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The Nairobi County government has announced plans to set up a private wing within City Mortuary in an effort to compete with privately-owned funeral homes.
The new facility targeting ‘rich Kenyans’ will be equipped with modern coolers and accommodate up to 24 bodies. It will also provide hearse and…
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Former President Uhuru Kenyatta, who left office last September, has started receiving his monthly pension of Sh1.32 million.
Kenyatta has been receiving the pension payments from December 1st, 2022, and was also paid a lump sum of Sh39.6 million send-off package, Business Daily reported…
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Two Kenyan traders have been charged with defrauding an American national of Sh133 million in a fake gold deal.
Nicholas Otieno Ndolo and Thomas Otieno Ngoe faced three counts of conspiracy to commit a felony, obtaining money through false pretenses and forging a mineral export permit.
In the first…
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Kenyans in the diaspora will soon be able to marry at Kenyan missions in their respective countries of residence, President Ruto announced on Wednesday.
This will be realized once the Attorney General gazettes Kenyan embassies and high commissions around the world as legally-recognized places of…
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Kenya has nominated Appeals Court judge Wanjiru Karanja as its candidate for the position of judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Wanjiru, the most senior judge in the Appellate Court of Kenya, will battle it out with 14 other candidates from around the world in the election that will…
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A lost passport belonging to South Sudan President Salva Kiir has been recovered 30 years after he was involved in a plane crash in Kenya.
The passport together with those belonging to other occupants of the ill-fated aircraft that went down in Torongo, Baringo County in 1993 had been safely kept…
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Scientists at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) have discovered two new strains of gonorrhea and chlamydia, with Kenyans being warned to be vigilant.
Nation reports that the discovery was made following an inquiry into the rising cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in two…
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The United States government has welcomed the truce between President Ruto and Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga.
On Monday, US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman hailed the move by the two leaders to pursue a bipartisan approach to resolve their differences and urged all…
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The Kenya Space Agency (KSA) is on April 10th set to launch its first operational 3U Earth observation satellite dubbed Taifa-1 Satellite.
The agency said the launch will be aided by Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) aboard Falcon-9 Rocket from Vandenberg Base, California, USA.…
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Mukumu Girls’ High School in Kakamega has been closed indefinitely after two students died and over 500 others infected with bacteria from contaminated food and water.
One more student is currently recovering in the intensive care unit (ICU) at a local hospital, according to reports.
Confirming the…
