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East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) MP Winnie Odinga says her job at the regional parliament is not her primary source of income.
Winnie, who is the last-born daughter of opposition leader Raila Odinga, said she earns most of her income from her digital communications company dubbed The Brick…
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British troops who commit murder in Kenya will face trial in the country if recommendations by a Parliamentary committee are adopted.
The proposed changes to the Defense Cooperation Agreement between Kenya and the UK await ratification after they were debated in the National Assembly.
The…
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The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has confirmed that its network was infiltrated in a cyberattack.
A KAA official who sought anonymity told NTV that the cyberattack by a notorious group called Medusa occurred in February, adding that it did not have a ‘significant’ operational and financial impact…
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX company has delayed the much-anticipated launch of Kenya’s first earth observation satellite by 24 hours due to unfavorable weather conditions at the launch base in California, USA.
The satellite named Taifa-1 was set to be deployed aboard a Falcon 9 rocket alongside other…
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President Ruto has assured civil servants that they will soon receive their salaries, which were delayed this month due to an operational liquidity crunch.
The president admitted that the government is facing challenges paying its workers owing to the mounting debts, which have forced the country…
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President Ruto has expressed confidence that the Kenyan shilling will soon strengthen against the US dollar, which is currently exchanging at Sh134.
Ruto said the Kenya Kwanza administration has put up measures to prevent the shilling from falling further to the dollar, adding that the exchange…
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Former First Lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta has had her monthly pension raised by over Sh100,000 amid renewed scrutiny over her family’s multi-billion-shilling estate.
Citing Treasury documents, Business Daily reports that Mama Ngina’s pension was increased to Sh679,800 from Sh568,218 she earned in 2018…
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Police in Homa Bay County are searching for a bishop who allegedly burned a human skull at Lwanda Nyamasare beach on Lake Victoria on Sunday evening.
Bishop Charles Ododo, who has since gone into hiding, is said to have led members of his church to the beach, claiming that God instructed him to…
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Police have opened an investigation into the death of a passenger at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi.
The body of the 43-year-old passenger, who was scheduled to travel to Mombasa from Nairobi, was found in the waiting lounge on Saturday night.
The Star reports that the…
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A 19-year-old boy who was injured during anti-government protests by the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition on March 30th has passed away.
Jamleck Mwanza died on Monday from his injuries at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) where he has been undergoing treatment for nearly two weeks.
The teen died…
