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US-based financial consulting company Dalberg Advisors has appointed Kenyan Edwin Macharia as its Global Managing Partner.
Macharia, who was elected to the position by the company’s equity partners, will serve a three-year term beginning January 2020. Macharia has worked at Dalberg for the…
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President Kenyatta says the proposed 1.5 percent housing levy that was to be deducted from the salaries of all Kenyans in formal employment has been made voluntary.
Kenyatta made this announcement on Thursday when he led Kenyans in celebrating the 56th Jamhuri Day at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi. The…
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Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko, who was charged with various corruption-related offenses this week, skipped this year's Jamhuri Day celebrations held at Nyayo Stadium on Thursday.
Instead, Sonko took to social media to wish a happy Jamhuri Day to Nairobi residents and Kenyans adding that he was…
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Chief Justice David Maraga made good his threat of boycotting State functions by skipping Thursday’s Jamhuri Day celebrations held at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi.
During a press briefing on November 4th, 2019, Maraga vowed to stay away from national events over what he termed as mistreatment and…
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The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has suspended the operating license for the Kenyan bus company, Modern Coast.
This comes after two of the company’s buses collided at Salama area along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway on Thursday morning, killing seven people while 62 were wounded.
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US-based Kenyan scholar Prof. Makau Mutua says Deputy President William Ruto should quit government to lead the opposition.
Mutua, who spoke during an interview on Citizen TV’s JKL show on Wednesday night, claimed that it was clear that Kenyatta and DP Ruto had fallen out and the latter should do…
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President Kenyatta has announced the extension of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) taskforce’s term.
The extension will allow the 14-member team to widen public participation and formulate actionable implementation plans, according to a statement sent to the media by State House Spokeswoman…
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Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko, who has been in police custody for five days, was on Wednesday released on a cash bail of Sh15 million or an alternative bond of Sh30 million with a surety of a similar amount.
While granting bail to Governor Sonko, Anti-Corruption Court Chief Magistrate Douglas Ogoti…
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Sarah Wairimu, the widow of slain Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen on Wednesday asked the court to allow her to manage the deceased’s company, Tobs Kenya Gold Safaris.
Wairimu, who was charged with the murder Cohen, told High Court Justice Stella Mutuku that she co-owned the company with her husband…
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The Appellate Court has upheld a decision by the High Court ordering former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo to pay Sh100 million for a prime plot of land alleged to have been grabbed.
Kabogo had moved to the Appeals Court seeking to have High Court Judge Elijah Obaga’s ruling that ordered him to…
