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Deputy President William Ruto has claimed that his main competitor in the August 9th presidential election Raila Odinga is being funded by Covid-19 billionaires.
Ruto, who is making his first attempt at the presidency, said Odinga and the Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition party have no moral…
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The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has opened a probe into the cause of delayed visas that saw some Kenyan athletes arrive late for the 2022 World Athletics Championship in Oregon, USA.
On Friday, DCI director George Kinoti confirmed that the agency was investigating claims of…
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Roots Party presidential candidate George Wajackoyah has visited some marijuana farms during his ongoing tour of the United States.
His spokesperson Wilson Muirani, alias Jaymo Ule Msee, shared photos of Wajackoyah touring cannabis plantations and restaurants while interacting with potential…
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The Supreme Court has thrown out Mike Sonko’s appeal challenging his impeachment as Nairobi County governor.
The seven-judge bench, in a joint verdict delivered on Friday, ruled that the impeachment proceedings against Sonko before the County Assembly and the Senate were properly conducted in…
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Senior counsel Paul Muite has denied speculative reports on social media that he is ailing from cancer.
This comes after a photo of a seemingly frail-looking Muite posing next to an unidentified woman went viral online on Thursday, with some users claiming that the distinguished attorney was…
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The US Senate on Thursday approved billionaire Margaret “Meg” Whitman as the new American ambassador to Kenya following her nomination by President Joe Biden.
Biden picked Whitman for the position on December 8th last year but her nomination had been pending approval by the US Senate. The decision…
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A Kenyan man claiming to be the husband of a Canadian woman who was killed in the March 10th, 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash has died by suicide.
The body of 32-year-old Brian Aris Kobiero, a teacher at Nyang’oma Boys Secondary School, was found dangling from a tree by his father at their compound…
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Esther Waitherero, the elder sister of the late former president Mwai Kibaki has passed away at the age of 115.
Nation reports that the centenarian died at her home in Gatuyaini village in Othaya, Nyeri County on Wednesday after a short illness.
“It is true and sad that we have lost Ms Waitherero…
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A milk processing company linked to President Kenyatta’s family has sued Nyali MP Mohamed Ali seeking compensation for alleged economic and commercial harm to its business.
Brookside Dairy Limited accuses the first-time MP of inciting the public against it, citing his remarks on March 3rd at a…
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Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has officially cleared former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko to vie for the Mombasa gubernatorial seat in the August 9th elections.
This comes a day after the High Court quashed an earlier decision by IEBC to disqualify Sonko from the Mombasa…
