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National airline Kenya Airways (KQ) has revealed plans to invest in private jets and VIP terminals at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). The airline has revealed the plans in a proposal submitted to a parliamentary committee in February, seeking approval to take over the operations and…
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Ann Mwangi Mvurya has been elected as the new chairperson of the University of Nairobi Students Association (UNSA). The third-year law student becomes the first female student to be elected to the Chairperson seat in the university's history. Ms. Mwangi floored two other male candidates; Samuel…
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Hillary Mutyambai on Monday took oath of office as the new Inspector-General of Police. The former intelligence officer was sworn-in in a ceremony presided over by Chief Justice David Maraga at the Supreme Court in Nairobi. He takes over from Joseph Boinnet, whose four-year non-renewable term…
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Nairobi politician Steve Mbogo has spoken after his luxury vehicle was impounded by authorities. Mbogo's white Range Rover was seized by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Friday over allegations of tax evasion. The DCI also said that the high-end car's registration…
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A video of angry Kenyan passengers beating up a matatu crew for allegedly driving recklessly has gone viral on social media. In the clip, some passengers are seen chasing and beating up the driver and conductor of a 14-seater matatu registration KCL 740B belonging to Lina Sacco. The PSV was…
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Details have emerged that the Sh350 billion Mombasa-Nairobi expressway will bypass the capital city after a change of the initial plan. The Business Daily reports that the state-of-the-art dual carriage motorway will now branch off just past Konza and end along the Nairobi–Nakuru highway at Kikuyu…
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A 28-year-old Kenyan woman who delivered quintuplets last month has passed away in the hospital. Evelyn Namukhula from Sisokhe Village in Kakamega County died on Sunday at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret, where she was admitted with her five newborns. She is said to…
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A Dutch pedophile who was recently charged with sex offenses in a Kenyan court was on Thursday confronted by two women foreigners in the streets of Nairobi. The Daily Nation reports that the two women identified as Eustacia and Suzana confronted Hans Viens Egon Dieter in Nairobi's Roysambu estate,…
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Prof. Olive Mugenda has been appointed as the Non-Executive Chairperson of the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral, and Research Hospital board. Prof. Mugenda has been appointed to the position by President Kenyatta in a gazette notice dated April 1st, 2019. The former Kenyatta University Vice-…
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The director of Public Health Dr. Kepha Ombacho has condemned a Chinese company that donated alcohol to starving Baringo residents on Friday.  Chuanshan International Mining Company delivered a consignment of food items to residents of Katikit village, who are grappling with severe hunger as a…