KENYA NEWS
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Customs officials at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Thursday arrested six female suspects attempting to smuggle USD$857,300 (Sh103.6 million) from India.
The six women of Somali origin arrived at the airport from India aboard Ethiopian airline flight Number ET318 and the cash was…
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Tana-River County Senator Danson Mungatana on Thursday narrated to a Nairobi court how he was conned over Sh120 million in a get-rich-quick scheme that led him to poverty.
Mungatana said his late wife died without knowing the truth about their Karen home, which was part of the assets he sold to…
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The High Court has overturned former Kipipiri MP Amos Kimunya’s acquittal in a Sh60 million land fraud case.
Justice Esther Maina on Thursday determined that the prosecution had built a prima facie case against Kimunya and his two co-defendants Lilian Njenga, a former director of Land Adjudication…
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Former Kirinyaga Woman Representative Wangui Ngirici has informed the court of her intention to withdraw her petition challenging the election of Governor Anne Waiguru.
During a pretrial hearing presided over by Justice Richard Mwongo on Wednesday, Ngirici’s attorney Brian Khaemba told the court…
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The High Court has dismissed Sirisia MP John Waluke’s appeal against his 67-year prison sentence handed by the magistrate’s court in June 2020.
Waluke was found guilty of defrauding the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) of Sh297 million alongside his co-defendant Grace Wakhungu, who was…
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The United States government has issued a travel advisory for its citizens traveling to Kenya, warning them to exercise increased caution due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, and kidnapping.
In the alert dated October 4th, the Department of State warned that violent crimes such as armed…
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Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has apologized to Kenyans over the offensive tweets posted by his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba on Monday.
Kainerugaba, a high-ranking Ugandan army commander, threatened on Twitter to invade Kenya and capture Nairobi.
“It wouldn’t take us, my army and me, 2 weeks to…
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The High Court has dismissed a petition seeking to bar Kenya Airways (KQ) from training its pilots abroad.
Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah, in his petition, faulted the national airline for sending its trainee pilots outside the country yet there are aviation schools in Kenya.
KQ pilots have been…
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A woman who interrupted President Ruto’s speech during the burial of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s brother Jack Reriani in Nyeri on Tuesday has spoken out.
Lucy Wangui says she wanted to seek financial assistance from Ruto to enable her son John Kairo Gichuhi, 37, to travel to the United…
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Police in India are detaining two Kenyan nationals after they were found in possession of suspected narcotic drugs.
The two, Mwanje Faridah, 42, and Cilian Awar Nyanzangu were arrested by customs officials at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai on Sunday, The Times of India…
