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Authorities in India are holding three Kenyan nationals after they were caught trying to smuggle concealed gold into the country. Custom officials at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport seized over three kilograms of gold valued at ₹1.40 crore (Sh22 million) from the three…
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Former Vice President Moody Awori has urged Kenyans to rally behind the Kenya Kwanza administration as it works towards delivering its manifesto and revamping the country’s economy. Speaking on Monday at his home in Lavington, Nairobi, where Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi paid him a…
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The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has dropped the charges against former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i over the alleged police raid of his Karen home last month. Through acting Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Lilian Obuo, the DPP said the evidence provided by the…
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Two armed robbers were on Sunday morning gunned down following a fierce shootout with police officers at Kinyona Forest in Kigumo, Murang’a county. Police said the two were part of a six-man gang that staged a robbery at Unaitas Sacco Mununga branch, within Kigumo town on Saturday and made away…
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Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has urged President Ruto to hold talks with Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga. Sakaja, who spoke on Sunday, said the country’s economy is bad enough and the ongoing mass action by the opposition coalition will further hurt Kenyans. “…
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A driver was burnt to death on Sunday morning after being involved in an accident along Thika Superhighway. The driver is said to have lost control of his Mercedes S-Class vehicle while negotiating a bend in the Pangani tunnel and crashed into the wall of the pavement, according to a police report…
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Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has ordered residents living in 27 bandit-prone areas in Rift Valley to vacate within the next 24 hours. Kindiki said the government has decided to upscale the security operation to neutralize the banditry menace that has been declared a national emergency…
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Police in Murang’a County are searching for six robbers who stole an unknown amount of money from a Unaitas Bank branch on Saturday morning. The daylight robbery incident happened at around 9 am when two men dressed in black private security uniforms with reflectors approached two police officers…
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President Ruto has nominated Bishop (Dr.) David Adang Oginde for appointment as the Chairperson of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). The president nominated Bishop Oginde for the position following recommendations by the Public Service Commission (PSC). Oginde will replace…
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The High Court has ruled that having a child with a man or woman is not proof of marriage. Justice Asenath Ongeri made the ruling in a case in which a woman codenamed FCR sued a man codenamed CAL, claiming they cohabited from 1970 to 1990 and had five children together. The woman accused the man of…