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Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen says Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) will soon be allowed back on the Nairobi Expressway.
Murkomen told MPs that plans are underway to clear matatus to use the Sh88 billion highway after a review of the ban that was imposed 10 months ago following a…
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Detectives investigating the activities of a cult led by controversial Pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie have discovered 12 shallow graves in Kilifi County.
The officers mapped out sections of the worship site at Shakahola Forest in Malindi County with the intention of exhuming the bodies.
During the…
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The Nairobi City County government is expected to spend Sh500 million for the construction of an official residence for the governor in the next financial year, which starts in July.
The county government is also seeking an additional Sh88 million for the purchase of new cars for Governor Johnson…
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Desmond Patrick Neil Wigan has been appointed as the new British High Commissioner to Kenya to replace Jane Marriott whose tenure ends in July this year.
The British government on Wednesday said Marriott will be transferred to another Diplomatic Service appointment at the end of her tenure.
“After…
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Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has declared Friday a national public holiday.
Through a Gazette Notice on Wednesday, Kindiki indicated that the holiday will allow the Islam community to celebrate Idd-ul-Fitr.
“It is notified for the general information of the public that the Cabinet…
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A Nairobi court has ruled that Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has a case to answer over the shooting of Felix Orinda, alias DJ Evolve, in 2020.
Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Bernard Ochoi ruled that the prosecution adduced evidence to warrant putting Owino on his defense.
The accused is charged…
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Authorities in Ghana are detaining a Kenyan woman who attempted to smuggle 11.04 kilograms of suspected cocaine with an estimated street value of $309,120 (Sh41.6 million).
35-year-old Mary Njeri was intercepted at Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra on Saturday, Ghana's Narcotics Control…
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Nairobi and Mombasa have been ranked among the world's wealthiest cities in the latest report published by Henley & Partners and New World Wealth.
The 2023 World's Wealthiest City Report covers the population data of High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNWIs) in 97 cities across nine regions namely;…
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Trade representatives from Kenya and the United States have begun the negotiation round of the proposed bilateral trade agreement.
The four-day talks, which follow the round of conceptual discussions held in Washington, D.C. in February, commenced in Nairobi on Monday amid protests from Kenyan…
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The government has announced fully-funded scholarship opportunities for Kenyans to study undergraduate programs in Slovakia.
The Ministry of Education on Tuesday invited Kenyans seeking to study abroad to apply for 25 programs in Slovak universities for the 2023/24 academic year.
The programs…
