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Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko has threatened to leave Jubilee and run for Nairobi governor on a Nasa ticket if Jubilee does not treat him fairly. “NASA ni chama...sio chama cha mashetani. Jubilee ni chama lakini wakinipiga vita nitaenda niwaachie mtu wao. [Kama ni ukabila wacha waendelee]. Hakuna…

The investigation into whether Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho forged his KCSE result slip is almost complete, a source at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) says. The source says Joho’s investigative file will soon be forwarded to the Director or Public Prosecution for possible…

Lawmakers may soon allocate themselves billions of taxpayers money to help them monitor State expenditure in their areas. Both National Assembly and Senate members are working on a Bill that may see kitties worth billions of shillings put under their control if the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment…

The U.S. State Department has released a Kenya travel warning, telling US citizens to avoid certain parts of Kenya. The warning, released on January 13, 2017, advises U.S. citizens to “avoid travel to the border area between Somalia and Kenya because of threats by the terrorist group al-Shabaab.…

Only 88,929 students scored between A and C+ (plus) in the 2016 KCSE examination, Education CS Fred Matiang'i said on Thursday. "All candidates who scored between grade A and C+ will be absorbed in universities," he said during the release of the results at Shimo la Tewa High School in Mombasa.…

Thirty three Kenyan scholars in the Equity Leaders Program (ELP) class of 2016 have been admitted to top global universities during early admission, says the Equity Group Foundation.  The total number is expected to more than double when regular admissions are announced in March, 2017. ELP is…

I will not bore you with statistical research, but one thing is for sure; the last two decades have seen an unprecedented number of Africans immigrate to the USA, Canada, Europe and Australia. A good number is slowly settling in the UAE, China, Japan, Russia and South America. A large proportion of…

I will not bore you with statistical research, but one thing is for sure; the last two decades have seen an unprecedented number of Africans immigrate to the USA, Canada, Europe and Australia. A good number is slowly settling in the UAE, China, Japan, Russia and South America. A large proportion of…

I came to the US in 2006. I had just finished my Bachelor’s degree at the University of Nairobi and got accepted to NYU for a Master of Arts degree and thereafter stayed on to get the “Piled Higher and Deeper”. I did not take up a job in Kenya and so the workplace back home is somewhat alien…

I came to the US in 2006. I had just finished my Bachelor’s degree at the University of Nairobi and got accepted to NYU for a Master of Arts degree and thereafter stayed on to get the “Piled Higher and Deeper”. I did not take up a job in Kenya and so the workplace back home is somewhat alien…