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The Supreme Court has ordered the government to pay Sh17.5 million in damages to seven women who were brutalized by police during President Moi’s regime.
The petitioners sued the government for the violation of their human rights during a protest at Uhuru Park in 1992.
The apex court awarded Sh2.5…
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The government has revealed plans to privatize a number of public universities in Kenya in a bid to keep them afloat.
Investment, Trade, and Industry Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria said the move is aimed at strengthening their financial stability and restoring their former status as centers of…
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The Supreme Court has ruled that spouses are not entitled to an equal share of matrimonial property in case of divorce.
In a ruling released on Friday, the apex court held that the distribution of property is solely based on individual contributions and that each partner must prove their…
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Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei has tabled a new bill that seeks to bar employers from contacting their employees after working hours.
The Employment(Amendment) Bill, 2023, seeks to give an employee the "right to disconnect" from their employer, Senator Cherargei says.
The second-time senator says…
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The Employment and Labor Relations court has ordered the reinstatement of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Deputy CEO Ruth Kulundu.
On Thursday, Justice Linnet Ndolo ruled that Kulundu was wrongfully interdicted by IEBC CEO Hussein Marjan, who was found to have breached IEBC’s…
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Kenya has opened an embassy in Dakar, Senegal as part of President Ruto administration’s efforts to enhance diplomatic ties with other African states in order to unlock trade and investment opportunities for Kenyans.
The Kenyan chancery in Senegal, the first in Francophone Africa and will serve the…
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Four suspects, among them three Kenyans, have been found guilty of the 2012 murder of Venezuelan Ambassador to Kenya Olga Fonseca.
Fonseca, who was the Latin American nation’s acting ambassador at the time, was strangled at her official residence in Runda, Nairobi in July 2012.
The High Court in…
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A man in Minnesota, USA has pleaded guilty to his role in the $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Liban Yasin Alishire, 43, of Brooklyn Park, used two organizations named Community Enhancement Services and Lake Street…
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The Senate Education Committee has opened a probe into allegations of massive cheating in the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam.
Murang’a Senator Joe Nyutu, who chairs the committee, said the probe was prompted by complaints that some schools from one region recorded a…
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Pope Francis has urged Catholic bishops to welcome members of the LGBTQ community into the church.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, the pontiff termed laws that make homosexuality a criminal offense as "unjust”, insisting that God loves all his children.
"Being homosexual…
