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Former NSSF Manager Francis Moturi Fined Sh2.4 Billion or Serve 12 Years in Jail over Fraud
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Former NSSF Manager Francis Moturi Fined Sh2.4 Billion or Serve 12 Years in Jail over Fraud

Former National Social Security Fund (NSSF) investment manager Francis Moturi has been slapped with a Sh2.4 billion fine or serve 12 years in jail over fraud. This comes after he was found guilty of knowingly misleadi…

Jan 31, 2022
Kenya Airways Vows to Stop Shipping Monkeys to the US
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Kenya Airways Vows to Stop Shipping Monkeys to the US

Kenya Airways (KQ) has confirmed it will stop transporting monkeys from Mauritius to the US once the existing contract expires.  The national carrier has been flying the primates from the Indian Ocean Island to the US…

Jan 31, 2022
KRA Seeks to Freeze Embattled Tycoon Mary Wambui's 13 Bank Accounts
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KRA Seeks to Freeze Embattled Tycoon Mary Wambui's 13 Bank Accounts

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has moved to court seeking to freeze 13 accounts linked to businesswoman Mary Wambui Mungai, who is facing tax evasion charges. The taxman accuses the tycoon and her daughter Purity Njoki…

Jan 31, 2022
Woman Claims Ownership of Businessman Jimi Wanjigi's Sh56 Million Disputed Land
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Woman Claims Ownership of Businessman Jimi Wanjigi's Sh56 Million Disputed Land

A woman has moved to court seeking to be enjoined in a case in which tycoon Jimi Wanjigi obtained orders stopping his arrest and prosecution over an alleged conspiracy to commit a felony and forgery of a title deed. C…

Jan 31, 2022
13 People Killed After Matatu Runs Over an IED in Mandera
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13 People Killed After Matatu Runs Over an IED in Mandera

At least 13 people have lost their lives after the vehicle they were traveling in ran over an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Mandera county. Seven other people suffered serious injuries in the Monday morning inc…

Jan 31, 2022
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DCI Detectives to Grill Most Wanted Kenyan Terror Suspect Captured in the DRC
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DCI Detectives to Grill Most Wanted Kenyan Terror Suspect Captured in the DRC

Anti-terror detectives are seeking to interrogate Kenyan terror fugitive Rashid Mohammed Salim, who was captured in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last week. Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI…

Jan 30, 2022
Mutilated Body of a Five-Year-Old Girl Found at Siaya Governor Cornel Rasanga's Farm
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Mutilated Body of a Five-Year-Old Girl Found at Siaya Governor Cornel Rasanga's Farm

Police in Siaya have opened an investigation into the mysterious death of a five-year-old girl. The mutilated body of the minor was discovered on Friday evening at a farm belonging to Siaya Governor Cornel Rasanga in…

Jan 30, 2022
Two Arrested After Beer Worth Sh6 Million Goes Missing at a Kenya Army Canteen
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Two Arrested After Beer Worth Sh6 Million Goes Missing at a Kenya Army Canteen

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of beers and beer stock cash worth Sh6.9 million from a Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) canteen in Isiolo. Peterson Kariuki Mbita and Boniface Kimathi Ki…

Jan 30, 2022
Former Kenyan Presidential Aspirant Quizzed by UK Police over Terror Links
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Former Kenyan Presidential Aspirant Quizzed by UK Police over Terror Links

Police in the UK have reportedly questioned former Kenyan presidential aspirant Jaffer Isaak Sora over allegations of terror financing. Sora, who unsuccessfully contested for the presidency in 2013, says he received a…

Jan 30, 2022
Raila Pledges Financial Support for Single Mothers if Elected President
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Raila Pledges Financial Support for Single Mothers if Elected President

ODM leader Raila Odinga has pledged to support the families of single mothers if elected president in August. Odinga, who is giving his fifth stab at the presidency, says his administration will set aside a special fu…

Jan 30, 2022
US Donates 517,140 Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccines to Kenya, Bringing Total to Eight Million
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US Donates 517,140 Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccines to Kenya, Bringing Total to Eight Million

The United States has donated 517,140 more Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines to Kenya to boost the ongoing vaccination drive. The consignment donated through the COVAX facility landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport…

Jan 29, 2022
Two Suspects Arrested for Conning an Investor Sh1 Million with Crushed Padlocks Disguised as Gold
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Two Suspects Arrested for Conning an Investor Sh1 Million with Crushed Padlocks Disguised as Gold

Police in Kiambu are holding two suspects for allegedly defrauding a gold investor. Posing as agents of a Congo-based gold baron, Rogers Kipkogei and Collins Chavera obtained more than Sh1 million from a gold investor…

Jan 29, 2022
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Most Wanted Kenyan Terror Suspect Arrested in DR Congo
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Most Wanted Kenyan Terror Suspect Arrested in DR Congo

Authorities in DR Congo have arrested Kenyan terror suspect Salim Rashid Mohamed alias Chotara. Salim was apprehended on suspicion of being a member of Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist rebel group in Uganda…

Jan 29, 2022
Uhuru Holds a Security Meeting After Terror Attack Warning in Kenya
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Uhuru Holds a Security Meeting After Terror Attack Warning in Kenya

President Kenyatta on Friday held a meeting with senior security officials amid warnings of possible terror attacks in Kenya. The meeting bringing together security chiefs drawn from the National Government Administra…

Jan 28, 2022
Foreigner Arrested Carrying $975,000 in US Currency at JKIA
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Foreigner Arrested Carrying $975,000 in US Currency at JKIA

A Bahrain national was on Friday arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) after he was found in possession of undeclared cash amounting to $975,000 (Sh110,760,000). Khalid Jameel Saeed was intercepte…

Jan 28, 2022
US Embassy Issues a Security Alert for Americans in Kenya
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US Embassy Issues a Security Alert for Americans in Kenya

The US Embassy in Nairobi has issued a security alert over the potential for increased crime and violent extremism in Kenya. In a notice on Friday, the embassy urged American nationals and members of the public to tak…

Jan 28, 2022
How the Late Chris Kirubi Distributed His Multi-Billion-Shilling Estate
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How the Late Chris Kirubi Distributed His Multi-Billion-Shilling Estate

Details about how the late Kenyan businessman Chris Kirubi distributed his multi-billion-shilling estate have emerged. Kirubi whose wealth is estimated at Sh20 billion left 80 percent of the estate to his son Robert K…

Jan 28, 2022
Kenyan Man Filmed Throwing 4-Month-Old Son onto Concrete Floor Arrested for Murder
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Kenyan Man Filmed Throwing 4-Month-Old Son onto Concrete Floor Arrested for Murder

Police in Murang’a are detaining a 23-year-old man for allegedly killing his four-month-old son. Mark Njuguna is reported to have gotten into a confrontation with his wife Mary Muthoni in the wee hours of Tuesday morn…

Jan 27, 2022
Armed Robbers Steal Sh2.3 Million from Prime Bank in Nakuru
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Armed Robbers Steal Sh2.3 Million from Prime Bank in Nakuru

Police have launched a search for a five-member gang that raided Prime Bank Nakuru branch on Wednesday and made away with Sh2.3 million. The robbers allegedly forced their way into the bank located at Westside Mall al…

Jan 27, 2022
France, Germany and the Netherlands Warn of an Impending Terror Attack in Nairobi
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France, Germany and the Netherlands Warn of an Impending Terror Attack in Nairobi

France, Germany, the UK and the Netherlands have issued warnings of an impending terror attack in Nairobi targeting places frequented by foreigners. France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement on Thursday warn…

Jan 27, 2022
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