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Johnstone Muthama has announced that he will not defend his Machakos Senate seat in the upcoming general elections, saying his decision was influenced by mismanagement within the Wiper Party. Muthama accused Kalonzo Musyoka, the party leader, of being dictatorial in the management of the party,…
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Military analysts and experts have raised questions about the potential impact military weapons systems that Kenya has been cleared to purchase from the US for use against fighting the Al-Shabaab insurgency in the country. It has emerged that Kenya could be spending up to $671 million (Sh67.1…
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The leader of majority Leader in the National Assembly Aden Duale has vowed to lead the National Assembly in rejecting the nomination of NASA leader Raila Odinga’s brother and Kalonzo Musyoka’s son to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). Duale said that the two, Oburu Odinga and Kennedy…
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The rising cost of living cost Kenya has forced Kenyans living along the Kenya-Uganda border in Busia County to cross over to Uganda to shop for basic commodities. Spot checks conducted by the Standard found that locals are crossing over to the neighboring country to purchase essential items such…
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Singer turned politician Charles Njagua has revealed that he was offered millions by some unnamed politicians in an attempted to bribe him to abandon his quest for the Starehe Jubilee parliamentary ticket ahead of the August polls. The singer, popularly known as Jaguar, further reveals that way…
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Popular investigative journalist Mohammed Ali, popularly known as Moha Jicho Pevu, has formally quit Raila Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party. While accusing Mombasa governor Ali Joho for intrigues that led to his lose in the ODM nominations for the Nyali Parliamentary seat, Mohammed…
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Trouble is brewing in Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) after the party awarded the nomination certificate for Nairobi senate seat to lawyer Edwin Sifuna, stripping off Gabriel Bukachi who had earned a direct nomination since he had no opponents. The decision was arrived at during a high level…
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Ford-Kenya leader and NASA principal Moses Wetangula has indicated he will be defending his Bungoma senator seat in August under the Ford-Kenya ticket. Bumgoma Ford-Kenya secretary Peter Wakhuleka on Sunday said Wetangula is the party’s candidate as he was unopposed in the primaries. The party…
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Kigumo MP Jamleck Kamau has said he will not be vying for Murang’a governorship as an independent candidate. Kamau, who lost to incumbent governor Mwangi wa Iria in the Jubilee primary election, said he will not defect from Jubilee to run as an independent. He said he will instead run an aggressive…
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Deputy President, William Ruto on Saturday mocked Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga’s promise that he (Odinga) will put up mechanisms to reduce rent in urban dwellings should he rise to power in the August 8th general elections. During an interview with Citizen TV on Thursday, the…