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The National Assembly has approved all 24 Cabinet nominees, including Peninah Malonza whose nomination was unanimously rejected by the Committee on Appointments.
In a report tabled before the House on Tuesday, the vetting committee said Malonza was found to lack requisite knowledge, experience, and…
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President Ruto has pledged to plant five billion trees in the next five years and 10 billion in 10 years as part of the efforts to combat climate change.
Ruto announced the plan on Wednesday during a joint media briefing with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at State House, Nairobi, where the…
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Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) director Amin Mohamed has ordered a probe into the death of detective Boniface Muganda.
Muganda was killed in a hit-and-run accident along the Northern Bypass at the Marurui area in Nairobi on Saturday night, according to reports. The DCI detective was…
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Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has rejected a Sh500 million budget set aside for the construction of official residences for him and Deputy Governor Njoroge Muchiri, saying they are not a priority.
Insisting that his administration’s priority is to better the lives of Nairobi residents, Governor…
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President Ruto has abolished the Kazi Mtaani program that was launched by his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta in 2020 to cushion the most vulnerable youth in the informal settlements from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Terming the program outdated, President Ruto said his administration is…
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The body of renowned Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif, who was killed in Kenya on Sunday, has been flown back home for burial, his wife Javeria Siddique said on Tuesday.
Through social media, Siddique shared pictures of her husband’s body being loaded onto a van in Islamabad with a label reading…
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Emotions run high as the family of Margaret Ruguru Waweru, who died under mysterious circumstances in Saudi Arabia in March, received her remains at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) over the weekend.
The 29-year-old’s embalmed body, which had been lying at the Shimesi Hospital…
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The High Court in Mombasa has granted a Kenyan woman custody of her five-year-old child after a two-year battle with the father, a British national.
Justice John Onginyo on Monday granted Hellen Maria Imokor full custody of the minor despite determining that the mother was immoral, irresponsible,…
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The Appeals Court on Monday dismissed an application seeking to have an order requiring Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua to forfeit Sh200 million to the State suspended.
In July, High Court judge Esther Maina ruled that the monies, which are held in Gachagua's accounts with Rafiki Microfinance…
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Kenya Airways (KQ) captain Irene Koki Mutungi has been inducted into the Aviators Africa Hall of Fame, joining an elite class of distinguished aviators who have made an immense contribution to driving the sector forward on the continent.
Koki, who made history after becoming the first woman in…
