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Appearing before a recently concluded Senate committee, the National Police Service Commission sought to explain why short people are excluded from recruitment.  The Commission's CEO Peter Leley stated that short people are deemed incapable to confront criminals, leading to the establishment…
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A Member of Parliament has drafted a Bill to restrain demonstrations in the country.  This follows the Azimio La Umoja rally on Tuesday at Kamukunji grounds. The Assembly, Demonstration, Picketing and Petition Bill, 2023, spearheaded by Mbeere North MP Geoffrey Ruku, intends to expand Article…
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The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and the Inter-Agency Team have destroyed illicit goods worth Sh500 million.  A press release from KRA on Wednesday stated that the impounded goods with an estimated tax worth of Sh150 million were destroyed at Export Processing Zones Authority (EPZ) offices in…
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Lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi has questioned Azimio leader Raila Odinga's request to Kenyans to boycott paying taxes and instead use alternative forms of transport to get to work.  On Tuesday, Ahmednasir posed a question to MP Junet Mohamed in response to Raila's suggestion, wondering what could…
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Opposition leader Raila Odinga has called upon Kenyans to oppose Ruto regime taxes by embracing civil disobedience.   In a statement issued at Kamukunji grounds on Tuesday, Raila suggested that citizens should engage in civil disobedience to force the annulment of the Finance Act, signed on…
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The Nairobi Women's Hospital has come out to denounce accusations of extortion and detention following an exposé made by Citizen TV.  The hospital's CEO Sam Thenya on Tuesday rejected the assertions, saying the hospital never received grants or funds from the alleged investors for covering…
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A 36-year-old woman was over the weekend arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for attempting to smuggle four kilograms of marijuana to Sharja, UAE.  On June 23, Anti Narcotics police noticed the packages of dried plant materials, encased in aluminium foil, in her suitcase while…
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Police are investigating an incident in which a 32-year-old man died after plummeting from the eighth floor of a hotel in Eastleigh, Nairobi.  Adam Rashid had checked into the Sakina Hotel two days before the tragic event on Sunday, June 25. Cleaners reported seeing smoke emanating from his…
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Wajir North Member of Parliament Ibrahim Abdi Saney on Monday, June 26, claimed that the US government is partly responsible for the recent surge of terrorist activity in Kenya.  Speaking during an interview with K24, the lawmaker faulted the US for not labelling Al Shabaab as a terrorist…
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Moja Expressway Company on Monday, June 26, announced that the 27-kilometre Nairobi Expressway will be shut down for 16 hours, beginning on Saturday, July 1 at 10:00 pm and ending on Sunday, July 2 at 4:00 pm.  “Please note that the Nairobi Expressway will be temporarily closed from Saturday,…