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Karachuonyo MP James Rege will not be defending his seat in the August 8 polls. Rege announced the move on Monday adding that he will focus on campaigning for president Uhuru Kenyatta as he seeks his second term in office.
"I saw it wise to shelve my ambition after I was granted a mandate of…
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Former Devolution and Planning Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru is headed for victory in the Kirinyaga Jubilee nominations for governor, flooring incumbent Jospeh Ndathi.
With votes tallied for all but two polling stations in the country, Wiguru leads holds a commanding lead with 102,927 votes. Her…
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Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko says that some in Jubilee want him to bow out of Nairobi gubernatorial race in favor of his rival, Peter Kenneth.
Speaking during a campaign trail in Nairobi’s Eastlands area on Monday, Sonko said that despite being loyal to the President and Jubilee party, some members…
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Kibwezi OCPD Leonard Kimaiyo has confirmed that twenty six people perished while several others were injured following an accident involving a passenger bus and a tanker along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway at Kambu Shopping Center.
According to eye witnesses, the driver of the bus belonging to…
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National Super Alliance (NASA) leaders says that they will remove the Kenya Defense Forces, KDF from Somalia if they occupy the State House.
The leaders said they will have the forces return to the country and secure it from Kenya from the the Al Shabaab terror group from Kenya.
Speaking in Lamu on…
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Former vice president Moody Awori has come out to reveal how he watched retired president Mwai Kibaki shed tears after the death of his vice president, Kijana Wamalwa.
In his biography, "Riding on a Tiger", Awori says that Kibaki had a strong relationship with Wamalwa before he died.
Awori goes…
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Mohamed Ali, a journalist- turned-politician most famous for his investigative show ‘Jicho Pevu’, was defeated in his bid for ODM nomination for Nyali Constituency and is not threatening to leave ODM and run as an independent candidate.
Ali lost the ODM primary election held on Saturday to Said…
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Armed gunmen on Sunday shot and wounded conservationist Kuki Gallmann at her conservancy in Laikipia county. The 73-year-old Italian-born woman was shot on the stomach after the gunmen ambushed a vehicle she was driving.
The attack comes barely weeks after a series of attacks by armed raiders…
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Raila Odinga’s daughter Rosemary Odinga has announced her withdrawal from the race for Kibra MP, citing health reasons.
In a statement on Facebook, Rosemary said that she bowing out of the race following the advice of her doctor, but promised to serve the constituency in other capacities. “It is…
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The High Court has extended the deadline for political parties in Kenya to conduct nominations to May 1st.
Justice Weldon Korir of the High Court in Malindi issued the ruling on Monday following a petition by Angaza Empowerment Network, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) based in Kenya.
The…