 50-year-old Spanish woman who was arrested at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Monday for being in possession of ivory bangle was fined Sh1 million.
Pich-Aguilera Maria was traveling from Nairobi to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania when she was apprehended with the jewelry weighing 0.025…
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Four people lost their lives while several others were hospitalized after suspected food poisoning at a ceremony in Nyeri County last week.
Confirming the incident, Nyeri Assistant County Commissioner Samuel Kariuki said the four passed away after feasting at a dowry payment ceremony in Rodama…
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Detectives from Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Tuesday arrested Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei.
Senator Cherargei was arrested at his home in Elgon View Estate in Eldoret, Uasin-Gishu County over allegations of making inciting remarks.
His arrest comes after a video of him…
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Officers at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Monday arrested a Spanish national for being in possession of an ivory bangle.
Ms. Pich-Aguilera Maria, 50, was traveling from Nairobi to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania when she was arrested with the jewelry weighing 0.025 grams.
Kenya Wildlife…
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Kenyan billionaire businessman Humphrey Kariuki was on Monday evening re-arrested moments after a Nairobi court released him on a cash bail of Sh11 million.
Kariuki was reportedly re-arrested by detectives from Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) over alleged illegal importation of ethanol…
