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At least 32 Jubilee Party MPs have broken ranks with the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition and pledged to work with President Ruto. Led by nominated MP Sabina Chege and East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) MP Kanini Kega, the leaders committed to work with the Kenya Kwanza administration…
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Moja Expressway, the operator of the Nairobi Expressway, says at least 10 million motorists have used the toll highway since its launch in July last year. Speaking during the 10,000,000th Million Milestone Celebration on Tuesday, Moja Expressway CEO Steve Zhao indicated that about 50,000 vehicles…
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The World Bank has pledged to support the Hustler Fund in order to lift Kenya’s most vulnerable group. The international lender made the pledge during a consultative meeting between President Ruto and a World Bank delegation led by the Regional Vice President for Eastern and Southern Africa…
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Kenyan journalist Larry Madowo is excited after landing a new role at CNN. Madowo, who joined the giant American media house in May 2021 as its Nairobi-based correspondent before being promoted to an international correspondent, will now host the 'African Voices Changemakers', a show mainly…
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The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party has played down the move by a group of MPs to shift to President Ruto’s camp. In a statement on Tuesday, the Raila Odinga-led party said the MPs’ visit to State House did not come as a surprise as most of them were being monitored in the run-up to the…
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The Public Service Commission (PSC) has invited qualified candidates to apply for the position of Government Spokesperson, which fell vacant after the exit of Col. Cyrus Oguna. In a notice on Tuesday, PSC said the successful candidate will earn a monthly salary of up to Sh976,120, inclusive of a…
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Diaspora Affairs Principal Secretary Roseline Njogu says no Kenyan has so far been affected by the deadly earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday. Through her Twitter account, Njogu said the embassy in Ankara has not received reports of any Kenyan injured or killed and provided an emergency…
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65 Kenyan teenagers have completed a coding program sponsored by Think Young Africa in partnership with American aircraft manufacturer Boeing. The closing ceremony of the 17th edition of Think Young Coding School was held at Nairobi Garage, attended by dignitaries from the two organizations and top…
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Businessman Jimi Wanjigi has hit out at President Ruto and the Kenya Kwanza administration for targeting the Kenyatta family in the ongoing tax purge. Wanjigi, a former presidential aspirant, termed the move as ill-advised, saying Kenyans will resist any attempts to seize the property of Kenya’s…
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The High Court in Kenya has rejected Facebook parent company Meta’s bid to stop a suit accusing it of exploitation and poor working conditions. A former content moderator at Sama, a company contracted by Meta to review Facebook posts, sued the company claiming that workers in Kenya were subjected…