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The United States has begun implementing a travel ban on Kenyans implicated in corruption as well as drug trafficking.
Speaking to the Daily Nation, the US Embassy in Nairobi said it has begun revoking and denying visas to corrupt individuals. It also said the persons will be blocked from investing…
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The Public Service Commission (PSC) has suspended the hiring of civil servants on a permanent and pensionable basis.
The PSC says entry-level public servants will be employed on a three-year contract in a move aimed at reducing the ballooning wage bill.
The commission says the move also aims…
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South African middle- distance runner Caster Semenya has taken a swipe at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
In a statement on Tuesday, the 800m Olympic champion has accused the IAAF of treating her like a human guinea pig.
The 28-year-old athlete claims that the world…
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Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested controversial blogger Robert Alai.
Alai was arrested on Tuesday morning for allegedly posting on social media gory photos of Kenyan police officers killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in Wajir on…
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Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris is facing eviction from a multi-million-shilling house in Nairobi.
The Standard reports that Ms. Passaris is embroiled in a court battle with the widow of the late Kenyan billionaire Kultar Singh Hanspal over the property valued at Sh300 million.
In…
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Police on Sunday arrested five suspects in connection with the robbery of Sh1.5 million from a Kitui-based microfinance.
The five are suspected of stealing the money after reportedly digging a tunnel into the Itoleka Financial Services Association’s (FSA) strongroom on Friday.
The five, who are…
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A 36-year-old Kenyan woman who was quarantined at Kericho County Referral Hospital on Sunday evening after exhibiting Ebola-like symptoms has tested negative for the deadly virus.
Tests conducted on the woman's blood samples at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) in Nairobi also revealed…
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Kisumu Governor Prof. Anyang Nyong’o announced he will enroll for theological studies in July.
Governor Nyong’o made the announcement during the burial of his late mother Dorothy Otieno last Friday.
The 73-year-old politician said he will do so to honor the wish of his mother, who passed away on…
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The government through the Ministry of Health has allayed fears of an outbreak of Ebola in Kenya.
This comes after a female patient was isolated at the Kericho County Referral Hospital on Sunday evening after exhibiting symptoms of the virus.
Speaking during a media briefing in Nairobi on Monday,…
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The High Court has set aside a lower court's ruling that handed a death sentence to two people who were convicted of robbery with violence.
In his ruling on Friday, Justice Ngenye Macharia withdrew the sentence slapped on Brian Ayusi and Paul Bulinda after an accomplice testified against them.
The…
