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Details of how opposition leader Raila Odinga played a part in exposing Kenyan fake gold scammers have emerged. Odinga is reported to have detected the voice of a Kenyan man who was being presented as Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i. The Standard reports that Odinga had been invited to…
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The High Court has extended orders blocking the government from implementing the 1.5 percent housing levy until May 27th. In a ruling on Monday, Justice Maureen Onyango has extended the orders to give room for the consolidation of different cases seeking to stop the government from imposing the…
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A 45-year-old man who hit headlines a few weeks ago after single-handedly constructing a 1.5-kilometer road in his village in Murang'a County has received goodies from a number of corporates.   Some companies have come out to reward Nicholas Muchami in recognition of his selfless efforts.…
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The government is working on plans to encourage unemployed Kenyans to seek jobs abroad. Labor Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani says his ministry is in the process of reviewing policies to prepare Kenyan job seekers for opportunities overseas. Under the new plan, the Labor Ministry seeks to have job…
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A fresh court battle for the multi-billion-shilling estate left behind by the late Kenyan Cabinet Minister John Michuki has erupted. The tussle pits Michuki's last-born daughter Yvonne Wanja and her siblings Anne Wanjiru and Fred Chege. Ms. Wanja has filed a fresh court case seeking to get what she…
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Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested six people believed to be part of a carjacking and house break-ins gang that has been terrorizing residents in Nairobi and surrounding towns. The DCI says the suspects were apprehended on Saturday in Nairobi's Kilimani…
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A Kenyan Member of Parliament is on the radar of United States authorities for reportedly evading a jail term. Fafi MP Osman Mohamed was convicted with tax evasion in the US in 2015 and was sentenced to 18 months in prison, reports Daily Nation. Mohamed had reportedly been charged with 32 counts of…
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A 120-year-old Kenyan woman has refused to register for Huduma Namba, saying it is of no help to her. Sarah Maina from Motobo village, Kericho County turned away clerks who had gone to her house to register her in the National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) on Friday. The centenarian…
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Kenyans implicated in corruption will be blocked from entering the United States, Ambassador Kyle McCarter has announced. Speaking in Nairobi on Saturday, the McCarter also said that their children and kin will not be allowed to travel or study in the US. McCarter, who spoke during the Junior…
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Key suspect in the brutal killing of Constable Pauline Wangari has been hospitalized after attempting to commit suicide. Joseph Ochieng' was reportedly rushed to a Buruburu hospital after stabbing himself in the abdomen with a kitchen knife on Friday. Ochieng', 24, attempted to kill himself as…